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VOLUME I JUNE 15, 1936 NUMBER 11
 
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“ ”Ib has become so clear that 1t no longer requ1res argument that the so—called New
. Deal cannot continue under the Constitution of the United States." _ `
S The forego1ng sentence 1s quoted from the August, 1935, issue of the Bulletin of the
. American Liberty League. T1me has brought abundant proof of the accuracy of that state-
ment. I
In eight instances lmportant New Deal laws have been held by the Supreme Court to be
unconstitutlonal. In two other instances administrative acts of the New Deal have been
held by the Supreme Court to constitute an unconstitutional application of important laws. .
The Jud1c1al branch of the Government in passing upon New Deal legislation has 1n-
dlcted the Roosevelt administration on the following grounds:
l -— For attempting to delegate practically unlimlted Legislative power
to the Executive, thereby throwing out of balance our constitutional system
which provides for the distribution of powers among the three coord1nate
branches —— Legislative, Executive and Judicial.
2 —— For attempting to exert Federal authority in f1elds reserved by
the people through the Constitution to State governments, thereby seeking to
destroy our system of dual sovereignty which 1s the foundation of local self-
government. ‘ y A
d 5 —- For attempting to encroach upon individual l1bert1es guaranteed by t
I the Bill of Rights. · .
4.-- For attempting to pervert the tax1ng power Into an instrument of
coercion to promote social and economic control and experimentation.
But despite a series of stinging rebukes from the Nat1on's highest tribunal, the New
Deal is unrepentant. That perhaps 1s the most sinister aspect of the situation. The
phrase oft repeated 1n high off1c1al quarters, "I must read all of the op1n1ons," and the
emphasis placed by New Deal spokesmen upon the dissenting opinions of members of the
Supreme Court constitute a clear attempt to 1mpa1r the legal effect of the formal decis-
1ons of our highest Court. Such tactics amount in effect to an attempt on the part of
one coordinate branch of government to destroy the people‘s faith in the Integrity of an-
other coord1nate branch.
Supreme Court decisions have made 1t obvious that the key measures of the New Deal
const1tute integrated parts of an attempt to set up a new form of government.
The time 1s rapidly approaching when the people will be called upon to choose between
their Constitution and the New Deal. .

 1 _ L L "GET OUT_THE vggg”
‘ The League's 'Get Out the Vote" campaign was announced 1n the last issue of the
Bulletin. Since then, all members of the League throughout the country have received
circulars and forms to put this program into practical effect. Returns are just be-
g1nn1ng to come 1n.
IN SPITE OF THE SHORT TIME THAT HAS ELAPSED SINCE THE ACTUAL WORK OF THIS DRIVE
WAS BEGUN, THE RETURNS ALREADY MADE TO NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS INDICATE THAT THROUGH THIS
EFFORT THE LEAGUE WILL BE INSTRUMENTAL IN TURNING OUT AT THE POLLS NEXT NOVEMBER SEVERAL
MILLIONS OF AROUSED CITIZENS WHO HAVE NOT ORDINARILY VOTED.
The League's campaign to induce citizens to exercise their most valuable rlght and
their most sacred duty has received widespread approval; For example: The WHEELING
INTELLIGENCER of Wheeling, West V1rg1n1a, says 1n part under the capt1on "WILL THEY DO
IT?" "This is a commendable task the League has undertaken. Should 1t succeed, there
would be no reason to fear for the future 1n the Un1ted States .... "
The DEMOCRAT AND CHRONICLE of Rochester, New York, says under the caption "CITIZENS
URGED TO ACT," "The Democrat and Chronicle 1s not an organ of the American Liberty
League. Nevertheless it is in full agreement w1th many of the principles enunciated by
the League. It 1s 1n particular agreement with the appeal .... urging that every
citizen who can vote do so 1n this critical year."
The BIRMINGHAM NEWS of Birmingham, Alabama, says in part under the caption "A GOOD
WORD FOR THE LIBERTY LEAGUE," "There have been many things about the Liberty League
w1th which one could disagree . . . . Now, however, the League has undertaken to sponsor
, a cause about wh1ch there can be no question. It has set itself to the task of arousing
more interest 1n elections and campaigns. It will work to get out a larger vote ....
· The League should have 1OO per cent cooperation in this endeavor."
