States* Rights or Bureaucracy
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RADIO ADDRESS
Of
HON. HUGH BUTLER
of Nebraska
July 6. 1943
(Printed in The Congressional
Record of July 7, 1943)
The States’ rights guaranty in
the Constitution may well be
called the lost amendment. The
almost complete abrogation by
the vast Federal bureaucracy un
der tlie New Deal has lost to the
States the lion’s share of the
rights they once had.
The tenth amendment is the one
that guaranteed to the States the
rights which so often have been
taken away by Federal power
seekers. It was originally a guar
antee of good government by the
people who lived close to their
elected officials. These officials
they could see and reach and oc
casionally give them Hail Colum
bia if they didn’t behave. Often
they were neighbors.
At least the voters' will could
be felt at the polls. But the Fed
eral bureaus are impervious to
the ballot. They are not elected.
They dominate as designees of the
dynasty. Article 10 of the amend
ments to the Constitution speci
fically states:;^..?.;
i re powers , not delegated to
the United Stro?s'by the Consti
tution, nor prohibited by it to the
States, are reserved to the States,
respectively, or to the people ”
It is inevitable that as govern
ment gets further removed from
the people, then the further it gets
away from a real first-hand
knowledge of their best interests
and their will and influence- In
contrast with this remoteness, is
the present draft board set-up,
which—thank God—is still in the
hands of the local people, who in
most cases know the boys that
may be called up and know their
circumstances. And this draft
board, with its strong local char
acter, is one of the few efficient
organizations among the United
States Government agencies to
day. They have been subjected to
less criticism than other wartime
Federal agencies. Credit goes to
the close local tie. But aside from
the local draft board, local govern
ment and State rights have been
taken over largely by the Feder
government. This repudiation of
States' rights has become pro
gressively serious since 1932.
Is it odd that the Republicans
now have to champion the prin
ciples of Jeffersonian democracy
which the New Dealers have for
gotten so completely? Well, the
Republicans must champion Sta
tes’ rights or soon there will be
none left to protect. Here are a
few facts of what has happened
under the New Deal:
The securities laws of the vari
ous States have become submer
ged to the Federal Securities and
Exchange Commission regula
tions.
Tile agricultural welfare of the
important agricultural states has
been negated by Federal agricul
tural planning, to the point where
now we may face a hungry Amer
ica.
The inroads made on State edu
cation administration are serious,
and State direction and control of
education is further threatened by
a vast $300,000,000 program of
Federal aid—involving Federal
influence.
The State employment services
have been brought under Federal
control through domination of
the United States Employment I
Service.
Remembering the history of the ;
battle for State rights, we recall
that Rhode Island was the first
State to come out for State rights
Thomas Jefferson was an advo
cate for State Rights and later
on Calhoun was among its most
notable exponents America grew
and prospered under this princi
ple. State rights have been pro
gressively usurped by the Federal
Government since the New Deal
administration took the reins.
What happened soon after they
took over-back in 1932 and 1933
was but a prologue for the future.
In those years to pull us out of
an economic debacle we were sup
posed to rely on the Federal Em
ergency Relief Administration and
the Civil Works Administration.
These agencies were State Ad
ministered and they were to
help pull us out of a depression.
Their programs were State Ad
ministered. They did not last very
long. Harry Hopkins rose to the
czardom of all spendthrift dyna-1
sties of the New Deal and he de- |
creed that this great spending
spree should be federally control j
led, operated, managed, planned- i
yea, and spent.
When the Federal uovernmeni
took over the administration of
all relief, all depression spending,
all the bloated billions of the age
of political splurge—they dictated
then and there, the political fu
ture of this Nation. For they con
trolled the purse, they controlled
the rights of the people of Amer
ica, since those rights centered
in economic matters then more
than they ever had before.
