The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-08-19
Here Is Full Text of Wendell WillI<iels
Address Accepting COP Nomination

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had gone further than IT should
ever &c IN a democracy.
we an know that surh con
centrafion II power must be
checked. Thomas jefferson
dlsIil<ed regulation, vet he said
that the prime purpose of gov
eminent In = democracy h 20
keep men from injuring each
other.
We know from our own ex-
perience that the less fortunate o,
less skillful among Us must be
protected from encroachment. That
IL why we support what Is known
a. the liberal point OF view. That
II why we believe IN reform
WHAT HE BELIEVES
II believe that the forces Of FREE
enterprise must be regulated. ]
am opposed to business monopolies
I believe in collective bargaining,
by representatives of labor's own
free choice, without any interior
ence and in full protection of those
obvious rights.
81 believe In the mainten-
ance of minimum standard for
wages and of maximum stand
dards for hours. l believe that
such standards should con-
stantly improve. l believe In
the federal regulation Of inter-
state utilities, of securities
markets, and of banking. I
believe In federal pensions. In
adequate old age benefits, and
In unemployment allowances.
Il believe that the federal gov
eminent has a responsibility of
equalizing the lot of the farmer,
with that Of the manufacturer. If
this cannot be done by parity of
prices, other means must be found
with the least possible regimen
tation of the farmers affairs. !
believe in the encouragement of CO.
operative buying and selling, and
in the full extension Of rural cleo
trification.
MUST BE CREATIVE
''The purpose Of all such meas
ures is indeed to obtain a better
distribution of the wealth and
earning power of this country. But
I do not base my claim to liberal
ism solely on my faith in such re-
forms. American liberalism does
not consist merely in reforming
things. 1t consists also in making
things.
The ability to grow, the
ability to make things, Is the
measure of mans welfare on
this earth. To be free, man
must be creative.
II am a liberal because I believe
that in our industrial age there Is
no limit to the productive capacity
of any man. And so i believe
there is no limit to the horizon OF
the United States.
Il say that we must substitute
for the philosophy of distributed
scarcity the philosophy of un-
limited productivity.
II stand for the restoration of
full production and unemployment
by private enterprise in America.
THE QUESTIONS
"And say that we must hence
forth ask certain questions of
every reform and of every law to
regulate business of industry. We
must ask: Has 1t encouraged our
industries to produce ? Has 1t Gre
ated new opportunities for our
youth? viii II increase our stand
ard of living7 Will 1t encourage us
to open up new and bigger
world?
"A reform that cannot meet
these tests Ii not a truly lib
eral reform. II Is an 4 pass
reform. 1t docs not tend to
strengthen our system, but to
weaken IL. 1t exposes us to
aggressors, whether economic
or military. 1t encourages
class distinctions and hatreds.
And it win lead ms inevitably,
rs 1 believe we are now
headed, toward q form of gov
eminent alien TO ours, and q
way of life contrary to the
way that our parents taught
ms here In Elwood.
TT is from weakness that people
reach for dictators and concen-
trated government power. Only
the strong can be free.
And only the productive can
be strong.
SEES NEED oFATD
when the present administers
ton came 10 power in 1888, we
heard a lot about the, forgotten
man. The government, we were
told. must care for those who had
no other means of support.
with this proposition all of
us agreed. And we still hold
firmly to the principle that
those whom private industry
cannot support must be sup
The Mighty Mrs.