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ment that the New Deal was a splen-
1t has been so abused there Is little
of it left that Is worth saving. I
don't believe there can be any doubt
but that the sentiment of the public
at this time Is to reshape our entire
national policy; some want 1t done
with Roosevelt, some without him.
Roosevelt and the New Deal, as .
unit or taken apart. are unquestion-
ably the most vulnerable points Of
attack for the opposition, and Of these
the New Deal attack will probably be
the more effective.
The next question-that Of unem-
ployment-is question that all
political parties will have to stand
up and face. Eighty-two per cent of
the unemployed 1 interviewed are
against the New Deal. They are still
| standing in the shadow Of despair.
waiting, hoping for that promised Job
which 1t seems to them will never
come. Many Of those who are on the
| relief jobs are dissatisfied either with
the wages, the working conditions or
| the company they are sometimes
forced to keep, or because of = self
pride which rebels ut either public or
private charity. These people want
respectable jobs in the economic
structure which will restore their So
cial and moral independence. Many
Of the relief workers and unemployed
| and their wives have told me that
they do not care SO much about the
size Of the salary. the hours Of work
/ or the exact working conditions, so
long as they can live modestly and
know that they are again q useful
part of the social fabric. As one ex-
pressed 1t, they don't want to be
warts: they want to be SinewS.
New Drift in Labor Sentiment.
One Of the most surprising drifts
in sentiment We found in the ranks
Of labor. Here both employed and un-
employed, both organized and unor-
ganized, have told me that they are
opposed to the 30-hour-week. and
that higher salaries should not be de-
manded for any who are now work.
ing until the unemployed had been
absorbed. Much sober and independ-
ent thought is developing among the
workers. They want jobs for every
body and say that only after labor is
fully employed should steps be taken
to raise salaries. These people are not
in sympathy with strikes when mil.
lions of our men and women are un-
employed and willing to take any
kind of job. They argue that 1t is
better to have everybody working at
modest salaries than 1t is to have q
few of them working at higher SAL
! aries. 1t Is my opinion that all polit-
ical parties will be called upon for q
reasonable and understandable unem-
ployment solution when they face the
electorate in 1896.
If the Constitution develops as the
major issue OF the campaign the
party which adheres more closely to
its principles of government will have
the advantage. Three out of seven
people talked to are more or less
agreeable to. changing the Constitu-
ton il the necessity can be clearly
shown. The other four OF the seven
are against any undue tampering
with 1t.
Wealth destruction by taxation IS
generally abhorred Some believe it
to be 4 necessary evil. but practically
everybody I interviewed had some
! regrets. Those who must count their
pennies to make both ends meet want
to know how much longer we will
have to humor the farmer. They will
fight at the polls any artificial busi-
ness and agricultural stimulants that
are financed either by the consumer
or the Government, provided, Of
course, that the opportunity to protest
against them is presented. My con-
ferees feel that the Supreme Court
should not be interfered with. that we
should have a strong national defense.
that the N. r. A. should be allowed
to rest in peace and that full consti-
tutional rights OF the States should
not be impaired.
Frame Of Mind Healthier.
In summing up the public sentiment
toward issues as it Is now developing,
I can report that the public is in a
much healthier frame of mind now
than it was in those confused and
desperate days of 1892. 1t is my very
definite opinion that the trend is in
favor Of a complete revision of our
national policy which will include:
!. Jobs for the physically and
mentally employable, and a perma-
nent system of maintenance by the
States for their respective depend
ables.
2. A close adherence to the Consti-
tuition as it now stands.
3. Lower taxes in all branches of
Government
4. A drastic and actual reduction in
the costs Of Federal. State and local
government with the elimination Of
all conflicting and overlapping ac-
tivities and the dfsmantling of all
bureaus, commissions and agencies
not absolutely necessary to the well
fare of the unit.
5. A balanced ordinary and extraor-
dinary budget, even If resort must
be made to such temporary and arti-
fetal financing as per capita dona-
tions and lotteries.
s. A discontinuance of wealth de-
Struction and the conversion of excess
production to permanent State COM
missions for the benefit of the poor.
Z. A discontinuance of all artificial
business and agricultural stimulants
which must be financed by the Gov
ernment or by the consumer. I'm
dustry workers are the greatest back
ers of this issue, but many of the