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VOL. 1 » A FEBRUARY 15,1936 ·N¤. 7
THE FOG DISPELLED
The problem of d1spell1ng the fog over washington -- which has been a matter of con-
cern to apologlsts for the New Deal -- was solved on January 25th. The address of former
Governor Alfred E. Smlth at the Liberty League dinner provided the solution.
As a result of Governor Sm1th's speech, the nation 1s no longer ln doubt as to the
issue confronting it -- a choice between government by a centralized, irresponsible, vision-
ary and extravagant bureaucracy or by the orderly and constltutlonal processes under the
protection of which the United States has prospered far beyond any other nation in the
history of the world. A
The League meeting and the addresses delivered by Governor Smith and others served to
focus national attention upon the principles for which the American Liberty League has been ‘
contending since 1ts organization. Now that the lssue has been clarified, the verdict of `
the people may be awaited with confidence -- provided those who believe in government by
law, adminlstrated by men conscious of the meaning of an oath of office, are not again
caught napping.
Since the January 25th meeting, national headquarters of the League have been all but
swamped by expressions of approbation, applications for membership and substantial contri-
butions from those anxious to assist in the work the League has undertaken.
Editorial reaction has been overwhelmingly favorable to the League. Such d1sagree—
ment as there has been has come almost excluslvely from those tled to the New Deal by po-
" litical self-interest and willing to put patronage favors or subsidies from the public ,
treasury ahead of patriotism. _ . `
The most convincing evidence of the public reaction against the New Deal stimulated by
the League meeting, and particularly by Governor Sm1th's speech, has been supplied by the
New Deal 1tself._ No answer worthy of the name has been even offered. Senator Robfnson of
Arkansas, Roosevelt leader of the Senate, read a scolding reply over the radio in such a
halting manner as to suggest that either his heart was not in the job or he was unfamiliar
with the manuscript. Democratic National Chairman Farley, recuperatlng 1n Florida from the
exertion incident to the $50 a plate Jackson Day dlnner —— with the $45 dollar a plate rake-
off to his campaign fund —- addressed another dinner at $10 a plate and took occasion to
criticize the League because 1t had presumed to call upon the administration to remember the
oaths of office taken by public officials. That was about all of the attempted answer by
the New Deal. p
There was not so much as an attempt at a reply from the one man in the United States
who more than any other should be interested in making an adequate reply, if that be
possible. .