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VOLUME 2 OCTOBER 15,1936 NUMBER 3 I
 
DO YQQR PART .
For the past two years the Amerlcan Liberty League has been
engaged 1n an intensive educational campa1gn to bring home to
American cltlzens the truth about constitutional 1ssues._ The
League has published many pamphlets and leaflets, including ad-
dresses by some of the nat1on's ablest public men, jurists, pub-_
licists and econom1sts.
Millions of pleces of literature have been distributed. Many
thousands are still available. The League calls upon 1ts members
to cooperate In bringing about the widest possible distribution
of this llterature w1th1n the coming few weeks. On page 4 of
this Bulletin there 1s a llst showlng publicatlons available. Ask
National Headquarters for the number you are willing to distribute.
DO YOUR PART:
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"THE WAY WE DO THINGS IS NEARLY ALWAYS THE MEASURE OF OUR SlNCERITY."
-- Franklin D. Roosevelt, Butte, Montana,
· September 19, l952.
”Where there 1s v1s1on, there is tolerance; and where there 1s tolerance, there 1s
V peace. And I beg you to think of tolerance and peace not as Indlfferent and neutral
vlrtues but as active and positive principles.
"* * * It 1s the peculiar task of Harvard and every other universlty and college In
this country to foster and maintain not only freedom within 1ts own walls but also toler- A
ance, self-restra1nt,_fair-deallng and devotion to the truth throughout Amer1ca."
1 —— Franklln D. Roosevelt, Harvard University,
September lB, 1956.
`. "I can realize that gentlemen in well-warmed and well-stocked clubs will discourse
on•the expenses of government and the suffering that they are going through because the
government is spending money for work relief. I w1sh I could take some of these men out
on the battle l1ne of human necessity and show them the facts that we 1n the Government
are fac1ng."
—— Franklin D. Roosevelt, Atlanta, Georgia, `
November 29, 1955. I

 "We have earned the hatred of entrenched greed. The very nature of the problem that
we faced made 1t necessary to drive some people from power and strictly to regulate others.
I made that plain when I took the oath of office 1n March, 1933. I spoke of the practices
V of the unscrupulous money changers who stood indicted 1n the court of public opinion. I
spoke of the rulers of the exchanges of mank1nd's goods, who failed through their own
stubborness and their own incompetence. * * *
"They seek —- this minority In business and finance -- to control and often do control
and use for their own purposes legitimate and highly honored business associations; they
engage in vast propaganda to spread fear and discord among the people -— they would ’gang
up' again the people's liberties.
"The principle that they would instill into government if they succeed in se1z1ng
power is well shown by the principles which many of them have instilled Into their own
affairs; autocracy toward labor, toward stockholders and toward consumers. Autocrats in
smaller things, they seek autocracy In bigger things. 'By their fruits ye shall know
them.' * * * I
"Our resplendent economic autocracy does not want to return to that individualism of
which they prate, even though the advantages under that system went to the ruthless and
the strong. They realize that In thirty-four months we have built up new Instruments of
public power. In the hands of a people's government this power is wholesome and proper.
But In the hands of political puppets of an economic autocracy such power would provide
shackles for the liberties of the people. Give them their way and they will take the
course of every autocracy of the past -- power for themselves, enslavement for the publ1c."
-- Franklin D. Roosevelt, "Message to Congress,"
January 3, 1936.
A "Out of this modern civilization economic royallsts carved new dynasties. New king-
doms were built upon the concentrations of control over material things. There was no
place among this royalty for our many thousands of small business men and merchants.* * *
”It was natural and perhaps human that the privileged princes of these new economic
`dynastles, thlrstlng for power, reached out for control of Government itself. In Its
service, new mercenaries sought to regiment the people. * * *
"Against economic tyranny such as this, the citizen could only appeal to the organ- _
ized power of government.
”The royalists of the economic order have conceded that political freedom was the
business of the Government, but they have maintained that economic slavery was nobody's
bus1ness."
