Evening star., 1934-01-10

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affirming the constitutionality Of the
Minnesota mortgage moratorium law
was handed down exactly five days after
the President in his recent message to
Congress invited the Federal judiciary s
support in perfecting the new deal
The passage in question did not attract
widespread attention at the time, but
in light of the momentous implications
in the courts finding, it now stands out
as one of the paramount portions OF
Mr.. Roosevelt's report on the state OF
the Union. What he said was this
ITO consolidate what we are doing, to
make our economic and social structure
capable of dealing with modern life, Is
the joint task of the legislative, the
judicial, and the executive branches OF
the National Government" The court
is at pains to point out that each re-
covery issue, if and when presented for
consideration, will be decided on its
merits, but in Congress, administration
circles and among lawyers the Mime
that the court eventually will validate
N. r. A. and other major recovery re-
courses all along the line. The Hughes
Brandeis- Stone CardoZo- Roberts Glib
eral' lineup vindicates the prophecy
long ventured as to the probable division
of the court on recovery issues.
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Indiana Senator Robinson's attack on
the budget and the Roosevelt admin
istration in the Senate on January 8
is the first Of series Of sporadic Re
publican onslaughts against the recov-
cry, program, which are expected In
both houses from now on. They will
be individual outbreaks rather than
manifestations of concerted G.. o. P.
policy. The Indianian is a candidate
for reelection this year and appar-
emily fired the opening gun in his own
campaign. Had Robinson been launch
ing a general G. o. P. offensive some
other Republican Senator would pre-
suihably have followed up his lead.
AS it was, it turned out to be a solo
performance and one-day sensation.
Under all the circumstances. surprise
was expressed that Senator Joe Robin
son, Democratic majority leader, dig
nified his Hoosier namesake's outburSt
with such elaborate attention. Many
of the Arkansan's colleagues supposed
munition for something more formida-
BILE in the way of Republican assault.
Much interest was aroused on Cap
itol Hill by the letter recently addressed
Republican, of the Buffalo, N. Y, dis
trict by former Representative Malcolm
Baldridge, Republican, Of Nebraska,
expressing the opinion that "at present
any broadside attack on the President
or his policies would be disastrous. I"
Representative Andrews reaction to the
letter Is that the country at the mo-
ment Is so much under the "hySterical
spell" of the cash being doled out for
civil works, public works and other
emergency purposes that the people are
''beclouded" into forgetting what the
future holds in the form Of day OF
reckoning, when the taxpayers have
to foot the bill,
The New York Daily Worker, leading
American Communist newspaper, has
the unique distinction of being repre-
sented in the press galleries Of Congress
by a married couple, Mr.. and Mrs. Sey-
mour Waldman. Mr.. Waldman is the
correspondent and his wife is his as
sistant. The latter writes under her
maiden name of Marguerite Young.
She is a well-known Washington news
paper woman and was formerly at
tached to one of the big national news
agencies.
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BY an amusing coincidence, three
"little cabinet" members of the Hoover
administration recently appeared in the
Federal Court at New York as repre-
sentatives of bitterly opposing interests
in litigation affecting one Of the big
chain store organizations that is in hot
water. The Hooverites in question were
ARTHUR A. Ballantine. former Undersec-
retary of the Treasury; Walter E. Hope,
former Assistant Secretary Of the
Treasury, and DR.. Julius Klein, former
Assistant Secretary Of Commerce. The
nickname some Of the members OF the