Evening star., 1933-11-15
Champions Rally to Support
OF Recovery Administration

still is little early for us to form
final Judgment on the merits of the
recovery program. Meanwhile, we might
as well remember that it has done some
things, at least of great value We
may not be out of the woods, but we
at least have got to a point where we
can see daylight through the trees"
A note of warning is injected into the
discussion by the Danbury News-Times,
which declares that 'if industry cannot
correct itself through national recovery
laws, or through the Swope plan, or
in some other way, then industry viii
be corrected from the outside and the
job will not be gently DONE"
Speaking Of the opening guns Just
fired in the Republican 1886 campaign
and remarking that mo President is
unbeatable" the San Diego Union con-
cludes: Before we Republicans enter
intellectually into the G. o. P. cam
paign to defeat Roosevelt and his pro-
gram, We must ask our partisan master
minds for frank statement on the
cost of beating Roosevelt. If we should
oppose the President" adds that paper,
I'VE would be convincing ourselves that
there is not in us, the sovereign people,
sufficient stamina to warrant our cham
plon IN risking his political future in
our behalf"
The Abilene Morning Reporter-News
insists: Good politics should dictate to
the q. o. p. period of quiet con-
temptation and self -effacement. The
people of the country are not vet ready
to forgive and forget. In time, of course,
1t Is inevitable that there will be a
swing back in the other direction, but
that time is not now. A vast majority
OF the people, including millions of Re-
publicans who voted for Mr.. Hoover,
prefer to give the administration a
chance to make good
The Pasadena Star-News likewise be-
lieves that the time is not ripe for a
Republican onslaught and finds that
responsible Republican leaders are gem
erous In supporting President Roosevelt
IN his recovery program They pa
trlotically are refraining from raising
captious political issues, continues the
Star-News, in this crucial period Of
national history"
On the other hand the New York
Times says that, some of the utterances
OF the advisers deep in the Presidents
commence. and some of the courses
Whlch he latterly has been following,
nave made 1t exceedingly difficult for
captains Of industry and leaders of conn
merce to plan their affairs far ahead,n
and hopes that the President will soon
take occasion to reaSsure those of his
ieilow citizens who feel that thus far
ne mas left them groping." The Balti-
more Sun notes that "the activities of
the N. r. A have aroused resentment
among 1ndividualistic Americans" The
santa Monica Evening Outlook calls
attention to the fact that without local
sentiment and local cooperation, en-
iorcement is impossible. Voluntary ac-
ton and voluntary cooperation, it
believes, "ought to be emphasized and
threats and intimidations be kept well
In the background"
The Springfield Union declares that
However well intentioned artificial de-
vices of the Government may be and
however helpful they may be in anv
particular, such as the elimination II
unfair practices or competition. the con-
clusion that is likely to grow oaf Of
prolonged experience with them is tbat
after all, Government aid is not worth
what 1t costs"
The Wall Street Journal finds e..
the disposition Of Official Washjrrtr.s
has either swung away from cnn,r,,is;S.l
and In the direction of persuaSive I.eal ,sa1
ership, or has become better l,nr,e~.t<s1r5
as having been actually founded ,,no,,
q preference Tor leading over d~s,;s S5oil
from the nrst. In either cas- living @
cludes the Journal atbs use, sase con-
distinctly brighter prosnect Sos - s,.
twssn se,,'S. no ana effective Cooperation he ha
wv. eween Government and indnetrv s-,0n ,r,tS gs
6at 6ad winch lasting recovery Is not E,I ~ h-