The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-04-06

Gen. Hugh Johnson, in summing up his
latest discussion Of the Presidents reor-
yanization bill. says:
Let's forget the word Dictatorship" The
truth remains that the whole trend in this admin
istration as in the world, Is to grab power from
the peoples representatives and concentrate
II in a single man. The President himself
has said that in any other hands, this tremendous
shift of power would be dangerous to liberty.
Not one single emergency power seized has
ever been voluntarily relaxed. They were all
given in the hope OF recovery. The result has
been round-trip from depression to depression.
Five years. More debt, unemployment, suffer
ing and poverty than ever Why should more
power be given to proved architect OF disaster?
II rs an insult TO American intelligence. Wire
your Congressman tonight to stop the reorganI-
cation bill. It is the greatest surrender of rep
reSentative democratic government yet proposed.
Take the foregoing for what it is worth
1t presents to attention some Of the I'M
answerable facts of the policies and course
of President Roosevelt
If we grant that the President is abso-
lutely sincere in asserting that he is not
qualified to be a dictator and does not
WANT to be a dictator, we cannot escape
the conclusion that the whole trend of his
administration has been in that direction.
ize', power in Washington in the control of
one man than was done in the previous
l69 years of the history of this govern
ment.
Il the President does not want dicta-
toHal power why does he persist in taking
course leading directly to dictatorship?
Why does he seek to force Congress to
transfer to the executive most of the con-
stitutional power vested in the legislative
branch of the government? If the Presi-
dent does not want dictatorial power and
does not want to exercise dictatorial pow
en-, why does he want dictatorial power
and persist in seizing it?
These and similar thoughts and mflu-
entes are at work in the minds of millions
OF American citizens; and there are mil
lions of other citizens who are not so great
fy impressed with the view that President
Roosevelt is deliberately seeking to trans
form the government into a dictatorship,
who are deeply impressed with the view
and argument that they wish to bring to
an end his governmental policies because
of the evident failure of same in a five
years trial.
Nothing is more plainly impressive to
Intelligent citizens who possess the Ameri-
can characteristic of common sense, than
the gigantic failures which have resulted
from the major plans and policies of the
Roosevelt administration. In view of these
facts why should any American citizen
want more of the same thing?
Therefore, the ground of opposition to 8
continuation of Roosevelt policies is oppo
sition TO the Capitalization and totalitariar
movement in government and opposition t.
the general policies of government which
have failed in fair trial over period o.
five years. They have failed to restore nor
NAL conditions; have evidently blocked
and prevented successful battle agains
depression, and at the present time tn,
country is found in condition PRACTICAL.
as bad, as disturbing and dangerous from
every standpoint as has been witnessed
during the past eight years.
No matter how much confidence a citi
zen may have in the honest intentions o
the President, or how generously his asser
tohs that he does not have dictaterial as
piFations may be accepted art face value
the ugly facts and failures of his admin
istration cannot be ignored anu are suff