The Washington times., 1934-07-05

Leader TepeaC- M
edly tried to MsM%
show that real -A$ ~ -
Nv they are Just Lewis Haney
carving out American tradition
that they are evolutionary.
He quotes John Marshall on
democracy, and even says tnat
the constant changes In MIA
are symptoms of evolution!
Yet anyone really familiar with
MarshalIs work knows that ne
would turn over in his grave II
he knew the power now SelZe9
nv the Federal Executive. ANA
n the constant mistakes Whlcn
have characterized the rise ana
decline of NRA are evolution
would prefer revolution.
4, Similarly, he tries to create
the impression that its is Con,
1ress that has been doing all
these New Deal stunts; also tnaC
congress spent its time caretully
carving out work planned ana
begun in March, 1888.
But do we not know who de-
. cided what bills must" pass? Also
who wrote and introduced all tne
. chief bills?
And how can anyone say that
the tariff bill, the housing OIL,
the labor adjustment bill, ana
NRA, were planned in March,
1888, or even thought Of?
2. He says Congress was re-
markably free from party spirit,
and elsewhere has appealed 10 all
T to abandon party and get behlno
the New Deal.
. But those in power always want
tn have everybody follow them,
and resent opposition. The appeal
to support :my policies" comes
easy, I doubt, however, that we
want the political reglmentatlon
which the President asks.
For a time, we know, most po-
litlcians were afraid to crltlclse
Mr.. Roosevelt. That time has
fortunately passed. He will tind
Al least 40 per cent partisan
ship" this fall, as the Dlgest
pcll shows.
"a He shows intolerance by
calling critics names. Some are
"plausible selfSeekers," and others
theoretical diehards." Then
there are doubling Thomases',.
seekers of special privileges,
and the selfish minority" In
his last message to Congress he
called people children" who
think recovery should come oe-
fore reforms.
Surely this is not calculated
to bring a nonpartisan spirit.
(5) He goes back to the bottom
of the depression at the bank
crash of March, 1888. and infers
that any improvement since then
> is the result of his New Deal.
That is neither fair nor true.
Incidentally, he lists the rise
in farm products and in bank
: deposits as benefits; although
we should know that the one is
offset by the rise in the things
farmers buy, and the other is
the artificial and dangerous re-
suit of Government borrowing
and spending. Both are counter
balanced by the Government
debt
(6) He asks several questions,
three of which I can answer here:
care your bank accounts not
now more secure" would say
NO. By devaIuing the dollar and
moving toward initiation, my
bank account is in great jeO-
pardy.
"Are your debts not now less
burdensOme?" Well, mine are
MT. I would say that those
whose debts have been taken
over by the Government (Which
IL the rest of us) are the only
lucky ones.
"Have you lost any Of your
constitutional freedOm?"
don't know, but fear so; and
/ certainly have lost the sense
of confidence in my rights
which 1 used to have. The
New Dealers regard the COnSti-
tutiOn rs SO FLEXIBLE" and
elastic that when they talk
about it they don't seem to me
to mean anything.
7 do not believe that my Con-
Rressman has the power to repre-
sent me which he formerly had.
Many business men have suffered
restrictions that have always been
considered unconstitutional.
Cd The broadcast shows the
usual loose ideas concerning none
tary standards, and heads toward
bimetalliSm.
The best thing about it, is that
evidently the New Dealers are
more on the defensive, and feel
compelled to show some pretenSe
of consistency and less revolution.
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