|
| Page |
|
AGRICULTURAL ADJUSTMENT ACT, 1933 |
| used to devalue gold dollar, although held unconstitutional | 133 |
|
|
|
AMENDMENT TO CONSTITUTION |
| a proposal give Congress control young workers rejected, | 88 |
| badly reasoned proposal to amend respecting election president, | 287 |
| for Ultimate Court, the People, not the Judiciary, | 61 |
| Income Tax proposal quoted: "graduation" not mentioned, | 60 |
| interpretative suggested curing governmental wanderings, | 50, 251 |
| Seventeenth proposed by Congress changed House of States, | 11 |
| Sixteenth proposed common tax with one rate, | 60 |
| supreme Court should not amend Constitution, | 23, 126, 127 |
| Washington cautioned against innovations by amendment, | 11 |
|
|
|
AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION |
| appointed committee opposing recall successfully, | 4 |
| and other associations inactive while dissenting justices stood ground, | 241 |
| concerted effort Bar Associations needed for better judges, | 241 |
| found Constitution required in only 8 of 25 universities, | 26 |
|
|
|
ANTI-TRUST LAWS |
| Sherman Law and supplements adequate against monopolies, | 99 |
| Sherman Law and supplements adequate against monopolies, | 98 |
|
|
|
ATTORNEY GENERAL |
| wrote book defending attempt at court-packing, | 25 |
|
|
|
BANKS |
| neither bank nor corporation mentioned in the Constitution, | 102, 103n |
| creation National upheld by Marshall to aid governmental functions, | 103n |
| how one bank grew to thousands, | 107 |
| living largely on tax-exempt Public Debt, | 73 |
| how one bank grew to thousands, | 107 |
|
|
|
BAR ASSOCIATIONS |
| failed to object sufficiently to unconstitutional proposals, | 47, 241 |
| should compel appointment seasoned jurists Federal courts, | 242 |
| tongue-tied while four dissenting justices stood ground, | 241 |
|
|
|
BILL OF RIGHTS |
| interpretation 160 years rejects idea States affected by, | 234 |
| of what it consists, | 231 |
| held no general rule applying provisions against States, | 225 |
| not one article of lies against the States, | 225 |
| States prepared Bill of Rights against Federal Government, | 184, 210 |
|
|
|
BREWER, JUSTICE DAVID J. |
| dissented as to all inequalities in Taxation, | 77 |
|
|
|
BROWDER, EARL |
| his statement explaining Communism, | 174 |
| said Communism promoted by strikes, | 172, 175 |
|
|
|
BRYCE, JAMES |
| praised principle of agency in Constitution as greatest conception, | 133 |
| quoted on "Encompassing power of numbers," | 263 |
| said Congress dashes against walls of the Constitution, | 88 |
| tribute to members Constitutional Convention quoted, | 11 |
| wondered why President's office has not big men, | 254 |
|
|
|
BUREAUS |
| General Eisenhower quoted on extraordinary growth dangerous bureaus, | 113 |
| Hoover Committee said "billions" could be saved, | xi, 104 |
| 1800 in Executive Department under President, | xi |
| propagandizing power has become dangerous, | 127 |
| salaries for Soil Conservation alone 24 million a year, | 206 |
| Secretary Morgenthau for sending to Far East foodstuffs in storage, | 158 |
| table showing unbelievable accumulation in storage, | 159 |
| wires crossed: importing food stuffs, in storage at home, | 158 |
|
|
|
CHASE, CHIEF JUSTICE SALMON P. |
| explained meaning due process of law, | 235 |
| said we have "an indestructible Union, composed of indestructible
States," | 201 |
|
|
|
CHILD LABOR AGITATION |
| Department Labor reported 1920 no objectionable child labor, | 84 |
| less child labor when National Labor Relations Act passed, | 85 |
| two laws failing, Congress proposed amendment, | 88 |
| proposals immediately rejected in legislatures 20 states, | 88 |
| unconstitutional tax on salary Federal Judges followed labor decisions, | 89 |
| acts to suppress under Commerce Clause invalid, | 83, 87 |
| act taxing produce workers held not for revenue, | 87 |
| Governor Roosevelt denounce misuse of Commerce Clause, | 86 |
| President Roosevelt urged adoption proposed amendment, | 88 |
|
|
|
CITIZENSHIP, NATIONAL AND STATE |
| Fourteenth Amendment shows citizenship in State and Nation, | 212 |
| both citizenships for Negroes conferred by Fourteenth Amendment, | 212 |
| National held violated by Nevada law taxing interstate travelers, | 226 |
| National held violated by law of Maryland taxing importer, | 226 |
| Slaughter-house Cases involved State citizenship: no Federal question, | 227 |
| Justice Washington quoted on State citizenship, | 227 |
| before Civil War no local claim for Federal protection, | 228 |
| claims under State citizenship outside Federal Government, | 228 |
| some privileges National citizenship mentioned, | 228 |
| court rejected theory Fourteenth Amendment designed to handicap States, | 229 |
| in Slaughter-house Cases court rejected National control States, | 229 |
|
|
|
CLEVELAND, PRESIDENT GROVER |
| advocated strict construction of the Constitution, | 13 |
| defended against Senate "dignity and vigor" of Executive, | 43 |
| vetoed bill for "Federal Aid" to drought area, | 194 |
| on "partitions" between National and State Governments, | 194 |
|
|
|
COMMERCE CLAUSE |
| favorite cloak Congress for years invade States, | 252 |
| Governor Roosevelt denounced "stretching" of, | 86, 97 |
| quoted and explained, | 97 |
| "stretched" to justify Packers and Stockyards Act, 1921, | 96 |
| importance of commerce dating from Magna Carta, 1215, | 164 |
| Edmund Burke on importance American commerce, | 165 |
| design of Constitutional Convention to make commerce free, | 165 |
|
|
|
COMMUNISM |
| abolition private property one objective, | 57 |
| aims at political control by proletariat, | 57 |
| amazing that party legally recognized, | 58, 176 |
| can be met only by superior doctrine, not arms, | xiii, xiv |
| defined according to Karl Marx, | 57 |
| promoted by strikes, Browder said, | 172, 175 |
| weapon of, "graduated" income taxes, | 57 |
| Karl Marx quoted and Manifesto 1948 cited, | 56 |
| quotations from writings of Karl Marx, | 57 |
| first "American way of life" in Plymouth Colony, | 58 |
| Lenin quoted on method in Russia, | 58 |
| Governor Bradford on failure Communism at Plymouth, | 59 |
| American spirit called "wealth" by Hamilton, | 59 |
|
|
|
CONGRESS |
| legal scholar of Convention explains limitations on powers of, | 190 |
| abandoned to President authority to write laws, | 183 |
| acts must be in "pursuance" of Constitution, | 20 |
| attacks on Judiciary of the Constitution, | 14 |
| boundaries to Congressional power stated by Madison, | 186, 187 |
| by Norris-LaGuardia Law oppressed employer, | 46 |
| Constitutional Convention denied it power over Judiciary, | 41 |
| created unconstitutional Reconstruction Finance Corporation, | 110 |
| declared "emergency" for seizure gold property, | 135 |
| enacted invalid Maternity Law for children and women, | 91 |
| favored findings Interstate Commerce Commission unduly, | 44 |
| guilty of perpetrating first American coup d'état, | 135 |
| without authority from Sixteenth Amendment to "graduate" taxes, | 63 |
| preferred coup d'état to constitutional procedure, | 76 |
| Hamilton said powers limited to enumerated subjects, | 255 |
| influenced too much by social theories, beyond powers, | 62 |
| its "graduated" income taxes not authorized by Amendment, | 60 |
| men of old-time stature are missing, | 90 |
| misuses Commerce and General Welfare Clauses, | 252 |
| National Labor Relations Act disguised by Commerce Clause, | 161 |
| persistent disregard of Tenth Amendment, | 163 |
| possesses no judicial power, as such, | 41, 44 |
| powers limited to enumeration, sec. 8, Article I, | 186, 187 |
| repudiated gold contract in bonds of the United States, | 136 |
| "Rubber Stamp" title was earned by it, | 183 |
| Social Security Act not warranted by Constitution, | 195 |
| should have repealed income-and estate-tax laws, | 76 |
| Tennessee Valley Authority cloak for establishing Fascism, | 112 |
| former minister to Denmark quoted on deterioration of Congress, | 257 |
|
|
|
CONSTITUTION, THE |
| adopted by Canada, Australia, Argentina, Brazil, and others, | xiii |
| defines "Supreme Law of the Land," | 19 |
| first system successfully to control man in power, | xiii |
| gives no authority for Social Security Act, | 195 |
| guarantees Republican form of government to States, | 7 |
| most important of original objections to, | 184 |
| National Labor Relations Act misuse of Commerce Clause, | 161 |
