America Goes Socialistic: An Interpretation of Our Governmental Drift

146 pp. An anti-socialist polemic released during the Great Depression in the United States. Includes frontispiece graph purporting to quantify the level of socialism of various administrations as a percentage. From the jacket flap: "The prevailing chaotic state of affairs prompts the question: 'Whither are we headed?' This volume represents an attempt to answer that question by interpreting our laws and pointing out their social significance. Although the Socialist Party commands scant recognition as a political factor, the conclusion that America is steadily going socialistic seems unmistakable to the author, a member of the South Carolina Bar." Contents include: Theory and Reality: Laissez-Faire and Constitutions; The Federal Metamorphosis; The Course of the State Governments; Our Omni-Governing Municipalities; Our Government's Growth; Towards Socialism: Definitions and Distinctions; Individualism, Socialism and the American Spirit; An Interpretation of Our Governmental Trend; Conclusion.