The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-08-19

against production. brains
against brains. craftsmanship
arnlnst salesmanship.
: IN facing &c we should have
no fear. History shows that our
way Of life II the stronger way.
From Il has come more wealth.
more Industry. more happiness,
more human enlightenment than
from any other way. Free men
are the strongest men.
But we cannot take this his
torical fact for granted.
we must make IT live. II
we are 10 out-distance the totali-
tartan powers, we must arise TO a
new life Of adventure and dis
covery. We must make a wider
horizon for human race. II Is TO
new life that I pledge myself.
WE'LL BEAT HITLER
II promise, by returning TO
those same American principles
that overcame German autocracy
once before, both In business and
In war, To out-distance Hitler in
any contest he chooses in 1910
or after. And I promise that
when we beat him, we shall beat
him on our own terms, In our own
American way.
"The promises of the pres
ent administration cannot lead
you 10 victory against Hitler,
or against anyone else. This
administration stands for
principles exactly opposite TO
mine.
1T does not preach the doc
trine of growth. II breaches the
doctrine of division. We are not
asked to make more for our
selves, we are asked TO divide
among ourselves that which we
already have. The New Deal doc
trine does not seek risk, II seeks
safety. Let US call 1t the I pass
doctrine. The New Deal dealt II.
and refused TO make any more bets
on the American future.
RECALLS MR.. BLUM
why. that is exactly the course
France followed to her destruc-
ton; like the Blum government
In France. so has our government
become entangled in unfruitful
political adventures.
AS In France. so here, we have
heard talk Of class distinctions
and Of economic groups preying
upon other groups. We are told
that capital hates labor and labor
hates capital. We are told that
the different kinds of men, whose
task II Is to build America, are
enemies Of one another.
"And l am ashamed to say
that some Americans have
made political capital of that
supposed cnmity.
"As for me, I want to say here
and now, that there is no hate In
my heart. and that there will be
none in my campaign. It is my
belief that there is no hate in the
hearts of any group of Americans
for any other American group
except as the New Dealers seek
to put 1t there for political pur-
poses. stand for a new cham
pionship In an industrial society.
SEES A FALLACY
'Of course, If you start like
the New Deal with the idea that
we shall never have many more
automobiles or radios, that we
cannot develop many new inven-
tons Of Importance. that our
standard Of living must remain
about what it is. the rest of the
argument is easy. Since a few
people have more than they need
and millions have less than they
need, II is necessary to redivide
the wealth and turn 1t back from
the few to the many.
But this can only make
the poor poorer and the rich
less rich. II does not really
distribute wealth. 1t distrib-
utes poverty.
Because j am a business man.
formerly connected with a large
the doctrinaires of the
have attacked me as
an opponent of liberalism. But I
was a liberal before many Of
these men had heard the word,
and fought for many of the re-
forms of the elder LaFollette,
Theodore Roosevelt, and Wood
row Wilson before another Roose-
welt adopted-and distorted-lib-
eralism.
LEARNED LIBERALISM
II learned my liberalism right
here at home. From the factories
that came into this town many
years ago. large fortunes were
made by a few individuals, who
thereby acquired too much power
over our community. Those same
forces were at work throughout
the rest of the nation BY 1929
the concentration of private power