| President Cleveland advocated strict construction, | 13 |
| provides just method for soil conservation, | 205 |
| States will compel thorough teaching of eventually, | 50 |
| study of indispensable to survival of Republic, | 10, 255 |
|
|
|
CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION, [ Madison's Notes] |
| task accomplished never attempted in world before, | 296 |
| tribute by Senator Hoar to unprecedented achievement, | 298 |
| contended that large territory requires Republican system, | 4 |
| denied authority to Congress over Judiciary, | 41 |
| feared such legislation as Social Security Act, | 185 |
| feared such legislation as Social Security Act, | 272 |
| for government by representatives instead of crowd, | 272 |
| Hamilton quoted on its ideas for choosing President, | 272 |
| planned for statesmen in two chief offices, | 275 |
| proclaimed sanctity of public debt, | 139 |
| set up representative system in all departments, | 7 |
| several members refused to sign instrument prepared, | 185 |
| sought to prevent "cabal, intrigue, and corruption, | 264 |
| theory respecting House of States given, | 11, 12 |
| tribute of Bryce, members belonging "to history of world", | 11 |
| members of explained fully operation of courts, | 17 |
|
|
|
COOLEY, JUDGE THOMAS M. |
| quoted against police power in Congress, | 184 |
| advised courts to read and apply law by its history, | 218, 219 |
| said exemptions from taxation not legal, | 72 |
| tax should be "in proportion to the interest secured", | 64 |
|
|
|
COOLIDGE, PRESIDENT CALVIN |
| said taxes not needed in economy are "legalized larceny", | 56 |
|
|
|
CORRUPT PRACTICES ACTS |
| Congress forbade Roosevelt's method of gathering funds, | 279 |
| Laws of forty years have proved futile, | 277, 278 |
| not necessary before National Nominating Convention, | 260 |
| reveal discreditable and tragic situation, | 280, 281 |
|
|
|
COUP D'ETAT, THE |
| Emergency Banking Relief Bill for seizing people's gold, | 135 |
| seizure field of relief by Social Security Act, |
69, 70,
75 |
|
|
|
DEBT OF GOVERNMENT |
| vast repudiation by devaluation of dollar, |
136,
137 |
| "profits" to Government from repudiation, |
137 |
| Chief Justice Marshall quoted on honor in debt, |
138 |
| Hamilton said government cannot change its contract, |
139 |
| Constitutional Convention declared for payment of debts, |
139 |
| "sacking" of people done with insolence, |
140 |
|
|
|
DELEGATION OF POWER |
| in violation of law, Congress authorized President to devalue dollar, |
133, 134 |
| Congress must declare method and policy for administrative cases, |
135 |
| administrative and legislative functions distinguished, | 135 |
|
|
|
DEMOCRACY |
| adopted after panic and several crop failures, | 5 |
| Initiative, Referendum, and Recall explained, | 3 |
| Introduced in 1893 from Switzerland, | 3 |
| not suited to large areas and populations, | 4, 13 |
| spread of un-American idea still persisting, | 8 |
| why Constitutional Convention rejected told in "The Federalist", | 8 |
| insistence upon "more democracy" for half century alarming, | 53, 290 |
| battle is between the Republican and the Populist forms, | 290 |
|
|
|
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE |
| Demonstrated industrial disputes are for courts, | 35, 36 |
|
|
|
DILLON, JUDGE JOHN F. |
| lectured on Constitution at Yale half century ago, | 130 |
| quoted whether Judiciary could resist popular demands, | 130 |
| denounced decision in Oleomargarine Case, | 176 |
|
|
|
DIVORCE |
| States delinquent in not regulating, | 93 |
| principle of regulating set by Massachusetts in 1903, | 93 |
| North Carolina law regulating held valid, | 94 |
| decree void where no real domicile, | 94 |
|
|
|
DUE PROCESS OF LAW |
| Justice Brandeis on "procedural regularity", | 235 |
| in Fourteenth Amendment relates to law of States only, | 226 |
| in States regulated by law of States, | 235 |
| Magna Carta quoted on, | 235 |
| application of illustrated, | 236 |
| Justice Miller quoted on misapplication to Fourteenth Amendment, | 237 |
| explained by Justice Moody in Twining case, | 235 |
| in Fifth Amendment restraint on National law, | 235 |
|
|
|
EISENHOWER, DWIGHT D. |
| on "a creeping paralysis of thought" bringing dictatorship, | 112 |
|
|
|
EMERGENCY |
| assumed to justify National Labor Relations Act, | 163 |
| Bank Act 1933 for seizure gold of American, | 135 |
| "Does not create power" - supreme Court, | 135 |
| receives no recognition in any provision Constitution, | 135 |
| using to seize power began with devaluation of dollar, | 135 |
| Chief Justice Hughes quoted respecting, | 134 |
| made excuses by Congress for invading States, | 162 |
| NLRA upheld, overriding decisions for half century, | 162 |
|
|
|
ESTATE OR INHERITANCE TAX |
| "Recrudescence of Feudalism" says English authority, | 79 |
| Spanish War tax and "graduated" income effective, | 76 |
| Causes break-up or sale of sound properties, | 79n |
| See PROPERTY | Pty |
|
|
|
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT OF PRESIDENT |
| contains 1,800 different administrative units: Hoover Committee, | xii |
| "billions - not millions" unnecessarily spent, | xii |
| on payrolls, 3,400,000 in 1945, | 262 |
| propagandizing aggressive and dangerous, | 88, 117 |
| protected "in all its dignity and vigor" by Cleveland, | 43 |
| third and fourth terms made possible by payrollers, | 262 |
|
|
|
EXEMPTIONS FROM TAXATION UNCONSTITUTIONAL |
| held by supreme Courts of several States Unconstitutional, | 72 |
| law in New Jersey exempting new buildings held void, | 72 |
| Judge Cooley quoted in condemnation of exemption from tax, | 72 |
| President and other officials in Washington enjoying exemptions, | 73 |
| colossal properties illegally exempted from taxation, | 74 |
| enormity of prejudice to overburdened taxpayers, | 74 |
| wrong should be righted by representatives of guilty States in Congress, | 75 |
| at violence to all constitutions, | 72 |
| Justice Brewer dissented in all exemption cases, | 77 |
| Justice Field predicted (1895) present disastrous result, | 73 |
| banks, trusts, universities enjoying exemptions, | 75 |
|
|
|
FAIR LABOR STANDARDS ACT, 1938 |
| held to warrant police control in States, | 185 |
|
|
|
FASCISM |
| defined by showing, | 22 |
| corporations of Italian system, | 38n |
| long time coming; now well "dug in", | 39 |
| by Tennessee Valley Authority Fascism introduced in government, | 112 |
| did General Eisenhower see Socialism and Fascism coming? | 112 |
| thrust upon Tennessee Valley by "planners", | 132 |
| many Fascist corporations manufacturing electric power, | 111 |
| Tennessee Valley Authority planned before election 1932, | 132 |
| origin of term, a Roman recollection, | 38n |
| corporation of Fascists to take over private business, | 106 |
|
|
|
FEDERAL AID |
| poured out illegally in floods to States and individuals, | 108 |
| bill in early Congress aiding fishermen: Madison defeated, | 188 |
| President Cleveland vetoed bill giving seed grain to farmers, | 194 |
| press dispatch told that King of Hoboes favors, | 197 |
|
|
|
FEDERAL EMERGENCY RELIEF ACT, 1933 |
| first American coup d'état, revolutionizing Government, | 76 |
| instead, repeal tax incomes and estates indicated, | 75 |
|
|
|
FEDERAL SURPLUS COMMODITIES CORPORATION, 1933 |
| authorized by U. S. issue bonds 4 billion, 750 million, | 155 |
| charter for "perpetual existence", | 150 |
| dumped 14 carloads spoiled eggs in 1944, | 153 |
| "ever-normal granary" fed wheat to pigs, | 154 |
| for relief farm emergency by expanding markets, | 151 |
| one of many corporations borrowing and spending, | 157 |
| sold at heavy loss 26 carloads eggs for hog feed, | 153 |
| subsidies in 1949 over 500 million, | 157 |
| to process, store, handle surplus agricultural commodities, | 151 |
| to act "without restriction or limit", | 149 |
| War Food Administration lost $150,000 on eggs, | 153, 154 |
| incorporated in Delaware by two cabinet members and another, | 150 |
| tip-top corporation of Fascism, | 151 |
| incorporated for all time with world-wide powers, | 151, 152 |
| no activity of FSCC authorized by Constitution, | 153 |
| vast waste of grains and food-stuffs, | 153, 154 |
| capitalized for $100,000; stock owned by U. S., | 155 |
| subsidies to favored classes 15.5 billions in 17 years, | 155 |
| President Jackson quoted on leaving business to business men, | 156 |
| table showing some astonishing losses of taxpayers' money, | 157 |
