The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1940-09-13
Chairman Brewer Says Party's Fight Is
" Crusade" Pledges Cut In County Costs

threatening more than half the ciyi.
i1zed peoples Of the world, the de-
sires Of the American people are
two-fold. First. to live lii peace,
and secondly, to work, so that we
fiay provide decent and American
way Of living for those near and
dsar 70 ns. In these two desires are
Involved the problems that face all
Of us today. Involved in those sim
pie statements i the American way
Of life. liberty, and the pursuit OF
happiness. These are principles Of
inherent right upon which this nation
was founded, and it must be govern.
ed by those principles if the free
dom for which our forefathers
fought and died, is to be preserved.
From the dawn of our history as
2 nation, we have led free and un-
lmpeded lives based upon those prin-
ciples. The intervening years brought
OF Americans. But just as we were
going into the decade of the thirties.
some maladjustment Of our econo-
mic structure caused depression
from which we are still attempting
to recover. With this depression
came complete disruption of the
economic stability Of millions of our
people, and it brought with it prob
lens that taxed the ingenuity Of our
most able leaders in commerce, in-
dustry.. finance, labor and the gov
ernment.
Fear and confusion reigned su-
preme. The people Of the. United
States, in an effort to bolster wan
ing confidence in their future eco
nomic security, were willing to lis
ten any panacea in the hope that the
situation might be remedied.
This was the American scene when
the present administration came in
to power seven years ago, carrying
the hopes and fears Of some 1870
millions of people, on promise of
solution to our problems.
Now, after more than seven years
Of amateurish experimentation by
utopian theorists who advocate a
theory Of spending our way to pros
perity, we have become saddled with
so billion dollar debt that will take
many generations to pay off. And
we are no nearer the solution of our
problems than we were seven years
ago, The time has come when this
experimentation and waste must
cease.
Economic readjustment for the
benefit of all the people, which was
promised us by this administration,
has been turned into an empty
phrase. Instead of being led onto
the high road of economic security,
the American people now realize that
they have been led into the bypaths
of experimentation that lead no
where.
Instead Of promised readjustment
toward prosperity, we have receiy-
ed RECOMMENDATION. RECOMMENDATION OF
business, the farmer, and the worker
Now, however, more than ever
before, the shackles of government
interference in private business
must be removed. Business needs
freedom, (within certain limits), to
starr the wheels Of progress turning
So that millions now employed can
60 back to work.
Like business, the farmer and the
worker have also been regimented
No longer is the producer Of farm
or manufactured products the mastel
of his own destiny. This is contrary
to the concept Of life by free peo-
pie. Free people want, and are en-
titled 20 cooperation from their gov
ernment. But they will fight, with
the most important weapon at THEN
command. each individuals vote
against RECOMMENDATION, which is the
tool Of dictatorship.
Thus, we face an emergency to-
day. and American democracy faces
it's greatest challenge. But just 81
we have been in every crisis in oul
history, the people will be equal e
the task before them. Because tnf
patriotism and democracy that burns
in the heart of every true American
is stirred anew BY the challenge Y
the American way Of life.
During more than seven years, tn
present administration has voted Y
self vast powers, and now want
four more years of even create
power. The question in this electiol
wear. is whether we will contenanc'
yaster powers being concentrated y
=. few individuals Of the government
or u,ill we fight, with votes, TO re
turn this power where it belongs, 9
the people themselves.
Never in our 1874 years OF exis
%anca as a nation has this been NOR
important than il is today. Wit
nroragandists among US preacnin
doctrines Of class and religious MAJ