Evening star., 1940-10-10
Regulation Doesn't Warrant
General Attack on Enterprises.

Regulation Doesn't warrant
General Attack on Enterprises.
What cynics those New Dealers
are! They have pretended to hate
big business. But all the time they
have been stepping on the neck of
the little businessman-the druggist,
the grocer and the little manufac-
turer
Believe me, people of Connecticut,
our Republican administration will
not lie to you. We say that we are
for business. And We mean that.
I don't want to pretend for one
moment that there have not been
abuses on the part of some Amer
lean businessmen and financiers.
Where such abuses occur, the man
responsible should be punished. I
believe in regulation of banks and
public utilities and stock exchanges.
But such regulation does not
justify general attack against the
peoples enterprise. 1t does not en-
title any government to make po-
litical capital out of the destruction
of the peoples opportunities. And it
does not warrant the lie-the de-
hberate and malicious lie-that this
America Of ours has lost the power
to grow.
Now I want to remind you again
that it is to small business that we
must look for growth and expansion
The biggest companies cannot ex-
pand much. But the little COM
panies must expand, and must null
tiply, if we are to put our people
back to work This Is the only way
by which We can make enough new
jobs.
have said many times that un-
der our Republican administration,
relief will be guaranteed. Nobody is
going to be taken off relief so long
as he lacks a job. But if we are to
defend this country, and II We are to
make democracy strong, we must
make nine or ten million new jobs
We must put everybody back to work.
New Deal Sells Idea That
Jobs Are Difficult to Make.
People say, how can this be done7
Sometimes that question amazes me.
The New Deal has sold this Ma
ton bill of goods. 1t has sold us
on the idea that jobs are difficult
to make.
Let me urge you to think of this
problem in this simple way. Think.
now, whether there Is something
that you want but which you can
not afford to buy. When you think
of that. you will probably think Of
many things. You may need some
new clothes. You may want tele-
phone, a radio, a new car, bet
ter education, or even a new and
better place to live.
There are approximately 80 mil
lion adult persons in this country
with desires at least as great as
yours If each of them only wanted
$100 worth of goods and services.
which he cannot now have, that
would mean s8,O0o.00O 900 worth OF
demand upon American business and
industry. And most of us want
much more than 500 worth of goods
and services.
1t is simply nonsense to say that
America is finished, that there Is no
market for further production. and
that our little businessmen have
nothing to look forward to. We are
faced with a potential market Of bill
lions upon billions of dollars. We
have the man power. the ability and
the ingenuity to supply those mar
kets. The future Is just as big as
it ever was.
But the New Deals attack against
business has made it impossible for
little businessmen to take advan-
tage of that big future. 1t has
utterly destroyed the confidence Of
business and its ability to predict
what is going to happen from month
to month or from year to year.
Program to Rebuild Business
Begins With Little Business.
have q program Tor the rebulld.
ing of American business. That pro-
gram begins with little business and
can summarize 1t somewhat as fol-
lows:
First, I propose that we stop
changing the rules under which
business operates. Instead of max
ing it as difficult as possible for the
little businessman to predict what
will be happening next month or
next year, let us make 1t as easy as
possible. Let us give him just as
many guarantees concerning the at
titude of the Government as We pos.
sihlv ran In this rARard. 7 hAli0ve