Evening star., 1933-09-22

Among achievements that must be
credited to Franklin d. Roosevelt and
the new deal is the apparent annihila-
ton, temporarily at least. of the Re-
publican party. To all visible intents
and purposes the G. o. P. has passed
out of the picture. Old-timers can
hardly recall any equivalent oblitera-
tion or self-effacement, whichever it
is. Four years ago the Democrats were
walloWing in the throes of defeat. as
the Republicans now are But the con-
traSt ends there The Democrats were
up and at the enemy within six months
after Hoover'S inauguration and thence
forward aSsailing his administration
hammer and tongs. No such fight, or
anything remotely resembling it. is now
being put up by the Republicans. They
just seem to have curled up and died.
The National Committee organization
is intact. but reveals no signs of life
Financial impoverishment partially &C
counts for its inactivity, but the gen.
eral explanation is that the Republicans
do not think the hour appropriate for
politics in any form: that they are
biding their time keeping their ears to
the ground, and. as the 1884 congress
sional campaign approaches. will be
found to possess all the lust for battle
that the situation calls for. Just who is
to step out in front and carry the BAN
me- as leader is not indicated at this
time.
Senator David A. Reed, Republican.
of Pennsylvania, will return to Capitol
Hill next week after a vacation at the
Huron Mountain Club in Michigan.
where Henry Ford has recently been
contemplating N R. A. and life in gen.
eral Reed is about to announce his
political plans. Friends take it for
granted he will aspire to denomination
in 1894 He expects to survey the
Pennsylvania situation on the spot next
month make some speeches and then
come to a decision. The only possible
rival for, the Reed toga is Gov. Clifford
Pinchot. whose ambitions to enter the
Senate are far from quenched. In a re-
cent speech at UniontoWn the Governor
rather indicated that he is out for Sen
ator Reeds scalp. The speech bristled
with caustic references to the Mellon
Morgan control OF the pennsylvania
steel and coal empire and other mat
ters associated with current events at
washington. Reeds disappearance from
the Senate would be heavy blow to the
Republican minority. He ranks as
about the strongest figure on that side
of the aisle, which is not rich in talent
But for the fact that the Republicans
are not accustomed to take presidential
timber from Pennsylvania, the Pitts
burgh lawyer-statesman would undoubt-
edly be G. O. P. white hope in 1886.
New Deal' is the name of a satirical
play just completed by Lothrop Stod-.
dard new resident of washington ana
author of THE Rising Tide of Color"
and other standard works on interna-
tional politics, in collaboration with
Peruvian Ambassador to the United
States. The play concerns mythical
country called Westland 20 years hence,
after a Fascist Technocratic revolution
It is Mr.. Stoddard'S first venture as
playwright. but Senor Pezet has done
several stage pieces. including recent
comedy success entitled Hotel Ali
mony." Their joint product, composed
during Summer vacation on Cape Cod,
tits at most of the things with which
we bewildered moderns are familiar In
the realms of government, science,
finance and politics. Some easily iden-
titled and prominent personalities are
discoverable among the dramatis
personae.
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DR.. George F. Warren, professor Of
agricultural economics at Cornell, who
has Just conferred with President Roose-
welt on the European situation, stressed
the universal interest manifested lover
there" in N. R. A. and correlated
adventures. DR.. Warren found that the
Roosevelt recovery program is watched
ur;f 10 YnnnnSt n
and, in most cases. sympathetically
The American market for Europe's
goods caved in with the depression, so
that Europeans evince enlightened self
interest in hoping that happy days will
Le mere again on this side of the