Evening star., 1932-07-27
Congress Session Arouses
Widely Varying Judgments

Referring to the necessity for the Gov
ernment ito function as the overload
OF private business" that paper adds:
THE emergency caused by the COLLAPSE
of the credit structure has so gripped
both President and Congress that, with
the approval Of the great body of flnan-
cierS, bankers and industrialists, Q
wide departure from the private capital
1stic economy toward a Government
controlled economy has taken place"
The Charleston Is. CO. Evening Post
(Democratic) however, offers the COM
ment: With Congress finally adjourned
and the country in Mr.. Hoover's hands,
on the first day Of business after this
happy event. the market turned sick
and prices sagged down. So it was not
Congress, after all, that was the matter
with the situation" t
Uncertainty as to the results Of th0
legislation enacted is voiced by the Port
Huron Times Herald independently, the
Morgantown Dominion News (independ-
ent Democratic), the Hartford Times
independent Democratic), the Rock
Island Argus independently, and the
Dem0cratlc). The San Francisco
Chronicle independent Republican,
finds in the record something that
SNS0NSSo
source Of the sentiment with which to
commemorate 1.-THE little girl with
the curl on her forehead; when it was
good it was good and when it was bad It
was horrid." The Fort Worth Star
Telegram independent Democratic),
taking up question affecting the farm
ers, offers the conclusion that ''fren-
zied politics, Of the sort to be expected
IN the closing days Of session of Con-
gress preceding the national election,
played its part in the sensational Incl
dent of the Norbeck farm relief bill, first
enacted and then recalled by the
Senate"
After all, probably we should be
thankful; the outcome of the session
might have been much worse" states
the the Sioux Falls Argus-Leader tinde;
pendent Republican,, and the Wall
Street Journal independently holds
that what Congress has actually done
Is incomparably better than what 1t re.
peatedly threatened to do" With the
suggestion that "its bark has been worse
than its bite" the Roanoke World
News (Democratic) agrees that 'it has
at least done less of harm than at many
times during its session has been threat
ened." The World-News concludes:
"The past seven months have done
much to cause the American people to
lose faith in their institutions. We have
not lost faith in democracy or self
government. But we have lost a con-
siderable amount of our former belief
In government through a debating So
clety method that. to readers of the
Congressional Record, has at times
smacked more Of the methods of an
old-fashioned old ladies' sewing circle
than OF a representative body lnnbued
with desire to serve the people"
Neither party will be able to do
much pointing with pride to the serv-
Ice OF its congressional representatives"
in the opinion of the New Orleans
T1mes-Picayune (Democratic), which
concludes that Congress fumbled
wretchedly its Federal economy task"
pendent Democratic) condemns the
fact that "the House and Senate were
constantly at loggerheads, and every
BODY had to compromise In order to get
anything done" The Buffalo Evening
News independent Republican, sees in
the adjournment "a sense Of relief
which probably viii have more effect In
stimulating business improvement than
any act originating with and represent
ing the majority thought in Congress"
The Providence Bulletin AYERS: There
can be nothing but condemnation for
the meretricious politics played in the
House
The Rutland Herald Ctndependent
emphasizes the possibility
of writing bitterly "of the posers. the
the showmen, the men
of political Vendettas, the men Who
represent interests instead Of men and
women" but adds; AFTER all, they're
not entirely to blame. What of Us?
Who puts these marionettes and mouth
pieces into ofilce? We, ourselves. either
by direct action or failure to act. We
elected them and they are carrying out
what they conceive to be our wishes"