Evening star., 1934-10-25
New Deal Patriotism of the People,
By the People and for the People

gram. IT'S a real form OF co-opera-
ton. It's methods are good. 1t has
an ideal. 1t has called into use the
best organizing ability, the best meth
DDS: it links men together in q COM
munity Of interest. 1t is not an idea
for q day or an hour; 1t does not stand
on simple negation; it takes q broader
view. 1t looks at the picture Of our
country today and sees the significance
of an alliance between our Govern
ment and all the social, financial and
industrial institutions Of our Nation.
1t also takes into account a co-opera-
ton which includes the study OF the
past, the duty Of the present and
plan for the future. It Is an express
sion Of an idea that is unseliSh and
peaceable, yet having a militant side.
This idea breaches the doctrine OF q
square deal, and at the same time
vigorously attacks unfair practices and
vices OF the business world. The period
of rganization seems to be drawing
to q close, and the militant period,
the time Of real command and lead
ership, begins.
Our President has not waited for
times to come right, as did his prede-
cessor, but through the New Deal
he Ii forcing the hand of time; calling
into use the best brains and best
organizing ability; growing more in
sistens and more and more success
full, until today we feel We are on
the road to happy days.
If it be said that the New Deal does
not create material values, but Is
only q method Of the distribution OF
wealth, the sociological answer Is that
distribution Is necessary In order that
other social processes may 90 on. 1t
is not only a plan to increase wealth
by distributing it to the worker a.
payment for his labor, but q plan to
transform material wealth into social
wealth. The New Deal introduces
new element into cooperation. 1t
seeks what the sociologist seeks, the
betterment Of sOciety-thst il. Q society
Of the future. 1t seeks to draw men
together as moral forces. whose high
est aims lie in seeing that his fellow
man gets q square deal. 1t seeks to
prevent the pathological conditions
into which our country was plunged
few years ago. 1t seeks to have the
development Of our country proceed IN
an orderly manner, without any fu-
ture violent changes in our industrial,
financial or social relations.
II the primary symptom OF falling
health in q body polite is lack OF op-
portunity, then opportunity, indus
trial and opportunity Of every other
sort, for each individual is the aim OF
the Government. Obviously, 1t foi-
lows that anything that promotes the
we'll being of the individual Is a bene-
fit to our Nation as a whole.
II the New Deal enables men TO
succeed by giving them an oppor-
tunity to earn money with which to
live and pay their debts and to work
out larger plans for themselves; II II
adds to wealth by distributing 1t to the
worker for, his hire; II 1t enables men
to develop along normal lines, without
any violent wrenches, which teno 10
throw development out OF gear, then
1t supplies the condition and forces
| for a normal and healthy develop
ment.
Perhaps poverty can never be ban
ished by the New Deal, but we can
see how, to the confusion OF an oid
adage. it can be made y fault and
generally akin to o crime.
The New Deal Is q new standard.
The old standards are gone. 1t Is Q
new patriotism. 1t is not the patriot
Ism Of q hundred years ago, which Is
as much out Of date rs the stage
coach, but q patriotism whose follow
ers extend the full length and breadth
Of our country. A patriotism OF the
people, by the people. for the people.
G. II. LEPS.