This power the bureaucrats ab
used. This decade of decadent
spending the American people now
despise. Whenever men with the
power of a federal government as
great as the United States con
trol a nation politically e«td econ
omically by profligate spending,
they become the masters of the
nation’s politics Whenever they
center that power in the Federal
Government to the exclusion of
the local interests then truly iiy
power of a few men has but little
offset, Their centralized power
and might grow ever stronger,
i Could this federalization have
i happened under a political doc
| trine that guaranteed States’
i rights? Was Maine to be forced
to have sea walls because Hop
kins said so? Was Nebraska to
have to discard her program of
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Projects Administration because
Hopkins said so?
Is the great Nation of the Uni
ted States to be desolated with
desire—the desire for power in
the hands of a few—a few in Wa
shington? The very name of the
great land where we live is the
United States, but the States hav'
been largely forgotten. The Uni
ted has been made to mean united
if you let us run it.
The Governors of the 48 great
States that make up America
are chosen by the people, too, but
their voices have been falsettoed
by the foster fathers of federal
ism. Whence came this evil? We
American folks used to look to
the county for a lot of our gov
ernment. But it seems that the
big county seat town dowm on the
Potomac has taken over.
Do States have rights? Do the
people of the States have rights?
Are these rights to be submerged
through the planned perfidy of
New Dealism? Today a Gover
nor’s conference has become a
new battle ground for States’
rights.
At the recent Governors’ Con
ference at Columbus, Ohio, June
24, a strong and healthy revitali
zation of State government thru
vigorous leadership of Republican
Governors was indicated by their
action demanding a return to the
States of those powers so brash
ly borrowed by the Federal Gov
ernment.
This Governors’ Conference act
ion of voicing demand for return
of rights to the States is acknow
ledgement of the danger to good,
decent, economical government in
the postwar period unless the
States have their proper share in
administration of the people’s
rights.
The Governors also made it very
clear that they would investigate
the vast bureaucracy that has
been all too evident in their own ,
States, sometimes reaching ridi
culous heights, such as there be
ing many times as many Federal
employees in their States as there 1
are State employees.
In an article in this month’s
issue of Readers Digest by Sena
tor Byrd, chairman of the Joint
Committee on Reduction of Non
essential Federal Expenditures, it
was stated- that the total of Fed
eral employees exceeds the com
bined total of all State, county,
municipal, and all local govern
ments in the United States. Surely ;
this threatens rule from Wash
ington.
Jefferson, the desecrated idol of
the Collectivists who have used
his name in blasphemy so many
times to get $25 a plate at Jef
ferson Day dinners for the Demo
cratic political expenses, said over
and over again that no govern
ment could be s>ong without the
support of the States that made
it up
Lincoln, a great welder of the
States, poir^.ig to the hordes of
office seekers, said some day that
would be a greater problem than
slavery, and today Federal bur
eaucracy has reached its zenith
The State should come alive.
States’ rights are at stake.
The Declaration o£ Independ
ence contains this sentence: "He
(King George) has erected a mul
titude of new offices and sent hi
ther swarms of officers to harass
our people, and eat out their sub
stance.”
Would you believe this was
written in 1776?
The most destructive force in
the States’ rights in the Nation’s
history is the veritable flood of
the 3,000,000 officeholders now on
the Federal pay roll. They are
concentrated in States to a degree
ofttimes much greater than the
entire State Administration num
ber. For instance, Ohio, where
there are over three times as many
Federal pay rollers in the State1
as there are State employees; Ne-1
braska, where the Federal num
ber is 24,600 and the State total
only 5.680.
Every seizure or power, how
ever small, is at the expense of
the State. It is the only source of
power to be tapped. The main
trouble with Federal seizure of
power is this: The national rule
seldom fits any appreciable seg
ment of the people or any appre
ciable number of States. There
may be many men in the Army
who wear size 44 uniforms, but
that- is no reason for fitting all
soldiers with size 44. Any attempt
to make a blanket order—is as
usually done by Washington bur
eau chiefs on national matters—
usually means a compromise on
the multitude of widely divergent
needs of the people of the various
States with the result that such
a blanket application seldom fits
anyone.
