Red Lodge daily news combined with Carbon County news., 1933-06-21

and the fifteenth day of each
month, your government workers
always enjoy reasonable CONNER
cial credit and have spending abil-
tiles and proclivities.
Furthermore, Washington is the
Mecca of thousands upon thous-
ands of tourists and vacationists.
Many come from small towns and
the countryside and all have some
money to spend with no with
drawals from any local source Of
supply. Wherefore, while there
may be privation and distress
throughout all of the forty-eight
states, Washington is only aware
of it by hearsay. Her hotels arc
making money, her shops are we'll
patronized, her theatres are
crowded day and night, her res
taurants are thriving, and except
when invaded by some misguided
"army" the sight of a "seedy'' in
dividual is unknown.
Those who reside in Washing
ton, it may be said, have only to
look out of their windows to see
the big machine of government
and actually watch the wheels go
round. What they cannot see is
how the people throughout the
rest of the country like the pro-
duct of the machine and how it re-
acts upon them. Reports, formal
and informal, are forthcoming,
but Westinghouse, as yet only
slightly if at all feeling the sting
of adversely, are inclined to dis
count pessimistic reports-and
this includes an unbelievable num-
Der of those actually engaged in
operating the big machine.
One group of operators of O
part of the big machine is known
as the senate. In the main, it's a
queer bunch. They seem to know
J how to keep the thingamajig run
ning-although with excessive
lubrication-and how to dump an
excess of vagariously selected raw
material into the receiving hopper
at me end thereof. They do not
know much about the finished pro-
duct that comes out from the 9TH
err end of the machine; if it is
good, bad or Indifferent, but they
do know how to force it upon
willing or unwilling consumers anc
if not liked "we'll make 'em like
it," As a.matter of fact, it would
seem that the senate-that is to
say, most of it-has been lulleC
into a state of semi-consciousness
through breathing the optimistic
atmosphere of local Washington
and utterly lost its power of per-
! ception. The same thing appears
to have affected its sense of hear
ing. "It's Masters Voice" is be.
ing heard by everyone in the
United States outside of the Dis.
trict of Columbia, but the senate
hears it not. Undoubtedly, "none
so deaf as he who won't listen,'
but congress, having finally con.
Guided to adjourn, the day has now
arrived when a number of weak
kneed, fear-inspired, duty-blind
self-preservationist solons will re.
turn to their bailiwicks and have
to listen, whether they like it OF
not.
Democrats, Republicans, Pro.
~gressives, Independents - with
mighty few exceptions they are all
with the president. Maybe there
is a bit of skepticism evidenced by
political die-hards as to whether
or not he has bitten off more thar
he can chew, but for the most
part they say that Roosevelt is q
doer, not a dreamer, and they love
a doer and want him to have his
chance. By no means have former
Republicans ceased to be Repub.
%licans. Those who vigorously an.
tagonized Roosevelt in the las
election, as well as those who vot.
ed for him, applaud what he is do.
ing, but they are extolling tht