—— Franklin D. Roosevelt, Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania, June 27, 1936.
"THE WAY WE DO THINGS IS NEARLY ALWAYS THE MEASURE OF OUR SINOERITY."
· l@QE.IQiF..¥§-;;_°&+lT...I_S .IlJi...0RTH..2
For several months past the American Liberty League has been conductlng a campaign
designed to get out the vote in the coming election. The League has made no effort to
Influence voters for or against a particular candidate or a particular party. It has
merely appealed to all American citizens to exercise their right of franchise. There
has been a widespread and enthusiastic response to this appeal, but there is still much
work to be done and the time remaining is short. THE LEAGUE MAKES THIS FINAL APPEAL TO
’ ALL OF ITS MEMBERS TO DO EVERYTHING WITHIN THEIR POWER TO INDUCE AS MANY CITIZENS AS
POSSIBLE TO VOTE ON NOVEMBER 3RD.
WHAT DOES YOUR VOTE MEAN? WHAT IS IT WORTH?
_ Under the American constitutional system you have certain rights. You have the right
of religious freedom. You have the right of free speech. You enjoy the right to a free
and uncensored press. You enjoy the right of trial by jury if you are accused of crime.
Your property and your papers and your home are protected against the arbitrary whims of _
government officials. These are only some of your rights. Why do you enjoy them? s

 YOU ENJOY THESE RIGHTS BECAUSE THEY ARE PROTECTED BY THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED
STATES. ·
BUT WHAT PROTECTS THE CONSTITUTION? YOUR VOTE AND THE VOTES OF OTHER CITIZENS.
If you do not choose to exerc1se your right to vote and 1f, subsequently, you suffer
from the policies and acts of public officials, you have no grounds for complaint. The
time to protect your rights is on election day. If you choose to go to a movie or to play
golf or to indulge in some other form of recreation Instead of casting your ballot, that
is your pr1v1lege. But, you are not fulfilling the first duty of c1t1zensh1p 1f you do so.
AREN'T YOUR RIGHTS PROTECTED BY THE CONSTITUTION OF MORE VALUE TO YOU THAN SOM  TEMPOR-
ARY PLEASURE ON ELECTION DAY? IF YOU THINK SO, THERE IS ONLY ONE THING TO DO. THAT IS TO
VOTE —- VOTE YOURSELF AND USE YOUR INFLUENCE TO INDUCE AS MANY OTHERS AS POSSIBLE TO DO
LIKEWISE.
SOME VIEES OF THE_AMERICAN LIBERTY LEAGUE
Following are excerpts quoted from unsolicited letters appraislng the work of the
American L1berty League: »
"Personally, I think you all have done a grand job. ·I measure 1t in three ways.
First and foremost, how rlght you are according to the lessons of history. Second, how
the people are coming to appreciate the fundamentals which you are endeavorlng to preserve.
And th1rd, the bitterness which 1t 1s occas1on1ng among those who would destroy these
fundamentals, either from un1nformed theory or pure lust of power."
_ —- From a prominent attorney of New York C1ty.
"I have recelved from week to week and almost from day to day the marvelous series
of addresses which the American Liberty League has circulated, and I am grateful to you
for enabling me to follow this educational and patriotic work done under your d1rect1on."
- ‘ —- From the pres1dent of a great educational
Institution.
”I have seen a lot of criticisms, of course, of the League, but I have never seen in
any single cr1t1c1sm an effort to show that either the statement of facts or the prfnciples
advocated therein were wrong. Personally I am convinced that the League is performing, and
will cont1nue to perform, an invaluable public serv1ce." `
-¥ From the president of a large railroad.
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"When you total your current bills on the tenth of next month, it would be a good
idea to add in an item that you may not even realize you now owe —— your share 1n the
national debt, whfch is a first mortgage on your buslness, your earnings and your home.