Consequently the need of Gov
ernment frequently is self-gov
ernment within the State among,
the people who Are best qualified
to determine their own needs The
different characteristics of diff
erent areas are too often over
looked by the pompous Federal
planners Gas rationing by the
Federal Government is a good
example. For instance, when the
New Deal professors and theor
ists, not knowing the broad rea
ches of the country outside of
the big streetcar center^, took
over gas rationing, they bungled
the business, and howls were to
be neara an over tne Nation.
What can a man who may have
to drive 50 miles to a reach a
doctor do with 3 gallons of gas?
It is evident that cognizance of
local problems has not been taken
by the New Deal dictators in this 1
instance. Another example is the
Federal Office of Price Admini
stration regulation on chicken
feed. Farmers used to buy feed
for their chickens by the ton.
Now they must buy it not to ex
ceed 200 pounds at a time. This
requires them to go to town five
times as often, and use lots ol
gas.
Federal order M68, designating
40 acres as the drilling area for
one oil well, applicable alike in all
States notwithstanding varying
circumstances, is one of the pri
mary causes of the threatened oil
shortage- It caused the prohibi
tion of drilling of several thousand
oil wells (about 13,000 in 1942).
Federal interference with State
oil production plans is a glaring
example of Federal encroachment
on the States rights, not only to
the exclusion of the welfare of
the people of those States, but to
the detriment of the Nation at
large. Even now that bit of czar
ism is crippling the war effort.
Federally fattened fuehrers rule
more Government agencies affect
ing the daily life of the People of
the United States than there are
States in the land.
Domineering New Dealers drum
up more regulations for a suppo
sedly free populace to live under
than can be recorded in 100 fat
volumes- The War Production
Board's regulations alone fill some
20 thick books.
Free enterprise in State after
I State has been ruled by edicts of
I dictatorial Washington demag
! oges.
Today’s test to democracy in
America may be framed in the
question: ‘‘Are we to have State's
rights or Federal bureaucracy?'
VFW UNIT SENDS NAACP $444
New York,—The Paul Robeson
Veterans of Foreign Wars, Field
Unit No. 122, composed of mem
betrs of the 1519th Engineer Wa
ter Supply company, has sent in
$444 representing memberships
and contributions to the NAACP,
in the hope that this sum will be
of some help in supporting the
present work and also to help pro"
vide for the continuance of the
cause. Franklin Spikes, Brooklyn,
NY, is secretary and Samuel B.
Marshall, of Baltimore, Md, trea
surer.
Victim of Brutal Slaying
—Kidnaping
Chicago, 111—Suzanne Degnan,
six-year-old who was kidnapped
from her bedroom later found
slain last week. Her parents are
Mr. and Mrs. James E. Degnan,
of 5943 Kenmore Avenue, Chicago
111. Mr. Degnan is an OPA price
panel official.
Veteran Army Man
Visits Fort Riley
Fort Riley, Kansas—An old ti
mer paid a visit to Fort Riley
this week. He is Sgt. Nathon Pru
itt, a veteran of more than 30
years army srvice who has seen
action in two world wars and has
gained the acquaintance and the
friendship of many prominent,
military figures, including the I
late Gen. George S Patton Gen.j
Ben Lear.
Sgt. Pruitt, whose home is in
Junction City, Kansas, had just
ended a 90 day re-enlistment fur
lough and was enroute to Fort
Leavenworth," and re-assignment,
when he stopped off at Fort Riley
to view the surroundings he re
members from serving here with
the 9th Cavalry for 10 years. It
was with the 9th that he became
acquainted with Gen. Patton, then
a Colonel for whom the Sgt. had
nothing but praise.
'As a man and as a soldier, the
late Gen. Patton was one of the
greatest the army has ever seen,"
he remarked. 'He was truly an,
enlisted man's friend.’
