The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-05-22
PLANS
MANY CHANGES TO
BENEFIT NATION
COUNTRY HAS COME TO LOOK
UPON NEW ORDER OF AcTi-
vITIEs AS AN ESTABLISHED
FACT
BY BYRON PRICE
lchief Of Bureau, The Associated

(Chief OF Bureau, The Associated
Prsss, Washington)
One easily-overIooked feature
Of the rapidly-mcving events at
Washington is the purely tenn
porary and experimental character
of most of the changes made since
March under the leadership of
President Roosevelt.
So much has been happening
that the country has come to look
on the new order as an estab-
lished fact, and to speak of the
Roosevelt program as some-
thing new nearing completion.
No conception could be fur
Their from the truth. AS q mat
ter of accuracy, Mir. Roosevelt
scarcely has made more than a
beginning toward the permanent
changes he has in mind to put
the nation on a new track.
He has been dealing all along
with emergencies. He is occu-
pied now in patchwork, rather
than in altering the basic pat
tern Of national life.
He is administering restora-
tives, end the larger prolaem az
bringing che patient through the
process Of recuperation remains
for the future.
Temporary Measures
The temporary character of the
banking, farm, and public works
legislation proposed by the adj
ministration is apparent. The
inflationary authorization voted
BY congress was plainly labeled a
momeRtary expedient. The tax
es now proposed are to carry
provision for their own cancelIa-
ton when the need disappears.
1t may be said that the securi-
ties bill and the proposal for reg
ulation Of industry have enduring
features, yet Mr.. Roosevelt ex-
plicitly described these measures
as of emergency character when
he recommended them to con-
gress, and there seems to be no
feeling In administration quarters
that they will provide permanent
solutions.
Il is evident that the president
and his advisers hope by the tenn
porary and experimental means
TO accomplish two things:
They hope the stimulus provid-
ed viii start an upward spiral of
economic activity. bringing the
country back within the course Of
the next few months to a condi-
tion near normal. Incidently,
many administration officials
think that hope Is showing defin-
tie signs of fulfillment.
Secondly. they hope the pc
Rod Of transition and experiment
tation will teach them some les
sons which will be of great value
when the time comes FOR perma-
nent legislation.
Watching and Learning
The effect Of this purpose on
current legislative proceedings iss
Increasingly apparents. There Isl
no question. for instance. that Mr..
Roosevelt expects in hts term to |
accomplish a sweeping permanent
revision Of the banking laws.
Yet all efforts to bring such
legislation 10 passage at this ses-
sion have failed to stir more than
Mke-warm support from the adj
ministration. Meantime. every
day. the administration II learn
ing from the operation Of the
emergency bank act now hi OPP
GRAFTON.
unqaestionahly, one Of the
chief occupations az the presi-
dents advisers during the caminx
recess of congress viii be IL OBJ
serve closely the workings of the
measures which have been mare
or less hastily written on the
statute books this session. and
compile . laboratory report FOR
nSe next session.
IN fact such = report already
has been started. hut Mr.. Roose-
welt Is not likely 70 reach any
conclusions until Il i Far more
ecaplete.