The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1951-03-01

Once the American people are living under a
proclaimed state of national emergency For the past 18
years have been subjected almost continuous state
of declared undeclared emergency, during which
have lost more individual liberties than since we ceased to
be subjects under His Majesty, the King of England.
Last December there issued from Washington the
ed in the Executive Office Of the President the office of
Defense Mobilization its director shall behalf of the
President direct control and coordinate all mobilization
activities"
Thus the free people of the United States again
under edcts and decves that constitute increas
ing concentration of the Executive Branch of the
Government The President having declared for this nation
state of emergency has thereby also suspended the
ventonal legislative safeguards against the exercise OF
Many people have lost their freedom in the belief that
subtle way in which destroy liberty to make people
believe is luxury must forego at time of national
peril Resistance to external danger always carries within
It the seed of internal danger American institution
primary function of government is to safeguard its
However, country of enlightened citizenry, the
Executive Office through appointed officials should not
find it necessary to par the IL oefy 2d those
Through lack of interest in the Constitution, have
come regard this most important document superfos
and unnecessary and have thereby contributed to the
development of virtual monoarchial government since
the inception of the New Deal.
1t may be remembered that during the early days OF
Franklin D. Roosevelts administration he made the follow
ing statement can emergency that has existed for whole
generation it's underlying could be cured only
by complete reorganization and measured control OF
the economic structure"
This is the poisonous germ that has crept into Amer
can thinking and which has caused to submit to the
political and economic PHILOSOPHERS that gradually rob-
bing us of freedom We have willingly submitted to
succession of executive experiments in curtament of the
individuals independence and liberty until we now take
granted the supreme power of government over us
citizens.
Let us compare this attitude part to that of our
Founding Fathers. James Madison said "A mere demar
cation on parchment of the constitutional limits OF the
several DEPARTMENTS sufficient guard against those
encroachmens which lead to tyranncal concentration OF
all the powers of government in the same hands,
Madison knew that Constitution on paper was not
enough He insisted upon the further safeguards that The
power not delegated to the United States by the Con-
situo prohibited by to the states are reserved 10
the states respectively to the people .@
Much of the trouble, nationally and internationally IN
which we find ourselves today, be attributed to the
fact that we have given the Chief Executive which
are beyond the capacity of man to exercise intelligent
ly. - -. . A., ,, a
AS citizens of the greatest nation in the world and
trustees of the greatest document for individual liberty
the Constitution we must recognize that while the first
necessity is government that control the governed
it equally as important to insure that such government
shal1 M 1e TsT STRIP GOVERNMENT OF THE POWER
TO ENSLAVE US Morton Clausen.