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"American Liberty League: Platform and Organization,". American Liberty League. 400dpi TIFF G4 page images Digital Library Services, University of Kentucky Libraries Lexington, Kentucky Am_Lib_Leag_9 These pages may freely searched and displayed. Permission must be received for subsequent distribution in print or electronically. "American Liberty League: Platform and Organization,". American Liberty League. American Liberty League. Washington, D.C. 1935. This electronic text file was created by Optical Character Recognition (OCR). No corrections have been made to the OCR-ed text and no editing has been done to the content of the original document. Encoding has been done through an automated process using the recommendations for Level 1 of the TEI in Libraries Guidelines. Digital page images are linked to the text file. Mas. Waller B. Hunt..............Lexington, Kentucky Edward F. Hutton....................New York City Robert W. Irwin..............Grand Rapids, Michigan Clive T. 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Woodward................LeRoy, New York Warren Wright......................Chicago, Illinois Mrs. W. T. Wynn.................Greenville, Mississippi Platform and Organization ofthej American Liberty League Platform ■To preserve American institutions which safe-guard, to citizens in all walks of life, the right to liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Therefore to uphold American principles which oppose the tendency shown in many countries to restrict freedom of speech, freedom of the press, religious liberty, the right to peaceable assembly and the right to petition the government; and to combat the growth of bureaucracy, the spread of monopoly, the socialization of industry and the regimentation of American life. r\ To maintain the right of an equal opportu-nity for all to work, earn, save and acquire property in order that every man may enjoy the fruit of his own ability and labor, and thus have, in his declining years, the peace of mind that comes from a sense of security for himself and for his wife and children who may survive him. o To uphold the principle that the levying of taxes, the appropriation of public funds and the designation of the purposes for which they are to be expended are exclusively the functions of the Congress and should not be exercised by administrative officials. f. To advocate economy in government by abol-ishing useless commissions and offices, consolidating departments and bureaus and eliminating extravagance; to advocate a sound fiscal policy and the maintenance of a sound and stable currency to be preserved at all hazards. c To further the restoration of employment and *'* the rehabilitation of agriculture, business and industry, and to oppose all unnecessary interference and competition by government with legitimate industry. Z. To oppose all measures that may threaten the security of the invested savings of the millions of savings bank depositors, holders of insurance policies and other investors. Also to support governmental policies that will protect invested funds that go to the maintenance of churches, colleges, hospitals and all institutions that care for the aged, the poor, the orphans and the afflicted. ■7 To support government in the obligation to * provide for those who, because of involuntary unemployment or disability, cannot provide for themselves. a To uphold the American principle that laws be made only by the direct representatives of the people in the Congress, and that the laws be interpreted only by the Courts, and to oppose the delegation of either of these functions to executive departments, commissions or bureau heads. 9To provide for the rank and file of the Ameri-• can people, who are unorganized and too often have no voice in legislation that affects their welfare, an opportunity, through united effort and a service of public information, to offset the influence of any and all groups working for selfish purposes. if^ Finally, to preserve for succeeding genera-tions the principles of the Declaration of Independence, the safeguards of personal liberty and the opportunity for initiative and enterprise provided under the Constitution. These are the foundation stones upon which America has built the most successful governmental structure thus far devised. Organization The organization of the American Liberty League provides for a National Executive Committee responsible for the conduct of the League, subject to the laws of the District of Columbia under which it is chartered. It provides for a larger National Advisory Council available to counsel and advise with the Executive Committee in its work. NATIONAL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Sewell L. Avery ....................Chicago, Illinois Thurmond Chatham......Winston-Salem, North Carolina Colby M. Chester.... W. L. Clayton....... John W. Davis....... Irenee du Pont....... H. B. Earhart......................Detroit, Michigan Mrs. Henry B Joy........Grouse Pointe Farms, Michigan Mills B. Lane........ Grayson M.-P. Murphy. Frank c Rand........ H. B. Rust............. Mrs. Charles H. Sarin. Jouett Shouse. Alfred E. Smith..... A. A. Spraoue........ W. H. Stayton........ Mrs. James Ross Todd. James W. Wadswokth. .New York City . .. .Chicago, Illinois . . Smyrna, Delaware .Louisville, Kentucky . Geneseo, New York NATIONAL ADVISORY COUNCIL Edwin M. Allen. Lafon Allen..... B. L. Anderson. . .......Fort Worth, Texi .... Chattanooga, Tennessee .Sioux Falls, South Dakota ......Devon, Pennsylvania O. B. Andrews. Theodore M. Bailey. John Hampton Barn Mrs. John Hampton Barnes........Devon, PennBylvi Louie A. Beard..................Lexington, Kentucky James M. Beok..............Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Mrs. Cornelius N. Bliss................New York City Robert Woods Bliss................Washington, d. c. William 0. Breed......................New York City J. Lewis Bumoardner............Beckley. West Virginia Franois x. Busch....................Chicago, Illinois John A. Bush......................St. Louis, Missouri John M. Bush.....................Negaunee, Michigan William Butterworth..................Moline, Illinois Donald A. Callahan....................Wallace, Idaho J. W. Canada......................Memphis, Tennessee Dr. Neil Carothers............Bethlehem, Pennsylvania Dan D. Casement..................Manhattan, Kansas L. W. Childress....................St. Louis, Missouri Dr. Samuel Harden Church .... Pittsburgh, Pennsylvi rnAin.rs II. Collins. Julius W. Cone..... Mrs. Roger W. Cutler. R. E. Desvernine........ R. R. Deuprek.......... Pierrr S. du Pont....... Mrs. Pierre 8. du Pont. . Philadelphia, Pennsylvania . Colorado Springs, Coltirado Mrs. William T. Emmet. William P. Kno........ F. H. Fechtiq........... Calvin Fentress......... Mrs. Arthur Fowlek.... William Gammell....... Fred C. Gause.......... H. E. Gooch............ John P. Gray.......... Garner W. Green....... Thomas G. Haioht....... Mrs. Samuel H. Halley.. Mrs. Charles Hamilton, Jr.........Omaha, Nebraska Joseph R. Hamlen................Boston, Massachusetts ......Hamilton, New York .........Washington, D. C. ...........New York City ...........Cincinnati, Ohio ......Wilmington, Delaware ......Wilmington, Delaware .........Evanston, Illinois ............Kellogg, Idaho .......Salt Lake City, Utah ....New Orloans, Louisiana ...........New York City .....Saugatuck, Connecticut .Wilmington, North Carolina .Chicago, Illinois .New York City ce, Rhode Island inapolis, Indiana . Lincoln, Nebraska ...Coeur d'Alene, Idaho .....Jackson, Mississippi .Jersey City, New Jersey . . . .Lexington, Kentucky Mrs. George Hoadly....... Riohmond P. Hobson....... Mrs. Christian R. Holmes. Mrs. Ernest Howe......... Fred A. Howi-and.......... Elton Hoyt, 2nd........... f. c. hubbbll............. . Greensboro, Alabama .New York City .Cleveland, Ohio . Des Moinos, Iowa