"Today the total governmental debt stands at the record figure of $53,000,000,000,
of which Federal debt accounts for $Z4,000,000,000 and local debt for $l9,000,000,000, _·
averaging $424 for each man, woman, and child 1n this country -- $2,120 for a family of
five. ‘
"As an obligation 1t comes ahead of your grocery bill, dentfst bill, or rent. It
will have to be paid -- by your children or their ch1ldren's children, 1f not by you.
The only source of governmental credit 1s your property. The only source of governmental
revenue is the extraction of money from your pocket, through taxation, to pay government
bills. ,
* "The national debt 1s constantly` growing, and some authorities anticipate 1t will be
increased by ten to thlrty per cent within the comparat1vely near future. If the citizens
of this country permit continued and unrestrained prodigality 1n government, they should
not kick about following the Pied Piper to the poorhouse."
‘· y -— The Trades Union News
_ Philadelphia, Pennsylvania F

 LEAGUE LITERATURE ·
The League publications llsted below are free for the asking. Sign the blank below
and indicate the number of coples of each publication that you are wllllng to dlstrlbute. Send
the blank to the League's National Headquarters, National Press Bu1ld1ng, washington, D. C.,
and the llterature will be send as long as the supply lasts. ACT PROMPTLYs
PAMPHLETS
Amt. £g?' Tltle of Publication Amt. §g?‘ Title of Publication
____ 17 Inflation ____ 126 The American Form of Government, the
____ 21 The Holding Company Bill Supreme Court & the New Deal
____ 66 The National Labor Relations Act ____ 127 Soclallzatlon of the Electric Power
____ 72 Dangerous Experimentation Industry
____ 75 Economic Planning-Mistaken But Not ____ 129 Social & Economic Experiments Under
New the Guise of Taxation
____ 78 work-Relief ____ 130 New Deal Budget Policies
____ BO The A.A.A. & Our Form of Government ____ 132 Delegation of Legislative Power To
____ 81 Alternatives To the American Form of the Executive Under the New Deal
_Government ____ 133 Federal Bureaucracy In the Fourth
____ 91 Professors and the New Deal Year of the New Deal
____ 98 wealth and Income ____ 134 The Dual Form of Government and the
____ 102 The Townsend Plan New Deal
____ 117 New work Relief Funds
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____ 55 Legislation — By Coerclon or Constltu- ____ 90 The American Constitution — Whose
tion by Jouett Shouse Heritage? By Frederick M. Stlnchfleld
____ 73 The Economic Necessity In the Souther ____ 92 The American Form of Government — Let
States For A Return To the Constltu- Us Preserve It by Albert C. Ritchie
t1on by Forney Johnston ____ 93 The Redistribution of Power by John
____ 82 The Real Significance of the Constltu- w. Davis
tional Issue by R. E. Desvernlne ’____ 95 The President Has Made the Issue by.
____ 85 The Fallacles & Dangers of the Town- Charles I. Dawson
·send Plan by Dr. walter E. Spahr ____ 97 The Facts In the Case by Alfred E.
____ 87 what of 19367 by James P. Warburg Smith ~
____ 88 Americanism At the Crossroads by ____ 121 An American Philosophy by Jouett
R. E. Desvernlne Shouse
____ 89 The Constitution & the New Deal by ____l35 A Rising Or A Setting Sun? by Wm.
James M. Carson R. Perkins
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____ 5 A Farmer Speaks ____ 15 who Are the Economic Royalists?.
____ 6 will It Be Ave Caesar? _ ____ 18 An Open Letter To the President
____ 9 Government By Busybodies ____ 20 Self—Styled Liberals `
____ 10 Gratitude In Polltlcs ____ 22 Tax Facts
____ 12 New Labels For Old Poisons ____ 23 The way Dlctatorshlps Start
____ 14 Government By Law Still Forced To ____ 24 Abollshing the States
Fight Against the New Deal `I
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