Evening Star Newspaper, September 13, 1936, Page 12

: __THE SUNDAY STAR, Text of Landon Address in Maine Candidate Declares Government, in This Country, in Relation to Business, Always Followed Principles Underlying a Free Enterprise System. By the Associated Press. PORTLAND, Me., Septembe: 12— The text of the address of Gov. Alf M. Landon of Kansas here tonight follows: B ‘We are meeting here on the eve of a great victory. It will be a victory not for Maine alone. It will be a victory for the Nation. “As Maine goes, s0 goes tl.: Na- tion.” That means something this year. It means something in' every State in the Union. It means just as much in Kansas as it does here. ‘That is why I am with you to- night. That is why I am so happy to be here to close your notable an . successful campaign. I wish to congratulate the Repube licans and their Democrat and in- dependent allies who have united in nominating your Republican State ticket, and your Republican candi« dates for Congress and in renom- inating Senator White for the Sen. ate of the United States. In both Houses of Congress the people are entitled to be represented by men of integrity and ability and ex- perience. And the people of Maine will be so represented when they elect their Republican candidates for the Senate and House of Rep- resentatives. They will be -repre- sented by true Americans endowed - with the New England conscience. Americans everywhere are wait- ing for the majorities that you will pile up for the Pepublican candi- dates next Monday. You will start a victory parade that will span the Nation—that will lift the hearts of millions everywhere—be they Re- publicans, independents or Demo- crats. You point the way to success in November. ‘Tonight I am going to consider the relationship of Government to business. This is a question that vitally concerns all of us. For the relation between Government and business affects the very character of our Government. It determines the kind of Government we have in Washington, It can mean a continuation of free and represen- tative government, or it can mean greater and greater authority for the Chief Executive. In this country, government in its relation to business always fol- lowed the principles underlying a free enterprise system. Under this system, Americans have been free. They have been free, provided they did not infringe upon the similar rights of others, to do anything that would bring them an honest and profitable livelihood. They have been free to plan for their own future, knowing that their goal was limited only by their own ability. They have been free to plan for their children, confident in the knowledge that in America there is no handicap of birth or class distinction. Protecting Freedom ® Major Problem. Protecting this freedom has been one of the major problems of our Government. In the early days of our republic most of the laws reg- ulating business were enacted by the States. As the years went by conditions became more complex and gradually the Federal Gov- ernment became active in protect- ing the economic freedom and wel- fare of our citizens. As a result, we have our laws on pure foods, public health, banking, transpor- tation, workmen's compensation, safety appliances, monopolies and unfair trade practices, and more recently our laws regulating pub- lic utilities and the issuance of securities. This is an imposing list. It has marked America as a progressive Nation. For every one of these laws was designed to protect the public welfare and preserve equal- ity of opportunity. It is true not all these laws are perfect and not all of them have been enforced as they should be. But they were based on the philosophy we have always followed—the philosophy of economic freedom. Not one of them has weakened the funda- mental character of our Govern- ment. This was always the relation- ship of Government to business before the present administration took office. At no time did the Federal Government usurp the right of the States to regulate in- dustry and commerce within thein own borders. At no time did it at- tempt to direct and manage busi- ness. N Then came the N. R. A.! With the enactment of this measure in 1933 our Government, without mandate of the people, adopted a new and completely different phil- osophy. When I say “new” I mea! new only in the sense that it was new to this country. It was a philosophy well known under the autocratic governments of Europe. It was foisted upon us in the misery of the depression by a Fed- eral administration that used the emergency to absorb the powers of the States—an administration that assumed we had suddenly out- grown American institutions. This philosophy decreed that prices should be regulated, not by demand and supply, but by Gov- ernment edict; that wages and hours of employes should be fixed, not by free and fair negotiations under rules assuring equality, but by officials in Washington; that the sort of competition which must be fostered, as the life blood of free enterprise, should in future be prohibited by law. This was a philosophy which denied that the more we produce, the more we have; that the more efficiently we produce, the higher will be our standard of living. It declared that the existing facili- T PIANOS for RENT $3 monthly and up. Renmtal paid applies to purchase prics 1if you decide to buy later, Call NAtL 4730 ties of production ‘must not be in- creased. ‘Where would we be today it we had adopted this philosophy in 1890? Or 1900? How many auto- mobiles and telephones would there be in the country? How many moving picture theaters? How many radios? Control Over Industry Overlooked by Business. This philosophy was sold to us in 1933, as a temporary measure, when we were too troubled to real- ize what was happening. Many business men then supported the experiment. Some saw in it es- cape from the rigors of competi- tion. Others selfishily welcomed relaxation of legal restrictions on monopoly. They failed to see that it marked the establishment of centralized control by government of industry. 