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Show ABOVE THE By LYTLE HULL SO NOW WE ARE a full-fledged dictatorship! The President of tha United States is responsible to the people alone whatever that means. The people in this country are represented by congress. According Ac-cording to the attorney general's interpretation, the Constitution limits lim-its the power of the congress and of the judiciary but not of the President. If this is the case, then the President is supreme ruler in these United States and can overrule over-rule congress or the courts. So we now have King Harry the first of the house of Truman. Some of us could have wished for a more superior being for our first king; but there seems to be quite a number num-ber who are satisfied, else they would take the trouble to vote. And November may be their last chance ever to do so, for, if the power of the President is superior to the Constitution, Con-stitution, the right of the citizen to vote can be abolished by the stroke of a pen. And if you don't believe that stroke of the pen "can happen here," you don't know your Washington. Wash-ington. The citizens of this nation have been warned continuously, ever since the New Deal stepped into office 20 years ago, that there were elements in Washington which would move heaven and earth to destroy our Constitution and take over the government of this country. coun-try. Is this the first major step? Is President Truman the type of American who would permit himself him-self knowllngly to be used in this j sort of game? We don't believe so, ' and we have no proof that some of those who advise him are playing this game either. But when the attorney at-torney general's representative contends con-tends in court that the President has emergency powers without constitutional limitation, and that not even the courts have the power to interfere it is time rocking-chair rocking-chair Americans bestirred themselves them-selves come November and oust from office those who can thus interpret in-terpret the great document which made the President the servant of the people and not their master. |