1 9 4 0 ▁and ▁was ▁first ▁select man ▁in ▁ 1 9 4 0 . ▁At ▁a ▁special ▁town ▁meeting ▁in ▁ 1 9 3 7 , ▁he ▁led ▁the ▁movement ▁to ▁protest ▁President ▁Ro ose vel t ' s ▁plan ▁to ▁en large ▁the ▁Supreme ▁Court . ▁He ▁said ▁it ▁would ▁ ▁" render ▁in secure ▁and ▁val uel ess ▁every ▁constitution al ▁guarantee .... ▁Such ▁a ▁preced ent ▁would ▁deliver ▁into ▁the ▁hands ▁of ▁an ▁am bit ious ▁President ▁all ▁the ▁powers ▁of ▁government .... ▁This ▁is ▁the ▁road ▁that ▁was ▁tra ve led ▁by ▁Adolf ▁Hitler ; ▁it ▁is ▁the ▁road ▁of ▁M uss ol ini ▁and ▁of ▁every ▁dict ator ▁throughout ▁the ▁whole ▁course ▁of ▁history ." ▁ ▁From ▁ 1 9 4 2 , ▁Stevens on ▁served ▁as ▁general ▁coun sel ▁of ▁the ▁National ▁Econom ic ▁Council , ▁another ▁conserv ative ▁economic ▁organization ▁dedicated ▁to ▁carrying ▁on ▁campaign s ▁against ▁commun ism ▁and ▁social ism . ▁ ▁Death ▁ ▁Arch ib ald ▁Stevens on ▁died ▁at ▁his ▁home ▁in ▁New ▁C ana an , ▁Connecticut , ▁on ▁February ▁ 1 0 , ▁ 1 9 6 1 . ▁He ▁was ▁ 7 7 ▁years ▁old ▁at ▁the ▁time ▁of ▁his ▁death . ▁ ▁Notes ▁ ▁Works ▁ ▁From ▁New ▁York ▁to ▁Al aska ▁and ▁Back ▁Again . ▁New ▁York : ▁St yles ▁and ▁C ash , ▁ 1 8 9 3 . ▁ ▁Revolution ary ▁Rad ical ism : ▁Its ▁History , ▁Pur pose ▁and ▁T act