Evening star., 1934-03-28

Washington has not wholly made
up its mind whether to be excited.
astounded indignant, Mortified, amused
or merely inquisitive about DR.. Wlrt's
revolution revelations. They are the
talk OF the town and will be until
the mystery is cleared up. Opinion is
divided mainly according to whether
people are Roosevelt or pro-
Roosevelt. Opponents of the new deal
are whispering Il told you so.' Ad-
ministrationists Snicker Two pretty
widespread views prevail. One is that
some brain truster or other. probably
an underling. pulled the Gary educa-
tors leg. Another common thought
is that politics is back Of the whole
business. the purpose being to dis
credit the Roosevelt administration
and the Democratic party on the eve
of an election. A good deal is heard
about opposition to stock exchange
regulation as the possible handspring
Because the beans were spilled before
a House Committee, interest in the
affair is livelier on the House side
than In the Senate, but Congress gen.
orally reflects desire to have DR..
Wirt's charges sifted to the bottom.
The precise identity Of the brain
trusters who supplied him with
the t-Kerensky-St stuff
that's the dark secret everybody wants
dragged into the open.
x X x +
Millions of words have been written
and uttered during the past year about
the Roosevelt Revolution" The most
authoritative book on the new deal
bears that title. The term is not re-
sented in presidential circles, in so far
as it denotes merely the evolution"
F. D. RS own description of what
has taken place. and the methods so
far employed. The President publicly
referred to the evolution" on March
S, when he addressed the N. r. A.
code authorities, emphasizing that 1t
is not being accomplished on the
Communist or Fascist model. That
statement probably represents Pres
ident Roosevelt's reaction to the in
nuendo that his brain trust is incu-
batting Moscow type revolution.
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Senator Elmer Thomas, Democrat,
of Oklahoma, leader of the inf1a-
zionist bloc in Congress. was a fell
low student of DR.. Writ at De Pauw
University. Green Castle. Ind, in the
late nineties, and remembers him
well as a brill mt honors man.
Another De PAW graduate of those
days was the historian, Charles A.
Beard. DR.. Wirt's statement that
now has the country by the ears is
only about one-tenth of a manu-
script entitled The Road to Des-
tiny" written by the father of the
Gary School System" The Com
mittee for the Nation has authority
to publish the full manuscript in
pamphlet form and offers copies at
Is cents apiece.
Representative A. L. Bulwinkle,
Democrat, of North Carolina, author
of the resolution to investigate the
Writ charges, Is mainly responsible for
bringing them out by his vigorous
cross-examinatfon of James H. Rand,
jr., chairman of the Committee for
the Nation, before the House Inter-
state Commerce Committee on March
23 Maj. Bulwinkle's home town is
Gastonia, N. c., the scene four or five
years ago of the famous conflict in the
textile industry, which had so lurid
Communist background. Maj. Bull
Wrinkle is lawyer, former prosecuting
attorney and World War veteran. He
is in deadly earnest on the Writ mat
ter and is persuaded that the House
and the country will support him in
seeing it through to finish.