It will cooperate with the President and the Con-
gress in securing such legislation as will accom-
plish constructive results.
"Tl1ere will be two classes of membership, one '
a regular membership embracing all those who  
subscribe to the principles enunciated but can- I
not afford to contribute, the other a contributing L b t L
membership embracing those who in addition 1   Y  
render monetary help toward the League’s sup-
port. Our aim is to secure hundreds of thousands N&tiOI\8l Press Building
of contributing members so that the activities of _
` tl1e League will be sustained through numerous Washington:    
contributions of comparatively small amount.
“As prescribed by its charter, the League is
to be absolutely non-partisan in character. The
question of party aiiiliation will not enter into
consideration in the matter of membership. All
who believe in its aims will be invited to join. €\@)
It has no covert purposes. There is no object §i
sought to be attained beyond the simple state-
ment contained in its charter and quoted above.
It will unite several millions of people from all
walks of life who are now without organized in-
fluence in legislative matters, and thus enable
these people to have a consequential voice in
securing constructive legislation and in prevent·
ing any measures designed to destroy the prin-
ciples upon which our government was formulated
and under which we have prospered as has no
other nation in the history of the wo1·ld.”
Statement made by Iouett Shouse,
President of the American Liberty
League, at the time ofthe an-
nouncement of the formation of
this organization, Aug. 23, 1934