Evening star., 1933-12-05
DEMOCRATS HIT
AS OWN CRITICS
6. o. P. Attack Declares
Administration Program
RetardS Recovery.

[AoAAi AiAeAA 1sSPuDlCdh QudrteTS Came
4 dual attack ON the administration
policies yesterday, in statements charg-
ing that most Of the present criticism
10 originating in Democratic ranks and
urging that business be given oppor-
tunity to work out its own problems.
Senator Fess Of Ohio former chair
man Of the Republican National Com
rnittee, told newspaper men there could
be no substantial recovery under pres
ent administration policies. and that
business should be allowed to carve It's
own path with q minimum OF interfer-
ence.
The Republican National Committee
meanwhile issued its second anti-ad-
ministration pamphlet, bearing the sex
cats, witch Doctors bank wreck
srs" and "traitOrs"
Democrats Are Critics.
The pamphlet said the Roosevelt
forces were answering critics with
ten man OF 1882 Rooseveltian oratory
category"
1t added that the criticism did not
originate with partisan opponents of
the president" but with Outstanding
members Of the Democratic party"
The bitterest of the criticism has
come from those to whom the President
made an especial appeal in his cam
peign Tor election-the farmer. the small
business man, the man with a small
iactory ana the city consumer" said a
forward to the publication.
Fess, assistant Republican leader of
the Senate, said: All that has thus
lar been done Is confined to relief WORK
ana most OF it at the expense of per-
manent recovery"
He described the monetary prosrsn n,
as SO chaotic and uncertain" as tn
MAKE business revival impossible: As.
serted the N. r. A. was Keeping many
KEY businesses in the red" through in.
creased costs and inability to Obtain
credit. and said corporate financing had
been rendered impossible by what he
called the "penalizing character" of the
securities act
Confidence Is Misxing.
I'VE have all the elements of a great
prosperity save confidence" the Ohioan
business a chance TO work out It's prob
lem under proper regulation, but with
minimum interference with the legiti-
mate course of business from the Gov
ernment
Public expenditure in construction
work Is not sufficient. The sum of S.
SOC. .000. 900. which adds q staggering
burden in the form OF taxes seems an
enormous amount. but in contrast with
the $40 00o. 600 ,0o0 invested in construc-
ton work it Is infinitesimal"
Fess said work for the jobless was
the goal to be reached but could only
come through recovery measures and
not through relief measures"
He said the unemployed in the con-
sumptive goods industries numbered
only SAC, 200, compared with nearly
100000 in the durable goods trades,
and added.
Recovery Is Deferred.
The key of this problem, is the 5000
600 unemployed in the durable goods,
for with their employment II would re-
yive the employment IN the service
classes.
up to date the policy Of the ad-
ministration deters. IL not permanently
; blocks. the Unemployment in these key
industries and makes recovery impos-
sible These industries must depend
upon credit in the form OF corporate
securities They are the industries that
must be financed through maturing OBJ
legations, therefore depending upon the
employment of legitimate credit
The attitude Of the present admin
istration In claiming that business
must be conducted as philanthropic
rather than q profit-making activity is
q definite obstacle. There must be
reliance in private enterprise to take
up the employment As well as to keep
those now employed At work. No busi-
ness will risk losses purely as q philan-
thropic movement denying the element
OF profit. No matter what be the basis
for claims Of the social workers. busi-
ness Is not run that way"
Discussing the monetary policies,
There will be no expansion of any
enterprise that is doing more than deal
this uncertainty lasts. No business
would enter upon a contract the eyecu-
ton Of which is to be months.
months. a year. or 10 months In the
future. unless that business knows what
kind OF money 1t will be paid In when
the payment Is to be made.
DCmOChAtS hiC NuVtC9s
Unless a change In the present ad-
ministrative policies Is made along these
lines there will be no permanent re-
covery.
The committee pamphlet listed quo
tations from Democrats and cross
section Of editorial comment criticising
President Roosevelt's program.
1t charged among other things tnat
|broadcastinR stations had been Officially
threatened with loss of their licenses
unless they censored the use Of their
facilities in behalf OF the N. r. A.
The cry has been raised" 1t sato.
that we are in war and, being In war,
there must be no criticism Of the Presi-
dent or his policies. He and his subor-
dinates must be implicitly obeyed. Their
requests must be given the force OF
mandate.
I'VE are not in war. We are in a
state of profound peace. The issues be-
fore the American people are not mar
tal. They are economic. The Presl-
dent is not acting in his capacity as
commander In chief Of the Army and
Navy, but as q civilian.
The American people thoroughly un-
derstand this. That Is why they oh.
ject to the attempt upon the part OF
this administration to conduet itself
along the lines of q dictatorship. Sti1ing
as far as possible an criticism. 'cracking
which asserts it5 right TO question tine
purely political in their origin. without
being threatened With economic deatn.
~pVyp9tt Is Resented
s.-rh~ Amsrtcan peoule object to the