Evening star., 1940-09-29

ZION tonight by WendeH l.. Will
kie. Republican presidential NOM
inee.
come before you tonight to make
. report on the progress OF the
crusade in which we are engaged
the crusade to give this Nation back
TO the American people.
I have Just returned from two
weeks among those people. l have
talked with hundreds of them, I
have addressed hundreds of thou
sands and have seen millions. My
faith in them is.redoubled. You and
will never let them down.
think the record will bear me
? out that never before in the 18
States through which passed have
50 many persons turned out to see
and hear presidential candidate.
No man could receive the atten-
ton Of such crowds without sense
of humility. I have been deeply
touched. Yet I know that it is not
who draw them to stand, perhaps
for hours, in long cheering lines It
Is something else-it is something
in this year of 1940-a challenge
which we Republicans must meet.
Why So Eager?
Why So Concentrated?
I have looked down into the faces
Of the people from many platforms,
and when I meet their eagerness
and concentrated attention 1 think
to myself: These are the free peo-
pie: these are the people who have
made of democracy the strongest
kind Of government on earth.
Why are they so eager? Why is
their attention so concentrated?
will tell you why.
The American people admire SIM
plcity. They are frugal They are
honest. They love the democratic
process. They believe in themselves,
and therefore they believe in
America.
But these people are living in one
Of the greatest economic depres>
sions of history. They have seen
their industries decline and their
standard Of living contract They
have seen unemployment accepted
as normal, and during the past four
years they have actually seen it
rise. during the last seven years they
have seen the average level of farm
prices fall below the level of the
preceding seven years. They have
seen the national income hover
around the level of 1920 and fail
even to reach the level Of 1926.
"You Can Live on Us"
Called New Deal Doctrine.
In this desperate situation the
New Deal party has come to the
American people and has said: We
will provide for you, We will take
care Of the unemployed. we will
subsidize your farms. we will be the
friend of the common man. Our re-
sources are unlimited You can live
on us.
The New Deal party preached
that false doctrine to the free and
independent people of America.
Because they were desperate the
people accepted that doctrine. They
accepted it as an emergency doc
trine. They permitted the New Deal
to spend $4,000. 600 900. They saw
the national debt increased by s22,-
OO0,000000. They accepted an enor-
nous increase in taxes, and in the
size OF the Federal bureaucracy
which now employs one-fortieth of
the working population.
But these people are honest peo-
pie and frugal. When they get
checks from Washington for produce
they haven't grown, or for working
at something that is wasteful, they
do not feel right about that. In
stinctively they feel that it can't
last. They know it can't last. There
must be an end to these doles and
debts. There must be an end to
the emergency.
Symptoms of Last Few Years
Preceded Collapses Elsewhere.
And then what? What will hap
pen after that?
When they ask this question the
people look out to the rest of the
world. And what do they find?
Why. they find that democracy has
collapsed almost everywhere on
earth.
And those of them who think most
about these things know that the
collapse of democracy elsewhere was
preceded by the same causes and
the same manifestations as we
have here In America during the
last years.
Those Of them who think most
about these things know that COL
lapse didn't just happen. They
know that 1t was manmade, that
1t was brought about by the failure
OF the democracies to make them
selves strong and to believe deeply
and courageously in their way OF
life.
Those who think most about these
things know that in that failure
the New Deal administration had a
share and must bear part of the
responsibility. They know that the
economic policies of the New Deal
helped to disrupt the democratic
world. They know that the depres-
sion in this country helped to pull
these other countries down.
I have seen this written in the
faces of the people: They know, as
free men, that the doctrines of the
New Deal must lead to the end of
freedom. Their future is dark and
uncertain. Therefore, they are spir-
itually hungry. They are looking