Milford chronicle., 1935-10-18
Roosevelt LT~ROOSEVEL.7 I
GN RELATION TO HIS PROMISE

sending any such message to the
Congress. Within week he did
send. it. It did advocate the use OF
the Federal taxing power for the
purpose of forcing a redistribution
of wealth. He demanded that revO-
lutionary measure be passed within
five days.
His leaders in both branches OF
4 Congress repeated that demand on
the floor, in open debate. A vehe-
ment nationwide protest arose
against jamming such a revolution
airy taxing measure through Con-
gress. Even the Scripps- Howard
chain of newspapers joined in the
protest A very bitter editorial ap-
peared in all of them, under the cap
tiOn "NO Time For the Buns Rush" :"
the closing paragraph OF which read
as follows:
''The taxing power is govern
ments most potent tool It can
be used like a surgical knife TO
remove malignant growths from
the social system. But It should
never be used wantonly or reck-
lessly, like bludgeon, to main
and bruise."
The President performed another
one of his famous about-faees. He
sOlemnly announced that he never
had the slightest intention of push
ing the bill through within five DAYS,
and those who had so quoted him
were misinformed. His leaders in
the House and Senate suffered the
humiliation of being compelled pub
licly to eat their own words.
Why multiply examples and in
stances. which could be continued
almost indefinitely? With such a
long and consistent record of repu-
dated platform pledges and candi- |
date promises upon practically every |
major issue; with such a record of |
evasion, equivOcation and contradic- !
tiOn in the handling of day-by-day,
routine governmental affairs, how
ran the Roosevelt Administration
expect any promises it now makes
10 be taken at their face value?
There Is nothing in such a record
% reassure the substantial interests
)I the United States that they have
lnything better to expect in the fu-
ure from this Administration than
hey have experienced in the past.
President Roosevelt himself estab-
ished the yaTdstick by which ad-
Of public affairs should
'e measured. In his speech at Butte.
iont., September 19, 1882. he said:
Remember well that attitude
and methOd-the way we do
things, not the way we say
things-is the measure of our ,
sincerity"
Measured by that yardstick. the
administration can not lay any
aim to sincerity. It's political prom
'es ring counterfeit on the counter
I public confidence.
The Howard Roosevelt letters
reed fear instead OF inspiring calm :
ess. They promise no cessation
rom the sOcialistic experiments
'hich have characterized the two
ears and half of the New Deal. 4
hey only hold. ont hope of IA breath
lg spell" There is more than pass
lg Significance in that phrase. AL
eady, under date of August 90,
resident Roosevelt has notified the Z
7AuCiS VI tue ocAdtc anu GlouSe OI =
is Intention, upon the assembling
T. Congress next January, to insist 9
rat a new n. /. II. A. be enacted.
ther legislation of doubtful con- 3
itutionalfty" is in the New Deal 9
This Administration will continue .
experiment. 1t is as restless as
l anthill. Its theme song is Lets 3
o." 1t has demanded action, with 9
1t reason. 1t has insisted upon mo-
on, even though there were no .
'Ogress.
The business, financial and indus
ial interests of this country do not .
ant merely a breathing spell'' 2
ON such a regime. They want a .
mplete rest cure. fS