Evening star., 1944-04-16

the States will be strong. They
alone will have survived the war
without overburdening debt. They
express the vitality and resurgence
of free people. They are unafraid
[of the future. They are untram-
|meled by the WEAKNESS and de-
featism that comes from the re-
peated fumbling of overcentralized
government, which believed that this
country was built to saturation in
1882. ~"r
Free Enterprise.
From an address by Gov. Dewey
in New York October !, 1943:
"The society which has completely
abandoned all private enterprise,
whether it be in business, education
or social service, cannot any longer
claim to be free society. The fell
low over whose head government
must, in all matters, hold a pro-
tective umbrella, is frightened
man, not a free man. 1t is the
frightened man who is the source
and raw material for regimentation
and totalitarianism."
From an address by Gov. Dewey
in New York May %, 1912:
ut is my firm conviction that we
can meet these burdens and fulfill
our future responsibilities as a free
people and only under a system of
free enterprise. But if we do not
meet them well and fully under
free enterprise the school of COL
lectivist planners will surely be here
to take over the job. And that will
be the last chance of free men to
solve their own problems"
From an address by Gov. Dewey
In New York, May 8, 1912.
our factories are turning out the
arms. Meanwhile the administra-
tion is busy putting into reverse,
every economic concept it has
preached for years. It used to tell
us that our industrial plant was
overbuilt. Now untold billions must
be poured into construction of new
plants. 1t used to tell us to bor-
row, spend and consume. Now it
must warn us to save, conserve and
pay our debts. 1t used to promote
imitation by adaptations of everv
device advocated from William
Jennings Bryan to DR.. Townsend
Now it belatedly warns us against
the terrible consequences of infa-
ton. 1t used to tell us that we
had too much food, and throttled
Its production. Now it must ration
what 1t SO long tried to DESTROY,
1t used to pillory industrial man
ayers as public enemies. Now it
calls upon them to save the Nation
from disaster. These foolish, false
prophets who could not plan for
war they said was inevitable would
not plan for a new world"
Agriculture and Food.
From Gov. DeWey's address at the
Governors Conference, Columbus
June %, 1943.
mo purpose would be served in
analyzing the incredible deficiencies
of the National Government in it's
10-year campaign to restrict food
production in the United States,
We are just now reaping the harvest
OF these policies. But just as a
sardonlc final touch, we now find
that out of the genius of the OPA
there was developed a theory that
1t would be a good idea to repeal
the natural law of economics that
corn and hog prices are tied to-
gether. The result is a ceiling price
on corn at $105 at Chicago. Mean
while the farmer can get $l.45 for
the same corn right on the farm.
just by throwing it over the fence
to his pigs"
From an address by Gov. Dewey
In New York, April 9, 1943.
Under the stress of war, we have
relearned the obvious truth, that
no central government can solve
at one time the problems of the
Indiana corn grower and the New
York potato grower or fruit grower
No power in Washington can fit
into the same pattern the needs of
the Colorado rancher and the Viz
ginia tobacco grower. No set of
national controls, however. much
they may be multiplied, can do
anything but hinder total agricul-
tural production" \