Evening star., 1934-04-26
The Political Mill
By G. Could Lincoln.

President Roosevelt took the "R"
ont Of revolution and found only "evo-
luton" In the new deal. Instead Of
bringing about instant peace the sug-
gestion Of the Chief Executive seems
to have added fuel to the flames. II
an evolution Is going on in this coun-
try, the opponents Of the new deal
want to know Just what It Is and who
Is engineering 1t. provided, Of course,
an evolution can be engineered. Rep
resentative McGugin Of Kansas. Re-
publican, on the floor Of the House
yesterday declared he saw very little
difference between the evolution Of the
new deal and . revolution against
constitutional government Is this
country has known it. The Repub-
lican leader Of the House, Represent
ative Smell Of New York, followed this
up with . radio address last night in
which he charged that the policies of
the new deal and the administration
are In direct conflict with American
ideals and institutions.
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President Rooseveits recent address
In which he said that the country
developed haphazardly. and in which
he said there should be more and
better planning, was seized upon by Mr..
McGugin and hitched to Q statement
made some time ago by Rexford G.
Tugwell, newly-appointed Undersecre-
tary OF Agriculture, to the effect that
we have q century and more Of de-
velopment to undo" Mr.. Tugwell also
was quoted by McGugin as having
said that in order to have a limited
acceptance Of the planning idea"
three great changes must take place:
There must be change Of statutes,
constitutions and government once
and for all; business must be de-
stroyed as 1t has existed, and the
sovereignty must be destroyed. In
this connection Mr.. McGugin re-
marked:
"Undoing . century and more of
development; changing statutes, con-
stitutions and government once and
for all; destroying American business
as 1t has existed, and destroying the
sovereignty Of the States may not be
revolution In the sense Of blood run
ming down the cutters of the streets,
but IS far the Republic under the
Constitution Is concerned it Is as COM
plete revolution as If the Republic
were replaced by force Of arms"
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Mr.. McGugin quoted David Cush-
man Coyle, another Of the new deal.
ers and, like Mr.. Tugwell, dubbed q
member Of the brain trust" as hav-
ing said before the nurses association
meeting here: Everything we were
taught in school is exactly wrong.
Thrift Is no longer q virtue, saving
for q rainy day makes it rain all the
harder" Mr.. McGugin's comment on
this was at least forcible. He said:
Maybe am dumb and without
vision or gray matter, but I still be-
heve Benjamin Franklin was a
smarter man than Is Coyle. I still
believe that a reprint and wide dis
tribution Of Poor Richards Almanac
would be of more service to the Amer
ican people and this civilization than
all the new dealer ballyhoo that
has been or ever will be broadcast
over the radio into the ears of the
American people"
The Kansan hastened to absolve the
great majority Of the Democrats in
the House from any such ideas. He
30 per cent Of the Democrats In that
body were weary and heartsick Of the
regulations Of the fine traditions" Of
the Democratic party OF Jefferson,
Jackson, Cleveland and Wilson. De-
spite this assertion of belief on the
part Of Mr.. McGugtn, the Democrats
OF the House have In all the new deal
legislation stood firmly back Of the
President. The only two occasions on
which they have kicked over the
traces were when their desires to do
something more for the ye>erans Of
wars clashed with the ide}0 Of the
President. Perhaps they agree with
the President about the new deal,
after all. although Mr.. McGugin said
they could not with safety criticize
the administration, because they would
lose their patronage and support Of
the party organization.
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. Mr.. Smell sounded of for the G.,
o. P. Senate and Congressional Cam
paign Committee In his address over
the radio last night, and what he had
to say about the new deal was plenty.
He charged that Q bureaucracy had
been set up which would deny free
dom to the people, in business and
agriculture, and that the Government
was going into competition with pri-
vate industry. Mr.. Smell continued:
"Omcers Of this administration
have taken out articles of incorpora-
ton In several States authorizing
them, In their capacity as representa-
tives OF the Federal Government and
using Federal funds, to enter Ito
practically every known field Of pri-
vate enterprise-manufact fab
rtcating, the real estate business, the
building trades, wholesaling and re-
failing Of merchandise of all kinds.
mo real or prospective investor has
any certainty that tomorrow he may
not find himself engaged in q losing
fight with some Federal bureau in
corporated to invade his particular
line Of activity and operating with
Federal funds. The business of the
people Of the United States belongs
to them and not to the Government,
except and unless we are ready to en-
bark upon career Of State socialism.
TO transfer millions of men now idle
to permanent pay rolls IN productive
industry and business It Is essential
the Government withdraw from pri-
vate business. The Republican minor
ity viii stand against voting any
further appropriations to finance this
unwarranted intrusion into the field
Of private endeavor."
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The trend Of the coming congress
sional campaign and the issues which
the Republicans will seek to make
against the Democrats are not Diff
cult to foresee, judging from the re-
r