The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-08-08

poll on the New Deal conducted . by the St Paul News, which in- terviewed the operator of grain elevator and a g-ain elevator employe in the city visited by President Roosevelt today. Here are the questions and answers:
 Has the New Deal improved your economic condition?
 Grain elevator operator: It has somewhat. Something Happened to improve the general economic situation in the United States. Perhaps part of the improve ment may be attributed to the New Deal. Of course, England , and Canada have had no New Deal, but they have got along even better than we. f
 Grain elevator employc: Some what. A 4,a
 Should Roosevelt swing more to the right or the left?
 Operator: To the right. The people are getting sick of 7 all this social improvement pro- gram.
 Employe: A little more to the side of conservatism. A
 What is the weakest spot in the New Deal?
 Operator: The endeavor to control small businesses. You can't control business like a corner grocery store. The small business man should be allowed to fight his own battles.
 EmpIoye: Lack of anchorage stability. People are unsure of their ground.
 What is the most urgently needed next stop the president should take?
 Operator: Stabilization of the currency. The surest way to do this is to balance the budget. The drought has hindered plans to balance the budget, but the effort should be made now. I am definitely against infiation of currency. It's history has been tragic.
 Employc: Stabilization of our economic forces.
 Do you favor continuation of the N. R. A..
 Operator: With reservations. the N. R. A. will continue in modified form even after the present administration has been licked. It will continue as applied to large enterprises. As long as a concern is making money 1t should divide profits with it's men,.
 Empioye: Yes, but only as 1t applies to regulation of labor conditions, hours and wages. There should be no price fixing.
 Do you favor the A.. A. A.? /
 Operator: No. It is pnsound. If a drought should hitus next year we would have to import grain. Sand the exporting countriessthen would have us at their mercy. AAA payments to farmers are liking paying business men to keep out of business.
 EmplOyc: It is carried too far. Free and open competition should be allowed to develop by itself.
 What do you think of the brain trust: x
 Operator: The trouble with the brain trust is that it is com posed of high powered profes- sors and economic theorists. What we need is hard headed business men in there.
 Employe: It has done good work on the whole, although 1t tends to increase the amount of bureaucracy. Do you still have confidence in the presidents capacity to bring the country out of the deprcs- sion? % >~s
 Operator: Yes. He admits that many of his schemes were pure experiments. He has made mis- takes, but we all do. and in the long run he has been very re- sourceful. He changes his mind when he finds 1t necessary. We all have to do that.
 Employe: Yes.
 If Roosevelt were up for re- election this year, would you vote t0 continue him in office?
 Operator: Yes, provided he makes some changes in the men he has around him. tf
 Employc: Yes. unless an ex- ceptionally outstanding candi- date appears, and there is none on the horizon, Afs's ~
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