Evening star., 1934-06-27

Newspaper comment gives the ses-
sion of Congress just closed the palm
for volume of legislation enacted
There are some doubts about the quail
lty Of the legislation. but none about
the effectiveness of President RoOse-
velts leadership in carrying through
the administration program.
This session of Congress" accord
ing TO the Pasadena (Calif) Star
News, will rank among the most not
able in the history of the Nation. 1t
is too early to attempt to place an
intelligent appraisal upon the quality
OF the work done Much of the legis-
lation enacted was of an emergency
nature. and some OF it is admittedly
experimental. History will be kind TO
President Roosevelt Tor his bold course
| in coping with the great economic
emergency prevailing when he took
over the presidency. He will be given
due credit for his courageous and res
olute course. History. on the other
hand. will give candid judgment upon
the quality Of Mr.. RooSevelts course
and upon the wisdom of his plan. This
is a test which every President must
Of his sincerity and his courage: Sec
ond. the test Of the wisdom Of his
policies and methods"
Congress has acted upon all i'm
portant measures" says the Milwaukee
Journal, in response to the plea that
the lot of men and women and chill
dren must be made better. 1t
has followed the Presidents leadership
because he was ready to lead to act
boldly. to act in ways that brought
immediate relief to those who suffered
most keenly from the depression. 1t
has followed him because the public
supported him and because conditions
improved notably and continued to
improve. At first the cry of dictator
slip was raised. Congress had alb
dicated,' it was said The public was
not frightened battles were being won
against the depression and the country
felt as Lincoln once felt when. ad-
dressing a general, he said If you will
give us victories, l will risk the die
tatorShip.'"
1T will be to American history as
was the Long Parliament to England"
declares the Fort Worth StarTele-
gram, with the conclusion that lit has
transcribed all previous Congresses"
OF President RooSeveltS responsibility,
the Akron Beacon journal says: The
responsibility for all that occurs be-
tween this date and January, 1885. is
the Presidents, just as is the reSpon-
, sibility for all of the Governments
movements from Inauguration day
nnt1I 1nh
sibility as no American President has
carried before except in time of war.
And such one as none ever should
carry again. If Mr.. Roosevelt sue
ceeds, he automatically takes his place
with our greatest"
Reviewing the background of the
session, the Providence Bulletin
makes the appraisal: The fact is
that underneath not everybody who
shouts for the new deal is as faithful
to it as his words. There is a life
sized doubt in many congressional
minds OF the same political faith
as the President if the general scheme
Of the program is not impractical
There is a healthy suspicion of the
advisers with whom the President
has surrounded himself; the old-line
practical politicians do not find COM
mon touch with the brain trusters.
But it takes courage to stand UP
against the popularity of the Presi-
dent, who is the leader of the party
and whose coat-tails will be a safe
haven when the campaigning starts.
Only a few voted or expressed them
selves as they believed They went
along. except group of Democrats.
and these men opposed the legislation