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In the meantime, however, there is
that sickening cry Of the suffering;
the plea of men who are losing their
farms, the wall of those whose savings
are being wiped out by failing banks.
1t gives rise to the question: will con-
gress keep its head and try to enact
sound legislation? Or will it yield to
the clamor to Fix things up" and at
tempt to do so by undermining the
currency, by voting out additional bill
lions in loans to corporations with in
durable diseases and to states to spend
every which way, and cause additional
burdens of taxes to be saddled Cd
those who carry the load?
There appears to be a very real
danger of this situation. Further,
there appears to be a very real dan
ger that congress will go too far in
harassing big business. believe it is
generally conceded that some big BUSH
ness ought to be harassed, but there
must be legitimate business some
where. know that many of the Dem
ocratic wheelhorses are a little bit
alarmed They think the confidence
upon which the President is depending
can be undermined in this direction.
AS Republican Office holders file out
from their jobs throughout the coun-
try and the Demo
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~ der the mandate of
the November election, things are
transpiring here in washington that
appear to the observers to be some
thing new even in this hub of the
political universe. The regulars" in
both major parties are becoming con-
cerned about it.
Ordinarily, when change in ad-
ministration has taken place such as
we have just experienced, the "ins"
stick together and seize all of the
spoils and the 'outs" sit back awhile
and suffer. It takes few months for
those who were licked to establish
their poise as the minority.
To the extent that the "ins" are
Selling the spells. the recent change
in control of the government has pre-
scented nothing new. But the 'outs''
are not sitting silently awaiting better
luck. They have begun to build battle
lines.
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two major parties other movements
are taking place Within the ranks
Of the Republicans, that is. the old
line party men and women. there is a
concerted effort to rid the party of
the individuals who failed to stand
hitched to the Republican platform
and candidates. Within the ranks Of
the Democrats, there Is a very definite
effort, just as concerted as exists
among the Republicans, whereby the
conservative wing of the party in
power will have it's feathers clipped.
In other words, the regular Repub-
licans are fighting to retain control of
their party and the liberal and radical
Democrats are struggling with
mighty effort to capture control Of
their party.
The new Democrats apparently feel
their oats. They want recognition. 1t
is a problem with which the old-tim-
ers have not been compelled to deal
before. Frankly, they are puzzled.
While this was going on, Senator
Norris. of Nebraska, who was elected
as Republican, but
Norris Plans who always has
New Bloc been the bell sheep
of the progressive
flock. was going forward with some
ideas of his own about establishing
new bloc. He proposed that those of
liberal tendencies band together and
organize group which could maintain
a headquarters in Washington, to op-
crate freely and without affiliation
with either major party. and to WELD
the power which he insisted they had
available to them.
The Norris proposition seemed to be
a direct answer to the blast by Sena-
tor Reed, the Pennsylvania Republican
who often has been described as prob
ably the most regular of all regular
Republicans. Senator Reed makes no
bones about the situation. He says
the time has come to kick out those
who have been wearing a Republican
label at election times when they are
candidates, and who then jump the
reservation.
But when Senator Norris announced
his ideas about the progressive bloc,
the Reed declaration assumed new
significance to the observers. On the
surface, it may seem to be just an
ordinary party fight, yet the under
current of gossip contains suggestions
that here actually may be the beginning
of new alignment in politics.
In every campaign, each major party
has fired blank shells at the opponents
about their reactionary tendencies.
Each party has entered the claim to
being the better equipped to adapt the
federal government to the new condi-
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