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Since the Digest is holding regular polls, however, there is little reason for not discovering at this time how the country stands. The poll is nonpartisan and as such should carry out its work without this consideration of party. An indication of the public opinion in the country now on the Roosevelt policies gathered in this manner, would be more conclusive than the returns on Election Day, for the disabilities of the Republican Party and the back-sniping of politicians will not play a part. The Digest stands an excellent chance of putting the Roosevelt administration to a fair test...
Fortnight ago was formed the American Liberty League to "guard American property and personal rights" from the New Deal. Last week to the New Deal's rescue sprang Americans, Inc. What distinguished the "nonpartisan" ALL was the fact that its founders were all celebrated political enemies of Franklin Delano Roosevelt. What distinguished "nonpartisan" Americans, Inc. was the fact that all but one of its founders were inconsequential Democrats devoted to the President and all his policies. Lineup of Americans...
This mixed sextet announced the formation of the American Liberty League, which, following the custom of the day, promptly became known as ALL. The purpose of this "nonpartisan organization" was "to defend and uphold the Constitution of the United States, and to gather and disseminate information that 1) will teach the necessity of respect for the rights of persons and property as fundamental to every successful form of government, and 2) will teach the duty of government to encourage and protect individual and group initiative and enterprise, to foster the right to work, earn, save and acquire property...
...months of February and March, 1935, for a practical experience designed to supplement classroom study of political science in the preparation for leadership in public affairs. Each student will serve as an apprentice to a government official, receiving instruction at the same time. The Institution is a nonpartisan, privately financed organization. The American political arena is desperately in need of young men specially trained for governmental positions and free from entangling alliances with party bosses and machines...
...Hoover were reelected? . . . Let no one deceive himself. Mr. Hoover has destroyed the possibility of any co-operation with the next Congress . . . because he has broken the agreement which was at the base of the whole program. He has made a partisan thing out of a nonpartisan grant of power. . . . It was a dangerous experiment to grant these powers and only the most scrupulous respect for the trust which they implied could have justified their continuation...