| Former Secretary Morgenthau proposed sending stores to Near East, | 159 |
| he revealed an unbelievable amount and value in storage, | 159 |
|
|
|
FEDERALIST, THE |
| by John Jay, Alexander Hamilton, and James Madison, | 186 |
| denies power for Social Security or other police action, | 188 |
| most brilliant work on philosophy of government, | 186 |
| says Senate would bar invasion States by Nation, | 54, 162 |
|
|
|
FIELD, JUSTICE STEPHEN |
| denounced as unconstitutional exemption from taxation, | 73 |
| said Fourteenth Amendment does not touch State police, | 237 |
|
|
|
FIRST AMENDMENT (RELIGION, PRESS, SPEECH, PETITION |
| correct interpretation given, | 228 |
| non-Federal questions occupying supreme Court, | 229 |
| not rewritten or absorbed by Fourteenth Amendment, | 287 |
| erroneous theory of Court on freedom of Press, | 220 |
| decision based on irrelevant cases, | 221 |
| legislation of Minnesota was sound, | 223 |
| four justices dissent, quoting Chief Justice Marshall, | 223 |
| supreme Court avoided applying to Press, | 232 |
| history underlying this amendment related, | 218 |
| in School Case Illinois did not violate, | 218 |
| decision in Illinois School Case affected 2,000 communities, | 219 |
| held effective against States through "liberty" in Fourteenth, | 220 |
| supreme Court Minnesota upholding law against libels reversed, | 220 |
|
|
|
FOURTEENTH AMENDMENT, 1868 |
| "liberty" in does not connote religion or Press, | 213 |
| analysis of and citation decisions, | 214 |
| written without thought of religion or press, | 214 |
| supreme Court employs "latitudinarian construction", | 213 |
| Due Process in relates to processes under State, not National, | 226 |
| rights of State citizenship not protected by, | 227 |
| held not confer right National citizenship generally, | 227 |
| held to authorize United States to manage Georgia, | 232 |
| regulation oil production by Texas held denial Due Process, | 233 |
| Justice Field quoted that it does not affect police power, | 237 |
| Justice Miller quoted on misapplication Due Process, | 237 |
| review of decisions sustaining invasion of States, | 238 |
| cases holding State laws not controlled by Slaughterhouse, | 227 |
| decisions under in disagreement, | 239 |
| does not control police power of States, | 229 |
| erroneous application in Illinois school case, | 218 |
| First Amendment not rewritten by it, | 232 |
| Judicial assumptions cannot alter application First Amendment, | 221 |
| many police regulations of States overturned, | 184, 240 |
| misconstrued in Minnesota Press case, | 219 |
| used by courts for dealing with non-Federal questions, | 229 |
|
|
|
GENERAL WELFARE CLAUSE |
| Hamilton said Congress limited to enumerated powers, | 189 |
| supreme Court ignored history and precedent, | 195 |
| Wilson and Baldwin, of Constitutional Convention, explained, | 189 |
| adoption Constitution resisted: this Clause said to be unlimited, | 186 |
| Madison explained clearly limitations of power under, | 186, 187 |
| Jefferson's brilliant elucidation of General Welfare, | 191 |
| early interpretation of should be respected, | 192 |
| acts of New Deal listed which Jefferson would condemn, | 193 |
| Senator Benton of Missouri condemned "latitudinarian
construction", | 193 |
| President Cleveland vetoed bill for aiding farmers, | 194 |
| Social Security Act erroneously sustained under General Welfare Clause, | 195 |
| held not to support Agricultural Adjustment Act, | 200 |
| this Clause and Commerce Clause cloaks for Congressional marauding, | 252 |
|
|
|
GOLD DOLLAR "CLIPPED," 1934 |
| authority to President in Agricultural Act, held unconstitutional, | 133 |
| bondholders thoroughly "frisked" by Government, | 142 |
| by "directive" President cut 25.8 grains to 15-5/21, | 135 |
| Congress abdicated to President power over coinage, | 134 |
| Congress declared "emergency" required seizure of gold, | 135 |
| Congress recognized damage done by repudiation, | 143 |
| Constitutional Convention proclaimed debt would be paid, | 139 |
| Hamilton on promises of a borrowing government, | 138 |
| Madison on morality in relation to public debt, | 139 |
| Marshall, Chief Justice, on seizing property individual, | 138 |
| President given by Constitution no authority over coinage, | 134 |
| "profits" gained by United States and States, | 137 |
| Secretary Treasury boasted on radio of "profit" made, | 145 |
| Senator boasted of wealth to be "transferred" from holders, | 144 |
| all gold and gold certificates seized from Americans, | 135 |
| Congress repudiated gold contract in its bonds, | 135 |
| vastness of debt repudiated, | 136, 137 |
| supreme Court held contract inviolable; but no remedy, | 141, 142 |
| four dissenting justices found aid to farmer the purpose, | 143 |
| usefulness of Gold Clause stated by dissenting justices, | 145 |
| dissenting justices said "legal and moral chaos appalling", | 149 |
|
|
|
GOVERNMENT, PRINCIPLES OF |
| are not outmoded; first to chain man in power, | xii |
| Constitution written to limit powers, | 20 |
| conflicting decisions of "inherent powers" cited, | 20, 21 |
| purpose of Constitution to exclude "inherent powers," | 21 |
| most "problems" in United States caused by Government, | 60 |
| "new thought" is bringing forward "inherent power," | 20, 291 |
| no power that is not granted by Constitution exists, | 21 |
| scientific, or based on classified knowledge, | 254 |
|
|
|
GOVERNORS OF STATES |
| complained in convention that President ignored them, | 177n |
| had failed to stand for sovereignty of commonwealths, | 178 |
| yet their hands are out for "federal aid," | 178 |
|
|
|
GRADUATED TAXES UNCONSTITUTIONAL |
| equality of treatment removed by Income Tax Amendment, | 61 |
| fallacious belief in property expressed by supreme Court, | 76 |
| instrument of Communism for confiscation, | 56 |
| not called for in Sixteenth Amendment, | 60 |
| President Roosevelt advocated confiscation incomes by, | 65 |
| in 1908 Socialists demanded "graduated" income tax income tax
, | 54 |
| first act Congress employed graduation: not in amendment, | 54 |
| States drained of needed revenue by graduated tax, | 55 |
| graduation not applied to any other property, | 64 |
| cases cited showing graduation wrongfully adopted by Congress, | 67 |
| condemned by supreme Courts of several States, | 69 |
| very slight in Civil War laws, | 70 |
| graduated income tax adjudged war measure by Congress, | 71 |
| fallacy of supreme Court in sustaining, | 76 |
| dissent by Justice Brewer to all graduations, | 77 |
| State supreme Courts understood subject clearly, | 77 |
| decisions supreme Court upholding on incomes and estates unsound, | 80 |
| Lawless Government Resulting From, | 80, 81 |
|
|
|
HAMILTON, ALEXANDER |
| said constitutional election would insure able Presidents, | 275 |
| stated limits on power of President, | 255 |
| believed "abuse of power taxation" guarded against, | 61 |
| Congress must "pursue" lines of Constitution, | 20 |
| explains Constitutional Convention's ideas on choosing President, | 272 |
| had great hope in House of States, | 11, 12 |
| Judicial powers expounded, | 17 |
| quoted on making government "control itself," | 299 |
| quoted respecting Gold-Clause repudiation, | 138 |
| said Judiciary, without initiative, needs protection, | 49 |
| thought States would resist National encroachment, | 54, 162 |
| quoted against unlimited national power, | 189 |
|
|
|
HOAR, SENATOR GEORGE F. |
| beautiful tribute to spirit of our Constitution, | 298 |
| corrupt cities drag States to corruption, | 91 |
| heard Webster tell supreme Court he had voted against each, | 12 |
| quoted on need of statesmen jurists on the Bench, | 229n |
| said old-time members of Congress told White House what, | 256 |
|
|
|
ILLITERATE WRITERS |
| attack Judiciary on the Constitution, | 16 |
|
|
|
INCOME-TAX AMENDMENT |
| Sixteenth Amendment did not propose "graduation," | 60 |
| gave Nation most corrupting form of power, | 54, 55 |
| money from took Congress beyond its constitutional field, | 62 |
| President Taft asked for plain income tax in 1909, not graduated, | 50, 60 |
| panic 1907 made "scrip" necessary for money, | 50 |
| in 1908 Socialists demanded "graduated" income tax, | 50 |
| "progressive" income tax advocated by Karl Marx, | 53, 57 |
| brought unintelligent relinquishment by States of their power, | 54 |
| income tax not "graduated" is desirable, | 54 |
