Evening star., 1933-08-23
FAIR n. R. A. TRIAL
URGED BY SMITH
Threats, Product of Enthusi-
asm, Not to Be Taken
Seriously, He Says.
By the Associated Press,

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. August 23.-Alfred E.
Smith Is in favor of full cooperation
by the country in President Roosevelt's
N. r. A. program.
He said In a speech last night that
II the plan cannot, in the nature OF
things. accomplish the millennium ut
has unquestionably resulted to date in
the increasing of wages in many
callings and In the employment of a
large number Of those who had be-
come, or were about to become through
10 fault Of their own, public charges" :"
This accomplishment alone" he
said, entities the plan to further trial
and full cooperation"
There are many" ne said, "who
honestly believe in other remedies.
That is not the point. There can be
only one cure at time, and the Presi-
dent must, like Luke in the Bible, be
the great physician
Discounts Threats.
Support of the program, he said,
commits no one to blanket approval
of Objectionable methods employed
here and there in this campaign" He
said threats, intimidation. compulsion
boycotts. blacklists and suppression of
opinion have mo rightful place in
the picture"
do not take too seriously the excess
sive enthusiasm of some OF those sup
porting the national industrial recovery
act" warned the speaker
Threats. intimidation, compulsion,
boycotts, blacklists and suppression OF
opinion" he declared, were never con-
templated by the N. r. A. and there
fore have no rightful place in this pic
ture"
The American people can be persuad-
ed by patriotic appeal, Smith said:
They can be led SO long as it is clear
that those who lead them are In the
last analysis public servants and not
dictators: but they cannot be driven" p"
Points to Laws Limits.
For those who fear the experiment"
the 1928 presidential candidate OF the
Democrats had this to say
do not forget that the President has
only a limited congressional manoate,
that the whole machinery OF the ma
tional recovery act has less than two
years to run, that the licensing power
has less than a year of life before 1t,
and as a matter of fact, up TO TINS time
has not been used at all. and that the
blanket code which is known as the
Presidents unemployment agreement
has no statutory authority but only the
sanction of an executive appeal to the
generous instincts of free people, an
appeal which no decent. fair minded
person has a right to ignore"
Smith said the slightest reflection
on these facts should dispose Of the
claim that the N. R. A. shakes the firm
foundations of our Constitution or
marks a revolution in our Government
and in the conduct of our everyday
ife.'
Beats Charity. He Says.
It Is infinitely better to pay the bill
by the methods proposed in the recov-
ery program, Smith declared, than to
pay it in the form of public or private
charitable relief"
Let us see whether by combination
of public works vigorously pushed and
voluntary private initiative, stimulated
and led by the President, We can get
out Of this business depression" Smith
said. The plan must not fail through
lack Of individual cooperation but If 1t
should fail, then We must dig in for q
long siege and make up our minds that
recovery will be slow and painful"