Evening star., 1934-04-11
"Whither Are We Going?"

mittee has not disclosed plot for the
violent overthrow of the United
States Government, at least the ven-
tilation of his charges has served to
make the American people ask them
selves: whittier are we going?" DR..
Writ asserted on the witness stand
that at dinner party last September
during a three hour conversation he
had been told by satellites" of the
brain trust" that President Roosevelt
was the "Kerensky of this revolution"
and that later a Stain would be
found. The committee is to hear what
the others who attended the dinner
have to say about the reported con-
versation.
The startling statement that brain
trusters," some Of them in Govern
ment Office, looked upon President
Roosevelt as a Kerensky, merely as a
tool to further their ends for "revo-
lution," Is what focused attention
upon DR.. Writ and his charges when
they were first presented to the House
Interstate Commerce Committee In a
document which had been prepared
by DR.. Writ. Underneath all this lies
the charge that some of the brain
trust" members and particularly As
sistant Secretary of Agriculture Tug
well, are firm believers in a planned
economy, a control of all business by
government, which could not thrive
under the present American Constitu-
ton. 1t is one thing, apparently. to
say that you believe in a planned
economy, and another thing to say
that you believe in the overthrow of
the present form of government in
this county. But as the Indiana
educator has pointed out, if the Con-
stitution of the United States cannot
continue to operate If the proposed
planned economy is made effective,
the two statements become one and
the same thing.
Whatever may become of DR.. Writ
and his charges about the brain
trust" whether he be laughed out OF
court or whether il. the end they be
in some measure substantiated, it is
probable that the parlor pinks or reds
particularly those who have to dc
with the Government, will be more
careful. And, what is more, they
themselves will be more carefully
watched. The implications of legis-
lative proposals will be more carefully
considered.
DR.. Writ is by no means the first
man who has raised his voice in oppo-
sition to the enactment of legisla-
ton which places the Government in
control of agriculture and industry
in a measure never contemplated
when this Government was formed
More and more voices will be heard
in the future. Former Gov. Alfred
E. Smith of New York attacked the
brain trusters" months ago, declaring
that they were intent upon using the
American people as guinea pigs upon
which they proposed to try expert
ments. His charge at that time was
characterized by Roosevelt Democrats
as a bitter outburst against the man
who had defeated him for the presi-
Dental nomination in 1882.
More recently Representative James
w. Wadsworth of New York, Repub-
Hcan, in a radio address, warned the
American people they must choose
between this so-called planned econ
omy, which he said was being forced
upon them, and their old form Of
government. He dealt specifically
with the measures which are already
in effect or which are incubating to
bring about this radical change in
America.
While Democrats are heaping ridi-
cule upon the prophets Of revolution,
there are members of that party in
Congress who lift their voices in oppo-
sition to some Of the policies of the
new deal on the very same ground
that they are violative of the Amer
ican Constitution
DR.. Wirt's Communist suspicious