Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1941-04-04
A PERMANENT
LIBERALIZATION
ORGANIZED

A permanent organization to fight
for rehabilitation of big Govern
ment" when the defense emergency
is ended, and for assured return to
private enterprise instead of further
drift into national or international
socialism has been chartered in the
District of Columbia as the Commit
tee For Constitutional Government,
Inc.
The new Incorporation, said it's
chairman, Samuel B. Pettengill, for
mer Indiana Congressman, will meet
the need for a strong, permanent or
ganization to oppose the drift toward
national socialism. Immediate objec-
tives, he said, are through nation
wide education to:
1. Encourage efficiency and full
utilization of resources of private en-
terprise in National Defense and re-
sistance to attempts to substitute a
socialist economy for experienced pri-
vate management and our Constitu-
tional System.
2. Inspire a militant demand in
every state and congressional district
to send to Congress strong and able
men, Democrats and Republicans a.
like; pledge them to resist further
Entertainments on the constitution, to
recapture emergency powers as oppor
tunity offers, and to restore to Con-
gress its constitutional supremacy
power over the purse and the framing
rather than the understanding" of
legislation.
3. Expose subversive efforts with
in and without our government to
change its form and to substitute ma
tional or international socialism for
private enterprise, and a one-party
dictatorship for our two-party sys-
tenn.
4. Limit by constitutional amend
ment presidential tenure to two
terms.
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subversive education and to all legis-
lation leading toward national social
ism-promote educational work a.
mong new voters and for youth on the
advantages of our Constitution and
system of competitive free enterprise.
"Continuing attacks on free enter
prise and on Constitutional govern
ment," said Chairman Pettengill,
shave created the need which the com
mittee is now incorporated to meet.
Our task is to inspire men and wo-
men to be fighting missionaries, work
ing increasingly for the philosophy of
Constitutional Government and Free
Enterprise"
Organization of community Con-
stitutional Clubs in every congress-
ional district will be actively urged by
the Committee as means to assist
in revitalizing the two-party system,
expose un-American teaching, and in
general to raise the character re-
quirements in politics.
In letter to supporters of the old
Committee, Chairman Pettengill en-
phasized that the newly incorporated
organization would urge throughout
the nation that the American peo-
pie close ranks against all subversive
forces. PARTY organizations" he
said, "are bound to support any weak,
unqualified or even undesirable can
didate who has contrived to get him.
self nominated" The real work must
therefore be done between campaigns
when the audiences will listen with
open minds-that's the educational
phase of the Committees program.
1.-THE world over the tides are run
ming away from Democratic govern
ment. We are threatened by dan
gers abroad and by even greater dan
gers at home. If we lose the prin-
ciples of our constitution, we lose all.
"A few men and women in every
group and community, by intelligent,
courageous and persevering leader
ship, can turn the tide. Our job is to
inspire and arouse these leaders to ac-
ton and then to provide them with