8 In practice the national recovery act was a law which tended to protect the large, prospcrous and well established concerns, at the expense of the ambitious young man uying to start his own busi- ness—it was a law which tended. to make it impossible for smaller concerns ever to compete effective- ly with larger ones—or for new enterprises ever to gain a foothold in fields already occupied. Like the recently enacted so-called surplus tax bill, it hung a millstone around the neck of the small business man. Recall what happened under the N. R. A. with its hundreds of codes. Only the big corporations were able to keep a staff of men in ‘Washington to present their views at the code hearings. The little fellow had neither the time nor the money to make frequent trips to Washington. He could not spend days around Government offices trying to keep up with all the changing rules and regulations. . As a result, he never could be sure he was not breaking a ruling laid down by a bureaucrat—a ruling which was frequently made over- night and without public hearing, and which under this administra- tion had the force of law. What the N. R. A. really under- took to do in this country was to terminate our system of free com- petition, and to substitute for it & system of Government-created and Government-protected monopolies. It is not difficult to see what in- evitably happens when this doc- trine is followed. Pirst the Government creates and fosters a monopoly. Then it finds that it is against the public interest to leave such a monopoly, even though regulated, in private hands In consequence, the Gov- ernment decides to take over the monopoly. It is a well-defined movement. The road it takes is easy to fol- low. It is the road that leads away from democracy. The N. R. A. was the beginning in America of the movement which, throughout the world, has been sweeping aside private enter- prise in favor of government con- trol—a movement which has been substituting arbitrary personal authority for constitutional self- government. But—you may say—the N. R. A. is dead. True enough. The national industrial recovery act is dead, thanks to the courage and integ- rity of the Supreme Court. Spirit of Defunct Law “Lives On.” But the spirit of the N. R. A. lives on. It lives on in recently enacted laws. It lives on in the efforts of this Administration to get around the decisions of the Su- preme Court. It lives on in this Administration’s 1836 platform, It lives on in the recent public ut- terances of the President and his spokesmen, But above all, it lives on in the spirit of the President, who has confessed no error—who has let it be clearly known that he con- sidered it would be a catastrophe if the American farmer should “once more become a lord on his own farm.” If this does not mean that the present Administration wants to establish government domination of industry and agriculture, what does it mean? 1If the President has changed his mind and recognizes his errors, let him say so. Let him say so in plain language. Until we have such an admission of er- ror, the choice before us is cleag. On one side is the system of free competitive enterprise, which while not perfect, at least does not dole out opportunity according to a governmental yardstick—a sys- tem under which this country is still’ a freer, a happler place to live in than any other country in the world—a system under which the humblest citizen can still rise to the highest office in the world, the Presidency of the United States. On the other side is a system under which the minutest doings of every citizen are scrutinized and regulated; under which the privacy of our homes is invaded—our fields lie idle by governmental edict—and across the length and breadth of America a million signs spring up “By order of the Government, keep off.” There is no half-way house be- tween these two systems. We have only to look at our history of the past four years to know that this is true. For instance, what has happened on our farms? The Gov- - ernment restricted the production of cotton. Farmers turned to growing peanutis. There were too many peanuts. The Government restricted the growing of peanuts, The farmers turned to raising po- tatoes and the first thing we knew, it was a criminal offense to grow potatoes unless a license was se- cured from the Government. That is the record. That is what must happen once we start the snow-balling tendency of a Gove ernment planned economy. We are being taken down a road that gets steeper and steeper. The farther we go, the harder it is to turn back. We are being taken down the road that leads to a cen- tralized Government of unlimited power. ‘The Republican party rejects this policy. It denies that our present system has failed. It refuses to follow the present administration in smashing the rights of the States. It opposes the creation of a system of organized authority wielded by one man. Pledged to Free Competitive System. We pledge ourseives to maintain a free competitive system, with a strict, impartial enforcement of PFederal laws. Government must protect the average man against the aggressive