Evening star., 1933-04-28

Senator Carter Glass resentS the Sug-
gestion that his opposition 10 the
Roosevelt currency program Is "sensa-
tlonal," but he cannot deny that 1t Is
dramatic and in its way Is the over
whslmingly outstanding political Incl
dent of the new deal to date. Now
that it can be told, the Virgin!an took
the Senate floor to denounce the int1a-
ton bill against the earnest advice OIL
his closest counselors. AS late as last
Wednesday, one OF them said that the
peppery statesman editor flnancier
would only wade into the tray over his
(the advisers dead body" Evidently
there was no holding Glass back. No
one who heard him in the Senate yes
terday could doubt that current events
eat deeply into his soul and grieve him
to the marrow. The Senator insisted
he has not deserted his party. Then,
in scathing chapter and verse, he pro-
eeeded to point out how the party has
left him. He did not spare even the
President. Glass affirmed his love and
respect for Mr.. Roosevelt and admira-
tion for his "uneXampled courage
But in the midst Of his illumination the
Senator disclosed how the then Demo-
cratic nominee ShoWered him with con-
gratulatiOnS on the gold standard
speech broadcast by Glass on the eve OF
election. F. D. r. himself is on record
as having conceded that no single
dtterance of the 1882 campaign did
mere to bring Democratic victory.
Senator Glass enlightenment over the
Democrats immoral" violation of CAM
paign pledges gives new pertinence to
the report. current at the Capitol two
months ago, that his real reason for re-
fusing the Secretaryship Of the Treasury
was foreknOwledge that sooner or later
the Roosevelt administration would go
infiationist. Glass let it be understood
that, with such a prospect. he consid-
cred that his post Of duty was In the
Senate, to make Just the protest and the
fight he made "a hours ago. Even the
suggestion that only controlled infla-
tion" was contemplated could not move
the Senator to enter a cabinet that
would have to sponsor and support
such a recourse. In light OF the weeks
sad happenings the peroratiOn OF Sena-
tor Glass victory speech Is worth re-
production:
eve shall not make impossible PROM
ises and then proceed to break them
We shall not employ Lydia Pinkham
political pills nor psychological poultices
as a cureNfor the maladies Of the coun-
try. We shall not rely upon transient
devices and mere temporary remedies
for serious situations. But. holding last
to sound JefferSonian principles and ap-
plying tested orthodox processes, we
shall hope to rescue the Government ana
the country from the unendurable con-
fusion and distress into which Republic
can maladministration has thrust us.
So serious Is the situation that only by
the help Of Almighty God can this be
done"
Hinc lille acrimae Carter Glass.
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It can hardly be maintained that
Woodrow Wilson's ideal of "open COW
enants openly arrived at" has been
realized at this weeks Washington In
ternational powwows. There Is feast
of attitudes. platitudes and beatitudes.
but a famine of information. For the
most part, it's q case of Old World
diplomacy in New World setting.
Beyond generalities on debts, disarma-
ment, tariffs, currency stabilization,
consultative pacts and various correlated
questions, no one outside the charmed
official circle knows precisely what's
happened, If anything. Cynics will tell
YOU nothing at all has happened-that
Macdonald and Herriot will both arrive
in Europe with little in their luggage
except glorified hopes. If the American
public could inspect the minutes Of the
'experts'" meetings there might be q
glimmer Of what's going on. 1t Is they,
the brain trusts, who are doing the
actual business. Presidents, prime min
listers and special cnvoys are largely
front" and window dressing on these
international occasions. The captains
and the kings depart. by the way. but
the "experts" remain-at least those
from Great Britain are to stay here q
while. Senator Borah once remarked,
discussing disarmament, that no prog
ress in that particular field could ever
be hoped for until all experts were
annihilatcd.
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