| first act Congress employed "graduation": not in Amendment, | 54 |
| States drained by "graduated" tax of needed revenues, | 55 |
| intended only to meet decision on tax 1894, | 61 |
| gave Congress no new power to tax, | 61 |
| money in excess caused lawless government, | 62 |
| people showed no enthusiasm for, | 63 |
| men and money retired to enjoy tax exemptions, | 68 |
| cases cited showing "graduation" wrongfully adopted by Congress,
| 67n |
| States should repeal and resume control of their treasury, | 75 |
|
|
|
INITIATIVE, REFERENDUM, AND RECALL |
| ideas borrowed by North Dakota from Switzerland, | 3 |
| recall judicial decisions rejected by Colorado, | 4 |
| Kansas limited recall to appointed officials, | 4 |
| initiative never extensively used and now seldom heard of, | 4 |
| introduced after bank panic and crop failures, | 5 |
| where language of Constitution clear, no place for explanation, | 68 |
| imported from Switzerland in 1893, | 3 |
| spread of the evil idea of "Democracy," | 8 |
| idea behind, threatening constitutional Presidency in 1950, | 289 |
|
|
|
INJUNCTIONS |
| American's right to crippled by Norris-LaGuardia Law | 46 |
| Blackstone quoted on right to and how obtained, | 47, 49 |
| labor organizations often benefit by writ of injunction, | 27, 28 |
| long line decisions deny charge courts disfavor labor, | 27, 171n |
| long-standing Rule supreme Court gives all full protection, | 49 |
| |
|
INTERPRETING CONSTITUTION |
| Senator Benton of Missouri denounced "latitudinarian
construction," | 193 |
|
|
|
INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION |
| findings partially immunized by invalid Act Congress, | 44 |
| needlessly wiped out property railroad stockholders, | 45, 46 |
| threats in Congress of impeachment, | 46 |
| President never appointed big men of commerce or industry, | 45 |
|
|
|
JACKSON, PRESIDENT ANDREW |
| quoted on government keeping out of business, | 156 |
|
|
|
JEFFERSON, THOMAS |
| predicted formidable power in the President, | 255, 257 |
| said Tenth Amendment real body of the Constitution, | 192 |
| wrote brilliant exposition General Welfare Clause, | 191 |
| feared "perpetual re-eligibility of the President," | 257 |
|
|
|
JUDICIAL "LEGISLATION" |
| expansion or diminution Constitution our greatest peril, | 207 |
| supreme Court struggles to put First Amendment in Fourteenth, | 207 |
| search for the unperceivable, | 208 |
| "Liberty" in Fourteenth Amendment not "religion" from
First, | 213 |
| people, not courts, must blend the two Amendments, | 215 |
| misconstruction of Fourteenth Amendment has overloaded supreme Court, | 215 |
| State Republics invaded by National through judicial interpretation, | 215 |
| using school buildings for religious instruction held unconstitutional, | 215 |
| supreme Court Illinois held such use lawful, | 216 |
| decision overruling supreme Court Illinois absolutely untenable, | 216 |
| analysis of decision and constitutional provision, | 217 |
| history of Fourteenth Amendment ignored in decision, | 218 |
| religious persecution underlying First Amendment shown, | 218 |
| decision in Illinois school case affected 2,000 communities, | 219 |
| held First effective against States through "liberty" in
Fourteenth, | 220 |
| appointees to Federal courts should be seasoned jurists, | 242 |
| Chief Justice Marshall showed how to avoid danger, | 209 |
| disagreements among justices of supreme Court, | 209 |
| distinction between National and State citizenship, | 212 |
| each State a Republic, supreme locally, | 6, 7 |
| First Amendment not rewritten or absorbed by Fourteenth, | 214, 215, 216 |
| Fourteenth Amendment quoted and explained, | 212, 215 |
| for Ultimate Power to change Bill of Rights, | 210 |
| frequent assertions become accepted law, | 109, 219, 221 |
| interpretative amendments suggested, | 249 |
| most dangerous to Constitution because insidious, | 207 |
| no amendment ever proposed to change application First Amendment, | 227 |
| Slaughter-house cases, New Orleans, leading authority, | 227 |
| State sovereignty not reduced by Fourteenth Amendment, | 237 |
| States upset by interference local affairs, | 239 |
| the question that has embarrassed the Justices, | 234 |
| Twining case followed Slaughter-house decision, | 230 |
| Justice Bradley on "mystifying" constitutional language, | 217 |
| Congress without authority to aid schools in States, | 217 |
| Cooley on history of words in law to be interpreted, | 218, 219 |
| fallacy in supreme Court decision shown, | 218 |
| history of religion found in First Amendment, | 218 |
| Illinois case examined and law stated, | 215, 216 |
| Republic of Illinois competent to manage its affairs, | 219 |
| supreme Court Illinois decided no violation Constitution, | 216 |
| theory decision rejected by, | 140 |
| years practical application, | 219 |
| what supreme Court should have said in Illinois case, | 217 |
| wide effect of erroneous decision of supreme Court, | 219 |
|
|
|
JUDICIARY OF THE CONSTITUTION |
| Constitutional Convention intended statesmen foreseeing consequences of
errors, | 92 |
| Constitutional Convention denied Congress authority regulate courts, | 41 |
| Congress has no judicial power to confer, | 44 |
| Federal courts should be replenished from State courts, | 242 |
| "The Federalist" said judiciary weakest Department and needs
defense, | 242 |
| indefensible appointments by President and Senate shown, | 241 |
| accepted dictation from Congress; acts reviewed, | 183 |
| acted in defense of the Constitution in former days, | 83 |
| adequate in labor case when Government in comer, | 169 |
| attacked by President when war impending, | 14, 38 |
| attacks on by Congress, | 39, 40, 43 |
| attacks on by labor leaders, | 19 |
| attempt at court-packing in 1937, | 23 |
| Attorney General wrote book against, | 25 |
| bar should compel appointment experienced judges, | 242 |
| Congress taxed salaries judges since 1919: violating Constitution, | 89 |
| Congress taxed unconstitutionally salaries Federal judges, | 89 |
| equity power for injunction given by Constitution, | 47 |
| failed to resist attacks by Congress, | 41, 43, 47 |
| favorable decisions for labor, | 27 |
| industrial disputes justiciable, for courts, | 171 |
| injunctive power inherent, | 47 |
| "Keystone of American Arch," said Von Holst, | 18, 242 |
| power extends to litigation by States, | 42 |
| powers clearly set out by Hamilton, | 17 |
| recall of decisions of, by voters advocated, | 4 |
| salaries taxed after Child Labor decision, | 89 |
| will it maintain constitutional limitations? Judge Dillon, | 130 |
|
|
|
JURY, THE |
the Court of Last Resort for liberty -- "the Country," See also "Trial by Jury" by Lysander Spooner, 1852 | 87 |
|
|
|
LABOR AND COURTS |
| decisions of half century for labor cited, | 30 |
| "labor's gain" under President Roosevelt built on closed shop, | 27, 28 |
| workers have right to quit but not conspire for damage, | 82 |
| strikes during war gave "aid and comfort" to enemy, | 33 |
| strikes destructive of private enterprise, | 33 |
| courts can prevent destruction of property, | 34 |
| Debs Strike 1894 ended by injunction Federal Court, | 35 |
| seizure railroads and other property illegal with courts open, | 35 |
| ability courts to protect public shown in Communist cases, | 36, 37 |
| importance of "the country" to Americans in court, | 37 |
| Norris-LaGuardia Act denial of justice, | 46 |
| Blackstone quoted on principle governing issue of injunctions, | 47, 49 |
| ancient rule supreme Court covered all requirements of justice, | 49 |
| United States forced to get injunction against strikers, | 169 |
| paramount interest public makes labor controversies for courts, | 31, 169 |
| Industrial Court of Kansas held unconstitutional, | 170 |
| labor controversy has ceased to be personal to parties, | 171 |
| industrial controversy handled at Washington with eye on elections, | 172 |
| Washington friendly to sit down strikes, | 173 |
| workers asked for injunction, bringing great illustrative case, | 28 |
| "collective bargaining" long before "New Deal," | 29 |
| favored by many judicial decisions, | 27 |
| National Labor Relations Act oppressive to industry, | 175 |
| organized attacks on Judiciary of the Constitution by labor, | 19 |
| questions solved by court when Government in corner, | 36 |
|
|
|
LAW SCHOOLS |
| only 8 of 25 universities required study Constitution, | 26 |
|
|
|
MADISON, JAMES |
