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Show QUOTESCOMMENTS "QUOTESr QUOTES "QUOTES " " r- r rCOMMENTS - COMMENTS ON ONCURRENT ONCURRENT I ICURRENT CURRENT TOPICS BY BYNATIONAL BYNATIONAL BYL BYNATIONAL NATIONAL CHARACTERS CHt.RACTERS CHtRACTERS CHARACTERSTHE . L THE CONSTITUTION CONSTITUTIONBy By JAMES JAr-IDS JAr IDS - M 101 BECK BECKPenn BECKPenn9y BECKPenniilvania Ivanls ivanfa . Congressman Congressma.n . . Penn Penn9y ' ! ) great reality is that we eve weare eveare weare BHE THE are today a totalitarian social social- socialistIc socialistic socialistic - istic state and differ in degree , . al although al- al although - - . | though not In kind kmd hind , from the go governments govern governmeats , ern ernments ments meats of Germany and Italy It'lly Itlly ' . It Is true truethat truethat truethat recently in inthe inthe Inthe that on rare occasions , as the oil all cases , the Supreme court will willremInd willremind willremind remInd the congl congiebs congress e1 = > S and nnd the American Americanpeople Americanpeople Americanpeople people that th'lt thlt ' a given law Is In vIolation violationof of tlie the Constitution , but such occasion occasional al decisions are merely the bubbles bubblesthat bubblesthat bubblesthat that rise to the surface when the swim swlm swimmer . mer has h'1s h1s ' sunk sunh for the last time tlroe beneath beneaththe beneaththe beneaththe the surface of the wa wave1- wave1 wale- wale wave1The waleThe \ e ' " - - ' The 'fhe fhe fact facf Is Isthat isthat isthat that our constitutional constItutionul fOl foirn fora m of govern government government governmcnt ment is as the Titanic was when it was wasstruck wasstruck wasstruck struck by a submerged Ice iee fioeOur floeOur floe fioe floeOur Our Constitution has hns suffered a hl like likewound likewound e ewound wound , but It could still be kept I"ept Iept " afloat afloatIt afloatIf afloatIf It If the captain captnin and the Cl cicvv clew ew , by ' \ which hlch I Ime'ln Imean Imean me'ln meln mean ' the Vmencan J\merlcan J merlcan 4merican \ people , were will wlU will- willing willing . - ing to defend their Constitution at all allha7ards allhazards allhazards ha7ards hazards and to mnl make < e any sacrifice S'lcrlfice Slcrlfice s'rcrlflce srcrlflce ' ' nec nec- necessary necessary . - essary for that purpose Of that dis disposition dis- dis disjosltlonl - - . josltlonl pocltlon position ) : ; I can canjsce see no ev e\ e eIdence etidence \ Idence . |