exploitation by the strong. We recognize that in the past we have been too lax—that at times we have even appeared to forget that under modern condi- tions, a free enterprise system will not automatically maintain itself; —that ‘unless Government is con- stantly on guard to defend compe- tition against abuse, a free enter- prise system tends to become a tangle of vested interest and rigid prices. But the solution is not to aban- don a free enterprise system for a system of Government monopolies. The solution is to free the forces of competition—to stamp out un- - fair trade practices-and monopoly. This will allow the American peo- ple to resume their steagy march of progress. It will restore the system which for generations has given Americans the highest stand- ard of living of smy people in the world. We have but to look across the waters to see the consequences of government domination over eco- nomic life. Step *by step living standards - have fallen. Produc- tivity has decreased. Human be- ings have become more and more dependent upon a government which in turn has become less and less able to take care of them. That is one reason why the Re- publican party stands squarely across the road down which we are being driven by the present admin- istration. Planned economy is incompar- able with the democratic form of government. It must lead to ever increasing executive authority. If & central government at Washing- ton is to direct all the infinite va- riety of factors which go to make up our Nation's business, it stands to reason that this can not be done without extreme concentration of quickly moving power in the execu- tive. It was no accident that Congress delegated its functions to the Pres- ident. It was a necessity under the MADE-TO-ORDER Hearing Radioear Does It—Not Just “Fitted” But Actually Factory Made to Order For You. Radioear Washington Co. E. M. 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When the ‘decision of one man affects an entire country, a wrong decision means national disaster. The Republican party opposes unlimited executive power for an- other reason. This reason is that the world-wide trend away from democracy means but one thing— that one thing is war. Any weak- ening of democracy here means the fina] rout of democracy every- where. The trend against democ- racy must be stopped at once if the world is to escape a major catastrophe. I doubt if civilizae tion can survive another war. Consequences Fearful to Contemplate. Even if we manage to keep from "being directly involved, the con- sequences for us and our children are fearful to contemplate. There is no greater, no more im- portant responsibility resting upon government today than the prese ervation of peace. This Nation had one great op- portunity to lead the way toward world peace and economic secur~ ity. In June, 1933, the nations of the world were assembled at the London economic conference for the specific purpose of reversing the trend toward economic nation- alism and war. At the time the world was still thinking in terms of disarmament. Our Government had taken a leading role in pre- paring for this conference. The outlook for success was favorable. ‘That great opportunity was lost. It was lost because the President of the United States turned his back upon this international co- operative effort. That was the time we abandoned the true foundation of world peace. Since then conditions have become steadily worse. Today Europe is an armed camp; each nation fever= ishly rearming. ‘We must return to sound prine ciples. This will not be easy. In many ways we have already be- come pampered by special privie lege and dependent upon Governe ment where we should be depend~ ent upon ourselves. Our minds have become confused by alluring slo- gans and attractive but unful- fillable promises. But business men, salaried work- ers, wage earners and farmers now recognize that centralized Gov- ernment management of their af- fairs has failed. They recognize that special privilege to one group merely creates a demand for spe- cial privileges by every other group able to exert political pressure. The temper of the American public is no longer complacent. It has definitely set its face against monopoly and unfair trade prace tices. The pledge in our platform is not mere words. It does not mean to me fruitless inquisitions that impede recovery and delay re- employment. To me it means not only the steady relentless enforce- ment Of existing laws but the strengthening of those laws. And it means the enactment of such additional legislation a. is necessary to put an end to monopoly, unfair trade practices and all special privilege. Only if we follow this course can we escape the system of Government-regulated monopo= lies sponsored by this administra= tion. If you do not believe this, you had better not vote for me. For I am pledged by the Republican platform to save our system of free enterprise. Let me restate the issues: Do we want the Government pry- ing into every little detail of our business lives? Do we want the Government forbidding us to plant what we want in our flelds? Oor: Do we want to be free to plan for our future? Do we want free government in America? ; . 30 Days ‘D. C, SEPTEMBER 13, 1936—PART O Landon High Lights By the Associated Press. PORTLAND, Me., September 12.