Members are urged to act promptly to make th1s campaign a success. FIRST, sign
and send in your own pledge that you will vote next November. SECOND, send 1n the names
of at least ten other voters who have made similar promises. THIRD, obtain prom1ses
from as many voters as possible that they in turn will seek to enlist at least ten
others and send 1n the names and addresses of those agreeing to do so.
Remind those whose cooperation you seek that 1n many communities It 1s necessary
to reglster some time in advance of the election. If you need additional forms, wr1te
to National Headquarters for them.
Remember the League is not seeking pledges for votes to support any Individual can+
didate or any particular party. That makes it pOSS1b1S to appeal for cooperation to
groups and individuals who may not be members of the League and even to those who may
not agree with all of the League's pr1nc1ples. Everyone can agree that all c1t1zens
should exercise the right of franch1se. _
f1*HE_"eENTLg_gA1N o5_g1;1g_g1gsj[
A "No doubt you have already become acquainted w1th the benefits you may derive from
participating in the New National Agricultural Conservation Program.
”The next step is to SIGN UP THE WORK SHEET FOR YOUR FARM.
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"The f1ll1ng out of the Work Sheet does not obligate you in any way, but does make
you el1g1ble to apply for cash benefits, some of which you may receive without making
any changes In your present farm pract1se." A
—— Excerpt from a circular letter sent New
Castle County (Delaware) farmers over the
signature of G. M. Worrilow, County Agri-
cultural Agent.

 LETTER_§RQm_A NEBRAS§g_FARgER
The following 1s an excerpt from a letter addressed to the American Liberty League
under date of June 5th by Theodore Dubois, Naponee, Nebraska:
”I w1sh to acknowledge receipt of the leaflet No. 5 entitled 'A Farmer
Speaks•. It was sent me by you at the request of my friend, Mrs. w11l1am C.
M11ler, of Glencoe, Illinois.
”The author of that leaflet expressed the v1ews of most thinking farmers
as I have found them ranging from the Gulf States through this mid western
sectlon as far north as the Dakotas and westward to the Coast.
”Th1s writer 1s a stock ranger and farmer. It may surprise your organ-
1zat1on to learn that the real rangers and farmers who have made progress
permanent and have lent to 1t 1ts stability have never as a class favored
most of the New Deal tactics. Lately many of the others who did favor those
tactics for a time have been dropplng out of 11ne with th1s bunch of wreckers.
Th1s sentiment was most v1s1ble upon a recent tour through the section of
country just ment1oned." 4 ,
S C I L.....sAsQ§.Ll..TER@QB.’§ (
ADDRESS! ·
"You Owe Th1rty;gne Bflllon Dol1ars" - Speech by Jouett Shouse, Presldent of the
American Llberty League. (Doc. No. 125)
PAMPRLETSL
".....Ths A~¤1¤a¤;1...<=¤¤..F...¤m.21.@.922;¤.¤lea..t· 2il2-§B.I2Is.Es-9.9*l§E-a.1ld_.~ ’¤¥¤.....s N2H..Q9.al`° ‘ An analysis
of Supreme Court decisions dealing with New Deal laws and their application, revealing the
present adm1n1strat1on as "the f1rst 1n the hlstory of the United States to initiate a
carefully planned and comprehensive movement to accomplish fundamental changes-1n the sys-
tem of government." (Doc. No. 126) V
"The Soc1a11zat1on of_the Elggtrlc Power Industry" — An analysis of New Deal policies
and projects deslgned to destroy private lndustry at a tremendous cost to the taxpayers.
(boo. No. 127) (
LEAFLETS:
"Ngw_Labe1§_§g; Old Po1gons” - Excerpts from a speech by Rep. Clare Gerald Fenerty.
(Leaflet No. 12) .
"The New_Dgal Boondoggling C1rgus" - Some of the ways 1n which the present administra-
t1on 1s spending eight billion dollars a year. (Leaflet No. 13)
"Govggnment By_Law_§t1ll_Eorgeg_To_F1ght Aga1nst_New_Qea1" -2A brief ana1ys1s of the
continuing conflict between the Roosevelt adm1n1strat1on and the constitutlon of the United
States. (Leaflet No. 14)
‘ "T§E_INVE§TMENT SIDE O[_INSQRgNgE"
”An ardent d1sc1p1e of new deal gospel has been mak1ng many public appearances 1n the
Northwest. Marshall Dana is h1s name and his t1tle 1s cha1rman of the Regional Planning
Comm1ss1on -- whatever that is or may be. Mr. Dana*s particular forte is a discussion of
such Government projects as the Bonnev1lle and Coulee Dams, and to impress his llsteners
~ with the 1mperat1ve need for these ventures by the Government 1nto the realm of pr1vate
bus1ness.
