Evening star., 1934-04-04

congressional tariff enactment meth
DDS. He does we'll, however. to point
out to Congress, to the President and
to the people in general that con-
| gressional deficiencies should not be
/ lightly used as an excuse for aban-
/ donment of a representative form of
government
In criticism of the speech. the
Chattanooga Times offers the juds-
| ment: The Senator holds. in the
eyes OF many, the record for meeting
ones self coming around the corner.
He has, first and last, disagreed with
almost everybody, including himself.
This does not mean that the new
deal is not full of inconsistencies, but
1t does mean that Senator Borah
has not been logical enough to over
whelm the country with his mar
shaling of syllogisms against the new
/ deal"
Asserting that Senator Borafts de-
mand for IAN overhauling of some of
the curren. reform aims represented
constructive criticism" the Akron
Beacon Journal holds that Mr.. Mills
Is unlikely to gain many recruits to
his cause by condemning every meas
ure taken to improve the national
Tell-being," and observes that the
only alternative he offers is a retreat
10 policies the country rejected in the
1882 election" averring that there is
no present evidence that it has re-
pented its decision in that year"
Governor Black of the Federal Re-
serve Board is quoted by the Fort
worth Star-Telegram as replying to
the Mills speech with the contention:
During an abnormal period the Ma
ton must do the abnormal thing to get
the country started out of the depres-
sion. American credit continued un-
impaired and unaffected by the Govern
ment'S relief spending program.
The Government would be calloused, if
not Immoral, if it did not utilizeits credit
for the need of the people," The Star
Telegram comments: The entire tenor
Of the Black speech reflected conf
dence-the confidence of a banker of,
with and for bankers. He spoke the
thoughts of American financial sta
bility"
Some replies to Mr. Mills are made
in terms of the record of the Hoover
administration, with which Mr. Mills
was connected. Papers which main
tain that the present policies are SUI
perior include the Newport News Daily
Press, the Baltimore Sun, the Phila-
delphia Record and the Oklahoma
News. The Portland, Greg, Journal
argues: "As Secretary of the Treas
ury, Ogden Mills opposed Federal aid
through bond issues or appropriations
| for Federal work or any other form
| of Federal assistance to the jobless
and hungry millions Of Americans. As
financial adviser of the Hoover admin
istration, Mills was a leader in the
policy of that administration in ex-
tending millions in Federal aid to
railroads and other mighty corpora.
tions, but neglected the jobless who
tramped the highways, and the hun
cry who subsisted on State or munici-
pal charity. Naturally enough. Ogden
Mills does not agree with Roosevelt
policies. They are men Of different
type, different convictions end differ
ent aims. The Roosevelt picture of
America is all the land from ocean
to ocean and from Lakes to Gulf. His
conception of the American people is
that there are more than 120. .000, 900
of them. that they are entitled to
equal rights and privileges. and that
no individual or group should be for
gotten by Government"