Evening star., 1934-06-20
NEW DEAL FIGHT
FOLLOWS SESSION
Garner Leads in Demo
cratic Drives by Lauding
Roosevelt.
BY G. GOULD LINCOLN.

The fight over the Roosevelt new
deal is on.
Members of Congress have gone
home, or will soon go, to roll up their
sleeves and wade into the campaign
which will precede the elections next
November. Already statements for
and against the Democratic admin
iStration are emanating from party
headquarters ami from individual
members of the Senate and House.
Vice President Garner yesterday
broke a long silence TO praise the
President and defend the Democratic
Congress. He threw some praise also
to Senate Republicans who had gone
along with the administration SO far
as voting for its recovery program
The President. Garner asserted. has
the faith Of the country with him TO
an even greater degree than the day
he was elected.
Almost at the same time Senator
Capper, Republican, of Kansas, who
has been one of the G o. P. Senators
who travelled along with the Presi-
dents recovery program. declared:
In the long run the Republican
party stands for q Government of
laws, not of men. And that means
that in the long Iun the Republican
party must if the Nation is to be
preserved with a Government of laws
and not merely of men. be returned
to power and most of the time be
retained in power.
Predicts Reaction.
THE pendulum has started swing
ing. 1t will have swung long way
by 1886, you will flnd-even though
it may not look like it at the present
time.
The complexion of the next Con-
gress will be materially different from
the present one You will find more
Republicans in the House; some
changes in the Senate"
How far the Republicans go in
criticism of the President and the
new deal is likely to differ in indi-
vidual cases. Many of the G. o. p,
members of Congress voted for the
demanded. Senator Capper is one of
these What he has to say may re-
feet the attitude of a lot of other
Republicans from the Middle West.
OF the new deal he said. we are
going to analyze. to dissect. to decide
what parts of the So-called new deal
we are going to keep. Certain parts
of It will stick and certain parts will
be discarded.
Less Control Seen.
IF I were going to make a predic-
ton. would say that after the tumult
and shouting of the next two years.
we will emerge with considerably
more Government control and regula-
ton of business and industry than We
had prior to 1888.
But we will have considerably less
Government control and regulation
than we have now, and a whole lot
less than group N the present ad-
ministration is working for"
The Republican party, Capper said,
is going to advocate minimum OF
Government regulation and control OF
business. while the Democratic party
has reached a position where 1t
stands for a maximum of such con-
troll, reaching almost to the regi-
mentation Of all business and indus
try.
Vice President Garner's statement
was issued through the Democratic
National Committee-an official party
document-although he insisted that
he did not want the people to think
he was making political speech.
References to Politics.
There is really no occasion to make
a political speech" Garner said. How
ever. his remarks had plenty of refer
ences to politics and they will be
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