Evening star., 1934-06-20


Democratic campaign.
"Of course we have a congressional
election coming on and the prelimi-
naries incident to the primaries in
spire a lot Of loose talk intended by
the individual candidates to get such
publicity as they think may help
them," he said. "As matter Of fact,
the President has had lot Of Repub-
Hcan support in Congress as well as
the practically unanimous adherence
OF the members of his own party. But
in some districts the candidates feel
that 1t Is necessary for them to show
tina. they are better Republicans than
their national leaders. Hence we find
them clamoring against the admins
tration, regardless of what the admin
istration is doing, and have no doubt
that their assaults would be just as
fierce if the President asked Congress
to enact the Ten Commandments into
law as they were when he recon-
mended any Of the legislation passed
at the session Just closed.
Nor would I venture into the field
Of prophecy, but I would like to re-
yOu bLldL AAOob VA bAAC ANCROOAAS-
ans permanent in the national legis-
lature have been my intimate friends
for a great many years. In our con-
versations, regardless of what We may
say on the stump, none Of us seeks
to put anything over on the other, and
I have yet to hear any partisan Re
publican say that there was the
slightest likelihood Of diminishing the
present Democratic majority in the
Senate. Nor have I heard one Of
them suggest that there will be
changes enough in the House Of such
consequences as to affect the Demo-
cratic complexion Of that body. The
country Is getting along pretty we'll.
Compared with what II was when our
party took over the Government, the
situation is as different as day is from
night, or as a Summer morning is
from a December blizzard. Under
such circumstances, politics practi-
cally becomes a game without stakes
instead of a bitter controversy, with
the welfare of the Nation presumably
in the balance
Aid to President.
OF the President and his policies,
the Vice President said:
"On the Democratic side, I think
that practically the entire member
ship of the Senate has taken the same
view of the situation to which have
subscribed-that is, that we have
given the President a job to do; We
have clothed him with authority, and
1t would be absurd to turn around and
make it impossible for him to accom-
plish that which we asked him to ac-
complish. do not mean by this that
every member of the majority in the
Senate is in full accord with the
President on every item Of his pro-
gram. But we have intrusted him
with responsibility and the general
spirit is that we should accept his
Judgment and stand or fall with him.
For myself, say that if the Presi-
dents course should take him to a
political hades, will be at his elbow
| inhaling the sulphurous fumes with
him and I will be proud to be there.
And I think that pretty much every
individual of our delegation feels the
same way.
There is, Of course, some hyperbolt
| about this presentation Of the situa-
ton. So far. the President does not
appear to be making mistakes. He ha!
brought the country from a state o.
industrial chaos and psychological
despair to a condition where the up.
ward trend Is obvious and people lool
to the future with confidence. In
dividuals and even organizations here
and there may carp and grumble anc
| conjure up phantoms of dictatorship
but the country at large has felt thu
fine influence of the Executives III
rection of affairs and today has ever
greater faith in the patriotism, eff
cheney and unSelfish sincerity Of th'
President than it had ON the day il
| elected him so enthusiastically.
Session Seen Calm.
Garner insisted that the session o
Congress just closed had been ont
of the calmest, most constructive anc
least bitter of any in more than 81
years. He said this is PARTICULAR!
true Of the Senate, over which tn,
| Vice President presides. He described
himself as "a spare tire on the auto
mobile of Government" since all h,
could do was to vote in case of I
"tie" in the Senate. He said, how
| ever, he had been invited by tn,
President to sit in on cabinet meeting
and to give the Chief Executive ad
vice on how Congress felt towarG
various measures.
Perhaps contrary to the populal
idea," he said, "the Executive attitud,
is to get along amiably and effec'
lively with the legislative branch ans
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