Imperial Valley press., 1944-11-05
RECORD OF TWELVE YEARS
OF UNKEpT PROMISES

The new deal President is seeking a
fourth term-siXteen years continuous
occupancy of the presidency-on his rec
ord That is cardinal and fundamental
proposition acceptable from all candi-
dates who seek to continue in office, and
Roosevelt should be taken at his word.
He should not dissemble nor should he
turn to the ever handy alibi of its a
Misrepresentation when that record Is
revealed.
Twelve years of ignored promises and
pledges made at campaign times Is the
simple record.
Think on these things!
In 1882 Candidate Roosevelt declared
that the preceding administration was
the most prodigal and Wasteful in the
nations history, and he was elected on
the promise to remedy that situation by
launching program of economy
Instead:
The new deal launched the most eX-
travagant spending policy the world ever
saw and at the end of six years had put
the nation in debt SO billion dollars in
the e-heralded plan of spending out
of the depression" Roosevelt not only
did not even to keep that promise, he
went exactly the opposite direction
And again: Candidate Roosevelt was
elected on his promise to rid the country
of the mass of throttling bureaus in
Washington" incidentally they could
have been counted on two hands). What
happened: Immediately upon Inaugural
ton in 1888 President Roosevelt started
bureaucratic rule that has continued
through all the twelve years until today
there are 406 bureaus. actually running
the government. TINS promise also in
cluded "a government responsive to the
people" Then what. Since 1888, Presi-i
dent Roosevelt has issued more than
10000 executive directiveS lin dictator
ship nations they are called edicts) to
carry out mandates far beyond the inten-
tion of congress in giving the executive
unprecedented powers. Government bu-
raaus have set themselves up as Judge
and jury. smOthering citizens and busi-
ness with penalties for which there are
no appeals. Under this policy personal
liberty and free enterprise have become
a byword and a mockery.
These unkept promises are enough, and
there are hundreds more, to put an end
to the new deal instead of giving it title
to another four years.
The new deal has:
Placed labor groups against each other
until the gains made over many years
by labor now are at the behest of pOliti-
cal favors.
Created power political groups and
established the creed of hate and jeal-
ousy to the complete disunity of the ma
ton.
Regimented business, big and little, un-
til the entire industry structure Of the
nation is demoraliZed.
Placed control and restrictions on the
every day affairs of the individual until
no one can call his plan of life his own.
las through weak and vacillating
policy made the United States a second
rate nation in the eyes of the world
Did set up and follow course of APP
peasement toward Japan that left the
nation wholly unprepared for the Pacific
war and which has resulted in extending
the course of that war.
Has left agriculture to the mercy of
subsidies and the program of restricted
production until the nations farmers
hOpelessly are separated from markets
and stabilized prices and production cap
acity.
Twelve years is long enough to trust
anyone to keep promises. Four more
years would be only a repetition of the
record of the three-term record Of brok-
en- pledges.