Sgt. Pruitt says he has enjoyed
every minute of his stay in the I
service, from the time of his army j
career began back in 1910, until1
I the present. He is eligible for re
tirement but he says he can't see
anything wrong with the army
and plans to stay a while longer
His decorations include, for 3
years service overseas during
World War II, the ETO Ribbon
with four battle stars and an in
vasion arrowhead, a Distinguished
Unit Badge, A Bronze Star Me
dal, the American Defense and
the Good Conduct and the Victory
t Ribbons. For two years of over
seas service during the first world
war he wears the Campaign Rib
bon and the World War I Victory
Medal. He also wears the Mexican
Border Campaign Ribbon plus an
expert Medal with six Rifle and
seven Pistol bars.
Sgt Pruitt won the Bronze Star
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Kansas City, Kan Family
Aided by Natl Infantile
Paralysis Foundation
New York, Jan. 19—No case
aided by the National Foundation
for Infantile Paralysis is more
touching than that of the Hill
family of Kansas City, Kansas,
one of the few families twice hit
by poliomelitis.
During a period of more than 6
years a Hill girl received medical
care, under-went an operation,
and had orthpedic shoes and bra
ces provided and changed for her.
Then one of her brothers was
stricken by infantile paralysis- He
had to be hospitalized. Orthopedic
shoes and braces were provided
for him too- Now he’s able to walk
around.
The Hill family of nine acknow
ledges readily and gratefully the
valuable aid given to its two mem
bers by the Kansas City Chapter
of the National Foundation.
The Hills have a particular ba
sis for realizing that infantile par*
alysis is one of the most expen
sive deseases known to medical
science. It is the policy of the Na
tional Foundation that no polio
patient shall go without care and
treatment for lack of money, re
gardless of age, race, creed of
color.
The March of Dimes, nation
wide appeal of the National Foun'
dation for Infantile Paralysis, for
January 14-31, gives every Amer
ican an opportunity to join in one
of the greatest humanitarian
crusades of modern times: the
fight against; policmyelitis, the
Great Orippler.
Still another case in Kansas
City, Kansas, shows how a local
Foundation chapter’s interest and
funds enabled a boy to walk once
more. Here are the facts:
A lad named Charles was or
dered one morning to go and
help his mother, but he remained
in bed. Some time later his father
scolded him and pulled him out
of bed. Charles crumpled to the
floor. Not laziness but a violent
case of infantile paralysis had
downed the child.
A friend advised his family to
write about Charles to the late
President Franklin D- Roosevelt
in Washington. That letter was
referred to the National Founda
tion for Infantile Paralysis, 120
Broadway, New York City, and in
record time the boys father was
instructed to call at the chapter
office in Kancas City
Arrangements were made for
Charles to be admitted to the
University of Kansas Medical
School for examination and treat
ment. The boy underwent an or
thopedic operation and was given
muscle re-education and physical
therapy treatments. Charles, the
lad who a year before could not
use his legs,'now walks without
the aid of a crutch.
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
founded the National Foundation
for Infantile Paralysis. More
striking than any monument that
might be erected to his memory
is the organized fight against in
fantile paralysis which he inau
gurated and personally symboli
zed in his life-time
Your contributions to the Na
tional Foundation for Infantile
Paralysis through the March of
Dimes, January 14-31, can help
build a living memorial to our
great war president.
Legal Notice
IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE
UNITED STATES, FOR THE DISTRICT
OF NEBRASKA, OMAHA DIVISION
United States of America,
Petitioneri ->
vs. NO. 582 CIVIL
A certain parcel of land in the
County of Douglas, State of
Nebraska, et al., NOTICE
Respondents.
To: Victory Holding Company
a corporation, Cecelia W. Jewell,
also known as Cecilia W Jewell,
widow, Omaha Loan and Building
Ass’n, a corporation, Jacob C Ca
rey, Zenobia Carey, Theodore
Roosevelt Post No. 30 The Ameri
can Legion, a corporation, James C*
Jewell, single, Marcus A. McGee,
McGee, first real name
unknown, spouse of Marcus A.
McGee, William W. Peebles,.
