The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-08-08
THURSDAY. AUG. g. 1885
RHODE ISLANDS WARNING

NTE do not agree with the majority Of
" voters in Rhode Islands First Congress
sional District. We do not believe, as they
seem to, that the New Deal will fail in its
its efforts to achieve economic recovery and to
make ours nation Of greater human security
and happiness.
But We are realistic enough to admit the
significance of the Rhode Island result 1t
should not be laughed of by those who, as we
dc. ardently want the New Deal to succeed
What happened in Rhode Island is ex~
planned We believe by state of mind that is
growing in this country That state of mind
is a combination Of confusion and impatience;
confusion about multiple and complex social
and economic reforms; Impotence for the solid
fruit of recovery.
The human mind like the human stomach
is limited in its capacity to digest. The COM
posite American brain has been loaded in
few short months with more intricate issues
than have appeared in any 10 preceding ses-
sions of Congress. 1t is getting befuddled, and
tired The big danger to the New Deal is the
danger that followed the idealism of Wilson;
the danger Of a sudden psychological wave
such as brought on Harding and back to nor
malcy"; the reaction Of a nation wearied of
new things and yearning for the good old
days" God forbid that such should repeat
So, in all sincerity. we again urge the Presi-
dent to concentrate on the immediate objective
Unemployment and recovery; to center on
the main chance; TO make good that four bill
lion dollar relief program-the one New Deal
undertaking which has immediate promise of
work for idle hands, money for empty pockets,
and hope for despairing hearts
The majority of the people of this country.
Mr.. President, are not against the detectives
of the New Deal. But many. like the voters
of Rhode Island have come to doubt that
attainment is possible, for the simple reason
that the jobs which were to be forthcoming
have not appeared In the confusion and the
bitterness of hope deferred. they have lost
sight of those detectives. But their enthusiasm
can be rekindled.
With the approaching end of this Congress.
and with the major parts of your legislative
program accomplished you can look forward
with confidence, Mr.. President, to a clearing
up of the confusion, and to the consolidation
Ol your SOCldI gains II between now ana NO
vember the key to your recovery program, the
work relief plan, can be made to function. We
believe it can, but only under your immediate
and personal direction.
A for the Republican high command so
n jubilant over the Rhode Island returns,
We merely observe:
That this is your first crumb of political
comfort since the Hoover sweep of 1928 was
followed by the business debacIe of 1929;
That except your bankruptcy of leadership,
the law of averages would have given you a
few crumbs in the off-year elections of 1884;
That the election in 1885 of an opposition
ist congressman in a New England district
festered with dead industries does not neces-
sarily portend election of a Republican Con-
gress and Republican President IN 1886;
That a rebuke to the New Deal is not a
vote Of confidence in a negative alternative;
That when the nation as whole goes to the
polls next yer. the people are not apt to ex-
change something for nothing;
That the encouragement which Rhode Is
land has given ought to make it worth your
While. IN the meantime, to develop something
in the way Of positive program.