Evening star., 1934-07-29
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When Democrats Disagree.

When Democrats Disagree.
Gov. Joseph b Ely Of Massachusetts
thinks that the ~ r. A. program
would "end in State socialism" If car
ried to its ultimate conclusion. Gov.
Paul ". McNutt OF Indiana does not
agree. He holds that the recovery act,
creating the NJ r. A., has made con-
ditions In this country better" and
that the State could cooperate in
the recovery program without special
legislation. Both Of these gentlemen
are Democratic Governors and ex-
pressed their views at the annual con-
ference Of Governors at Mackinac
Island, Mich.
The Governor OF Massachusetts, was
willing to admit that the ~ r. A had
some merit as an emergency measure.
He insisted. however, that 1t could
not remain as q permanent law and
administration without the scrapping
of the Government of the United
States as we have known it. There is
no stopping short Of the end of the
road" he said. "and at the end of the
road we shall have State socialism. :"
He added that the rule Of American
industry by q dictator is contrary to
the principles which have made the
United States happy and prosperous
Nation in the past,
The attitude Of the two Democratic
Governors toward the N. r. A. is SYM
bolic Of the division which has arisen
among the people as the months have
gone by. Many Of them were willing
to try the N. r. A. as an emergency
measure. and as an emergency meas
ure IL was labeled and enacted by
Congress. But II the Roosevelt ad-
ministration Is going to demand that
It be made permanent, very differ
ent situation is likely to arise.
1t has been charged that in the
establishment Of the codes and the
code authorities under the N. r. A.
the big establishments, with the big
capitalization. the big output and the
big distribution, have been in con-
trol-too much in control. That the
whole system eventually will result in
the elimination Of the little fellow en-
gagged In business, because under the
codes he will be prohibited from doing
those things which make It possible
to remain in business, and that in the
end the system will react against the
consumers generally, since they will
be in the hands of great monopolies.
When the American Constitution
was written, provision was made for
two Houses of Congress-the House of
Representatives and the Senate. The
membership of the House is deter
mined on the basis of population. The
State with the biggest population is
the State with the largest number
of Representatives. In the Senate.
however, each State is given equal rep
resentation-each State with two Sem
ators and as powerful in the Upper
House as any other State. There is a
reason for that. The States were not
willing in the days of the formation
OF the National Government to put
their influence and independence in
jeopardy, and they insisted upon equal
representation in the Senate. The
consequence has been that the little
State has not been run out of busi-
ness: its voice has continued to re-
main potent; there has been no legis-
lative monopoly by the bigger States,
as might easily have been the case If
the votes in the Senate had been
given according to the population of
the State. There is, however, no
Senate in the code authorities.