The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-07-30
THINK BAILEY
IS COMMITTED
TO BACK F. R,
Newton Address Seems to
Definitely Align Him
With Administration
The Tlmes-News Rurenu
Sir Walter Hotel

RALEIGH, July 30.-Senator
Josiah William Bailey's speech 10
the Newton Democrats Saturday
seems to commit the candidacy OF
the senator to championship OF
President Roosevelt.
1t has been known long time
that Mr.. Bailey has been fearful
of the political trend. He never
doubted the Roosevelt popularity
but at the same time the North
Carolina man ran counter to it.
The Catawba county speech seems
to put Mr.. Bailey in position
where he must defend the presI-
dent against all Republican COM
erS.
The senator's prophecy that the
Democrats will hold the senate,
beyond possible recapture by the
Republicans takes no accounting
of older guesses. 1t was the be-
lief of the prohibitionists in 1928
that repeal of the 18th amend
ment could not be submitted by
congress within rs years and that
repeal could not be carried with
in $50. But submission was COM
passed in four and repeal in FIVE.
Still, Mr.. Bailey's calculations
are interesting and he is going
hard with the president. There $
mighty little doubt now, political
leaders in both parties feel, that
Mr.. Roosevelt will be the regular
Democratic nominee and will run
as a reasonably regular Demo
crat. The president has taken his
politics pretty straight and in
view of the long hold upon pub
lie office enjoyed by the Repub-
licans through their legislation
the Democrats are disposed to
cash in on their partisan achieve
ments.
While Mr.. Bailey opposed the
Bankhead act, in his Catawba
speech he declared that conditions
in this country demanded expert
mental measures for agriculture
and that the president, disclaim-
ing perfection for his AAA had
claimed for it only that it bad
high purpose in correcting the
disparity of prices "paid by FARM
ers and prices received by farm
ers. This disparity has been coy
rected to the extent of one third.
:. | think the farmers of Amer
lea know that every piece of leg
islation concerning agriculture
will be addressed constructively
to their needs with a view to put
ting the farmers on a better ba-
sis. The whole policy of the adj
ministration is to profit by its eX-
perience and to keep firmly in
view the great detectives of re-
lief, and recovery.
The New York Herald-Tribune
and the Washington Post, tremen'
dously anti-Roosevelt and anti
Democratic, have featured Mr..
Bailey above all the senators tax
ing issue with the president. Mr..
Bailey's remarks take on differ
ent character. He has found it
difficult with his training to see
redemption in all the proposals,
but Mr.. Bailey says that one-half
of the increase in the national
debt was incurred under Mr.. Hoo
yer, who ran $4,500,000,000 in
deficits "that did nobody any
good" Mr.. Bailey also declares
that the bulk of the Roosevelt ad-
dition to the national indebted
ness will "be contracted by way
Of investments in mortgages, most
of which will be recovered"
'If the debt goes to thirty-three
billions" Mr.. Bailey says, "seven
billions will be in the form of in
vestment in the deiiverance of
the American people"
Mr.. Bailey'.s speech has caused
a great deal of hotel talk in the
light of the latest from Duplin
county to the effect that Past
American Legion COMMANDER,
Henry L. Stevens, is seriously:
thinking of making the fight to
dislodge Mr.. Bailey. 1t is recalled