Peebles, first real name unknown,
spouse of William W. Peebles, Ora
Mae Milan, single, Milton Milan,
widower, Mildred Brown, single,
formerly Mildred Gilbert, William
E. Young, Pearl Young, Gustav
C. Ruder, and all persons having
or claiming any interest in
All of lot nine (9), Block one (1)
in Foster’s Addition to the City of
Omaha, Nebraska, being within
the southwest quarter - of the
southwest quarter of Section ten
(10), in Township fifteen (15)
North, Range thirteen (13) East,
Douglas County, Nebraska, more
particularly described as follows:
Fronting approximately 46 feet
on the easterly side of North 24th
Street and extending of that width
in an eastwardly direction be
tween the southerly side of Grant
Street and the northerly boundary
of Lot 10, said Block 1, a dist
ance of approximately 130 feet,
real names unknown.
You, and each of you, are here
by notified that the United States
of America, as petitioner, has in
stituted an action in the United
States District court for the Dis
trict of Nebraska, Omaha Divi
sion, against you, and each of
you, the object and prayer of
which action is the condemnation
of the right to use and occupy
the following described real estate
situated in Douglas County, Ne
braska, to wit:
All of Lot nine (9), Block one (1)
in Foster’s Additon to the City of
Omaha, Nebraska, being within
the southwest quarter of the
southwest quarter of Section ten
(10), in Township Fifteen (15)
North, of Range 'Thirteen (13)
East, Douglas County, Nebraska,
more particularly described as
follows:
Fronting approximately 46 feet on
the easterly side of North 24th
Street and extending of that width
in an eastwardly direction between
the southerly side of Grant Street
and the northerly boundary of Lot
10, said Block 1, a distance of
approximately 130 feet; being
known as Premises 2221-25 North
24th Street, Omaha, Nebraska:
together with the building and
other improvements thereon.
You are further notified that
the court has appointed a board
of appraisers to meet at the pre
mises, hereinabove described, for
the purpose of viewing and ap
praising said property and for
determining the compensation to
be due and owing to each of the
persons who are the owners of, or
who have an interest in said pro
perty, or any part thereof. That
said board of appraisers will meet
at said premises at 10:00 o’clock
A. M on the 19th day of February
1946, to inspect the property in
volved, to appraise the same, and
to assess the compensation due by
reason of the taking and condem
nation of said property by the pe
titioner Thereafter, the board of
appraisers may adjourn to an ap
propriate place for hearing of any
evidence to be submitted.
You, and each of you, may ap
pear at the time and place desig
nated, or at the time and place to
which said board of appraisrs mV
adjourn, and present evidence as
to your interest in the property
involved and the just compensa
tion due you. This proceeding is
by way of condemnation, as pro
vided for by law, and a petition
and an amended petition in con
demnation are on file in the office
of the clerk of the United States
District Court at Omaha, Nebr
aska, and the details of said con
demnation are set forth in said
petition and said amended petition
which, bv reference, are made
a part of this notice.
Dated this 16th day of January,
1946.
MARY A. MULLEN,
Clerk, United States District
Court, District of Nebraska.
JOIN THE MARCH OF DIMES
EM5HV INFANTILE
rNlIi I PARALYSIS
JANUARY 14-31
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WE PUT OUR DIMES TO WORK FOR POLIO CHILDREN
Children in all the forty-eight states and the District of Columbia are following these thiriy-Uree w .o
attend the Bazelton School in Harriman, Tenn., by giving to the March of Dimes, January 14-31, to aid
mfamtile paralysis victims, regardless of their age, race, creed or color. The S17.25 received from William
L. Tipton (rear, center) was the total collection from these youngsters who see and handle very little
money, but who were happy to give their dimes to the Roane County Chapter of the National Foundation
for Infantile Paralysis for the fight against the Great Crippler.
This year, all March of Dimes contributions are being sent direct to the local chapters of the National
Foundation. Your contribution can help build a living memorial to our great war President, Franklin
Delano Roosevelt, founder of the National Foundation.—Photo by C. W. Adkisson, Harriman, Tenn.
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