—High lights from the address of Gov. Alf M. Landon of Kansas tonight: “What the N. R. A. really undertook to do in this country was to terminate our system of free competition, and to substitute for it a sys- tem of Government-created and G‘ev * ernment-protected monopolies.” * » “The mfionll' recovery act !l dead, thanks to the courage and integ- rity of the Supreme Court.” * * % ¥ “The spirit of the N. R. A. lives on. ¢ ¢ But above all it lives on in the spirit of the President who has confessed no error.” * % X ¥ “If the President has changed his mind and recognizes his errors, let him say, s0.” * kX % “Until we have such an admission of error, the choice before us is * koK % “We are being taken down the road that leads to a centralized Gov- ernment of unlimited power. The Republican party rejects this policy.” * % “We pledge ourselves to maintain a free competitive system, with a strict, impartial enforcement of Federal laws.” * ¥ “We have but to look across the water to see the consequences of government domination over economic life.” * % “Planned economy is incompatable with the democratic form of gov- ernment.” * k¥ * “It was no accident that Congress delegated its functions to the President. It was a necessity under the system he was creating.” * * “The Republican party opposes unlimited executive power for an- other reason. This reason is that the world-wide trend away from democ- racy means but one thing—that one thing is war.” * % “Any weakening of democracy here means the final rout of democ- racy everywhere.” * %k X ¥ “T doubt if civilization can survive another war.” * x % % “There is no greater, no more important responsibility resting upon government today than the preservation of peace.” * K X K “The temper of the American public is no longer complacent.” * % “It has definitely set its face against monopoly and unfair trade * ¥ practices.” HAMILTON CLAIMS FOES JUGGLE DATA Democrats Held Misusing Figures on Finances of Government. By tne Associated Press. LAKE WAWASEE, Ind., September 12.—John Hamilton, chairman of the Republican National ~ Committee, charged in an address prepared for delivery here today that the “highest officials” of the Democratic admin- istration had “deliberately juggled figures in order to give a false im- pression of the true state of Gov- ernment finances.” To his criticism of the administra- tion's fiscal policies Hamilton, speak- ing at a meeting sponsored by the In- diana Republican Editorial Associa- tion, challenged the *non-political” nature of President Roosevelt's recent tours and said the latter “may decide it is time to go political” after the Maine primary election returns are in. Actions Held Unusual. Hamilton termed “unusual” Presi- dent, 1t's “‘pretense of handling & political campaign in a non-political manner” and said it was “something more than unusual” when the Presi- dent handles non-political matters “in a highly political way.” *“I charge Franklin D. 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QODFIELD ELECTRIC, COMP. ‘WARNER X, 1120 King Street. * ¥ * % ¥ * * * % * % genthau,” said Hamilton, “with de-| liberately misleading the American people as to the state of Government finance and with doing this solely for | their own political advantage.” The speaker contended that unless relief expenditures are drastically re- duced, the Federal Government will | spend during the current year “ap- proximately $1.170,000,000 more than the President or the Secretary of the Treasury admitted in their report to the public.” Juggling Figures Scored. “* * * When the highest officials of the United States Government de- liberately juggle figures in order to give a false impression of the true state of Government finances,” he continued, “the men who indulge in such falsification have forfeited the right to be the trustees of the affairs of a nation.” Hamilton said the credit of the Nation would be maintained “not because of Mr. Roosevelt but in spite of Mr. Roosevelt,” and added that Gov. Alf M. Landon, the Republican | candidate for President, would exer- cise a beneficial influence on the national credit. 202 Auto Deaths in Week. Automobile fatalities in 128 cities for the week ended September 4 were reported at 202 by the Census Bu- reau yesterday. The total for the| same week a year ago was 200. For the first 36 weeks of this year automobile deaths were listed-at 5- 883, compared with 6,232 for the similar 1935 period. ALLENTO SPEAK HERE FOR LANDON Former Kansas Governor Will Address Rally September 21. Henry Allen, former Governor of Kansas, will be the principal speaker at a rally at the Willard Hotel the night of September 21, in the interest of his fellow Kansan, Gov. Alf M. Landon, the Speakers’ Bureau of the Republican National Committee an- nounced last night. ‘The Landon-Knox Campaign Com- mittee of the District will hold a luncheon meeting at the hotel at 12:30 p.m. tomorrow as a preliminary to the rally. During the afternoon of September 21 Allen, who is editor of the Topeka State Journal, will speak in Takoma Park under auspices of the Landon- Legore Club. 5 Prediction that the Republican ticket would carry Penobscot County, Me., by a majority of at least 5,000 in tomorrow’s gubernatorial and con- Demonstrators at this attrac- tive price. Come early. gressional elections in Maine was made yesterday by Edward F. Colla- day, Republican national committee~ man for the District, in s telegram to James O. Wilkes, chairman of the Republican State Committee for the District. Colladay previously had predicted & Republican victory in Maine by some 60,000 votes. He estimated that Senator White would carry the State by from 15,000 to 25,000, Coiladay is tc confer in Portland with Gov. Landon and on Thursday will attend a meeting of Republican leaders in New York called by John D. M. 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