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Published: Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2004
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Volume 3, Issue Number 40
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Ohio, the "swing state" of swing states, is swinging at the end of its economic rope, and needs a nation-building President to rebuild the wrecked national economy, with Ohio at the center as before.
Even during the late-September "national Presidential debate over Iraq," John Kerry, John Edwards, or George Bush, when in Ohio, had to address the economic collapse, and when Dick Cheney refused to
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talk about anything but "terr'sm" there, he paid for it in disgruntled Republicans, as the New York Times reported on Sept. 27.
Lyndon LaRouche has placed great importance on a Kerry landslide victory in Ohio, and 100 organizers of the LaRouche Youth Movement have been inspiring Democratic activists and campuses across the state's northern tier, saturating the cities with LaRouche's Real Democratic Platform and his new pamphlet, It's the Physical Economy, Stupid! In the state legislature's Democratic caucus, some representatives have been "demanding that the party go back to Franklin D. Roosevelt," the essential public infrastructure push to recovery in a state which has lost jobs for 101 straight months.
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Here are excerpts from the discussion that took place following Lyndon LaRouche's keynote address, "A Moment of Epic Decision," at the Labor Day Schiller Institute Conference, Sept. 4-5, 2004, in Reston, Va. (Subheads have been added.)
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This Week in History
October 4 - October 10, 1932
FDR's Decisive Presidential Campaign of 1932
From mid-September until early October 1932, Democratic Presidential candidate Franklin Delano Roosevelt travelled 9,000 miles, on a railroad whistlestop tour which took him to the West Coast and back again, ending with a radio address on Oct. 6. As the Governor of New York, Roosevelt was familiar with the disastrous economic and social conditions which followed the 1929 crash, but he wanted to see for himself what conditions were like across the whole country. He also wanted to counter the rumors, which were being eagerly circulated by the opposition, that his physical condition made it impossible for him to withstand the rigors of hard campaigning.
Conditions in the fall of 1932 were grim enough, but the stubborn belief by the Hoover administration that things would eventually get better was allowing the situation to worsen, literally day by day. Tarpaper shacks inhabited by the unemployed and the dispossessed surrounded the major cities. Railroad engine firemen often shovelled coal out the door from their passing trains to the shacks by the rails so that the inhabitants would have fuel for cooking and for keeping themselves warm. Thousands and thousands of citizens, including teenage children, rode boxcars from one region of the country to another, desperately trying to find work. Houses and farms were foreclosed in record numbers, and in the farm states of Idaho, North Dakota, and Minnesota, further foreclosures were barred in order to stop the riots by farmers. There was even a surge of emigration, as some Americans left their country to look for opportunity in Europe.
President Herbert Hoover remained a prisoner of his belief that self-reliance and "rugged individualism" could enable anyone to succeed, and his Secretary of the Treasury, Andrew Mellon, rejoiced that the President held such a compliant ideology. When a delegation visited Hoover in June of 1930, and pleaded for a program of Federal public works, he replied, "Gentlemen, you have come 60 days too late. The depression is over." When a drought was killing cattle in the Southwest in 1930, he asked Congress to provide loans to the farmers to buy cattle feed. But when he was asked to allow the Farm Board to give away surplus wheat to the unemployed, he refused.
Probably nothing demonstrated Hoover's rigidity more than his behavior with the Bonus Army. Veterans of World War I had been legally granted an insurance policy which they could cash in 1945. Given their straitened circumstances, many veterans began to pressure Congress to allow them to obtain their cash immediately. In May of 1932, a bill allowing them to do so was introduced in the House, but it was shelved when the Hoover Administration announced itself against the bill because it was inflationary, and would interfere with the balanced budget. Roosevelt, too, disapproved of early payment, but he offered the New York veterans who went to Washington free transportation home and guaranteed them employment.
Not so with President Hoover, who, in a self-fulfilling prophecy, foresaw demonstrations and even revolution. When the first economy-in-government bill had come before the Senate Appropriations Committee, the Senators proposed reducing armed forces salaries by 10%. President Hoover, however, urged them to restore the cuts to enlisted men's salaries, because if there were riots, he did not want to have count on disgruntled soldiers who had had their pay cut.
When the bonus bill was shelved in May 1932, thousands of veterans descended on Washington and camped out. Hoover, at first, sent them supplies. The House then voted on June 13 to pay the bonus, but the Senate voted against it. When many of the veterans refused to leave following this defeat, Hoover ordered the camps to be evacuated on July 28. The U.S. Army, led by Chief of Staff Douglas MacArthur, and future Generals Dwight Eisenhower and George Patton, was deployed to destroy the encampment. In a show of force, the troops used tanks, sabers, and tear gas against the veterans, resulting in two deaths and the shacks and tents being set on fire. When Roosevelt read the news, he said that Hoover should have sent out for coffee and sandwiches and invited a delegation to the White House. Which is what, in essence, Roosevelt did when the Bonus Army returned after his inauguration, and he sent them food and offered them all jobs in the Civilian Conservation Corps.
