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NATIONAL PRESS BUILDING WASHINGTON, D. G.
VOL. 1 DECEMBER, 1935 Ne. 5
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The League's National Executive Committee, its National Lawyers Committee and its
National Advisory Council will meet in Washington at the Mayflower Hotel on January 25.
Joint sessions of the Executive Committee and the Advisory Council during the day
will be devoted to consideration of plans for League activities during the coming year
and to a review of progress made since the last joint session at Chicago in June.
The climax of the meeting will be a public dinner to be addressed by speakers of
national prominence. Details concerning the dinner will be communicated to members in
the near future as soon as arrangements have been completed. At least part of the
dinner program will be broadcast over a nation-wide radio hookup. — ,
‘ THE_EUTUR§ y
As this issue of the Bulletin goes to press, the New Deal is on trial on several
counts before the Supreme Court of the United States. Probably within the next few
weeks there will be decisions determining the life or death of important elements in
the vast socialistic structure which has been reared within the past three years. Other
test cases involving other important issues are in prospect.
lf the Supreme Court should declare invalid several of the New Deal laws new on
trial, the coming session of Congress will be confronted with the test of formulating
policies in view of those decisions., This will be a task of tremendous importance. The
question involved will be whether the nation shall return to adherence to those funda-
mental principles under which it has grown great, or whether it is to be subjected to
the harrassment of further ill-advised and unconstitutional experiments. .
From many sources come impressive indications that the people are disgusted with
the play—boy trifling with basic principles under which they have suffered in recent
S years. On the other hand, the encouragement which New Deal visionaries have given to
more radical elements has unloosed forces which must not be disregarded._ , I
In the situation outlined, it is important that the American Liberty League shall be
active and effective in the advocacy of the principles which called it into being. Dur-
lng the coming months the League will have the greatest opportunity thus far presented .
to demonstrate its value to the American people.
I NATIONAL_LAWYERS CQMMITTQQ · A
The League's National Lawyers Committee made its second report on December 9 and
therein expressed the opinion that the Bituminous Coal Conservation Act of 1955 is
plainly unconstitutional. s r