The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1935-06-07

iike,y prior TO election. Thsy az the
President would never dare b attempt
T. cut on the fsrmerss payments until
the reelection n safely achieved
That. naturally. Il just opinion Il
q the ordinary mental process OF Q
poliician-one who knows that Frank
lin D. Roosevelt y also politician.
and who cannot conceive his doing any
thing 90 unpolitic - Kicking . lot OF
perfectly good voters In the face just
on the eve Of their going to the polls
Doubtfui Logic
They may be right and they may be
wrong. But It was the same sort Of
logic that led many allegedly astute
political minds to assume that the
President would not veto the bonus
bill Including Huey Long. Including
Father Coughlin. Including many
others. So that maybe this logic can
not be taken at Its full face value.
It might be said that the two things.
are very different. That welding =
bonus bill never yet has hurt . Prest-
dent. It certainly did not hurt Cool
idge. There is grave doubt that Il
hurt Hoover, although difficult to prove.
Most veterans who happen also to be
politicians will tell you privately that
Hoover was hurt a great deal Q BY
his handling of the bonus marchers
than BY his veto Of the bonus bill.
But the present situation presents
the sort of thing that has seldom been
tested. 1t IL not q cas- Of refusing
TO try q scheme about which there Is
violent difference OF opinion, such as
the equalization fee Idea OF the Nc
Nary-Haugen bill. It Is a case OF cut
ting of money payments, which were
already being received By . large
class And that might be d~ifferentl
Diiferent Story
Lots Of water has flowed downstream
since the COED old days when both
house and senate rushed through the
administrations security and stock
exchange regulation bill. That meas
ure, drafted BY two of Felix Frank.
furter's boys, Cohen and Lands. was
put through In the early days-when
President Roosevelt's wishes did no.
have to be expressed by the king him
self to become Law. The word Of any
OF his ministers, or his fIeutenants. was
enough. And everybody knew that
Frankfurter's boys were close to the
throne.
But what q different story now!
Which does moi mean the bonusEthat
always was outside the ordinary orbit
Of administration progam material.
Nor the World court Nor the St
Lawrence seaway II and when II
comes mp.
No, the difference shows up on Just
the ordinary run Of the mine. % to
speak, legislation And the answer
u two fold.
First, the legislators on Capitol Hin.
have discovered that the kings min
listers may be very powerful for Z time.
but their time . apt to be short.
Douglas Is gone-lives In outer dark
ness. Not forgotten-far from it-but
Just out OF the picture. Hugh John
son Il ont. sin praissng the .Chief."
but kicking the shins Of the kings
ministers vigorously. Though Of course
loyalty always had lain to the king.
not the kings ministers The most
loyal subject could always deplore
the folly Of the kings adviserA That
has been true since the dawn Of his
tory. II b mot I development of the
Roosevelt administration.
Now the most powerful minister In
washington d not very frightening to
the bad boys on Capitol Hill II they
think he Il apt to be out Of the pis-
ture ny six months hence. That's
the way politics Ia There Il no use
trying to please anybody who won't be
around to return the favor later on.
Especially II pleasing this person 10
temporary authority al Irritating
folks back home who just may remem-
ber II on election day. The most I'm
posing figure loses impressiveness 70
the pedestal Il noticed to be wobbly.
And the national legislators have come
to the conclusion that there II not =
single ffrm foundation under . single
one Of Roosevelt's present advisers
May Still Be Around
This d probably . very jaundiced
view-on their part. II may be that
lots Of them win be around. and power
full, I year hence. But the fact that
% many have slipped prevents any
one Of them from speaking with tho
old note Of authority. % far a. Capitol
Hili II concerned.
Congress abolished it, lame ducks
After Z senator Or member Of the
house u defeated he no longer can
either vote or debate. But there b .
certain lame duck suspicion attached
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