The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-08-13

largest State nave eacn TWO senators.
The Congress sits in Washington to eX-
erciSe such powers as are granted 1t by the
people cf the States, and such powers as
are granted to the central government by
the peoples Constitution, but the members
thereof have been elected by the people
of the States. voting by States, and eXercis-
ing the right of suffrage under State laws
Qnd under privileges granted and guaran-
teed by the States.
What right, then, legal or moral, has
the executive of the central government
to NEEDLE in elections or seek to control
them? His constitutional position is in the
executive department OF the central gov
eminent; his authority is (under the con-
Stitution) that of executing the DEGREES OF
the representatives Of the States sitting as
the Congress.
President Roosevelt has sought vainly to
frame distinction between Roosevelt, the
President. and Roosevelt, the leader Of 4
political party In this attempt he virtual
" admits his lack of right or authority, as
President, to seek to fill the Congress with
puppets of the executive. He claims he is
attempting to do this as leader of his party
not the Democratic party but the radical
new deal party.
This argument is not worth the space it
occupies in print. 1t breaks down before
it gets started. As a private citizen, or
party man, Roosevelt has a right to DO
anything he pleases in politics, but he Is
not private citizen. In Washington he
cannot deal with Congress as private
citizen: he must deal with it as President.
As a matter of fact and cold logic he can
not separate himself from his office as ne
goes over the country endeavoring to fill
the Congress with rubber stamps" and
Eyes men,
No matter where he goes, no matter
what he says, no matter what he does, ne
is President of the United States but, as
President, he has not a shadow of legal
or moral right to attempt to control cleo
lions and fill the Congress with alleged
representatives of the States and people,
who will be merely puppets of the execu-
tive.
Congress, in its pitiful blindness, ignor-
ance and cowardice, in the past six years,
has granted to the executive many times
the power to which he is conStltutlonally
entitled. 1t has lodged in him nearly all
the power of Hitler. He is eagerly, per-
sistently and craftly waging mighty con-
test to secure to himself and his following
those additional powers which will enable =
him to step forth as the full-panoplied
American Hitler or Stain,
Continued control of the Congress is alb
Solutely necessary to his continued control
of the country and to the success OF his
program. Hence his mighty contest toI
maintain rubber stamp" Congress-
Roosevelt himself admits the truth of this
statement. What he says in effect is: My
policies demand that have in Washington
controlled Congress, a docile, unthlnk-
ing, jelly-fsh body of men who will DO my
bidding without question.
He publicly endorses and urges the re-
election of men of that stamp; and IN cases
where men of character and courage, IN
telligence and independence, are seeking
reelection to the Congress, he is out to
defeat them, because they, like George
and Smith, cannot be controlled from the
executive department and refuse to serve
the evil purpose OF gang of radicals IN
appointive positions with whom Roosevelt
has surrounded himself.
Roosevelt has no legal or moral right to
use the prestige and power of his office,
the vast unconstitutional powers granted
him by Congress, and the billions of money
hijacked from the federal treasury, to con-
troll elections.
Make note of that, you men who claim
to be free Americans; and in South Caro-
lima, Georgia and elsewhere, take appro-
pirate and decisive action to stand the self
seeking, crafty demagogues on their heads
before it is everlastingly too late to do it