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FRANK HANCOCK
RINGS TRUE
, *,
£(JPPOBTS PRESIDENT ROOSE
VELT IN HIS FIGHT FOR
' THE FARMER, THE LABOR
ING MAN AND THE LITTLE
MAN.
-/
Washington, March 2.—ln a na-
Man-wicie radio speech from Wash
fatliw tonight, Representative
Vfcank Hancock called on the
people who followed
Jkanklln Roosevelt last November
-fts rally behind the President's
jKlidary reorganization program
fa order that new deal laws to
«arry out the ballot-box mandate
way be enacted this spring and
mot 10 years later.
The North Carolina congress
man told his hearers that the is-
M before the nation is "not the
Constitution, it is not even the
flnpreme Court as an institution,"
bat "a dictatorship of the ju
dkaary."
"That great system of check
and balances which the founding
fathers set up in our Constitu
tion have been scattered pell
mell by the members of the (
•ourt," Hancock asserted.
Out of Balance
"For forty years a handful of
jndges—always consisting of a
bare majority—have pushed the
Supreme Court farther and far
ther out of balance with the fed
eral government —where the coart
does not belong, where th 2 Con
stitution, which set up this sys
tem of checks and balances that
•very schoolboy knows by heart, '
sever intended it to be, and where
It is not and cannot be competent
to function," he declared. J
"The quarrel does not l;
tal '\ionsUtutibn, I'* 1 '* Hancock \ con
tinued. "Nor does it concern the
Supreme Court as an institution.
concerns only the present
judges on the court As I see it,
the nation faces a single vital
question: What i 3 to be done
when some of these judges exceed
their authority by elevating their!
own personal opinions concerning
economic and social policies above
the Constitution of the United
States."
* Hancock said that the Presi
dent had proposed the "mildest
and mo3t conservative way" of
enabling his administration to
move forward with its liberal
program.
Replying to Senator Josiah W.
Bailey's often hurled charge that
the President's plan threatened
constitutional government, Han
cock stressed his point that the
Constitution was not threatened
"If I thought it were I would
make every effort to kill this bill
I sm for it just because It doec
protect the Constitution." He
painted out that the Presidents
plan proposes no tinkering witl
the Constitution, no restriction ol
the powers of the court, but mere
ly increase 1 its membership to 1{
if and wl'cn the justices above
70 failed to retire.
Turning to the argui.Tnt thai
"the plan created i din eroui
precedent, the North Carolinian
said the precedent had long beer
sstabl'shed before Rooseveji
eame President. He said
Jeffersm, Jackson, Lincoln, and
1 Grant h i set the p cedent if
jtmy later president wants to be
{dictator and make the court sub
| servient to him. He pointed out,
however, that the membership of
" both houses of Congress must
'vote for a change in the size of
the court and new judges must
' be confirmed by the Senate.
Opposes Substitute
Although willing to support • a
constitutional amendment as a
supplement and not a substitute
1 for the President's plan to enable
1 Congress {to pass legislation ac
cording to the expressed will of
the voters, Hancock doubted the
sincerity of certain individuals
and groups who have always
fought every line of constructive
social legislation. Including the
child labor amendment, "but who
suddenly, in the course of three
short weeks, have become imbued
with .the spirit of ' knighthood
and have banded together to fight
for an amendment."
"Do not be fooled by much of
this talk, this barrage, the fol
derol about amendments. Presi
dent Roosevelt tis face to face
once again with your enemy, the i
same individuals, the same pres- |
sure groups of the vested inter- i
ests which you so thoroughly re- i
pudiated November last by the i
largest majority ever given to 1
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. any president," he asserted.
Hancock said the opponents of
• the President's plan were playing
. for time in suggesting a constitu
' tioaal amendment, hoping in the
- end that Mr. Roosevelt will be
out of the White House before his
program to help the farmers and
, laboring classes can be enacted
, He challenged anyone to name an
: amendment which had been rati
i fled in less than 10 years when
social legislation was involved and
it had been declared unconstitu
tional by the Supreme Court.
"The practical and important
question is when can we pass
these laws?" Hancock said.
"Is it to be this spring or is it
to be 10 years from now? The
farmers in my own state of North!
Carolina, who must rely for liv
i
ing upon tobacco and cotton, have 1
seen the AAA swept away by the!
members of this court over the!
vigorous dissent of three judges.
Labor has seen minimum wages
outlawed by a divided 5 to 4 vote.
We have seen public works proj
ects halted for three years by the
public utilities, and we have seen
this court send the case back for
a new trial because of a techni
cality, with the statement that
there is no 'present* exigency' de-
manding speedy decision. We have
! seen the members of this court in
'a divided decision outlaw the new
; deal's efforts to prevent
: ■ tion of our national resouroes.
'Are we not fully justified in be
lieving that if we enact these oth
jer laws now they, too, will suffer
'the same fate by the bare ma
jority of the members of the Su
preme Court.
"So here is the real issue: Are
you, the American people, to meet
your problem? by having Congress
pass the laws you want this spring
or are you willing to wait perhaps
1 10 years, perhaps forever?"
j "I close with the timely words
of another great president, Wood
r
" Hie temper of the age is very
nearly summed up in a feeling
which we may put into words
like these: There are certain
thingß we must do. Our life as
a nation must be rectified in cer
tain all-important particulars. If
there be no law for the change, it
must be found or made- We will
not be argued into impotency by
lawyers.'"
