The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-03-05
~ RODNEY BUTCHER

~ RODNEY BUTCHER
Tribune Warrington Correspondents
washington, Feb. 28.-A joyous man
Of mystery rode down Pennsylvania
avenue last March I to become presi-
dent Of the United States.
Behind the cheers echoed the roar
Of national panic.
An economic structure seemed very.
ing on collapse. The strongest banks
were closing as . terror stricken pub
lie mobbed them for cash. Business
Of every description visioned ruin and
chaos. Confidence had fled before
despair.
Franklin Delano Roosevelt entered
that crisis an unknown quantity.
He was there because he was q bril-.
liant politician and most Of us des.
perately had wanted . change.
Quite widely. he was regarded Is q
weak sister, q nice fellow with a
pleasant smile-but f1abby, q man
whose physical ability to stand even
the ordinary presidential strain was
doubtful, . man without strong con.
victtons or adequate polittco-econom-
ic philosophy.
IN fact, those inaugural parade
crowds yelled louder for Al Smith at
the head Of hts Tammany braves than
they did for this new president.
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A GREAT HERO TODAY
Today. with optimism higher than
at any other time In four years, there
is one great national popular hero
Roosevelt. He has taken US through
q year Of world history which leaves
us breathless, but full Of hope and ad-
miration.
We have placed our money-hun-
dreds Of billions Of national wealth
values-in his hands. He Is boss Of
our banking and credit structure. our
factory and farm production. A stroke
Of his pen has put 1000 900 men and
women at work and another has
created three billion dollars as II out
Of thin air. He expects to transplant
l 100000 families from their present
homes.
Roosevelt, the great experimentalist,
has become . dictator. His bold bid
for power to cope with emergency 20
gripped the Imagination OF the Amer
lean people that he was tossed the
reins by common consent.
His Dictatorship viii last g long Is
the people are satisfied with it-and
any congressman will tell you his
Is at It's highest point since
he took office.
APPEALS TO FORGOTTEN MAN
Congress, as 1t virtually rubber.
stamps the White House policies,
never was more directly . servant Of
the people. Recalcitrancy almost In
variably stirs up terrific backfire ct
homo. Political opposition Is shot to
pieces.
And the secret Of Roosevelt Is this:
Never was q president Is responsive to
popular need and popular desire. more
adept at appealing to public opinion
for public support, as convincing in his
efforts for the masses as well as the
classes Of people.
The appeal Of the New Deal Is to the
Forgotten Man-that famous CAM
paign character-but no less to the
self.interest Of the more favored chill
dren Of capitalism.
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MORE ABUNDANT LIFE
The Forgotten Man turns out to be
the unemployed, the beleaguered
farmer, the busted bank depositor. the
investor, the mortgaged home
owner. the sweatshop worker. the fell
low at the short end Of the horn Of
plenty.
Roosevelts frank, we'll timed speech.
Is to the country catch the approval
Of those millions, Is we'll q that Of
the Intelligent business man. He
makes himself understood.
As he promises - more abundant
life." which means diffusion Of COM
forts as well Is necessities Of existence.
he follows with federal action in In
directions to aid huge
groups.
He admits the experimental nature
Of many policies, but promises to try
something else II they don't work.
toward his goal, he prom
ises . more equitable distribution Of
income which viii prevent profit
from causing another crash
through destruction Of purchasing
power. No longer win the general In
terest b sacrificed to special interest.
PARTNERS or PEOPLE
More than 100000 messages have
been received at the White House Ia
this last year. Roosevelt invites them
So does Mrs. Roosevelt. In effect
they have essayed Z partnership with
the people.
Acttonl Bold, persistent expert
mentl No sooner had the president
uttered those inaugural promises
than he began 10 astonish us with
their fulfillment.
In . few hours be had called Con-
grees into session, closed every bank,
enlarged gold. and made boarding I
crime. That stirred the public res
pouse which gave him-through Con-
eresEvast emergency powers IN SUBJ
sequent weeks.
Can you recapture the spectacle Of
those hectic days last spring and blend
. picture Of the last Year, It's I
kaleidoscope Of upheaval. oonfusiou
progress In . hundred directions
hopes and fears. complications, new
starts. crumbling traditions. smash-