Evening star., 1934-07-16
The Political Mill
n, C.. Casld Lincoln.

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the new deal being in the saddle. will
br praised or blamed for everything
( that takes place in the United States.
Out on tie Pacific Coast. growing out
Of The long shuremen's strike. Situa-
tion has arisen that is giving ire
mendOtts anxiety. Ia san Francisco
/ the WaiKout OF the lOnsshOremen has
grown to-day into i general strike,
i strike by all organized labor in sym
paihy With the demands VI the long
shorsmen. ia an effort 10 force acqui-
eScence ln all the demands Of the
t0nsShorenaen. such situation IS tulI
VI dynamite and part OF 1t Is pO-
litical dynamite Up 10 the present
tne handling ut the san Francisco sit
uation has been left 10 the local and
State authorities. The only move sc
tar made by the administration l. tI
send i labor commission, under tht
terms oi the new labor disputes ad-
justment act passed by Congress IA
the mai hours OF its last session. to
San Francisco to aid IN bringing about
an adjustment Oi the differences be-
tween the workers and the employers
But this is by no means the only move
that can be made by the Chief EXcCu-
tive, II he sees fit.
A. = matter of fact. the President
himself is within striking distance OF
the Pacific Coast A settlement ol
the strike through the personal good
otnces of the President himself should
he find il advisable to 90 to San
Francisco would be hailed through
out the country and would increase
the already great personal popularity
OF Franklin ID. Roosevelt. II may be
that such move on the part OF the
! President will not be necessary; that
the differences between the strikers
and the employers may be ironed cut
without direct Intervention by the
Chief Executive. Other Presidents in
the last half century have been called
upon to use their good offices to enc
industrial strife in this country, When
it seemed necessary, and they have
acted with very definite results.
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California and its people have haC
a way OF dealing with difficult situa-
tions in the past, They have met
earthquakes and fires and outlaWrl
and dealt with them. Probably they
viii be able to deal with the present
situation. Certainly, every one vii
hope So. The charge has been made
that the present agitation has beer
greatly increased through the effort.
OF Communist leaders. The Acting
Il II
/ hely placed responsibility for the situ-
alton upon Communist agitatOrS. In
little more than a month, ON August
% to be exact, the party primaries viii
be held IN California, for the nomina-
tionS Of Senators, Representatives
| Governor and all the State Offices
Senator Hiram Johnson is up for re-
1 nomination and reelection and hi,
/ success AT the polls is a foregone con
! clusion. Upton Sinclair is seeking the
! Democratic nomination for Governor
and it is said he has good chance
/ for the nomination. What develops
/ out OF this strike, however, may
/ have its influence ON Sinclairs politi-
/ Cal ambitions.
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Former President Herbert Hoover
is citizen and resident of Califor-
mia. The former President in the
past has been called upon to handle
many difficult situations. He was the
trouble man" called in when the
World War broke and relief on q
large scale was organized. He
handled the food administration in
/ this country during the war He was
placed in charge of difficult problems
Of relief during the Harding and
Coolidge administrations He faced
many problems when he was in the
! White House himself. Mr.. Hoover
( is available today
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The chairman of the Democratic
/ National Committee. James A. Farley
! Postmaster General, is dashing West
ON a political tour that calls fol
: speeches in large number of cities
/ from Indiana to the Pacific Coast
I He is, in fact. due in California very
soon. Mr.. Farley'S speeches SO far
/ in Indiana and Illinois, have beer
/ effective political documents. He has
4 applied a new name to the Republican
opponents Of the new deal He calls
! them "gh0St dancers" These "medi.
! cine men" OF the present day. Mr.
! Farley says, are picking up the bogeS
of despotism. are predicting that thu
( new deal Is bent on driving the coun-
try TO dictatorship. Socialism ol
/ Communism. He ridicules the attack:
made on the "brain trust" and insists
! that the President is his own brain
trust.
/ Taking up the question OF the new
! deal acts and whether they are To be
made permanent, Mr.. Farley had this
/ to say In Springfield, H.:
THE question is frequently asked il
| the recovery measures are permanent?
/ The answer is that whatever proves
/ of value win be retained; the others
will go into the discard when the
( necessity for their operation has
passed. This country has never dis
! carded something Of proven value, nor
! has it for long retained dangerous
subversive or harmful provision. and
( this country is still the same nation
With the same hopes, Ideals and de-
/ sires as have governed it since, the
! beginning l do not think anybody
/ in this country Will honestly object
/ to the Use OF the pruning knife tO
/ trim the tree of economics. Certainly
I there was something rotten in the
system that permitted an insult to
/ erect monStrous structure by pyra-
miding. and stunning of alleged secur-
/ tiles, and that fell into ghastly
/ ruin at the first touch OF adversely
| involving thousands of innocent in
yest0rS i'll the wreck. Just the other
day there was sent TO prison in New
I York man who few years ago was
/ regarded As a model of all that was
+ trustworthy in the world OF finance
1 for the simple vulgar crime of mis-
appropriation of funds. Your people
being peculiarly OF the investment
( type, putting their savings into So
( called securities passed on TO them by
men and institutions III whom they
+ had faith, have seen their bonds both
+ foreign and domestic bonds. turn out
yalueIeSs hFcallSe of the lack of re-