Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1933-11-10

sSSSion aItef the PRESIDENT had
handed them their hats and told
them the party was over, are look
ing forward with satisfaction to
the recovering of Congress in
January. 1t is not impossible that
the President himself will welcome
Congress back. Not that he wants
to get anything in particular from
the lawmakers that has not. already
!, been handed him, but he is toe
shrewd a politician not to recognize
that some of the new bureaus and
the men in charge of them are run
ming wild, and that the whole re-
covery scheme, now that its pur-
poses and programs have been
pretty fully disclosed to the peo-
pie at large, needs the sort of
searching public examination and
criticism which only Congress can
give it.
And will Congress examine and
criticize? Boy, howdy!
OF course, some members of
both Houses will do more criticiz-
ing than examining. A lot of the
criticism will be purely partisan in
its purpose. Much of it will be
based on a complete absence of
facts. But the United States is
still a democracy, and every mem
Der of either House is entitled to
say what he thinks without fear
of any comeback.
Will BIow of Steam
The Congress of the United
States is by all odds the freest for
UNI in the world. Likewise, taking
startling lies are always worth big
fesenrs the most intelligent opinion
of the general run of American
citizens. A few blatherskites get
into both the Senate and the House
of Representatives; that has always
been true. They get a dspropor-
tionate mount of attention from
the newspapers, because violent and
sling lies are always worth big
Ter headlines than soberly stated
kuths. And there will be plenty
sf steam let off by disgruntled
md NOT TOO public-sprired me1ar
&C Moth hodses, which viii Be
e.9oying TO the President and his
tends but not necessarily to be
taken too seriously.
What will be taken seriously,
Ever, will be the sober consid-
~aeion which will be given to the
acts of the Administration thus far
by the real leaders Of both parties.
Nobody can believe seriously for a
moment that anybody in his senses
~xnts to ruin the United States.
But there has been a lot of loose talk
] spilled by high Administration Of
ficials about treason" and "sabot-
age" and other ugly words which
appear to reflect a belief that the
program of the New Deal is some
thing holy, to criticize or even dis
agree with which is sacrilege. And
because the power exists to make
trouble for critics. to prosecute if
not prosecute, many who would like
to speak out are holding their
tongues, and waiting for members
of Congress to speak for them.
And they will speak.
From Both Sides
1t will. not be all from the Re-
publican side, the outspoken criti-
cism of the way things are being
run. There are only IS Republican
Senator's as against 81. Democrats.
In the House, fewer than 12o of
the 455 members belong to the
minority party. But here are two
or three strong groups of Demo-
Gratis in both Houses and many
individual members who are known
to be preparing their ammunition
for a widespread barrage aimed at
the New Deal, either as a whole or
in one or another of its manifesto
lions.
Senator Carter Glass of Virginia
IS The leader of one such group.
Senator Glass, who is a newspaper
publisher, has steadfastly refused
to sign the Presidents Recovery
Code or to display the Blue Eagle
in his newspapers. He is no enemy
of the President; it will be remm-
bered that Mr.. Roosevelt wanted
him in his Cabinet. But he will
be a powerful voice in expressing
the point Of view of the rugged
individualists" who. while conced-
ing that there have been grave
a,,cAc which o,oh+ to he renedied