Evening star., 1934-12-26
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE.

Simultaneous blasts by John w.
Davis and Senator Carter Glass indi-
cate that the conservative wing of the
Democratic party is still in battle
array and will continue to be heard
from If and when occasion arises. The
1924 candidate for President assails
the New Deal on constitutional
grounds, predicting that the courts
will void much Of the legislation
enacted in its name mo line or
syllable Of the Constitution" thun-
dered Mr.. Davis over the radio the
other night, grants to the Federal
Government rowing commission over
the whole field of social betterment.
The Government set up for us at
Washington is not and never was in
tended to be an eleemosynary inStitu-
ton. or a foundation for miscellaneous
charities. 1t was not designed as
universal parent or an earthly provi-
dence."
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Senator Glass tits at the Sub
professors" embryonic solons" and
impatient academicians" who are re-
sponsible for recent innovations in
the Federal banking field. New Deal
ers do not underestimate the sig
nificance of the Virginian's onslaught.
1t is plain warning to all concerned
that the "unreconstructed rebel of
the Roosevelt administration will from
the outset of the new Congress be
on the firing line, prepared to aSsan
any proposals which do not conform
to his financial and constitutional
standards. HIS attack on the Fed
eral Reserve Board and the Deposit
Insurance Corp. suggests afresh that
Mr. Glass may head an insurgent
Democratic Senate bloc, ready to
stand unf1inchingly against unortho-
doX monetary measures. Fellow
Democrats who may be found, on oc-
casion, battling shoulder to shoulder
with him include Senator'S Gore Of
Oklahoma, Byrd of Virginia, Bailey
of North Carolina, Smith of South
Carolina, Tydings Of Maryland-and
possibly others. They are powerless
against the vast Democratic majority
ready to give the President thick-and-
thin support, but they would consti-
tute phalanx whose influence could
not be dismissed as negligible.
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Already the rush Is on for admis-
sion to the joint session of the new
Congress next week, at which it's ex-
pected that President Roosevelt will
personally deliver his message. Out
side of tickets allotted to MEMBER
no cards of admission will be issued.
The hoi polloi must, as usual, take
their chances of squeezing into the
public galleries on the flrSt-come-frst-
served plan. Because it is the open
ing Of a new Congress and because
of the. desire to see and hear the
President on these occasions, the
impending crush at the Capitol will
be something of a record-breaker.
Gen. Douglas MacArthur's annual
report on the state of the Army, as
IS customary with his official papers,
is distinguished for its literary and
epigrammatic style. In addition to
his talents as a writer, the chief OF
staff is a good speaker. Gen, Mac
Arthur is an effective witness before
CO1lIIuCCeeS OF congress- MeIupcIS
find him well armed with facts and
figures when they subject him to
cross-eXamination. President Roose-
velt's retention of Macarthur as chief
of staff in order that he may CO.
operate in legislation to "take the
profit out of war" and other military
measures is looked upon as recog-
milton of the generals forensic, as
well as soldierly, ability.
X X X X
When the National Committee on
the Cause and Cure of War, founded
by Mrs. Carrie Chapman Gait, holds
its tenth anniversary celebration In
Washington in January. it will pub
lish a volume of contributions by 10
prominent American women on sepa-
rate phases of the war problem. The
book is called "Why Wars Must
Cease" Among participants In the
symposium Is Mrs. Roosevelt, whose
chapter Is entitled The War Idea Is