The Washington times., 1934-01-13

1oregnbOrn COmmunlSt-bred, have conclude that
Americans don what you or y say about their
and methods whereas those who still have attachments
abroad, care nightly.
Chost-Writng
One legitimate request however, to the other
day connection with our President suggested that
Mr.. Roosevelt with exceptional to persuade the
country hadn't found to appeal to deeper emo
ons When he spoke of those who had wrecked faith
in business by eadng just taxes he pleased great many
people, but his stress the hope of abundant life
seems to while perfectly sincere not particularly
moving said that there might be better ways of keep
ing alive our feeling for America And correspondent
asks briefly, "For instance?
do not know whether the words unkindly meant,
but they certainly gave turn. l professional
writer not Presidents friends have pointed out to me that
lack of the essential qualifications of good Pres-
dent For to say that country and can
be made even greater country would not be Impressive
no matter how eoquenty phrased 1t; yet the PRESIDENT
saying it in words of syllable might make the thought
profoundly moving. He has authority.
Denounce the Past
Perhaps the President who is given to frank statements,
could denounce not individual malefactors not mil
lion or Spectators but the whole ideal which animated
this country in the past 20 years. He might say and
millions of Americans would agree with him and be relieved
to hear said from high place. that we sold out lot
Of things ought have clung to- long before we were
sold in the market crash. From 1914 you can trace
quick decline in the passion Americans had Tor liberty
spite of phlanthropes you trace lower
ing of the that all Americans, If not all men, are
brothers.
Oddly enough one of the things the President could
he would have to borrow from Herbert hoover IL
Mr.. Hoovers thought at the beginning of his term,
that America approaching the solution of the oldest
problem in the world the way to abolish poverty He SAID
this not candidate but practical man. and pract-
cal and engineers not too visionary, ready to
agree with him. Maynard Keynes for instance believes that
all the necessary implements aboishng poverty
hands, all need the intelligence and the will
to them.
Announce the Future
Would be altogether out of place to say to now,
when we are taking against of trouble that we
have the capacity ourselves to make the recurrence of
crisis unnecessary by aboshng the slow grinding
poverty of the periods call prosperous? Would it be
wrong to remark that Greece the world certain
fundamental ideas of and Judea religious ldeas
and Rome established law and England worked out demo-
cratic government-that the United States might make
orr contribution world history by solving the problem
which faced all other civilizations and which, being neg
lected ruined one civilization after another?
That the President with his turn of mind, would be
+remev practical all this would be all to the good. He
has suggested definitely that life abundant
for all might mean life not quite exravagant for
few He would hardly need to be soclalstlc to
farther inspire He would discover that even
those who the largest fortunes 1929 pretty we'll
convinced that those will not reurnand that most of
them agree by that it would be better thing tor the
country that thev should return The Presidents luck
holds his public is made ready for him by events