Less than two months after the scattering of the Bonus Army, Governor Roosevelt boarded the "Roosevelt Special" in Albany and headed west, talking about crop control in Topeka, railroad subsidies in Salt Lake City, reciprocal tariffs in Seattle, and social justice in hard-hit Detroit on the way back. Then, on Oct. 6, he beamed a radio message to a simultaneous set of luncheons held by the Business and Professional Men's League throughout the country. The projected New Deal policies had not sprung fully-formed: they were still in the process of development, but it was Roosevelt's overall principles and perspective which were communicated to the voters that day.
"It is needless for me to point out that the events of the past three years have proved to very many ... business men that the Republican leadership is by no means proof against unsound economics resulting in disastrous speculation and subsequent ruin. Furthermore, this same leadership has been unable to do more than put temporary patches on a leaking roof without any attempt to put a new roof on our economic structure. And you all know that a roof that has to be mended in some new place after every rain will not last long, but must be rebuilt as quickly as possible.
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Feature:
LaRouche Briefs Europe: 'A Turning Point in History'
by Werner Hartmann
Four hundred members and guests, from more than 30 countries and five continents, one-third them under 30 years of age, participated in the international conference of the Schiller Institute, 'A Turning Point in History,' held on Sept. 24-26 near Wiesbaden, Germany. The youth shaped the conference, with their interventions, with their singing, and their discussions both formal and informal. Afuture without the insane war policy of the Bush Administration, and without the brutal austerity in the service of bankrupt bankers, emerged on the horizon.
- Greetings From Iraq's Dr. Ahmed al-Kubaisi
Sheikh Dr. Ahmed al-Kubaisi, founder of the Iraqi United Patriotic Front and a leading Islamic scholar in Iraq, sent this message of greeting to the conference. It has been translated from Arabic.
Economics:
In Ohio, It Is 'The Physical Economy, Stupid!'
by Paul Gallagher
Ohio, the 'swing state' of swing states, is swinging at the end of its economic rope, and needs a nation-building President to rebuild the wrecked national economy, with Ohio at the center as before. Even during the late-September 'national Presidential debate over Iraq,' John Kerry, John Edwards, or George Bush, when in Ohio, had to address the economic collapse, and when Dick Cheney refused to talk about anything but 'terr'sm' there, he paid for it in disgruntled Republicans, as the New York Times reported on Sept. 27.
Ky. Governor's Healthcare Extortion Is 'A Sneak Preview' of Bush's Medicare
by Marcia Merry Baker
Thousands of Kentucky state workers staged a Sept. 27 'Day of Protest' at towns across the state, against huge health insurance hikes imposed by Gov. Ernie Fletcher (R) after Fletcher's office negotiated with insurance companies to pass extreme cost increases on to the public employees. The Kentucky Education Association called for the actions, and 23 school districts cancelled classes so employees could take part. The biggest rally brought out 4,000 in Louisville, the location of the state protest coordinator, Jefferson County Teachers Association President Brent McKim.
International:
North Korea Halts Peace Talks On Cheney Wild Provocations
by Kathy Wolfe
North Korean Vice Foreign Minister Choe Su Hon told the UN General Assembly Sept. 27, that the D.P.R.K. is 'unable to participate' further in the Six Party Talks on nuclear weapons, because the Cheney-Bush Administration is not negotiating in good faith, but instead acting to overthrow his government. 'The danger of war is snowballing, due to the U.S. extreme moves to isolate the D.P.R.K. and threats of preemptive strikes against it,' Choe said.
Afghan Election: Opium And Warlords Abound
By Ramtanu Maitra
On Sept. 29, at the U.S. House International Relations Committee hearing on the upcoming Oct. 9 presidential election in Afghanistan, Democrats and Republicans broke out into bitter partisan bickering. U.S Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage's assuring voice saying 'the election is going pretty damn good' did not soothe the raw nerves of the lawmakers.
Sharon's Hit-Men Kill in Damascus, In Countdown to Neo-Cons' New War
by Dean Andromidas
In the early morning of Sept. 26, a bomb exploded in the car of Din al-Sheikh Khalil, in Damascus, killing the Palestinian Hamas operative. Khalil was the latest victim of Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's 'terror against terror.' But make no mistake: The Khalil assassination was not in 'revenge,' after Palestinian militants killed five Israeli military officers and border policemen a few days just prior to the murder of Khalil. That hit took many weeks to plan and prepare, and has to be seen as part of the pre-war operations to set the stage for an attack on Syria and Iran, either by Israel alone or in tandem with the United States. The only question is, will it be a pre-election 'October surprise,' or will it take place afterward? [emphasis added: ed.]
