Evening star., 1933-03-06

TeleUS1on would have been i'm
mensely advantageous to President
Roosevelt on March 4. His inaugural
address was memorable not only for
what he said. but the way he said It,
1t was essentially a do 1t now!"
to people whose house is ablaze. To
GRASP its deadly seriousness, the coun-
try should have seen, as we'll as heard,
the President. Mr.. Roosevelt does not
depend upon gestures to ram his points
home, at least not the ordinary gestures.
Such as he uses are made mainly with
his chin. That forward, militant thrust
Of the lower jaws as he emphasizes q
phrase IS likely to become as famous
and characteristic as "Teddy's" barred
teeth and clenched fist. The hour was
ripe for audacious proposals. In his
maiden presidential words, F. D. r. rose
to the occasion. Herbert Hoover more
than once resorted to admonitory and
forceful language. The difference Is
that President Roosevelt has the ances-
tral art of putting things over. A pre-
diction-the people will like him. over
the radio, and even more when they
see him in oratorical action.
New Presidents, Of course. buckle
down forthwith to the mans size job
awaiting them, yet American history
will be searched in vain for q parallel,
except the task Lincoln faced in 1861,
to the mountainous burden Franklin
Roosevelt has to tackle. Before he was
in Office "a hours he was called upon
to beat his action" inaugural program
into deeds, and did. His first real day
in the presidency was as crammed with
vital affairs of state as any he's likely
to weather in four years. The banking
crisis In its various ramiflcationS ana
immeasurable possibilities must remind
the wartime Assistant Secretary OF
the Navy of Washington In 1917 and
1918. The executive ofices all day Sun
day were crammed with newspaper men
on the alert for any tnkling Of impend-
ing events, as they might be nodded
either by Secretary Of the Treasury
Woodin's conference with the banking
magnates, or by decisions taken py
Steve" Early, the new White House
press contact officer, underwent a
baptism of fire which recalled his own
news -sleuthing for the Associated Press
during war days.
Practical exemplification OF the coun-
try's readiness TO scrap parttsansh1p
while the economic war RACES was given
during the Sunday financial and politi-
cal conferences. Alongside Secretary
Woodin, when he was IN huddle with
the bankers, was his Republican prede-
cessor at the Treasury, Odgen l.
Mills. Deliberating with the Democratic
congressional leaders closeted with the
President was Representative Smell,
Republican minority leader IN the
House. Every sign already gives as
surance that outstanding men, IN or
out of ONCE. are ready to pool every
thing they have in the way OF know
ledge and skill. power and exampe, TO
overthrow the common enemy. In the
enemy's first line trenches Is 1ear.
That Is the immediate objective OF the
offensive about to be launched.
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of the new Congress on Thurs
senate win have instant opportu-
nity to show whether they agree with
President Roosevelt. that the time has
come for deeds, not talk. It requires
a high degree Of optimism to think
that Capitol Hill. even in the teeth OF
the emergency, will entirely curb its
passion for speechmaking. One thing
is certain-the man or woman (the
Congressional Eve, be it said in passing.
has entirely belied the sex's reputation
for long windedness) who wastes time
this week, or in the days to follow, in
expanding lungs to no purpose except
to fill the Congressional Record Is going
to earn the immediate, the deep and the
everlasting displeasure Of an impatient
country. The spellbinders were put ON
notice in the Roosevelt inaugural. What
the President said, In essence, Is that
the moment they demonstrate their
preference for words instead Of work.
he will demand wartime power. An
OUTRAGED Nation will insist that he
have It.
Richard Jervis, debonair chief a The
white HOUSE 0ecret Service s0uAA nov
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