The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-03-29
THE RECORD SPEAKS

There has been a grand rush of brain
trusters" and "new dealers in Washing
ton to get into print with depials of the
charges of DR.. William A. Writ. All who
have spoken say they have never given
DR.. Writ any information and some aver
they never knew the man and others THAI
they never heard of him. All of which
adds somewhat to the cementing of public
interest in this Washington sensation, but IS
not convincing as it relates to the charges
made by Dr. Writ.
As a matter of common sense and rea-
son, what difference does it make If IN the
official investigation of the charges pre-
feTed by DR.. Writ they be proven false?
This newspaper does not believe that Will
happen; but suppose DR.. Writ should be
shown up to the country as common lia",
would that prove the country is not head
ed for Collectivism or Communism and
that certain men in official position in
Washington are not the head and, front, Of
that movement? '-.
Their record is we'll known and it gives
the lie to all their protestations OF mno-
cence, good intentions and professions OF
loyalty to the Republic. If this statement
is not true what is the explanation OF the
record of national legislation during the
past twelve months? and even more 10 tn'
point, the record of proposed legislatlon
which has not yet been enacted!
This program of legislation has been en-
acted because a rubber stamp Congress
took the position that it was bound to pu'
ON the national statute books any law pro
posed by supporters of the President and
endorsed by him, or any law initiated anc
demanded by him. The President is ''sized
up by unprecedented observers in Wash
ington as a mild hammered radical. None
of these observers believe he would have
initiated or endorsed such program OF
radicalism as has been enacted into law
plus the additions to the program already
proposed and well under way to enact
ment without being influenced and pushed
into doing so by men who surround him in
official positions and whom he regards as
his friends and advisers.
The record speaks for itself, 1t is writ
ten into laws which will stand until de-
clared unconstitutional by the Supreme
Court or until the people of the country
rise up and demand their repeal. In adj
dition to the laws already enacted, there
are numerous bills in Congress, more dras-
tic and violent in their radicalism and un-
Americanism than, those already become
law. All that any intelligent citizen needs
to do is to examine this legislative pro,
gram and record in the light OF reason
without political party bias or prejudice
The citizen who does that will reach the
conclusions many times stated in the pub
lie press by unprecedented Washington 90
servers, men who are there every day ana
have personal observation and persona
knowledge of developments and event
upon which to base conclusions. Some o
these men are Walter Lippman, Mark Sui
livan and David Lawrence. There are doz
ems of others, representing the lndeper
dent press of the country, both Democratl
and Republican in political attlliatlon,
Thea administration was only a Re
-, months old when these sentlneis on Tn
watch towers began to evidence the La