Evening star., 1945-02-09
Dewey
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The POSTMASTER was Representative
Howell of Illinois.
Talks Of Home Front.
Turning to the issues on the home
front, Gov. Dewey called on the
American people to hold high the
principles of Abraham Lincoln's
faith so that liberal government
under God shall not perish from the
earth"
He warned that there is "a large
body Of public opinion in our own
country going down the primrose
path toward totalitarianism."
The intrusive idea is again, that
all wisdom is in government, and
that it should exercise all power" "
he said. Even as we fight total
war against that idea, it infects the
minds of the people everywhere"
Liberal principles which swept the
western world in the 18th century,
particularly America, are under
challenge, he said.
"It is said" he continued, that
individual freedom can no longer
exist in q modern industrial society;
that government must be supreme,
and the people must be its de-
pendent servants.
Hits at Wallace.
There are those who want to
take the easy way of spending the
Nation into bankruptcy and chaos,
while Government takes over the
lives Of every individual. They be-
lieve that to cure every i'll you pass
q law and appropriate a billion
dollars. They would like to have
the Government finance every busi-
ness
TT is by that process that life,
liberty and the pursuit of happiness
would be stif1ed and liberalism
would become dead thing in his
tory"
The Governor made no mention
of former Vice President Wallace
and his recent statement of pro-
gram to the Senate Commerce Com
mittee, but it was clear he was hit
ting at both.
Gov. Dewey said it was obvious
to the world and ought to be to
America that this country, by ad-
herring to its own system with
enormous initiative and inventive
genius, has outproduced every other
Nation in the world.
Man His Own Master.
1.-THE very heart of that system,
he said, "is the classical liberal con-
cept that every man Is his own
master and that Government exists
to keep him free"
Representative Martin, attacking
the nomination of Mr.. Wallace to be
Secretary Of Commerce, told his au.
dience: mo more important VOTE
will be cast in the next two years
than the roll call Tin the Senate)
on his confirmation. He warned
that as head Of the Commerce De-
partment, with the loan agencies OF
the Government attached, Mr.. Wal
lace could 60 far to impose on VI
State socialism or any other ism.
The nomination of Aubrey vii.
lialns to be head of the REA, Mr.
Martin continued, was all of piece
with that of Mr.. Wallace. Mr.. vii.
liams," he said, was one of ths
happy spenders' of the WPA. HI
can help his good friend Henr,
gather in the Democratic presiden.
tial nomination in 1948."
Charging that these appointment
were political payoffs," without re-
gard to qualifications of the ap
pointees, Mr.. Martin said: I'm {
great war crisis, with tremendou
postwar problems ahead, with tn
fate Of private enterprise in the bal
ance, we see an able, experience,
businessman like Jesse Jones re
moved to make way for the paymen
of q political debt. Surely this
not the way to bring about nationa
unity"
Mr.. Martin said the country mus
have complete victory in the wal
He laid down freedoms" which tn
COP wanted preserved; freedom t
earn, freedom to buy, freedom t
hire and freedom to be hired"
In direct charge of the Dime
were Mrs. William s. Culbertsor
president Of the League Of Repub
ncan Women; Representative Rob
sion Of Kentucky and Renreserta