New Indonesian President Faces Economic Crisis
by Mike Billington
One bright spot facing the newly elected President of Indonesia, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (known as SBY), is the possibility that the 'copy-cat Dick Cheney' now ruling neighboring Australia, Prime Minister John Howard, may be thrown out of office in the Australian election Oct. 9. This will come just three weeks after SBY's overwhelming victory (unoffically estimated at 61% to 39%) in the Sept. 20 presidential run-off in Indonesia, over incumbent President Megawati Sukarnoputri.
Was Secretive Fascist Fundy Party Created To Throw Australian Election?
by Allen Douglas
The federal election on Oct. 9 is still too close to call. Whether the Liberal/National party alliance (the 'Coalition') under Prime Minister John Howard will be re-elected over the Australian Labor Party (ALP), will likely be decided by a handful of votes in some 15 seats for the 150-seat House of Representatives. (See EIR, Sept. 24.) Lyndon LaRouche's associates in the Citizens Electoral Council (CEC) are running strong campaigns in some of those seats, and thus may well determine the overall outcome.
Spain: Zapatero Opposes Aznar's Crusade
by Cynthia R. Rush
The beast-men in Washington grouped around Vice President Dick Cheney could not have been pleased with the Sept. 21 speech given by Spanish Prime Minister Jose´ Luis Rodríguez Zapatero in New York. Speaking at the 59th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Zapatero intervened forcefully against Samuel Huntington's fascist 'clash of civilizations' thesis, used by the Bush Administration to justify its war against Iraq.
Report From Germany
by Rainer Apel
A New Phase for the Monday Rallies The establishment wants to kill the protests, but the LaRouche forces are intervening, and citizens are still on the move.
National:
Kerry Wins the Debate, So Far
by Nancy Spannaus
Despite insane restrictions on any real dialogue and confrontation, imposed by the will of President Bush's handlers in pre-debate discussions, the first debate of the 2004 Presidential election series resulted in a clear victory for Democratic nominee Sen. John Kerry. What the longer-term impact of this victory will mean for the outcome of the election, remains to be seen.
- Statement From LaRouche: Bush's Mental Illness
The Number One Issue On Sept. 27, with just two days to go before the first of three Presidential debates between President George W. Bush and Sen. John Kerry, Lyndon LaRouche, the former candidate for the 2004 Democratic Party Presidential nomination, issued the following statementtitled 'LaRouche: 'The Number One Issue in the Presidential Debates Is George W. Bush's Mental Illness' 'through the LaRouche Political Action Committee.
- King W's Leer
Released by LaRouche PAC on Sept. 30, the day of the first Presidential candidates' debate, under the heading, 'More Evidence: 'W' Is Mentally Ill.'
Ashcroft and GOP Gearing Up Vote-Suppression for November Elections
by Edward Spannaus
New voter registrations are running at record levels in many Democratic areas, and voting-rights experts and Democratic activists expect an intensification of voter-intimidation and vote-suppression operations by Republican-linked groups, with the help of John Ashcroft's Justice Department.
Book Review
A Cynical Attempt To Destroy the United States
by Nancy Spannaus
Dime's Worth of Difference: Beyond the Lesser of Two Evils
Edited by Alexander Cockburn and Jeffrey St. Clair
Oakland,California: CounterPunch and AK Press,2004
289 pages, paperbound,$15.95
Former CIA Analyst Hits Back Against Neo-Con Witchhunt
Former Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) analyst and dedicated public servant Larry Johnson has written a response to the Wall Street Journal editorial of Sept. 29 called 'The CIA Insurgency.' His reply, which is expected to be widely published through the Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (VIPS), states: 'The Wall Street Journal's editorial page today basically equates CIA officer Paul Pillar with Iraqi terrorists who are beheading and blowing up American soldiers. Is there a sewer they will not mine in order to smear decent people?
Senator Conrad Hits DeLay in Indian Affairs Hearings on Abramoff Looting
by Anton Chaitkin
The Senate Indian Affairs Committee stunned a public hearing by revealing that recent newspaper coverage had inaccurately understated what the committee identified as over $66 million in payments and millions more in political donations, extracted from six Indian tribes by casino lobbyist Jack Abramoff and his secret junior partner Michael Scanlon. The partners shared millions of this loot with former Christian Coalition executive director Ralph Reed, Abramoff's prote´ge´ and currently Southeast USA director of the Bush-Cheney election campaign, who has used the Christian Coalition to carry out the Abramoff/Scanlon schemes.
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