The Washington times., 1935-09-03
why Not Lift the Lid?

Were able newspaperman to write the offherecord
story of the New Deal he would produce Of the world
best sellers
This book should be honest fair factual and ncisive
should be written anonymously But it should separate
the wheat from the cha and the sheep from the goats and
it should be pitiless in its publicity.
The despair of almost every executive editor is the deah
of inside stuff from Washington the boys have they
not writing it, Why?
Would they be barred from the Presidential Press Confer
ence? Would they be oraczd official quarters? Is there
freemasony among the correspondents which compes
them to suppress the mistakes the confusion the cross cur
and the general nepude Of the Government? Or it
just kosher anayze the motives emotions and person
alties of the principal actors7
To our way of thinking Washington is unfolding one of
the great dramas of modern times The World War with all
its cost in and money did not begin produce the effect
the nation that the New Deal has,
In 1917 and 1918 raised army Of four and half
millions half of them to France lost something
100000 of them brought some 1000 wounded gassd
and diseased spent 25 billion dollars en of which
lent to other natons the war; demobized the army
and settled down to own knitting.
The over, found jobs for four and half
millions of We built hospitals to treat sick and
wounded We made the care OF veterans the first on
the Federal handed the back their railroads
after woear operating loss Of 00O Then what?
Over decade reduced the national debt at the rate of
billion year, although Europe defaulted her debt pay
And did all these things for something less than
half the money the Government spending and has been
spending every for the past three Not only did bal
budgets but we rolled up whoppng surpuses and
reduced taxes on everybody.
Take our President What has caused him to repudiate
and his pary pledges to cut the cost of Government 25
per cent and reduce bureaucracy to a minimum?
After promising the Nation sound money why did he devaue
the dollar to 50 cents? If he had to take the country off the
gold standard temporarily why does he not restore it? Why
did he resort to the dhonorbe expedent Of repudag the
gold clause in the Governments contracts?
Why Mr. Roosevelts embracement of program that out
sociazes the platform of the Socialist party and the preach
mets of Eugene Debs and Norman Thomas? Did he tell the
people when candidate that he intended to Russanze
the United States?
What changed Mr. Roosevelt, he that way all the
time? Was the Democratic stage set for socastc coup
detat? And how does the Democratic party relish the idea of
being blked?
Why the mysticism Of those press conferences? Why
that anything which the President declares to be o the
record remains off the record? Is it in keeping with the free
dom of the American to submit to this censorship
What has aenated from the Administration and its New
Deal the support of every distinguished Democrat have
such Glass and Byrd of Virginia. Tydings of Maryland
Bailey Of North Carolina Smith, Davis and Young of New York
Long of Louisiana Baker and Davey Of Ohio Ely Walsh and
Curley Of Massachusetts and Reed of Missouri?
Active in Mr. Roosevelts nomination in 1882 Hearst
why have Hearst and his great newspaper chain turned against
the President? Why the active opposition that great weekly
the Saturday Evening Post and practically every great
zine and newspaper in the land?
Why comparatively obscure persons like Ickes Hopkins
Tugwe and Wallace elevated to high positions and given
plenary powers? Why do like Jack Garner Jim Farley
Pat Harrison and Joe Robnsonknowng they must that
the New Deal crazy sheosubm to the White House.
meeky accept the socsc prepared by the Brain
Trust and then do their best to jam them through Congress?
They know better. Everybody knows they know better
Is characteristic Of the extreme modernism of the New
Deal for the Secretary of Labor take the of Frances
Perkins, when her real Paul Wilson and she
daughter who is young lady?
What strange atmosphere has enved Washington? Is it
metaphysical or pathological? What is the secret?
Do the Washington correspondents read the Congressional
Record? What of the charge hurled the floor of the House
recently that the IVA would let single church be built in
town Of $500 workers? Or religion something which does
not dovetail with the New Deal?
How many freaks there Congress- and what did they
amount to before they elected the of Roosevelt
emotionalism and hystera?
Who is this Ben Cohen Brain Trust lawyer who helped
draft the Rayburn Wheeler b and why does the Admnista
on insist his in the deliberations Of the Con-
ference Committee this BILL to the and disgust
of several Of its members? Who is this other Brain Trust
lawyer Thomas G. Corcoran? What the backgrounds Of
these bright young limbs Of the law and how much do they
under the Frankfurter influence?
What the secret of the Presidents annus to Henry Ford
and the other wealthy Of the country? Why the sudden
adoption of the soahech program? What became
the tax suit against Uncle Andy Mellon? How of these
Investigations onesded and staged purely for political
propaganda? Why has Mrs Roosevelt withdrawn from the
imeight?
Oh there is perfect wealth material down there for
book which might aptly be entitled Lifting the Off the