Evening star., 1940-01-19
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DenlocIacyUreedby by
Senator Van Nuys
Addresses Fuirfux YOUNG
Democratic Club at
Jackson Day Dinner
ay q stat, correspondent of The Star.

A demand tnat the DemOcraClc
party and the country return to the
democracy of Jefferson and Jackson
was made by Senator Frederick Van
Nuys of Indiana in jackson Day
dinner" address delivered at the
George Mason Hotel last night.
1T worked then; it will work
now" the Indiana Senator told the
Fairfax County Young Democratic
Club, which sponsored the dinner.
Senator Van Nuys has been an
opponent Of some Of the major pro-
grams of the New Deal-and is op-
posed to third-term nomination
for President Roosevelt. He was in
troduced to the guests at the dinner
by Senator Harry Flood Byrd OF
Virginia.
Urges Rugged Americanism.
After giving high praise to Vir-
ginias two Senators, Carter Glass
and Mr.. Byrd, Senator Van Nuys
invoked that spirit of rugged
Americanism in defense of our
constitutional Republic for which
jackson and patriots like him Of
fered their lives and fortunes"
"As a member of the present ad-
ministration, am entitled to claim
credit where credit is due and to
acknowledge mistakes where they
have occurred during the past seven
years." Senator Van Nuys continued
II am not going to review the pail
Of uneasiness which has flung over
this country for the last several
years. 1t has not yet been dissi-
pated, but at least it has been
checked"
Senator Van Nuys then made the
following recommendations:
In my opinion, one of the first
things Congress should do is to re-
claim those constitutional rights
which over a course of years it has
so deliberately delegated to bureau
cratic agencies which are in no wise
responsible to the people.
Would Live Within Means"
"Curtail expenditures and impose
upon Government that first requi-
site Of economic stability-ive
within your means.
stop certain departmental heads
from heckling business and give it
q chance to rehabilitate itself.
Tn foreign affairs-stay in our
own back yard and mind our own
business. And as corrolary to that
proposition, scrutinize the appropri-
alton Of every dollar askedafor ma
tional defense or for any other pur-
pose, appropriate only that which is
necessary and not dime more.
Restore to the States those func-
tions which they have exercised so
willingly and successfully down
through the years and avoid all
semblance of autocratic Federal
control.
you may say this sounds critical
Of the administration" he con-
tinued. "It is not so intended, but
1t is criticism of that common
trend which has been apparent for
quite some time. Through the lead
ership Of President Roosevelt, this
administration has rendered val
liable and enduring services to the
country and its people. But I am
not here simply to applaud our
accomplishments and gloss our
mistakes"
Hits Cruelty Abroad. s~
Senator Van Nuys referred to the
greed. avarice and cruelty now
dominating most of the large gov
ernments of Europe" and to the
political termites at home boring
into the very foundations of our
own Government and praying for
Its collapse" He declared he stood
aghast at the atrocities which are,
being inflicted by brutal bullies
who now lead the larger and
stronger European nations"
But, call me isolationist if YOU
will, he said, Il have yet to be con-
vlnced that it is the mission of
America to revamp and police this
hectic world"
Senator Byrd, speaking briefly
before introducing Senator Van
Nuys. praised the high type of
courage" of Andrew jackson, whose
achievements, he said, will live as
long as history is written"
Each of the five great Democratic
Presidents - Jefferson, jackson,
cleveland, Wilson and Roosevelt
believed thoroughly in the funda-
mental principles Of the Demo-
cratic party, he declared, yet, he
added, each one would have met
the problems Of today in a different
way"
Edwin Lynch, president of the
club, presided. Andrew w. Clarke.
recently elected member of the
Fairfax County Board of Super
v1sors, was toastmaster and intro
duced Senator Byrd and distin-
gulshed guests. The Rev. Peyton
Williams said grace.
Skit LampOons Guests.
Senator Van Nuys' address was
preceded by group singing, for which
. piano accompaniment was fur
nlshed by Mrs. Florence Jodzies.
well received was skit, put on by
members of the club and entitled
The Looking Glass" in which Pres
1dent Roosevelt, Prime Minister
Chamberlain of Great Britain and
prominent guests at the dinner, in
GUIDING Representative Howard w.
Smith OF Virginia and Senator Byrd,
were among those lampooned.
Among the nearly 200 guests who
crowded the Lee room of the hotel
were Representative Smith, State
Senator John w. Rust, Judge and
Mrs. Walter T. Mccarthy, Paul E.
Brown, Commonwealth attorney of
Fairfax County, and Mrs. Brown;
Alvin Fitz-Hugh, vice president of
the Young Democratic Clubs of vir-
ginia, and Mrs. Fitz-Hugh; James
Keith, immediate past president of
the Fairfax County Young Demo-
cratic Club; Mrs. Frederick Van
Nuys, John A. K. Donovan, chair
man Of the Democratic Clubs of
the 9Th congressional district; Mrs.
Edwin Lynch, Elbridge Church,
president of the Falls Church Young
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