Evening star., 1933-09-09
hatfield. CLAIMS
\. R. A. IS HANDICAP
FssaiIs Program-Many Sen
ators Commend Recov-
cry Plan.
~ the Associated Press.

~ the A8Soei1ted FreeS
The N. r. A. Is q needless impedi.
tnent, when .aarms and hampers q
return to prosperity" Senator Hat
Geld. Republican, Of West Virginia.
wrote Recovery Administrator Hugh 8.
johnson yesterday. my idea Of max
ing it a complete success would be to
abandon it entirely" the Senator
added.
tninstration announced that scores
of members" Of the Senate ana House.
regardless of party afthiation; nad
pledged their full support to the re-
Eovery program.
Among these were Senators Capper
Republican, Kansas; Vandenberg. Re
publican, Michigan: Austin, Republican,
Vermont; Clark, Democrat, Missouri,
and Representatives Kelley. Repup-
1ican, Pennsy--. ania; Mcleod. Repub-
lican, Michigan; Peavey, Republican
wisconsin; Nesbit, Democrat. Illinois;
Holmes, Republican, Massachusetts,
Bolton, Republican, Ohio. and Ramsay,
Democrat, West virginia.
Capper wrote johnson that -xou
are doing singularly nne piece q
work in Carrying forward q movement
fiiIed with tremendous difficulty and
are entitled to the whole-hearted sup.
port Of every citizen who Is inter
Ssted in the welfare Of the Nation"
:, Reply Brings Criticism.
Senator HATFIELD assailed various
hhases of the recovery program IN q
lengthy letter to johnson, written m
keply to a form letter sent by the
Recovery chief to members OF Congress
asking for their support of the program
end welcoming their Suggestions, ana
kdvice"
Hatfield said he had not announced
his candidacy for re-electlon, aooins
that II would not want 10 commune Ia
Send the knee and render homage to
dictates so foreign to our traditional
ideas of democracy, personal worth,
Initiative and freedom Of the individual
man" His term expires In 1885.
Il will patriotically cooperate with
rou In sending a respectful petition 70
fhe President to exercise his legislative
function Of repeal and abandon this
chastly folly Of industrial regimenta-
fion: for such Is our present state OF
ignoniny that by single stroke OF
AIS pen all this economic madness
called the N R. A. can be ended" he
wrote.
Moley, Tugwen Criticized
IT will eagerly cooperate with YOU
toward restraining the orgy OF specula-
tion now carried on under the ahso.
iutism of those who subscribed to ana
qualified under the N. r. A., and IN
curbing the paradise OF prodteering that
the makeshift N. r. A. plans have pre-
eipitated. -.
T win zealotsly cooperate with you
In exEelling from high places IN our
Government such intellectual theorists
as Prof. Raymond Moley, Prof. Rexford
Ta1ewell and others, who are character
azed by Representative Hamilton Fish.
-jr., as admirers Of the red nag and
principles Of communism.
Also you may look for my full co.
operation in cutting OF these wasteful
bounties to farmers; and for the aban-
donment Of such disgraceful practices
as ploughing under 10000 900 acres OF
cotton, Government purchase ana
slaughter of 5000, 900 hogs. and, so l
am told, Government purchase OF mil
Lions Of pounds Of butter TOR purposes
Of destruction. so that prices may be
raised for the millions OF unemployed
and other millions, who are hafo
pressed to exc out q scant living"
In conclusion, Senator Hatfield wrote:
: "I really want to thank you most
Cordially for the acknowledgment that
there is in existence such q delfberataVe
body as the United States Senate. l
thank you also for deigning to seek
the opinion of mere Senator"