Evening star., 1935-09-08
''Breathing Spell' Comment
Extracts From Editorials of Nation on Presidents
Announcement.
Announcement.

cuse Of uncertainty for lack OF enter
prise, to respond to this assurance. In
Detroit the invitation was accepted
before it was sent"
Kansas City Times-"The reas-
surance which the President now has
sought to offer the country must await
performance. The real test will come
with that. 1t is not carried in the
words of the declaration just made.
The declaration has been long awaited
and repeatedly requested. Results are
next, and only results will count"
Rocky Mountain News-"President
Roosevelt again demonstrates his
capacity for leadership in his frank
reply to the letter of Roy Hosard,
chairman of the board of the ScrippS-
Howard newspapers. He recognizes
the honesty of much of the criticism
of the New Deal legislative program
and the positive duty to clarity our
purposes, to describe our methods and
to reiterate our ideals"
Seattle Times-"Doubt still must
pertain to the purposes and effects
of the administration. Except for
what Mr.. Roosevelt said in his letter
of last Friday, no one has any idea
of how he and his subordinates are
going to handle the new authorities
with which they are invested. One
cannot help recalling a line OF that
authoritative and inspired article OF
George Creeps. 1t Is the line In which
Mr.. Creel wrote, Nothing bothers
Franklin Roosevelt less than the
charges Of inconsistency.
San Francisco Chronicie-"The
stock market took President Roose-
velt's breathing spell letter to Pub
Usher Roy Howard at its surface value
Prices went up, ON the assumption the
Presidents letter meant what II
seemed to indicate, rather than what
careful reading discloses it avoided
saying. The President, as
careful writer, must be presumed to
have intended his omissions. When
he said he liked Howard's para
graphs about our existing economic
system. he did not say he agreed
with 1t"
Sam Francisco News-"The slogan
from here on should be, Business, you
asked for it; you have it; now let's
see what you can do with It,
It is fitting that the President should
summarize as he has objectives OF his
program to date and in the future.
so the great mass of people may
Judge whether revolution turks there
in. It will contribute greatly to
the confidence his whole letter in
spires"
Oakland Tribune-"The Presidents
announcement recovery is at hand will
be greeted with unanimous hope that
he's right. If there is no tremendous
outburst of cheering enthusiasm 1t
will be because recovery, upon other
occasions, has been discerned in the
near distance. Checking back on the
indices. Americans may find many in
dications of industrial progres. .
The view over distance OF IL ana
"a months is assuring"
New Orleans Times-Picayune-
Profoundly aware that the long de-
preston was psychological as well as
economic, the Executive has taken
both factors into consideration and
has outlined his views in a long let
ter. This document lacks some OF
the terseness and vigor Mr.. Roosevelt
is accustomed to put into his f1reside
chats. but it takes up the points made
by reasonable critics Of his admins
tration and answers them fairly.
Coming at this time. the letter is sure
to be construed by the opposition as
political, and thus be shorn of some
of its force, but it constitutes a direct
pledge, and as such becomes part OF
the record"
New Orleans States-"It (the Presi-
dents statement) will take great
deal of ground from under the feet
of hostile politicians who play on 'un-
certainty as great part Of their
strategy"
New Orleans Item-''To many Of
the administration's hostile political
critics it (the statement) may not be
so welcome. But since these have
been clamoring for it, they really
ought to be pleased, too"
Richmond News-Leader-" Breath
ing SPELLS that all you can admit
the present situation to be, Mr.. Presi-
dent? That use of the past tense in
reference to activities of the years
1933-35-does that have significance,
sir? In short. have you merely
paused or have you set period?"
Atlanta Constitution-"The Presi-
dents statement gives ground for the
hope that the next session Of Con-