authority and which suhmcrgcs the welfare of ministration. In doing that it will not write a
the individual to that of dw g0V€1`¤m€¤t· Democratic platform. To the contrary such en-
, dorsement can only mean a radical departure
THE AMERICAN SYSTEM of representative from the basic principles upon which the Demo-
Democracy was so devised as to assure a fre- e ereue Party Wee feuneed and fer which it has
qucm expression of thc will of the people, to consistently stood. It 1S true that there will be
prevent the Executive from assuming dictatorial I Demeemte at the eeeveetlefh but it IS equally
powers and to allow full freedom to individual tree tee'; they meet eubeembe te Strange dee'
initiative. Under the New Deal the Executive tunes lf they eeeept ue preneuneememe Aad ,
has usurped responsibilities for which members T no Demeeret whe refuses een be aeeuaee ef (ha'
of Congress Supposedly Should bc held to ac_ * loyalty to his Party. Those who have seized the
count by their constituents. Executive domina- Party meehmery have ehanged the whale Pie'
tion of legislation has become notorious. The ture of the party' They eare as httle far thc
delegation of legislative authority has permitted C Phlleeephy ef Themeeaeeersen as far the Prem'
the making of laws by executive order. An atti- ieee of the Democratic Platfarm of 193%
tude of hostility to the Courts has emphasized eeener or latex? the Present madeeea Yau PaaS·
thc New Dcars apparent Purpose to Substitute Sooner or later, a political proimse will again
Executive authority for the System of three be regarded as a sacred 0bl1gat10n. Sooner or
branches with coordinate power. Except for letele we Shell eeee mere reeegmze that two
the intervention of the Supreme Court the New and twe make fem" And wh¢¤ that Ume eelaea
Deal would have destroyed the sovereignty of tee Demeerate whe ere Demeefate heal eeuV1e'
the States, an essential Part of the System of t1011 and not from mereoexpediency will regain
checks and balances which has made our gov- eemrel of the D emeeraue Party and will make
ernment safe and desirable. In its zeal to con- It enee mere the Party ef Jeeeraen and J¤¢kS¤¤
trol the private and business lives of the people, and Cleveland and W11een‘
the New Deal has encroached upon the liberties
guaranteed under the Bill of Rights. MEANWHILE ther . t d _ k f
Complete evidence of the purpose of the New t- 1 h bh. . C IS a Iifmcn ous tes e
Deal to change the American form of govern- giggle thge Sgt Slatwn to the “?°°mPl‘“};°dé
ment in important particulars is furnished in our gvcmlgem 11;;; 5;;;: tooiignwgorgrowg
the decisions of the Supreme Court. In eight z and ilu children and our childmfs I;hZld e
. . 1 ren
cases, important outstanding New Deal laws for Ucncrtions to come must ma the whil
have been held to be unconstitutional, while in {4 Wim; The task of the next Prcgdcm of tl:. __,
C two other cases the application of New Deal U ·t`d S · . b e
_ laws has been }1eld unconstitutional. In two 001313 bctgflei ;;§31ugAt0 8 asfseverg as any That
cases in which the constitutionality of laws was R; V of hardhcadgd bugiucsgiillasz §?;nFl:;i;ai;t;?il;i
not mvolved the Execut1ve branch of the gov- i and determination is needed for the .0b Th
ernment has been declared by the Court to have   E processes of recovery have begun dgspitc th;
usurped authority not warranted by law. Other N tinkering of the New Deal but they must be Car-
important New Deal laws have been the subject ricd forward with cafe with . h
of adverse decision in the lower Courts and now Scvcranc D ’ courage wu per-
_ _ e. emocrats, therefore, who are left
ewan the verdlet af the Supreme Ceure without a Party in present circumstances must
decide the course they will pursue. They owe
ON NEXT TUESDAY the New Dea] wg] bc. no duty of loyalty to the New Deal or to the
gin its political convention in the City of Phila- T COHVBHHOH which it will hold in Philadelphia
delphia. Masking under the name of the Dem- next W€€k·
ocratic Party, the machinery of which it has
momentarily seized, the New Deal will write a
platform of endorsement of the Roosevelt ad-
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