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 The Liberty League—Old
Friendships Destroyed
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p i I THINK IT MAY safely be said that the
problem of the unemployed and the relief of
{ the unemployed remains the most serious prob-
H lem confronting the Nation today.
  We are told by the American Federation of
E Labor that the number of unemployed is some-
4 ; thing like 12,626,000 persons. This is a shock-
i ing statement when you take into consideration
i the billions of dollars that have been spent by
  the government in the effort to furnish relief,
i and other costly plans in what was once de-
. { scribed as “priming the pump.”
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1 MY RECOLLECTION is that we were almost
W _ . .   dumfounded when the President requested an
HEN you have finished with thls ; appropriation of $3,300,000,000. We were
PamPnlet Please Pass it O"' t° wma   shocked and confused when he asked for the
]°Ti€¤·d OT acquaintance who might be `   $4¤,800,000,000 appropriation. And this, now, is
interested, calling his attention to the E followed in another twelve months by a request
membership blank On, page 24, i for $1,500,000,000 more. It might be well to note
· p also that, in the last request made, no assurance
  is given that it will be sufficient for the next
  fiscal year, and we may very properly assume
§ from the language of the President’s message,
1 that that billion and a half, if appropriated by
I the Congress, will be expended before the end
of this calendar year. y
. ( After some experience with the first huge ap-
— { propriation which I have mentioned, I remem-
I ber distinctly the applause that greeted the
I President in his Annual Message, delivered
y V before a joint session of the two Houses of Con-
f gress on January 4, 1935, when he said:
  “The Federal Government must and shall quit
t this business of relief.
  “I am not willing that the vitality of our people
  be further sapped by the giving of cash, of market i
f baskets, of a few hours of weekly work cutting grass, i
t raking leaves or picking up papers in the public ,
i parks." {
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THE Passxoswr then tt.1.1 tt that ttttm t aad wasaaa rata   a*aasI>* aaktas aa assartaaity t
, , to earn a l1v1ng for themselves and the1r fam1l1es m
were one and ll half mllllcll persons uncm- the old-fashioned and respectable American way.”
ployed, who would have to be cared for “by   · · I
States, by oonntiost by towns, by oitioo, by · There has been so much cr1t1c1sm, much of
churches, and by ntivoto wolfoto agonoiootat as I it specific and convincing, alleging that those
they were cared for before the depression. in eiisrge sf WPA iunds and rslisf iunds ia
`The President then recommended a new pro- Various Paris af ine eounirY wars “PisYing
gram of gmgrggngy public gmplgymgnt, and Said politics   l1llIIlElI1 1I1lSCI‘y” that I assume the
tbot among tbo nnot principles of snob nnblio   distinguished Senator from Arkansas found it
omnloymont must bc tbot: K quite necessary to try to turn the tables and
"All work undertaken should be useful——not just ` it lualfc that eamc fihargc aglunst two Organ-
for a day, or a year, but useful in the sense that it I lzatlolls wlllcll disagree Wlth the present
creates future new wealth for the Nation.” Administration-
What a miserable mess has been made in car-  
Wing °lll lllls Pmmlsci   IF IT BE TRUE that a great job has been done
ea Fsbaaatv 25th Iaatt is asms _as·a·aaI¤tS wd the d¤P<>¤t¤ Speak ¤¤ly {-ind the positions of President and Secretary of  
l° G°‘l‘, ” that organization to be held by prominent Dem-  
The distinguished Junior Senator from Texas ocrats. We find more than a majority of the  
sustained this attack in a speech made in Balti- National Executive Committee, consisting of 23  
more on March 28th. His speech is described members and which actually runs the organiza- lt
in the New York Herald Tribune, as follows: tion, composed of Democrats, and it might be  
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1 well to call your attent1on to the names of some l ond lo hams oonrrollodbb; th°§°_ wi; bclggg;
of the members of this Executive Committee. I lll that Platform and o lovc In _ 6 _
Them is the Hon John W Davis who Was` I cratic candidate for President. It 1S the k1nd
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the standard bearer of the Democratic Patty in 1 of a platfohms to which lliilaintbridgc Scilly, lh;
1924. I Secretary o tate, an ew on . a o,
There is the Hon. Alfred E. Smith, who was   S€¢I‘€tai`Y of Ware undo; Woodiiowd Will;/Eg,
the standard bearer of the Democratic Party in   would oPl’;`oVo‘ Fomjfii leimgni cc giitchic
lg2g_ souri wou approve. e a e overnor ·
Them is the Hon Joseph B Ely the well, of Maryland, a distinguished Democrat, did
known former Democratic Governor of the great approvlz ith lt is IH llno Wggli tho 0p1¤1f19?>2» Roosevelt cohtluufid to PYEUSG 3Hd
with a dignity, a knowledge and a wisdom that laud Smith.
deglousffaied him a Statesman- p Now let us see what the distinguished Senator
pcogir b€:"{;“;‘;bgg;5gyh;$;;;°‘;;int;ih;°;;?:: from Arkansas thought of the man Smith who
A tions of the average man, so that when he speaks heaqcd the uckct In ?'928’ and OP Winch. he was
with the voice of America, he burns with the fire of homlhatod as a oahdldatc for Vlci? PI’€$ld€I1t·
a divine humanity——the fire which has produced the OI1 July l, 1928, just after the nomination,
greatest of leaders of the Democracies of the Senator Robinson had this to Say:
world .... His is the quality of militant leader- “ _ _
ship .... He has the rare power to express the More than my °th°r mah of his gchcmhon he is
great fundamental truths and ideals in homely lan- ’°p”f’S°“‘a‘f"° ? that type of cluzchshlp and Puhhc
guage carrying conviction to the multitude. slgrvice which 1s·never remote f;om the interest of
"He has a power to strike at error and wrong- t G masses ° this great °°umrY‘
doing that makes h1s adversaries quail before him. In a telegram to Smith on that Same day, hc
He has a personal1ty that carries to every hearer Said this.
