The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-07-11
MiLk, Liquor Issue Dangerous Political MoDe, Asserts Governor Cross--Praises Roosevelt Urges State Organization

essence of civilization. As civilization becomes more and more complicated, new and different restraints become necessary. Within the realm of business we have long had, for example, antitrust laws, the interstate commerce com mission, the federal trade commission, and state public utilities commissions. When President Roosevelt entered upon his office industries and agriculture were in the grip of devastating competition. The intent of the codes was to re- store fair competition at a rea- sonable profit. They are doing that. They were fully justified by the emergency.
 "Young Theorists"
 As time goes on. some of them will disappear; others will be simplified or be merged in the body of our laws. AL ready the service corporations have gained their old freedom, and all other codes, it is as- stunned, are to be gradually freed from strict government control. This was clearly the design of President Roosevelt from the beginning.
 On the same platform and at the same time, "the brain trust" was also ridiculed as a group of young theorists who have no knowledge of govern ment as a practical art. When we think of the brain trust, probably the first names that come to our mind are Warren and Tugwell. How young are they? Warren is in his sixty first year. Tugwell is forty three years old, just the age of Washington when he was made commanders -in- chief of the continental armies that fought the Revolution to a fin- ish. With Washington it was no crime to be young. He liked to surround himself with young men. He took Hamil- ton into his cabinet as secre- tary of the treasury at the age of thirty-two. Hamilton, grounded in the theory of gov ernment. but having no exper- fence in the practice of theory, inaugurated a fiscal policy for the United States which in it's broad. outlines has been fol- lowed ever. since. Hamilton has been claimed as the father of the republican party.
 Brain Trust Upheld
 President Hoover appointed a number of commissions to study and report on various problems of government. But generally if not always, he set the reports aside for no appar- ent reason except that the con- clusions were in conflict with political expediency. Presi- dent Roosevelt has sought the advice of university men of all ages; he has considered the. advice they have given him and he has acted on so much of it as has seemed sound without reference to politics. In the end the attack on the brain trust is doomed to fail- ure. It is too obviously an at- tempt to set up unintelligence against intelligence.
 The republican party has developed no constructive policy. In the congressional election the question will be asked of the spellbinders everywhere: What is your sub- stitute for the New Deal?
 Milk and Liquor Issues
 What the state issues may be is yet also undetermined. It has been unofficially announc- ed that the great issue will be milk and liquor. The humor- ouS aspect of such an issue will not escape the electors. I used to hear of a drink called milk-shake, once popular but now supplanted by the cock tail. Milk and hard liquor don't mix we'll. It requires a lot of shaking. Most men have acquired the habit of drinking their milk or their whiskey straight. When the law was passed establishing a milk control board, the milk situation in Connecticut was in chaos. It has been the aim of the board to administer the law so as to do justice to the producer, the distributor, and the consumer. The producer