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NATIONAL PRESS BUILDING WASHINGTON, D. G. —
 
VOL. 1 AUGUST, 1935 NO.1
 
- BIRTHDAY
The American Liberty League is one year old this month. During that brief period
the League has grown until its membership reaches into every state ln the Union. By
the time the League's second birthday rolls around one year hence the country will be
in the midst of a political campaign which may determine our future form of government
and the fate of those principles under which the nation has grown and prospered. By
that t1me it is essential —— and on the basis of progress so far made it may be expected
-— that the League shall be a potent force to assist the American people in making the
proper decision.
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It has become so clear that it no longer requires argument that the so-called New
Deal cannot continue under the Constitution of the United States. Having failed in
their attempt at nulliflcation by lndirectlon, advocates of the New Deal scheme of
things have been forced to adopt the more forthright procedure of seeking to change the
Constitution.
That th1s may be the next major move is clearly Indicated by President Roosevelt
himself. Following the Supreme Court’s decision ln the so-called Schechter case 1n—
valldattng NRA codes, the President made a lengthy speech to Washington newspaper
correspondents which, 1f it had any meaning at all, foreshadowed an attempt to change
the Constitution in such manner as to give the Federal government undisputed control
g over the private business affairs of gggw everymcltfzen of this nation. The impression _
that this ls what is in the Pres1dent's mind has been strengthened by subsequent utter—
ances of members of his Cabinet and other prom1nent officials of the administration.
1 Even more sinister are the implications in the Pres1dent's recent letter to
. Representative Hill of Washington with reference to the Guffey Coal Control Bill.
Advocating enactment of this bill, the President in his letter to Mr. Hill urged that
members of Congress should not let doubts as to the constitutionality of the measure
"however reasonable" deter them from voting for the bill.
This attitude can have only one meaning, namely, a desire to take away from the
Supreme Court its constitutional authority to hold invalid such acts of Congress as
may be in conflict wlth the Constitution. To do this would be to destroy the found-
ation stone upon which the structure of constitutional liberty rests.
@HAT_THg_T§§UE MEANS
It is lmportant that the American people shall realize the logical consequences
of the theories advocated by the present admlnfstratlon. These consequences were
summarized 1n a recent radio speech by Mr. Shouse (Document No. 55) as followsi .