not only the sincerity but the righteousness of what °
he says. He is the ‘Happy Warrior’ of the political °°Yol11‘ telegram happily recalls our intimate asso.
battlefield .... If you will render your verdict in ciations in previous campaigns .... With a sympathy
that sacred mood, it can only be for the nomination that embraces every race and creed you have sought
of the man whom I present to you-—the one above to be helpful to humanity and faithful to every
all others who has demonstrated his power, his public trust.”
ability to govern; this leader whose whole career T _
gives convincing proof of his power to lead; this hrcc days latch July 4th? he Sun had a high
warrior whose record shows him invincible in de- OPHUOH of hlmo {OY he said:
fense of right and in attack on wrong; this man, 66Al1wil1 recognize the magnetic and Sympathetic
beloved by all, trusted by all, respected by all; . . . 1- · . . . ,
_ _ _ qua mes of thlS great p0lltlC8l leader and w1ll appre-
th1s man of destiny whom our State proudly dedi- , ciatc the courage the {ident and th Hi ,· f
cates to the Nation—our own Alfred E. Smith." » ° Y C 6 Clancy 0
the man.
I desire to repeat one phrase used in that On July 13th, nine days later, his opinion
speech: ‘ has not changed, for he said this:
"The honest business man knows that he has never ‘ "Governor Smith is admired and loved by the
sought personalgpreferment by demagog1c attack on people of his state beyond any other public man of
honest busmess. his generation. It is his sterling, fearless honesty
I Wonder Whether any thlnklng and truthful an s1ncere attachment to the•welfare and best 1nter
_ _ ests of the general publ1c which are the basis of his
p€£'S01'1 W0l1ld d&I'C to USB that CXPYCSSIOII 111 popularityf
re erence to President Roosevelt.
Less than a week afterwards, he followed his h
E praise with this language:
XACTLY FOUR YEARS LATER, Mr- R00S€' "Governor Smith has done more to bring the
Velt again placed Governor Snllth 1n nomination benefits of government to the masses of people and
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 to make government humane than any other Amer- 1 money, no meddling and no competition with
ican statesman of the last fifty years. It 1s.the faith   business enterprises, maintenance Of States,
1n his loyalty and fidelity that has led millions to R, h 1 1 h _ _
follow his leadership. H1s appeal goes directly to 1 lg tS’ cya ty to t 6 Consututwni and the
the multitudes who long for and deserve better liv- y violation of manY other Promises absolutely
ing conditions. . condemn the New Deal in the minds and hearts _
°°S}‘SPi°i°¤ and h‘m`°d_haV° Scarchcfi °V°*Y QN 9; t of those who believed in the Democratic plat-
his life and have found him clean and mcorruptible. form of 1932. The Liberty League is only one
of many organizations determined to end the l
IN STRANGE CONTRAST to ti1€S6 €0mPii· New Deal as soon as possible. Don’t try to fool
mollltary 6XP1’€SSi011S from tho distiilguiaiwti S€I1· the people into believing that this is for some
ator from Arkansas, may I call your attention Selfish Purpose The thinking men and women
to his radio address, printed in the Congros- of the Nation are frightened today for the safety
sional Record, under date of J auuary 30th, Show- of their country. Those Democrats who sup-
illg tha great strain ami labor i11V0iV€¢i ill i1i8 i ported Roosevelt in 1932 have been deceived
endeavor to answer the speech delivered by his and ng man has a right to complain if those
old friend Smith at tim Amarioail Liberty persons he has deceived, turn against him.
League dinner. As spokesman for and defender
of the President, he turned his back upon his
fellow nominee of the 1928 campaign, ignored Do NOT BLAME the Republican Party for
the many complimentary expressions he had taking away from you those persons whom you
made of this Democratic leader, and practically I have always claimed as your own. There are
charged him with having sold his political prin- about 100,000 members of the American Liberty
ciples in order that he might associate with the League. A few of them are rich men, but 99
wealthy duPonts and the wealthy Raskob. Ah, per cent of them are just plain, ordinary, honest
he must have overlooked those strenuous po- folks. Twenty-three thousand individual men
litical days of 1928 and 1932 when Roosevelt, and women have been among the contributors
Smith, Robinson, Raskob and the duPonts were to the funds of the League. A great majority of
truly buddies, all interested in the same cause. these members, both contributing and non-
May I inquire of the distinguished Senator contributing, are Democrats who do not believe
from Arkansas, and other New Deal Senators, in the New Deal. This administration has lost
who may be able to speak for themselves and them because it has violated its trust. Admit
the President, whether they think they have { this as a fact; it will be good for your soul.
kept faith with these Democrats who are so ac- . Mr. Farley tells us this is to be a dirty cam-
tive in, if not actually controlling the Liberty paign, but I hope he is mistaken. I hope he
League? Who is it that has repudiated the ~ does not persuade his friends in the Senate to
_ principles of Jefferson, the principles of the adopt any such course. There has been some
Democratic Party`? Is it these Democratic mem- evidence of it but that is because some Senators
bers of th