Evening star., 1934-02-18

he may have considerable 10lIOW-
In when the Republican National
Convention meets two years hence.
In the meantime he is a candidate,
not for President, but for the Senate.
The Republican party cast l6,OOO,-
900 and more votes for President in
1882, Mr.. Vandenberg reminded his
hearers last night.
And let it be remembered" he
continued, that this is the largest
minority in American history. Such
a force in the life of the Nation may
suffer temporary reverses, but 1t asks
for sound progressive leadership, 1t
still serves stupendouS potential
PURPOSE, it has a destiny and will re-
turn to whatever power 1t earns and
deserves
While Mr.. vandenberg laid on con-
siderable detail his thesis that Re-
publicans must be Americans first,
declaring that I'VE are in another
war" and help the President bring
back prosperity, he attacked the DEM
ocratS from several angles.
The proposal that power be given
the President to negotiate agreements
with foreign nations. lowering tariff
duties, was denounced particularly by
the Michigan Senator. He said the
Democratic party had bitterly as
sailed the Republican protective tariff
law during the last campaign and
had promised to revise the tariff
downward
Final Surrender"
'The Democratic party does not
dare thus to revise the tariff" he said
"It proposes instead that the Presi-
dent and his executive advisers shall
bargain with foreign chancellories for
reciprocal trade favors. That would
be the final surrender of our economic
existence to the viciSsitudeS Of un-
counseled error. 1t would surrender
this life and death economic authority
to a low tariff group beyond congress
sional or popular control. 1t would
permit this group Willingly or other
wise to select its favorites to protect
and its victims to cruelty"
After thus indicating that the Re
publicans in the Senate would vigor-
ously oppose giving such tariff au-
thority to the President, Mr.. Vanden-
berg turned his guns on the S2,000.-
100000 stabilization fund which has
been placed in the sole control of
Secretary Morgenthau of the Treas
ury Department.
Most Senate Republicans bitterly
fought, as did myself, to amend the
money bill SO that this gigantic 81
900 100000 stabiliZation fund should
not be under exclusive, secret, un-
audited control Of one man, the rather
immature and inexperienced Secre-
tary of the Treasury. We tried to put
its control in stabiliZation board
and to restrict its uses to legitimately
identified functions. 1t is beyond
my comprehension that any one man
ever should desire to speculate in the
dark with $4,000, ,o0O. 900 of the peoples
money. 1t Is beyond my comprehen-
sion that representative democracy
ever should sanction a $4,000. 900 900
mystery in respect to the public
purse"
In the main, however, Mr.. Vanden-
berg gave praise to the administra-
tion's money bill for which he voted,
declaring that 1t gave promise of Sc
curtty against printing press" money
and to remove uncertainty over
money, ito restore a modernized gold
standard, better equipped to fit the
needs of this new day. to deal with
silver on a sound basis.
Owe Support to President.
In his tribute to President Roose-
velt, Senator Vandenberg said:
"AS patriots long before We are
partisans, we owe all possible sup
port to Franklin D. Roosevelt, Presi-
dent Of the United States, in what
we all unitedly hope and pray may
be the permanent upSurge Of American
affairs. He has given our people new
hope; encouragement is in the air
The country moves ahead. 1t is our
Republican function to aid this trend
n every compatible way. We are not
required to surrender our funda mental
convictions, but we are required to
cooperate In the last possible degree,
pending the appropriate time when
we can take our cause to the cleo
torate"
Mr.. vandenberg said he had no
use for petty political Sniping. He
called for discrimination between
structton. It embrace the former"
he said, Il reject the latter. My only
regret that it might not have been
rejected by the political foes Of the
previous President who struggled
against hateful odds during the first
three years of this frightful depres-
Wn11 af1H hano t6n Nyipt af
ming propaganda which often manu-
factured false and fatal popular re-
action. No such attitude on our part
shall hamper and hamstring the
great leader of America, upon whom
the people lean today for leadership"
In another place In his speech Mr..
Vandenberg said: THE President is
o brave adventurer. He is man Of
gallant heartfulness. He is infinitely
stronger than his party. Indeed, he
Is his party. Yes, borrowing French
idiom, he is pretty much the State.
Personally, am frank to say that
have voted with him oftener than I
have voted against him. In the Ian
guage of the street, I do not propose
to rock the boat But do not in
tend to ignore the rocks. I intend to
continue constructive cooperation, but
I do not intend to surrender my re-
EponSibilitieS, nor would rob him and
the country of that supreme corrective
service, which can be rendered only
by keen, constructive, vigorous and
vigilant republicanism in such an
hour"
n. r. A. Superb"
Taking up the N. r. A, the Mich
igan Senator said: 1T has superb
features. I applaud them. 1t has
ended sweatshops and child labor. 1t
has initiated the shorter work week,
which inevitably must be the root
source of our new industrial economy.
It encourages fair trade and penalties
throat cutters. But it also trends to-
ward monopolies which may threaten
the very existence of small business
and decentralize community life. 1t
can develop such high cost Of living
that we may find ourselves delivered
TO Frankenstein. 1t is being run by
q high-grad intimidator who period
ically reverts to type and forgets that
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