SURPRISE MOVE BY PRESIDENT
REPLY TO CRITICISM OF ADMINISTRATION “NO WISH TO BECOME DICTATOR” United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph-Copyright (Received March 31, 11.15 p.m.) WARM SPRINGS, March 31. President Roosevelt caused a surprise by publishing a letter, in response to an unnamed critic of the Government Reorganisation Bill, in which the President unequivocally announced his opposition to American dictatorship. The letter read: “I have no inclination to be a dictator. I have none of the qualifications to make me a successful dictator. I have too much historical background, and too much knowledge of existing dictatorships to make me desire any form of dictatorship, for a democracy like the United States of America."
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXLIV, Issue 21001, 1 April 1938, Page 9
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