"Appearing before the Life Insurance Managers' Assoc1at1on of Portland Mr. Dana 1n-
v1ted questions and was gracious enough to answer them, after a fashlon. One query from
the floor was whether he thought that beneflts to be derived from these and other s1m11ar
projects would offset the depression in ut1l1ty compan1es' decur1t1es. Vagueness and cir-
cumlocution in replying prevent recording the exact meaning of h1s remarks. . .
"with a total of approx1mately two b1l11on dollars lnvested 1n public ut1l1ty bonds

 and stocks by llfe lnsurance companles lt was rather amazlng to observe llfe insurance man-
agers absorb without question Mr. Dana's vagarles. I
"As an advocate of Federal reclamation projects Mr. Dana has no superior. His enthus-
lasm in that direction knows no bounds. Questioned as to why the Government should spend
hundreds of millions of dollars to reclalm land when there are so many irrigation d1st—'
rlcts ln default, hls reply was such districts had been lmproperly flnanced and lnvestors
thereln deserved to lose their all for so lnvestlng.
. A "why the Government should spend hundreds of mllllons of dollars to restrict crops
A throughout the country and spend mllllons more to reclaim land to produce more crops was
another new deal problem left unsolved by the_speaker." l ‘
` —- Northwest Insurance News
- Portland, 0regon,`May, 1956
. BELIEKING THE_UNEMPLO!ED
"The New Dealers are, as many know, complllng an offlclal gulde book to the Unlted
States. An organlzatlon of 4,600 *whlte collar' rellef workers has been formed for this
*work'. But here ls something that not one person ln a thousand knows; you don't see
this, at least ln Southern 'New Deal' newspapers; that ls to say, that the 'fleld super-
v1sor‘ of these 4,600 ls one Mrs. Katherine Kellock. Now who ls this Mrs. Kellock? She
ls the wife of the publlclty director of the Soviet embassy from Russia to the Unlted
States.” ·
` ·-- Excerpt from a letter to the editor of the
Birmingham (Alabama) News, Aprll 25, 1956,
slgned by Oliver D. Street, Gunthervllle,
A Alabama. V
V A DENQCRAT SPEAK§_QUT
"Why dld I become a League member and supporter? I, a Democrat for 50 years, and
stlll a Democrat, but just not of the New-Dealer experimental type.
" "I gave the President my full support all through the campaign of 1952 and through
the flrst emergency Congress. Then, stunned wlth the enactments of sllly and stupld
leglslatlon, I stopped, then turned toward something that looked like America and Amerl-
can.
"The Democratlc Platform adopted ln 1952 was easily accepted by any true American
and was chuck full of those three great prlvlleges glven Americans by the Constltutlon,
life, liberty and pursuit of happlness, and mlght be added the right to have and enjoy
property. Taxes and more taxes to support our fat bureaucracy, well bullded, are
rapldly taking our property. Economy has been thrown lnto the dlscard, lt ls no longer
an Amerlcan vlrtue. Leglslatlon for mlnorlty lnterests rather than for the general
welfare ls most un-Amerlcan. The right to seek a job ls real American. The rlght to —
enter a business ls American. The power to tax business, borrow money, runnlng—up a
tremendous deflclt, lncreaslng costs, then prlces, vlolatlng the Constltutlon, showlng
disrespect for the Supreme Court, lntrudlng on State rlghts, taxing one group to fatten
another, spending money wastefully, enterlng buslness competltlvely wlth private enter-
prlse, leanlng toward Soclallsm, Communism, autocracy and many other lnnovatlons of
greater and lesser degree, are truly un-American and they must be repealed and destroyed."
-— Excerpt from a letter from Emrys L. Hughes,
Lima, Ohlo. I
THE MORE_ABUNDANT_LIEE A
"I am a works Progress admlnlstratlon worker. I can name and glve proof that there
p are any number of men ln thls ccunty's works Progress admlnlstratlon who have jobs because
they have pull wlth petty polltlclans. These men recelve the hlghest wages, do the least
work, and have never been on rellef rolls ..... "
-- Excerpt from a letter from Roy Wulfreck, Goshen,
Ohlo, to Senator Rush D. Holt of west Vlrglnla,
as quoted ln the Buffalo Evening News, June 6,1956.