| believed States would resist National aggression, | 101 |
| denied General Welfare Clause authority over States, | 186, 187 |
| on morality and the National Debt, | 139 |
| quoted on line dividing National and State powers, | 182, 186, 187 |
| set forth advantages Republican form of Government, | 7 |
| stated limited powers of the new Government, | 7 |
| assembled protests of States into Bill of Rights, | 187, 188 |
| fought and defeated "Federal aid" in first Congress, | 188 |
|
|
|
MARSHALL, CHIEF JUSTICE JOHN |
| creation National Bank upheld by Marshall to aid Government, | 103n |
| quoted on honor in debt of Government, | 138 |
| said Congress cannot tax for purposes within States, | 182 |
| quoted on adhering to text of Constitution, | 209, 265 |
| quoted by dissenting justices in Minnesota Press Case, | 224 |
| held tax of Maryland on importer violation National citizenship, | 226 |
| quoted on power of people in States, | 231 |
| quoted on relation of Nation and State, | 224 |
| quoted on seizure gold by United States, | 138 |
|
|
|
MARX, KARL |
| advocated abolition of estates passing at death, | 56 |
| "graduated" income taxes for confiscating property, | 56 |
| stated theories and purposes of Communism, | 56 |
|
|
|
MATERNITY ACT, 1931 |
| authority over women sought by unmarried, | 91 |
| cost 11 million and accomplished nothing, | 92 |
| police field of States invaded by Congress, | 91 |
| supreme Court avoided passing on Constitutionality of, | 92 |
|
|
|
McREYNOLDS, JUSTICE JAMES C. |
| exposed fraudulent pretenses Tennessee Valley case, | 123 |
| "moral and legal chaos appalling," in Gold Clause cases, | 149 |
|
|
|
MINNESOTA PRESS CASE |
| Act Minnesota stopping libelous publications valid, | 220 |
| "assumption" of predicate too often employed, | 221 |
| "authorities" relied on by supreme Court examined, | 221 |
| case in Illinois preceded by case in Minnesota, | 219 |
| decision against 70 years application First Amendment, | 223 |
| each decision cited by Court invasion of State, | 221 |
| fallacy in reasoning supreme Court, | 224, 225 |
| first definite trespass on State authority, | 220 |
| local government Minnesota overturned, | 220 |
| Chief Justice Marshall on relation State and Nation, | 224 |
| statement by dissenting justices, | 223 |
| supreme Court held State violated First Amendment, | 220 |
|
|
|
MONEY |
| Constitution quoted respecting power given to Congress, | 22 |
| dangerous power in hands of Government, | 22, 81 |
| Congress can spend only for specified purposes, | 22 |
| Constitution gives President no authority over, | 134 |
| opinion financial writers on content gold dollar, | 141 |
| Congress should have returned value for gold seized, | 147 |
|
|
|
MUSSOLINI |
| Fascism by Italian structure now in United States, | 36 |
| set up 22 corporations for management of government, | 39 |
|
|
|
NATIONAL DEBT |
See Also Jefferson's Prophesy and Reality, Economic Prosperity, & The Government Myth |
| Madison on morality connected with, | 139 |
| "profits" on gained by Government stated, | 137, 145 |
| United States repudiated part of its obligations, | 136 |
| vast increase in time of peace, | 136 |
|
|
|
NATIONAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATION |
| favored "Federal aid" to schools; and centralism, | xi |
|
|
|
NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS ACT, 1935 |
| passed under cloak of Commerce Clause, | 161 |
| made a Nation of Union of States, | 161 |
| Hamilton could not see that representatives would diminish States, | 162 |
| "emergency" excuse for invading police field of States, | 162 |
| after Act strikes tripled in number, | 167, 168 |
| table showing number strikes by years, | 167n |
| government of Wisconsin on lawlessness of strikers, | 168 |
| Department of Justice inactive respecting strikes, | 169 |
| four Justices supreme Court dissented, | 163 |
| Government driven to comer by strikers, | 169 |
| Governor New York protested use Commerce Clause such cases, | 164 |
| supreme Court, supporting, overrode long line decisions, | 163 |
| title denies law for regulation under Commerce Clause, | 163 |
|
|
|
NATIONAL NOMINATING CONVENTION |
| long platforms promising everybody everything then unknown, | 260 |
| an author describes a saddening spectacle, | 285 |
| appalling consequences of Convention 1932, | 284 |
| Charles Sumner quoted against its methods, | 261 |
| dominated (1920) by senators and other officials, | 270 |
| evil instrumentality from delinquency of States, | 267 |
| first 11 elections without Convention or Platform, | 259 |
| instrumentality of "cabal, intrigue, and corruption," | 286 |
| non-delegate 2000 miles distant nominated F. D. Roosevelt, | 286 |
| no Corrupt Practices Acts before Nominating Convention, | 260 |
| Senator Benton, Missouri, denounced it in 1859, | 261 |
| States can abolish unconstitutional peril, | 291 |
| through "cabal" Roosevelt nominated in 1932, | 285 |
|
|
|
NEW DEAL |
| all of its remedies were ancient failures, | 53 |
| unconstitutional in all its features, | 53 |
| put in effect platform National Socialist Party 1908, | 52 |
| a historic subterfuge for statecraft, | 53 |
|
|
|
NORRIS-LAGUARDIA ACT, 1932 |
| denied in practice employer's legal rights, | 46 |
| industry, winner of war, near friendless in Government, | 47 |
|
|
|
OLEOMARGARINE |
| act of Congress restricting and overtaxing upheld, | 175 |
| law of Pennsylvania forbidding manufacture absolutely sustained, | 176 |
| decision in Pennsylvania case condemned by Judge Dillon, | 176 |
| act Congress repealed after 64 years (1950) legislative folly, | 176 |
|
|
|
PACKER AND STOCKYARDS ACT, 1921 |
| entirely needless; Illinois was in control of situation, | 97 |
| as governor, Roosevelt condemned such use Commerce Clause, | 97 |
| legislation superfluous and illegal; Sherman law adequate, | 98 |
| decision sustaining submerged long line of cases, | 100 |
| became precedent for National Labor Relations Act, | 101 |
| Madison believed States would resist such encroachment, | 101 |
|
|
|
PAYROLLERS, EXECUTIVE |
| astonishing and steady increase of: 1800 bureaus, | 113 |
| numerous enough to turn Presidential Election, | 113 |
| trampled on customary law against third term, | 259, 262 |
|
|
|
POLICE POWER IN STATES |
| Marshall held Congress cannot tax for State purposes, | 182 |
| power inheres in States and cannot be surrendered, | 182 |
| Judge Cooley quoted on inhering in States, | 184 |
| illegal Housing Act Congress aiding States upheld, | 185 |
| last word in Bill of Rights protecting police power, | 185 |
| Congress exercises under Fair Labor Standards Act, | 185 |
| not affected by Fourteenth Amendment: Justice Field, | 237 |
|
|
|
POWERS OF GOVERNMENT |
| union of "very definition of despotism," | xii |
| division of powers failed in Rome, | xii |
| those granted to Congress by the Constitution enumerated, | 293 |
| "inherent" powers now coming to the fore, | 20, 21, 29 |
|
|
|
PRESIDENT, THE |
| method of Convention would insure choice of big men, | 275 |
| appointments by governed by political considerations, | 36 |
| Constitutional election will clean out stables, | 284, 285 |
| peril in patronage shown by Senator Norris long ago, | 276 |
| President F. D. Roosevelt devised Thousand Dollar Clubs, | 280 |
| given no authority by Constitution over money, | 134 |
| Madison quoted on his limited field of authority, | 255, 195 |
| Jefferson predicted formidable power of President, | 255, 257 |
| Third term, fourth, and fifth owing to payrollers, | 262 |
| the "perpetual re-eligibility of" was frightening to Jefferson, | 257 |
| Press, by conferences, enabled President to reach dictatorship, | 256 |
| Senator Hoar quoted on time when President was shown the way, | 256 |
| political chief, nominating himself and his successors, | 258 |
| quotation from his secretary showing handling of nomination, | 258n |
| payrollers in President's Department and families control election, | 259, 262 |
| popular election would be destructive of Republic, | 259, 261 |
| first eleven elections without farcical Nominating Convention, | 259 |
| Congress forbade one of his fund-raising schemes, | 279 |
| President Roosevelt by-passed Corrupt Practices Acts, | 280 |
| illegal power brings disregard of Constitutional restraint, | 284 |
| asked Congress for 22 enactments beyond Federal power, | 293, 294 |
| extraordinary call for unconstitutional acts provoked no criticism, | 294, 295 |
