Washington, Aug. 3. President Roosevelt announced today that he would deliver an address to be broadcast throughout the country from the grounds of the Washing-fon Monument on September 17. The occasion will mark the 160th anniversary of the adoption of the Constitution.
The President, informed observers] believed, might take the opportunity shortly after the adjournment—of Congress to defend his interpreta~ tion of the Constitution and to renew the demand for reform of the Federal Judiciary. Tt was predicted that the would press for a "show-In 1988 on his judiciary programme.
The speech will be delivered under the auspices of the U.S. Constitution Sesquicentennial Commission and the Good Neighbour League, Participa~ tion of the latter organization in the event was considered worthy of note, as it has been frequently men-Ulonéd in discussions of possible Political realignments, resulting. from the fight on the President's judiciary rogramme—United Press,
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