Nogales international., 1934-03-24

IN CIl6 phrase Is IIlaG MI. fCOOScHCAt
is not SO likely to have everything
his own way from now on. He pro-
badly will get mot everything h
goes after, for another year Or SC
to come; but he will have to fight
for what he gets, Or much of it.
There is, as yet, no effective Or
ganized opposition, either within Or
without the Democratic party;
nothing whatever that can be called
organization among the Republi-
cans, who are in good deal of 3
'niXup among themselves as to what
policy to pursue Or whether to sit
tight and await developments
But there are many minor mani
festations of dissatisfaction, some of
which contain the seeds of future
troubles for the Administration.
First Serious Stumble
Mr.. Roosevelt, however. is an
adept at meeting trouble. The most
serious trouble that he has faced
thus far is the uproar over the can
collation. OF. the air mail contracts
and the effort to carry on the air
mail by the use of the Army's
planes and flyers.
The death OF ten young Army
men in the first two weeks, and
the doubt as to whether there had
been sound ground for the barring
of commercial companies from the
mail routes aroused a storm of pro-
te1t here among Democrats as well
as Republicans, which the President
met by ordering mail-carrying by
the Army suspended except under
the most favorable conditions and
starting the machinery for the res
toration of the air. mail services to
commercial companies equipped and
manned to perform.
No better proof could be adduced
of the Presidents political acumen
than the appointment of Col. Lind
bergh on the Committee to inve.-
tigate the whole subject of army
and commercial aviation.
Outcome-Better Service
One outcome Of the whole air.
mail matter is to force into the con-
sciousnesS Of the American peopl(
and of many in Washington who
did not understand the facts, that
the Governments air services are
away behind those of commercial
companies, in speed, quality and
equipment of planes and in the skill
If Their aviators. This is the result
Of several factors, one of them be-
.ng the fact, of course, that Army
and Navy flyers are trained for only
one thing, which is war; and 9
fighting plane is not intended tC
carry cargo or passengers or tc
make scheduled flights blind" at
night.
Another important factor, how
ever applies to everything any
Government does, OF standing pat
on fixed ideas and designs for ev-
erything. So Army planes are
equipped with engines which were
discarded as inefficient by CONNER
cial concerns several years ago, built
to designs which make speed i'm
possible. And the Army flyers are
still getting the same sort of train
ing they got during the war.
The Promised Veto
There is general feeling here
that the Presidents promise to veto
any bill for increasing payments to
veterans will not have a very seri-
Gus reaction on his political popu-
larity.
Even the Presidents closest
friends concede that he will not
have such unanimous Congress
next year. There will be a good
many Republicans elected to luc-
ceed Democrats next November.
There does not seem to be any sign
at this time, however, that there
will not be a comfortable Demo-
cratic majority in the House and
Senate lnless something unfore-
seeablc happens between now and
electic :. And the Presidents DOM
nance is so great that he can afford
TO lose a good deal of his ascend
ancy and still be in full control of
nlblic affairs.