Evening star., 1933-07-24
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DR.. Roosevelt and His Patient.

Dr.. Roosevelt and His Patient.
In the universal misery Of the de-
preston era we have reached that stage
of distress where intense yearning for
relief makes us Indifferent to the
means or method Of securing that
relief. In the hope Of recovery we
are ready to experiment with prescrip-
tions which In good health we abomi-
nate. And in our desperation We are
apt to resent. rather than to welcome,
any interference with our testing this
or that powerful and often dangerous
stimulant.
In its despair practically the whole
Nation has placed In President Roose-
velts hands wide range of extraordi-
nary powers to bring about the great
recovery" though the full exercise Of
some of these powers would be ab-
horrent to millions.
The optimistic expectation is that
Q winning combination Of factors will
be discovered or devised which will in
volve the exercise Of minimum Of
hurtful and a maximum Of wholesome
powers-and which above all will to q
certainty bring recovery"
There Is no universal agreement con-
eerning the identity Of the dangerous
and hurtful powers as distinguished
from those that are wholesome
The sound money men. for example,
hope that recovery" will be gained
through exercise Of the powers which
control, regulate and, If necessary, de-
crease production; which increase both
commodity prices and wages; and
which both by these devices and by
putting millions Of the army of the
unemployed to work will vastly In
crease the purchasing power Of Ameri-
cans; and by further recourse to the
powers which lower interest and ar
range new and less burdensome terms
for the payment Of debt; which avoid
unnecessary and harmful bankruptcies
and forced sales; which give promise
of enlarging markets for our products
abroad. without loss OF our home mar
ket; which increase the safety of money
on deposit in the Nations banks; and
which by these and other devices stimu-
late confidence in the promise of new
deal" On the assumption that re
covery" may be won through these
methods unaided the sound money men
petition for non-use Of the power to
hlch from the gold content Of the
dollar, or to coin ? cheaper silver
dollar in competition with the gold, or,
debasing the currency. to issue . great
volume Of paper "greenbacks" based
on inadequate metallic reserves or no
reserves At all
The sound money men hope not only
for decision by the President not to use
further his power of dollar debasement,
but also for . determination to check
firmly the tentative credit imitation al
ready INDUCED in. They hope, for ex-
ample, that the present refusal to meet
the pledge Of payment In gold of interest
and principal Of certain bonds will not
turn out to be the permanent and dis
honest repudiation of contracts repre-
senting lawful debts, but q temporary
economic war-emergency measure, sus-
pending specie payments only for the
time required to protect the national
welfare in economic war against similar
currency depreciations on the part Of
competing nations.
DR.. Roosevelt. with the Nation - his
patient, is supplied with . chest com
pletely filled with every conceivable
drug, stimulant and chemical combina-
ton, harmless or poisonous, evanescent
or vicious and deadly in habit forming
which the mind Of man can imagine;
and is intrusted with absolute authority
and power to prescribe any or all Of
these medicines" to his patient in his
discretion. So complete Is the Nations
confidence in DIR. Roosevelt that no
outside interference with him will be
tolerated even II he Is apparently dosing
his patient with = poisonous habit
forming stimuIant.
Under these circumstances our na-
tional prayer will take the following
shape:
We pray, first, unreservedly that in
the community and national interest
DR.. Roosevelt may bring about his pa
tient's "recovsry" regardless Of the
methods by which this recovery ID
accomplished.
And, second, that this recovery" may
be won by . maximum use Of whole
some medicines; that the patient may
not need to be later cured Of his cure,
or be enslaved for . shortened life d
some poisonous habit forming drug.