| Constitutional Convention intended and directed States elect President, | 264, 265 |
|
|
|
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, THE |
| a careful plan against popular vote frustrated by States, | 263 |
| author quoted on senators controlling National Convention, | 270 |
| bargains by President should be unnecessary, | 282 |
| controlled by 3 million employees Executive Department, | 113, 259 |
| Corrupt Practices Acts consequence Nominating Convention, | 260 |
| Charles Sumner denounced (1872) Nominating Convention, | 261 |
| choice of executives greatest achievement at Philadelphia, | 289, 290 |
| clause for appointing electors quoted, | 265 |
| Constitutional Convention for Representatives, not crowd, | 272 |
| Congress forbade President's money-gathering method, | 279 |
| Convention 1932 and before what Philadelphia feared, | 264 |
| election 1948 proved popular vote real danger, | 261, 262 |
| evil consequences election 1932, | 258 |
| Roosevelt did not have full New York delegation, 1932, | 286 |
| Governors accused White House of ignoring them, | 177n |
| great learning underlay at Philadelphia electoral plan, | 264, 272 |
| half electorate did not vote in 1948, | 263 |
| Hamilton quoted fully on idea at Constitutional Convention, | 272 |
| "interests" providing funds will remain interested, | 281 |
| in the promising future, | 263, 264 |
| issue is between Populism and constitutional Republic, | 277 |
| Jefferson on tyranny of the executive, | 255 |
| managed vote of corrupt cities sought, | 259 |
| members Thousand Dollar Clubs feted, inauguration 1945, | 280 |
| men of highest capacity could be selected constitutionally, | 275 |
| office-holders excluded from participation in election, | 269 |
| present political party system can be maintained, | 283 |
| "Populism" danger in Presidential elections, | 277 |
| slavery and Presidential election two "trials" Republic, | 290, 291 |
| unsound ideas commentators on constitutional method, | 287 |
| when Legislatures again themselves appoint electors, | 256 |
| certificate education in Constitution should be requisite to voting, | 90 |
| Senator Hoar quoted on conditions in States, | 91 |
| restoration of Australian ballot is imperative, | 91 |
| industrial disputes handled in view of, | 172 |
| first eleven without farcical Nominating Conventions, | 259 |
| no Corrupt Practices Laws necessary then, | 260 |
| States should resume control and follow Constitutional direction, | 260 |
| Presidential so farcical nearly half electors do not vote, | 263 |
| Bryce quoted on "the fatalism of the multitude," | 263 |
| corrupt election greatest fear of Constitutional Convention, | 264 |
| States put duty on themselves to elect President, | 265 |
| Marshall quoted on following letter of Constitution, | 265 |
| legislatures of States have abandoned election to politicians, | 266 |
| short ballot made bad situation worse, | 268 |
| methods of confusion in different States, | 267 |
| Federal office-holders forbidden to manage elections, | 269 |
| four senators dominated convention 1920; one became President, | 270 |
| States shown quite competent to nominate President, | 271 |
| Constitutional Convention feared "cabal, intrigue, and
corruption," | 274 |
| statesmen, not politicians, sought by Constitutional Convention, | 275 |
| in 1914 Senator Norris predicted disaster from patronage, | 276 |
| in present conditions "popular" election would not be popular, | 277 |
| Corrupt Practices Laws for 40 years ineffectual, | 277, 278 |
| President Roosevelt by-passed Corrupt Practices laws, | 280 |
| candidates' conduct today compared with Cleveland's and McKinley's, | 281n |
| Constitutional method would remove Chief Executive from politics, | 282 |
| men of highest capacity would occupy Presidential Office, | 283 |
| illegal Presidential power causes disregard of Constitution, | 284 |
| State legislatures should themselves appoint Presidential electors, | 284n |
| badly reasoned proposal to amend Constitution, | 287 |
| people at home intended to make choice, | 288 |
| Hamilton and Jay quoted on this point, | 288 |
| proposed amendment would be futile and "democratic," | 289 |
| Presidential election and slavery two great trials: Senator Benton, | 290, 291 |
| removal of remaining peril lies with States, | 269, 291 |
|
|
|
PRESS, THE |
| guilelessly contributed to President's rise to dictatorship, | 256 |
|
|
|
PRIVATE INDUSTRY |
| assailed by Fascist corporations in many places, | 125, 152 |
| berated as for lese majesty when defending itself, | 117 |
| propaganda TVA and other Fascist set-ups fierce, | 127, 128 |
| selling out, fearing competition from taxpayers' money, | 119 |
|
|
|
PROPERTY |
| history of man's right to acquire and transmit, | 77 |
| English Charter 1101 quoted showing right of inheritance, | 78 |
| English writer says estate tax recrudescence of Feudalism, | 79 |
| causes destruction of business at death in United States, | 79n |
| erroneous idea supreme Court on man's right to, | 80 |
| Hallam and Blackstone on man's inherent right to, | 79 |
| President F. D. Roosevelt would take by taxation, | 56 |
| private to be abolished by Communism, | 57 |
| scourge of unconstitutional taxation exhibited, | 74, 81 |
| stupendous volume illegally exempted from taxation, | 74 |
| supreme Court's error root of tyrannical taxation, | 80 |
|
|
|
RECALL JUDICIAL DECISIONS |
| American Bar Association took issue to country, | 4 |
| Colorado only State to adopt; held unconstitutional, | 4 |
| Theodore Roosevelt advocated; later repented, | 4 |
| to be by voters unlearned in law, | 5 |
|
|
|
RECONSTRUCTION FINANCE CORPORATION, 1931 |
| as not necessary to functioning Government, invalid, | 110 |
| at large with developments in Alaska, | 152n |
| abolition advised by Hoover Committee in 1949, | 104 |
| flood of Federal moneys lent beyond national field, | 104 |
| resists proposal Hoover Committee for abolition, | 104 |
| String of non-Governmental corporations followed it, | 108 |
| patterned after Wilson's War Finance Corporation, | 102 |
| not warranted by any clause of Constitution, | 102 |
| only in aid governmental operations can corporation be created, | 102, 103n |
| expended money illegally serving banks, railroads, etc., | 103 |
| now 30 Federal agencies lending money of taxpayers, | 104 |
| departed from purpose of domestic help; loans become world-wide, | 104 |
| in 1949 reported loans at all-time high, | 105 |
| 5400 borrowers "touched" taxpayers for $416,000,000 - 1949 | 105 |
| former head RFC said it would make bad loans, | 106 |
|
|
|
REPUBLICAN FORM OF GOVERNMENT |
| Nation and States all given representative governments, | 7 |
| Madison quoted on restriction to Republican form, | 7 |
| fully and ably discussed in Constitutional Convention, | 7 |
| belief that it would control effects of factions, | 8 |
| frustrated by direct election of senators, | 9 |
|
|
|
ROOSEVELT, FRANKLIN D. |
| third and fourth terms given by his payrollers, | 262 |
| totally lacking in knowledge of taxation, | 55 |
| proposed by tax to keep down incomes, | 65 |
| his argument for Fascist corporation, | 117 |
| as governor condemned misuse Commerce Clause for acts like NLRA, | 163, 164 |
| as governor against Federal interference in business activities, | 86, 166 |
| in fourth election by-passed Corrupt Practices Act, | 280 |
| devised Thousand Dollar Clubs to meet campaign funds, | 280 |
| not choice of his own state in 1932, | 285 |
| nomination of described in Stoddard's book, | 285 |
| nomination whole ticket "fixed" by long distance to California, | 285 |
| nominating convention refused unanimous vote, | 286 |
| advocated bills misusing Commerce Clause, | 86 |
| attack on Federal courts not first, | 14, 38 |
| attack on Federal courts not first, | 56 |
| his National Labor Relations Act misuse Commerce Clause, | 163, 164 |
| sent "must" bills to Congress, in manner of George III, | 183 |
|
|
|
ROOSEVELT, THEODORE |
| displeased by decisions; advocated recall by people; repented, | 4 |
|
|
|
RUBBER STAMP CONGRESS |
| abdicated money power to President, | 183 |
| accepted "must" bills from President, | 183 |
| enacted National Labor Relations Law, | 161 |
| passed Social Security Act, | 179 |
| passed Emergency Banking Act to seize the American's gold, | 135 |
|
|
|
SCHOOLS |
| Congress without constitutional authority to give money to, | 217 |
| have neglected courses in Constitutional history, | xi |
| lack of learning in Constitution dangerous, | 10, 255 |
