Show Knox Urges G. G 0 O. P. P Fight New Deal Class Warfare W e Copyright 1935 United Press CHICAGO Dec 2 The 2 The Republican an can party must launch an offensive In 1936 against the Issue of ol class warfare which has been raised by bythe bythe bythe the new deal Colonel Frank Knox said today Tho The Roosevelt policies tend to destroy the voluntary character of relations between capital and labor and between the farmer and his markets which have been the basis of our economic system since the nation was formed Knox said Coercion fosters nothing but re rebellion rebellion re- re bellion bemon and class hatred between the groups affected by coercive legIslation leg leg- legislation which the American people must combat to save themselves and their own Institutions The Chicago publisher cited his own harmonious relations with union labor for 30 years ears In the newspaper business and said business business busi busi- ness generally Is 18 capable of ol policing Itself Itsell He expressed his thorough i opposition to federal regulation Most of ot the new deal reform 1 Knox measures have been bad said They have created a class clan consciousness that business is victimizing vic vie labor The voluntary har liar harmony harmony mony that had prevailed between employer and who reached an agreement on a fair wage in return for tor a fair amount of ol service has been undermined Take Tale Henry Ford for example How much do you OU suppose he must invest to give a man a n. job To construct and purchase the equipment equipment equip equip- ment organize his sales staff and be in Sn a position to market his products prod prod- ucLa Ford must spend per perman perman perman man before any of ol his receives a days day's pa pay Do you call that exploitation of or labor by capital capi capi- capital tal Lal Yet the administration would have you believe that the capitalist who has hilS the money to provide employment employment em em- is a scoundrel hunting for tor victims Business is capable of oC policing itself itsel and the entire structure should not be made the victim of ofa a self destructive class warfare because because because be be- cause of the sins of ol the few who are arc in no way representative of the whole Knox advocated direct cash relief relie for the unemployed He belittled assertions that the machine age will wil create a large group of or Idle who always will have to be supported by bya a dole Lewis Douglas formerly President PresIdent dent Roosevelt's director of th the budget recommended a cash relief relic plan which for a billion and a quarter quarter ter dollars would have taken carof care car of ol the jobless adequate adequately he said It was rejected and instead w we have a work vork relief program costing several billions heaping higher th the the staggering tax x load the people already al already al al- ready are carrying Every mechanical development has met the claim that it will throw men out of work Yet by improvement improve Improve- ment and expansion of machinery employment in the United States State has risen steadily through the years year and will continue to increase Industry Industry Industry In In- most certainly is capable o of absorbing the unemployed I If th the country next year elects the Republican liean lican nominee on a sound program I predict a tremendous upward surge In business because of or th the end of the Roosevelt experiments contradictions and uncertainties uncertainties-a sur surge e which ultimately will reduce the unemployment problem to th the usual transient population Knox predicted farmers would re revolt revolt re re- volt against the AAA A A A in 1936 H He declared the Roosevelt farm tarm program program pro pro- gram was a failure politically an and economically resulting only In contradictions contradictions con con- such as the recent Canadian Canadian Ca Ca- nadian trade treaty Farmers were subsidized to rais raise smaller crops Knox said The Th hog program for tor example reduced the availability and increased th the cost of pork the tho poor mans man's dish Agricultural production was re no- re The futility of ot this P pro pro- gram is evident In a nation which has produced a surplus of its ow own food agricultural products now are arc ar being imported and Canadian farmers farm tarm ers era by reap the thc benefits benefits bene bene- fits tits of what American farmers were paid not to produce 7 7 c c 7 A I f 4 c I i. i I i X Colonel Frank Knox |