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1 j ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE
Having qualified as adminis-
I trator of the estate of Norman
Joyce, deceased, late of Stokes
County, North Carolina, is
to notify all persona having
claims against the estate of aaid
deceased to exhibit them to the
undersigned on or before the 12
day of January, 1938, or this
notice will be pleaded in bar of
their recovery. All persons in
debted to aaid estate will please
make immediate payment.
This 11 day of January, 1937.
MURRY JOYCE,
Administrator of the estate of
Norman Joyce, deceased. Post
Office, Lawsonville, N. C, Rt
J. W. Hall, Atty. 1 14 6t
EXECUTRIX'S NOTICE
Having qualified as executrix
of the estate of S. W. Pulliam,
deceased, before J. Watt Tuttle,
Clerk Superior Court cf Stokes
County, this is to notify all per
sons having clsima against said
estate to present them to the
undersigned executrix on or be
fore the 29th day of January,
1938, or this notice will be
pleaded in bar of their recovery.
All persons owing said estate are
requested to come forward and
make immediate settlement.
This the 29th day of January,
1937.
LULA MAY PULLIAM.
- fcxecutrix_
Craig* & CriTigc,'
Wj^svdn-Salem, N. C.
Attorneys for Executrix. 1 28 6t
Rufus King, of the Meadows
section, was in Danbury Tuesday
of this week.
THURSDAY, MARCH 4, 1997.
NOTICE OF SALE OF IANt
UNDER DEED OF I«ip
By virtue of the power ofsal*
contained in the deed of trust,
executed on the 24th day of T -"
1928, by Wallace Webster and
wife, C. M. Webster, to J. "D.
Humphreys, Trustee, which is re
corded in the office of the Jtegia
ter of Deeds of Stokes County,
N. C., in Book 78 of Deeds, at
Page 58, given to secure the pay*
ment of a sum of money evidene
ed by a note therein recited, de
fault having been made in tte
payment of the note at maturity '
and the holder having to
the undersigned, duly appointed
substituted trustee, to frwu li»—
■aid deed of trust for the sat*-
faction of the debt, I will
to the highest bidder, at the court
house door in Danbury, N. CL, an
FRIDAY, MARCH 19, 1917,
at 11 o'clock A M., the land con
veyed *n said deed of trust, to
wit:
Beginning at Ferguson's
Webster's corner, south 82 de
grees West 447 feet to an iron
stake; thence South 101-2 de
grees West 328 feet to an fron
stake on bank of branch; thence
South 391-2 East 360 feet down
the branch to iron stake on bank
of branch; thence South 47 1-2
degrees West 66 2-3 feet to an
iron stake; thence r*"\th 12 1-2
dgrees East 317 feet "to an iron
stake in division line; thence S.
50 degrees East 177 feet to a
rock In W. H. Webster's corner;
thence North 4 degrees East IT
chains to beginning corner (oak),
•ontaining 8.55 acres, more or
less.
Terms: One-fourth cash amt
and the remainder tin twelve
months.
This 17th day of Feb., 1937.
H. H. LEAKE,
Substituted Trustee.
NOTICE OF SALE OF VALU
ABLE LAND.
By virtue of a decree of the
Superior Court of Stokes County,
N. C., rendered on the 22nd day
of February, 1937, in the Special
Proceeding pending in said Court,
entitled "Roy Alley and others.
Ex Parte," appointfcg the
aLgned a commissioner |of the
Court to maka sale of the l«nd»
in Stokes County, North Carolina,
formerly belonging to W. P.
Alley, deceased, I will sell at pub-~
3e auction to the highest Udder
for cash, upon the premises in
Stokes County, N. C, on—
SATURDAY, MARCH 27, 1987,.
at the hour of 10 o'clock A. M.,
at the former home place of W»
P. Alley, deceased, the following
tract of land:
"Beginning at a stake in J. 8.
Amos' spring branch in the old
bne; thence down the branch a»
it meanders 81-2 chains to thp.
Chin's Branch; thence down that
branch a» it meanders 51-2 cha.
to a small dogwood on the north
aide where a small branch emp
ties into said branch; thence N.,
10 degrees West 17 chains to a.
stake; thence North 6 1-2 degrees
West 32 chains to a stake in the
Virginia line; thence East on that:
line 221-2 chains to pointers r
thence South one-half of one de
gree East 33 chains to a pine;
thence South 421-2 degrees East
4 chains to a sourwood; thenc®
South 6 degrees 101-2 chains to m
poplar, on the bank of a branch;
thence up aaid branch as it me
anders 18 chains to pointers;
thence West oo the old line 27 1-9
chains to the beginning, contain
ing 10T 3-4 asreu, mors or less."'
Being tha asms tract of land
conveyed by dsed from &
Alley, to W. P. Alley, recorded
hi the Register's office of Stoke*
County, N. CL, In Book Ifo. 29, at
pags 86-7.
Said land Is a valuable tract of
land adapted to the growth of
tobacco and grain, and oootalna *
nice lot• of saw timber, looated
near Sandy Ridge, in Stok**
County. v
Any person desiring to por«fc~
ase a good farm will do well to
attend the sale.
This the 22nd day of Feb., 19871
ROY E. ALLEY, ■
Commissioner,
Petr»e IE Petree, Attya.
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