| lack of scholarship caused Congressional attack on judiciary, | 14 |
| law schools blamable for lack of Constitutional education, | 26 |
| only 8 of 25 universities require Constitutional study, | 26, 211 |
| Missouri law requires teaching Constitution in schools and universities, | 50 |
| have failed to make America foresee coming evil, | 81, 82 |
| laws of 40 states requiring Constitutional education are dead letters, | 89 |
| erroneous belief prevalent that National Government should take over, | 97 |
| President Roosevelt's call for 22 unconstitutional acts provoked no criticism, | 294, 295 |
| only way to challenge Communism and other sophisms, | 12 |
| the peril of uneducated public opinion, | 50, 294 |
|
|
|
SENATE, THE |
| capable men excluded by expenses of election, | 10 |
| illustrious examples of holders of long term, | 10 |
| "The Federalist" quoted on value House of States, | 11 |
| "The Federalist" quoted on Senate checking House, | 12 |
| House of States broken by Seventeenth Amendment, 1913, | 9, 11 |
| campaign for seat now too costly, | 10 |
| constitutional election was by legislature, | 9 |
| theory of Constitutional Convention stated, | 11, 12 |
| Webster on duty respecting President's appointments, | 12 |
|
|
|
SHERMAN ANTI-TRUST LAW, 1891 |
| Supplemented by Clayton Act and Federal Trade Commission, | 98n |
| sufficiency of had been proved in many cases, | 99 |
| both parties for in campaign year: Senator Borah, | 98n |
|
|
|
SOCIAL SECURITY ACT, 1935 |
| Constitutional Convention feared such legislation, | 185 |
| Cooley quoted on police power of the States, | 184 |
| did President Cleveland foresee such legislation?, | 194 |
| Hamilton said Congress limited to specifications, | 189 |
| Jefferson expounded General Welfare Clause brilliantly, | 191 |
| most complete abandonment of constitutional doctrine, | 179 |
| Nation has no constitutional interest in the subject, | 199 |
| no State would have ratified under other view, | 192 |
| States must provide care for those needing it, | 199 |
| Taxing and Spending Clause of Constitution quoted, | 186 |
| act based on error in law and fact, | 75 |
| comment of President Roosevelt upon signing, | 181 |
| many Presidents vetoed "Social Security" measures, | 182 |
| subjects covered by act for police power states, | 182 |
| Madison quoted on separation National and State powers, | 182, 188 |
| Congress cannot tax for State purposes: Marshall, | 181 |
| upheld in disregard history and learning on welfare, | 195 |
| supreme Court erred on ability states to aid, | 197 |
| made permanent by court on "cyclical" depression, | 198 |
| decision upholding let Congress take "boundless field of power,"
| 201 |
|
|
|
SOCIALISM |
| defined by demands National Socialist (NAZI) Platform, 1908, | 38, 52 |
| "New Deal" put Socialist platform in effect, | 52 |
| no authority for in the Constitution, | 39 |
| supreme Court of the United States sustained it in North Dakota, | 5 |
| dependence on government brings unfortunate conditions, | 6 |
|
|
|
SOIL CONSERVATION AAA |
| cloak of Congress to subsidize farmers, | 202 |
| grants by Congress in 1947 were 2.2 billion, | 203 |
| those subsidies supported prices of grain to $3, | 203 |
| conservation important, but not to Washington, | 204 |
| conservation deceiving term like National Labor Relations Act, | 204 |
| Constitution affords plain method for conservation, | 205 |
| bureaucrats administrating cost 24 million per year, | 206 |
|
|
|
STATES, THE |
| Hamilton believed States would defend against Congress, | 54 |
| conference of governors complained of disregard by Washington, | 177n |
| States blamable through members in Congress for conditions, | 178 |
| yet governors still want "Federal aid," | 178, 179 |
| representatives of States in Congress must take back Union, | 180 |
| did not intend to restrain themselves by Bill of Rights, | 210 |
| no restraint on by any article in Bill of Rights, | 225 |
| Marshall quoted on power of people in, | 231 |
| held no general rule applying Bill of Rights to, | 232 |
| self-incrimination provision Fifth Amendment not applicable to States, | 233 |
| toppled in groups by misapplication Fourteenth Amendment, | 240 |
| blamable for National Nominating Convention, | 267 |
| each a Republic independent in local affairs, | 7, 224 |
| education in Constitution should be made imperative by, | 50 |
| given benefit of National Judiciary, | 42 |
| House of States broken by popular election senators, | 9 |
| invaded by Stockyards Act, | 97 |
| legislatures elected senators to their House, | 9 |
| Madison said would rise against National encroachment, | 101 |
| must adhere to Republican form of government, | 7 |
| should abolish "straight ticket" in elections, | 91 |
| States alone must help the helpless, | 211 |
| when, only, Nation can enter States, | 214 |
| would not have accepted Constitution with Social Security, | 192, 193 |
| abdication of constitutional powers and duties by, | 183 |
|
|
|
STRIKES |
| Communism active in American strikes, | 174 |
| Earl Browder quoted to that effect, | 174, 175 |
| public rights paramount where strike probable, | 31 |
| strikes during war gave "aid and comfort" to enemy, | 33 |
| strikes destructive to private enterprise, | 33 |
| Debs Strike 1894 ended by injunction Federal Court, | 35 |
| President stopped strike 1946 by getting injunction, | 36 |
| United States forced to get injunction against strikers, | 169 |
| after National Labor Relations Act strikes trebled in number, | 167, 168 |
| table showing number strikes by years, | 168 |
| government of Wisconsin on lawlessness of strikers, | 168 |
| Department of Justice inactive respecting strikes, | 169 |
| courts have shown capacity to handle disputes right, | 34, 36, 37 |
| no right in law to concerted strike in large employment, | 171 |
| public interest makes controversies justiciable, for court, | 31 |
| sit-down strike not disfavored in Washington, | 171 |
|
|
|
SUBSIDIES |
| appeared in first Congress: Madison opposed and defeated, | 188 |
| between 100 and 150 million in eggs by WFA not wanted, | 153, 154 |
| "ever normal granary" - fed wheat to pigs, | 152 |
| FSCC dumped in 1944, | 14 |
| carloads spoiled eggs, | 152 |
| purchased 10,500 carloads eggs to support price, | 153 |
| sold at heavy loss 26 carloads eggs for hog feed, | 153 |
| total reported for 17 years, $14,571,060,000, | 155 |
| Washington dumped millions bushels rotten potatoes, | 154 |
| almost immeasurable losses in support of agriculture, | 157 |
| almost immeasurable losses in support of agriculture, | 197 |
|
|
|
supreme Court, THE |
| attempt by President Franklin D. Roosevelt to pack, | 23, 14, 88 |
| long continued attempt by Congress to intimidate, | 14 |
| Congress piqued by holdings acts violated Constitution, | 15 |
| decision by majority historical and Constitutional, | 15 |
| men in schools join in attack on judiciary, | 15 |
| samples of books against judiciary by supposed scholars, | 16 |
| Hamilton quoted in "The Federalist" on function courts, | 17 |
| judicial system of Constitution praised by foreign scholars, | 18 |
| organized labor demands curb on courts, | 18 |
| Canada and Australia adopted American judicial system, | 18 |
| American Federation Labor favors amendment curbing supreme Court, | 19 |
| Constitution, not court, "invalidates" act Congress, | 19 |
| does not "veto" act Congress when citizen brings suit, | 22 |
| acts of "New Deal" held unconstitutional cited, | 23 |
| President Roosevelt kept plan to pack from people, | 24 |
| mathematics of court packing plan exhibited, | 24 |
| Senate rejected President's attempt court packing, | 25 |
| President Roosevelt had once objected to increasing number judges, | 25 |
| book by Attorney General supported court packing, | 25 |
| attempt to pack not sudden outburst of alienism, | 38 |
| great statesmanship is exhibited in Slaughter-house decision, | 230 |
| Slaughter-house decision sensed peril appearing in Minnesota and Illinois, | 230 |
| followed Slaughter-house cases over third of century later, | 230 |
| "assumed" frequently Fourteenth Amendment absorbs First, | 221 |
| Canada, Australia and other countries copied Court, | 17 |
| changed from Republican majority of one to 8 Democrats, | 242 |
| declined to pass on validity Maternity Act, | 92 |
| erroneous decision in Illinois school case, | 216 |
| fallacious idea on man's right to property, | 76 |
