Evening star., 1934-09-24
'GU|DEBOOK' READY
FOR NEW DEALERS
Party Pamphlet Tells Can
didates RooseVeIt's Plans
Paramount.

the guidance of New Deal candidates,
the Democratic National Committee
sounds the keynote of its campaign
for the November elections by saying
that the one real issue in the con-
eressional campaign is the recovery
program of President Roosevelt
THE only question before the Amer
lean people" the booklet states, lis
this:
Shall this plan. which already has
produced such benefcent results, be
carried on to completion promptly
and effectively, or is it to be hampered,
obstructed and delayed? The answer
lies in the character of the Congress
elected in November"
The booklet. which reviews the New
Deals progress and President RooSe-
velts projected legislative program
for the new Congress, will be dis
tributed this week to Democratic Sen
ate and House candidates. 1t will
be made availab also to candidates
on other tickets who are advocating
and supporting Roosevelt policies.
In the booklets general statement
there is no direct mention of the
Republican party. but it refers to the
s.old order" The only reference to
the G. o. P. is in statements of
various Democratic leaders inserted to
substantiate arguments for the cleo
ton of a New Deal Congress.
The cooperation of the Seventy
fourth Congress" the hand book
states, sis vital to the success of the
Presidents broader plans to finish the
Job of economic recovery, so Splen-
didly begun, and to bring a larger
and lasting prosperity to all of the
people.
See Cooperative Triumph.
"If it is a Congress that will receive
his legislative recommendations SYM
pathetically and act upon them pa
triotically, as did the Seventy-third
CONGRESS, his long range measures Will
triumph.
"A Congress that would be critical
without being constructive. that would
impede and embarrass. could cause
disastrous delays and might endanger
the entire program.
'Exponents of the old order. who
oppose the Presidents program Tor
variety of selfish or reactionary rea-
sons. do not entertain the remOtest
hope of capturing control of Congress.
Their strategy = is to gain enough
seats in the House to give them
a bare one-third of the membership
of that body.
"If this unprecedented piece OF
political strategy should succeed, the
foes of the New Deal propose to resort
to parliamentary tricks to thWart the
will of the vast majority in Congress
and the country.
Republicans plan to try to swell
their present House minority OF III
TO more than 145. or third of the
membership. They could then block
legislative action by tWo-thirdS ma
iority, preventing gag rules by
which some bills were put through in
the last House.
"An army of critics. recruited from
the reactionarieS and conservatives on
the right. and the reds and radicals
on the left, is now engaged IN cam
paien of sabotage against the New
Deal" the Democratic booklet says.
They do not offer any alternative to
the Presidents program to make an
issue. They are merely befogging the
real issue. to obscure the accomplish
vent completion of the plan
Turning to plans for the contmu-
.nce of the New Deal, the handbook
says: :.
Among the plans the President Is
studying for presentation 10 the next
Congress are measures for the secur-
ttv of the home. security of livelihood
and security of the individual. These
contemplate a sound system OF social
insurance = unemployment insurance
and old-age pensions-on nallonaI
scale. Security of the American cltl-
zen and his family is the new ana en-
Ightened goal toward which the Ma
tion is marching under the INSPIRED
leadership of Franklin D. Roosevelt
Support Essential"
"Because Congress must pass upon
these as we'll as many other impor-
tart measures to supplement and
strengthen the emergency laws en-
acted bv the Seventy-third Congress
- ;s essential that the people this
Fall elect Senators and represents
tives who are in sympathy with tne
progressive philosophy OF the times:
Judged solely by the record, Cne
Roosevelt administration anu the Coli
Cress should warrant the approval u
the people and vote of commence;
The 34-page handbook is entiIIeo
Roosevelt Recovery Plan Makes Dellio-
cratic Campaign Issue, 1884. II ieaoS
off with a statement by FresloenI
Roosevelt that:
confidence and courage are the eS-
sentials of success in carrying out our
&c nr00lpm no
less than it is mine. Together we can
not fail"
# contains extracts from the Presi-
dents Green Bay. Wis, speech; the
letter Donald r. Richberg. executive
secretary of the Executive Council,
wrote to the President September re-
rortinp on the achievements OF the
New Deal in its first year; parts OF
statements by Postmaster General
Farley. Vice President Garner. Senator
Robinson of Arkansas and Represent
ative Byrns of Tennessee, Senate ana
House party floor leaders.
Under changes in conditions from
the old to the New Deal" the GUIDE
hook saws the American Federation OF
labor figured that in March, 1888,
there we're 13, 500 900 unemployed com
pared with lO.213,000 in June, 1884.
Also quoted is the Richberg report es-
tlmating 1869, coo out of work in June
indicating an employment increase
from 36,675 900 in March, 1883, 10
1885 900 in June, 1884.
Incomes Compared.
Federal income for the fiscal year
1888 is placed at S1619, ,839, ,224 COM
pared with s2,672 ,318 ,602 in 1884.
Farm income for 1928 is fixed at
$3,881 900 900 against S5,083, 100000 IN
1933-34, along with large increases
in the price of wheat, corn, hogs, cot
ton, tobacco, dairy and other products.
National bank deposits on June 80,
1888, are listed al $40 $50 ,491 900, COM
pared with s23, ,901 ,592 900 year later.
Wages paid in one week in June in the
manufacturing industry are estimated
~ eos mn 000 in 1919 comma red with