Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-11
Dewey S Challenge
Bv BENJAMIN DE CASSERES

men" of the party now turned its duties over to
younger men he set the keynote Of the fine speech
of acceptance of the presidential nomination Of
Thomas r. Dewey.
For the essence Of Gov. Dewey's speech was
the challenge of the eternaly youthful spirit of
America to defeatSm.
This direct challenge is embodied in the fol-
lowing words Of the governors acceptance speech:
1T is the New Deal that tells us that America
has lost its capacity to grow. We shall never build
a better world by listening TO those cOunsels of
defeat. Is America old and worn out, as the New
Dealers tell us! Look TO the beaches of Normandy
for the answer. Look TO the reaches OF the wide
Pacifc-tO the corners of the world where Ameri-
can men are fighting. Look to the marvels of pro-
duction in the war plants in your own cities and
towns. / say to you: Our country is just fighting
its way through TO new horizons. The future of
America has no limit"
MO MORE inspiring and oldhne American doc
IN trne has been uttered by candidate for
president in time.
Again the accent is on the spirit of youth in
the governors address wherein he said in speak
ing of the choice Of the cabinet if he is elected:
"They (the cabinet members) will each be
experienced in the task to he done and YOUNG
ENOUGH TO DO IT,
DEFEATISM HAS BEEN IMPLICIT IN
THE WHOLE PROGRAM OF THE NEW DEAL
FOR IL YEARS. -
What the administration has called 'progres-
sve legislation" has really been defeatist legisa-
ton in which the spirit of individualism and
self reliance has been branded as worn out" doc
trines-"horse and-buggy' Americanism.
The New Dealers have told us, says Gov
Dewey that America is old and worn out
The charge made by Gov. Dewey must be
Selfevident in its truth to any one who examines
the whole trend of New Deal legislation since 1888
1t has been away from the traditional Ameri
opd fin nd al m ideals
toward WORKOUT and reactionary European and
ASiatic StateiSm.
Our rulers for II years-who now demand
further tenure of office-have lost faith in the
founding fathers
For self-reiance they would substitute state
dependence.
They not only made us believe we were organ-
caly i'll but they have kept us sick for purely
political purposes.
THEY have made us believe that there were no
L Pacific as Gov. Dewey says. have by their
of adventure.
They have from the inception Of the MA to
cradletograve security, tried to turn this country
into nursing home.
The internationasts among the New Dealers
have tried to make us believe that we were no
longer capable Of independent and autonomous
action
All this is what Gov. Dewey rightly calls
"counsels Of defeat"
This campaign is then to be, thanks to Mr.
Hoover Mr.. Dewey and Mr.. Brcker, campaign
of the youthful, inspiratonal, far-reachng, far.
seeing soul of America against those systems of
RECOMMENDATION and bureaucratic nanny gov
eminent which, borrowed from Europe and Asia,
are the unquestionabe signs of national and in
dividual decay
HOWEVER, our fighters in Europe and in the
II Pacific, as Gov. Dewey says, have by their
prowess fearlessness and fire themselves chal-
lenged the decayed and paternalistic program OF
the New Deals II years.
GOV. DEWEY AND GOV BRICKER ARE
SOUND, IN THE LARGER SENSE, ON ALL
| POINTS OF DOMESTIC AND FOREIGN
POLICY.
In the first the accent is on free enterprise,
free individual expression and youthful optimism
in America future.
In the second the accent is cooperation
with and not dependence on foreign powers.
With Dewey and Bricker we 60 forward to a
more hopeful America.
With the New Dealers we have nothing to
hope for but totaitarian robotism