ROOSEVELT’S NEW DEAL.

Waikato Times, Volume 116, Issue 19353, 5 September 1934, Page 7

ROOSEVELT’S NEW DEAL.

CONDEMNED BY MR HOOVER. USURPATION OF LIBERTY. 'CONGRESS ASSAILED. United Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright. PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 3. In an article published in Hie Saturday Evening Post Mr Herbert Hoover gives tlie first statement of bis political views since his retirement from tlie Presidency. The article is en'lilled “Challenge to Liberty,” and in il Mr Hoover attacks President Roosevelt’s “new deal.”

Condemning the policies of the Roosevelt Administralion, which iufercntially lie labels “will o’ (lie wisps,” and declaring that Ihc people of tlie United Slates are faced with this issue of human liberty, Hie former President decries economic regimentation. lie- says the whole thesis behind .this programme is Hie very theory that man is but a pawn of the State. •

Tills, says Mr Hoover, is a usurpation of the primary liberties of man by the Government. It is a vast shift •from the American conception of human rights, which even the Government may not infringe, to those social philosophies where men are wholly subjective to the State. It is a vast 'casualty lo liberty if it is continued. . The article makes no mention by name of Mr Roosevelt, but it includes a critical digest of the powers granted to the latter and assails Hie “unAmerican” attitude of Congress in granting 'those powers.