"HANDS OFF" POLICY.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 140, 15 June 1936, Page 7

"HANDS OFF" POLICY.

Roosevelt and Republican Critics. FOREIGN AFFAIRS ATTITUDE. NEW YORK, June 14. The President, Mr. Roosevelt, again taking his texts from the controversial issues considered by the Republican Convention, made a vigorous attack yesterday at Dallas, Texas, against monopolistic tendencies in business. In an apparent attempt to counteract the strong nationalistic plank of the Republican party's platform, he affirmed his strict "hands off" policy in international affairs. Speaking at the Texas centennial celebration, Mr. Roosevelt said: "We have restored democracy in government. We are in the process of restoring democracy in economic opportunity." He outlined in a general way his Government's efforts to enact social and economic reforms. At a luncheon in Mr. Roosevelt's honour, he spoke briefly on foreign affairs, reiterating his adherence to a "good neighbour" policy but adding* "At the same time I have tried to make it clear to other countries that in their problems our help will be confined to moral help. We are not going to get tangled up with their troubles." The luncheon marked a rapprochement between the President and the Louisiana Democrat organisation, which the late Mr. Huey Long brought into open warfare with the National Government. Mr. Long's successor was present and pledged his full support of Mr. Roosevelt, thus eliminating the last organised opposition faction within the party.