Evening star., 1940-09-15

Germany arming, here was Ger
many building planes, building
armaments, building ships, building
guns, and Franklin Roosevelt, who
now says he is the great world
leader of democracy, said, I'll pack
! the Supreme Court In other
words, here was the world praying
for the leadership of America, and
Franklin Roosevelt, instead of an
swering that challenge to leadership,
began to pack the Supreme Court. He
tore this great united people to
pieces when he might have exercised
great leadership.
And then what naturally hap
pened? We had set the example to
the world, and that poor fellow,
Blum. began to follow, and he took
France to its wreckage Franklin
Roosevelt set the example for Blum.
"Where Was Roosevelt"
where was Franklin Roosevelt,
this great indispensable man?
Where was he when Germany was
reaching? If he had given strength
and encouragement to the democra-
cies when Germany was reaching
out, he would have helped to stop
Hitler.
And let me bring you down a
little closer to hand. Republicans
appeasers? Why he is the great
appeaser. At Munich-you remem-
ber, when they sold Czecho-Slovakia
down the river, the first nation that
was taken over by the heinous Hit
ler-what was Franklin Roosevelt
doing? Was he standing up, fight
ing for democracy? Oh, no. He
was telephoning Hitler and Musso-
lini and Chamberlain, urging them
to Munich where they sacrificed
Czecho-Slovakia
Why the most presumptuous
statement ever made by man is that
this fellow ms helped to preserve
democracy throughout tn world. He
has hurt it by theological, economic,
social and political methods-not
because he intended to. Franklin
Roosevelt's motives are always no
BILE. But it doesn't any good TO
have noble motives if you don't
know what you are talking about.
"Appeaser? He has helped to ap-
pease the democratic world into de-
struction. Why of all the presump-
ton that was ever put over or at
tempted on any people this claim is
the most preSumptuouS-that he is
the great, indispensable leader to
lead democracy through this period
of chaos. I say it to you. and I say
it to you deliberately, and not as If
in the heat of a political campaign:
of all the men I know who have any
acquaintanceship with international
affairs, Franklin Roosevelt is the
least qualified to lead this country
through this period.
Prosperity Necessary to Survival.
Now let me tell you what you
have to do in order to lead this great
democracy through this period of
chaos and keep lighted the Torch of
Liberty.
mo. |. Democracy survives only
under prosperity. Franklin Roose-
welt has spent $50 ,0C0 900 900 and any
taxicab driver could have spent 1t
and accomplished just as much.
And when he ran for Office in
1886, there were 100000 men un-
employed; today there are 100000.
The No. fact is that in order to
bring this great democracy through
this period, we must have economic
recovery. Other people throughout
the world will not follow the example
of our democracy unless it produces
results"
Many Germans do not fully be-
lieve in Nazi Germany; they are
still looking for the light of liberty.
The men of France today are look
ing desperately for some relief. In
England the bombs are raining
down. Men in all of these countries
that love liberty will be discourag ged
if We permit this great democracy
to fail in its true economic function.
Because. my friends, any system of
life. any system of government, in
order to survive. must be effective.
For 7l2 years, deficit on deficit!
And say to you that if you re-elect
Franklin Roosevelt President of the
United States. the public debt will
rise to rs or 100 billion dollars. And
we can't survive; we can't survive
under such economic chaos.
81 Can Tell Spinach"
II never made any pretense of be-