The Archive · 1937

PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT ATTACKS OPPONENTS Roanoke Island, N.C, Aug. 1

Listing the United States Chamber of Commerce, the Liberty League and the National Association - of Manufacturers as among those' opposed to his social and economic aims, President Roosevelt in. address here to-day attacked oppon-lents of the New Deal seeking "to serve their own interests above the They do not believe in Democracy—1 do." the President shouted. "They seek to substitute their own will for that of the majority.... They reject the principle of the greater good for the greater number, which is the cornerstone of Democratic govern ment....My anchor is Demoeracy—and more Democracy, my friends, 1 am firm in the belief that the Nation by an overwhelming majority supports my opposition to vesting supreme power in the hands of any class."—United Press.

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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