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wealth which has come about through illicit and fraudulent means; by
virtue of monopolistic and political power.
" This sort of wealth has brought every social and economic misery
that exists in America today. It stands as a menace to future progress.
It seeks to concentrate into the hands of the few a more outrageous
percentage than they now hold. It purstes its way without regard to the
well-being of the people or of the nation.It sets the dolla r above the
flag.
had,
"
We hove I hope,
enough of that kind of political domination, which
is best expressed in the unholy doctrine of 'rugged individualism. , It
has as its dominant note the reduction of the people to serfdom and
peasantry, while set above the common herd is the overlordship of the
mighty.
I made this point also in my first steech here: Thot had the public
had the same knowledge it now has of the control of the gotvernment by
industrial plutocrots in the twelve years preceding the administration
of President Roosevelt, we would now be on the road to full recovery. It
lack of
was only due to the paucity of public information and the full discus-
which
sion social and economic matt rs have had in the lust 18 months that
a concerted move was not made before.
In my primary campaign, I brought down my belief on the more press-
ing matters to six points. These were: A
resolve to
stand witht the president to the end of the New Deal;a pledge to aid
in legislation for the economic guarantees ,unemployrent insurance, pen-
sions for the. ged and more security in home ownership; to make farming
to
profitable;nid in exyending the trade agreements under the flexible tar-
iff so as to open world markets to our surplus of industrial and farm
products; Immediate payment of the adjusted certificates of World War
veterand and a restoration for Spanish-America: war veterans of the
status they had before the passage of the National Economy Act.
".
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