The Willkie reasonableness was manifested recently in an address before the American Newspaper Publishers Association in New York. The country's No. 1 enemy of the New Deal said:
"It is clear now that the system of 1929 can not be permitted to stand. Democracy... needs more social controls. These the New Deal supplied... The liberal cannot object to these reforms in principle." To this he added:
"The conscientious liberal would surely not rescind Securities and Exchange Commission acts and return that regulation to the states.
"He would not demand that the Federal government keep its hands Off interstate utilities or utility holding companies.
"He would not challenge the wisdom of having the right of collective bargaining recognized by law. He would not say it was no concern of the Federal government whether or not the aged had pensions or the worker had unemployment allowances....
"What attitude, then, does the liberal take toward the present government?
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