| held Income Tax Act 1894 invalid, | 61 |
| held tax on salaries judges prohibited by Constitution, | 200 |
| ignoring history, sustained Social Security Act, | 200 |
| importance of far-seeing judges: Senator Hoar, | 229n |
| its Equity Rule protects all alike in injunction cases, | 49 |
| Jehovah's Witnesses given illegal latitude, | 240 |
| labor favored by many judicial decisions, | 27 |
| misapplied Fourteenth Amendment in Minnesota Press case, | 219 |
| overrode cases in upholding National Labor Relations Act, | 163 |
| should be replenished from supreme Courts of States, | 242 |
| refused in 1895 to amend Constitution, | 61 |
| said "emergency" does not confer power, | 135 |
| Senator Webster voted against every Justice hearing him, | 12 |
| took narrow view of wide record Tennessee Valley Authority, | 119, 121 |
| told by Cooley consider history of a provision Constitution, | 218, 219 |
| warned against "mystifying constitutional provision, | 217 |
|
|
|
SUPREME LAW OF THE LAND |
| specified in the Constitution, | 19 |
| words of provision quoted, | 19 |
|
|
|
TAXATION |
| President Coolidge quoted; needless taxation "legalized larceny," | 56 |
| President Cleveland denounced avoidable taxation, | 56 |
| President Roosevelt's "tax processes" from Communist Manifesto
1848, | 56 |
| principle eminent domain applies: Government must give value for tax taken, | 64 |
| Judge Cooley quoted tax must be proportionate to "interest
secured," | 64 |
| must be for revenue, not punishment, or regulation: Justice Story, | 66 |
| Edmund Burke said Americans anticipated grievance, | 81 |
| grant of power by Constitution quoted, | 186, 187 |
| President vetoed tax reduction bill demanded at election, | 206 |
| spenders "scourge, rather than govern, the state," | 206n |
| "abuse of this power" Hamilton thought prevented, | 61 |
| incomes and estates only property taxed by graduation, | 63, 64 |
| President F. D. Roosevelt deficient in knowledge of, | 55 |
|
|
|
TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY, 1933 |
| electrical power corporation created with pretense regulating floods, | 110 |
| admitted by government no grant for manufacturing power, | 110, 122 |
| selling electrical power in great volume now, | 111 |
| people misled by easy getting, | 111 |
| other unconstitutional power projects followed TVA, | 111 |
| projectors purposed to introduce corporation of Fascism, | 112 |
| took over Muscle Shoals Dam of World War I, | 113, 114 |
| National Defense Act, 1916, revealed purpose manufacture power, | 115 |
| Intention behind TVA kept secret in campaign 1932, | 115 |
| multiform activity and losses to taxpayers, | 116 |
| private investors being driven out, | 119 |
| President Roosevelt's argument for Fascism, | 117 |
| President's "yardstick" becomes a bludgeon, | 120 |
| figures show power, not flood control, purpose, | 121 |
| United States District Court held Congress without such power, | 121 |
| reversed by supreme Court, | 121 |
| matter in court record prophesied "electrification of America," | 123 |
| private corporations would be put out of business, | 123 |
| later President Roosevelt confirmed dissent Justice McReynolds, | 124 |
| Congress rejected application for steam plant, | 124 |
| power projects now cover 44 of 48 states, | 124n |
| flood control fraudulent pretense of Fascism, | 125 |
| question should have been left to Ultimate Court, | 126 |
| supreme Court should not amend Constitution, | 126, 127 |
| TVA powerful and dangerous propagandist, | 127, 128 |
| taxpayers provide money; big business takes the power, | 128n |
| mathematics proves private capital cannot stand such competition, | 129 |
| can court maintain Constitution against such legislation: Judge Dillon, | 130 |
| project destroyed 500,000 acres productive land, | 130 |
| yearly production foodstuffs over 14 million gone forever, | 131 |
| Fascism thrust upon Tennessee Valley, | 132 |
| power project carried to Alaska, | 152 |
| "a deliberate step into forbidden field"; Justice McReynolds, | 123 |
| act creating of great length and difficult detail, | 115 |
| agricultural and industrial development by Congress illegal, | 114 |
| all valleys before developed by dwellers therein, | 111 |
| apparent success will proves fundamental failure, | 111 |
| Congress becoming weary of costs, | 117 |
| Constitution authorizes only control of interstate river, | 114 |
| disadvantage suffered by private investors, | 116, 119 |
| displaced 13,433 families, | 131 |
| engaged in many non-governmental activities, | 115 |
| escapes taxes and pays no interest, | 116 |
| fallacy in reasoning supreme Court, | 129 |
| Fascist corporation planned before 1932 election, | 115 |
| Fascist corporations overspreading the map, | 152 |
| Federal Power Act 1935 further development Fascism, | 125 |
| investors objecting denounced as "anti-social," | 117 |
| losses in 1946 8 million; from beginning 100 million, | 116 |
| McReynolds, Justice, saw private investors "put out," | 120 |
| private competitors pay taxes and interest, | 116, 119 |
| private investors selling out in fear, | 119 |
| prophetic lawyer foresaw such decisions, | 130 |
| revelation extraordinary growth power plants, on taxpayer, | 125, 152n |
| supreme Court took narrow view of wide record, | 122 |
| was Gen. Eisenhower's "creeping paralysis" aimed at this? | 112 |
|
|
|
TENTH AMENDMENT |
| last word Bill of Rights protecting police power States, | 185 |
| Chief Justice Chase on importance of States in Republic, | 201 |
| disregard of leads to "boundless field of power," | 65 |
| Jefferson said body of the Constitution, | 192 |
| Maternity Act 1921 in disregard of, | 91 |
| National Labor Relations Act forbidden by, | 161 |
| persistence of Congress in violation of, | 161 |
| President Cleveland on observing boundaries, | 13 |
| Commerce Clause and General Welfare cloaks for violation of, | 97 |
| cases in pursuance of overruled, | 85 |
| quoted on California Tide-Lands Case, | 248 |
| Social Security Act contrary to, | 182 |
| Soil Conservation Act in disregard of limitation, | 201 |
| strongest objections to Constitution brought this Amendment, | 185 |
| Stockyards Act, 1921 in contravention of, | 96 |
|
|
|
TIDE-WATER OIL LANDS |
| property of States seized by United States, | 243 |
| seizure upheld in decision of supreme Court, | 243 |
| California had held possession 100 years, | 244 |
| Chief Justice Taney held title in States, 1842, | 245 |
| so decided again in 1845, | 246 |
| so decided by Justice Field respecting California, 1873, | 246 |
| those cases disregarded but not overruled, 1947, | 243, 246 |
| Senator from State started movement against States, | 249 |
| two Presidents encouraged illegal seizure, | 249 |
| action United States comparable to partition of Poland, | 250 |
| States have power to overrule unwarranted decision, | 252 |
|
|
|
ULTIMATE POWER, THE PEOPLE |
| Article V shows way change or abolish Constitution, | 37, 126, 127 |
| first Income Tax Case referred to Ultimate Power, | 126 |
| Justice Brandeis on "procedural regularity," | 235 |
|
|
|
UNPRECEDENTED TASK OF CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION |
| to maintain general sovereignty of States in a Republic, | 296 |
| confederations had always disintegrated; nations had become imperial | 296 |
| task was to unite and maintain individuality of each, | 297 |
| States surrendered few inherent powers and carefully guarded remainder, | 297 |
| first successful attempt of a people to restrain themselves, | 299 |
| Senator Hoar quoted on this extraordinary restraint, | 298 |
| three lessons taught to posterity by Constitutional Convention, | 298, 299 |
| Hamilton said difficulty to make government control itself, | 299 |
| that is surpassing task of the American today, | 299 |
|
|
|
VOTING |
| States should abolish the "straight ticket," | 91, 180 |
| should be limited to constitutional scholars, | 90, 180 |
| States should bring back strict Australian ballot, | 91 |
| eligible voters remain away from polls; above half, | 263 |
|
|
|
WASHINGTON, GEORGE |
| cautioned against amendments by tinkers, | 11 |
|
|
|
WEBSTER, DANIEL |
| said our government is last hope of world, | xiii, 272 |
| as Senator voted against confirmation of Justices of supreme Court, | 12 |
|
|
|
WILSON, JAMES |
| legal scholar of Constitutional Convention explains limitations on Congress, | 190 |
| pointed out in Convention two citizenships: National and State, | 212 |