ROOSEVELT POLICY.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LVI, Issue 166, 15 June 1936, Page 7

ROOSEVELT POLICY.

DEMOCRACY CHAMPIONED. DALLAS, June 13. Again taking his texts from the controversial issues considered by the Republican convention, President Roosvelt to-day made a vigorous .attack against monopolistic tendencies in business and, in an apparent attempt a counteract the strong nationalistic plank in the Republican platform, affirmed a strict “hand-off” policy in international affairs. Speaking at the Texas centennial celebration he said, “We restored democracy in Government and we are in the process of restoring democracy in economic opportunity.” Outlining in a general way at a luncheon in his honour, the Administration’s efforts to enact socaTaT and econommic reforms, he spoke briefly on foreign affairs. He reiterated his adherence to the “good neighbour policy,” but added : “At the same time 1 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.” Incidentally the luncheon marked the rapprochment of the President and the Louisiana Democratic Organisation which the Late Senator Huey Long brought into open warfare with the National Administration. Senator Huey Long’s successor was present and pledged himself to full support of President Roosevelt, . thus eliminating the last organised opposition faction within the Democrat Party.