Evening star., 1934-07-10
Not Political.

Nut OliAlboAs
The new deal, Attorney General
Cummings asserts. Is economic. not po-
liticaL So is the tariff economic,
and sound money as opposed to fiat
money But 1t would be an ostrich
like human being who declared that
the tariff has not been political issue
OF that sound money was not po-
litical issue in 1896. The Attorney
General complains because Republi-
can leaders and opponents Of some Of
the new deal measures have under
taken to make them an issue in
the congressional campaign. They
are not political measures and
should not be regarded as such" " says
the Attorney General Nor. he adds
are these measures administered po-
liticslly. Under the N. r. A. no one
connected with the administration
has considered whether the owner
and operator OF factory was Re-
publican or a Democrat, under the A.
A A. no one has asked whether
wheat farmer was Republican or
Democrat in making payments for
land not planted: under the admin
istration of the r. F. C. no one has
asked whether an industry seeking
financial aid was headed by Demo-
crat or a Republican. But Mr.. Cum
mines, of course, well understands
that If these measures were so admin
istered it would be political corruption
of the groSsest kind, not merely poll
tics.
In a speech before he left Washing
ton for his visit to Hawaii the Presi-
dent virtually made the new deal the
issue Of the coming campaign. The
Republicans have accepted the chal-
lenge. Furthermore, the Democratic
leaders are out to elect new Congress
that will so forward with the new
deal program, provided, Of course that
q new deal program is advanced. The
President has given assurances that
such program is TO be put for
ward. He appointed, before ne lef:
Washington, a committee on economic
security which is to draft that pro-
gram. Mr.. Cummings plea is that
attacks on the new deal by the Repub-
licans and by independents are mere
partisan politics. This is the kind of
plea that has been made by other ad-
ministration leaders in other years
against attacks of political opponents.
The Attorney General, and also
Postmaster General James A. Farley,
chairman of the Democratic National
Committee. In statement issued yes
terday make light of the charges that
some of the new deal violates, the
provisions Of the Constitution. Mr..
Farley refers to the sudden solicitude
of Republican spokesmen for the Con-
stitution," and he adds that some of
these gentlemen voted for the emer-
gency measures of the new deal of
which they now complain. The Attor-
ney General says: 1T should not be
forgotten that the President is himself
an experienced and accomplished
lawyer" and therefore that the Presi-
dent would not advance any measure
which was not constitutional II is
true that some of the men now criti-
cizing the new deal voted for these
measures. But it may be said in JUS
tice to them that they did not fore
see the administration of these meas
ures as it has occurred.
Mr. Farley regards the congressional
elections as won, and predicts huge
democratic majorlties. Yet MI Farley
does not make the mistake OF over
confidence in his actions. He is likely
TO establish the new record for travel
ing He is even now on the verge
Of a political trip through the West
and Middle West which will take him
into thirty cities and into almost
every one Of the States in these Sec
tions Of the country. Mr.. Farley is
not overlooking the Democratic fences.
even at this early stage of the cam
paign,