Evening star., 1934-07-03

party to reduce unemployment. The
President had our full cooperation In
all that looked to a betterment of
conditions. But when the party In
power began to tamper with our
monetary system and to set up bu-
reaucratic agencies with complete con-
troll OF industry and agriculture, we
began to doubt. We did not doubt
the honesty Of their intentions, but
we did seriously question the sound
ness Of most Of the hastily devised
recovery measures. In the face OF
their overwhelming ma jorities in the
House and Senate, criticism was use
less, moreover it was denounced as
unpatriotic and obstructive.
For over year the administration
has had free hand. The Congress
which has just adjourned gave to the
President almost unlimited powers
over the lives and fortunes Of our peo-
pie and the President in turn, dele
gated these powers to a vast and be-
wildering maze of administrative
agencies. 1t Is this departure from
Democratic principles and all that Is
American that Is called
the new deal"
Replies to Roosevelt.
"a few days ago the President in
a broadcast from the White House
asked several questions. 1t may seem
for me to attempt to
answer them. but imagine that the
American citizen would
answer them as follows:
Il am perhaps better of than last
year, but when see the vast sums
expended and authorized to be ex-
pended by the Government I ask my
self will be better OF when the tax
bill comes in and how about my chill
dren and my children's children.
My debts insofar as they have
been assumed by the Government,
that is, by the whole people, are less
burdensome to me, and insofar as the
Government has postponed them they
are also less heavy for the moment.
MY bank account, II any, Is more
secure, but ! am not sure how much
my money is going to be worth when
I come to need it.
MY working conditions are as good
as ever, II not indeed, better, but I
am not sure how long my work will
last when the Government stops max
ing work.
My faith in my own individual
future Is not more firmly guaranteed
because it no longer depends upon my
own free efforts, but upon the regu-
latory schemes of the Government
bureaucracy"
The President also asked IL we
have lost any Of our rights or liberty
or Constitutional freedom of action
and choice? I will let the tailor
Mayed answer that. or the workers
and owners of that mill in Tennessee,
which the Attorney General of the
United States finds has not violated
any law. but which Is compelled to
shut down because Gen. johnson has
taken away from 1t q craven image,
not mentioned or recognized by any
law Of the United States, but which
by edict must be displayed to secure
State and national Government con-
tracts.
Press Had to Fight.
Now as to the bill of rights-the
name usually applies to the first 10
to the Constitution. Did
or did not the newspapers Of the
country have to fight for the inser-
ton Of the first article of the bill of
rights in their code? Ask Senator
Borah and others who have tried to
discuss the new deal whether there
has been freedom of speech over the
radio and in the news reels.
Have creditors and others been
deprived Of their property without
due process of law as guaranteed by
the bill Of rights? Some think they
have. The Supreme Court will decide.
There Is one assurance in the
radio address which all
lovers Of American art have received
with, joy and that Is that while the
President Is away the addition to the
ofices will follow present
lines. But 1t is not the
outside of public building which
controls the thoughts and theories Of
those who work behind beautiful
facades. A famous mosque in Con-
was once a Christian
"I have said that the new deal is
not democratic. but / am willing to
admit that it is dramatic. They have
put on q number Of good shows.
With a great flourish Of publicity
foreign Ambassadors were called in
and the war debts were going to be
settled realistically, but easily. Are
they any nearer payment or settle
ment than theywere on March 4,
1888?
Later, frst-rank statesmen were
called to Washington from all parts
Of the earth to sit at his feet and
hear the Presidents view and plans
for world economic recovery and CO.
operation. The newspapers buzzed
with excitement. What was the re-
suit? A lecture to the world and q
fiasco at the London Eco
nomic Conference. But 1t was a good
show while 1t lastedl
Good Front Page Stuff.
"Then there was the hullabaloo
about Iitvinof's visit and the recog-
nition of the Soviet government. Has
our trade with Russia increased as
a result OF recognition7 If 50. We
have not heard of it and you may be
sure we would have heard Of it from
the hundred odd publicity bureaus Of
the new deal, financed by your
money and mine. Again It was good
front page STUFF. It was Just another
one of the. circuses by which the
people must be distracted.
Good showmansfip is entertain
ing. but the performance which the
people will demand from
the new deal is not a stage per-
formancel
Nov Just q word about the N. r. A.
and the A. A. A. Has or has not
section IA Of the N. l. r. A. fomented
strikes? Have or have not the N. r. A.
and the A. A. A. kept their promise
to the ears Of our workmen and
farmers, but broken that promise to
the hope?
The new deal is now generously
heaping invective upon everything
which went before the advent Of the