Evening star., 1935-05-31

President Roosevelt determined to
look thoroughly before leaplng in any
direction to revive N. r. A. or create
some mechanism to take its place.
He has always adhered on major oc-
casionS to the practice of consulting
and comforting with diverse schools OF
thought. This time he is going the
limit and giving every responsible
theory and theoriSt their days in
court. either through personal repre-
Sentations or by communication in
some other FORM When F. D. r.
finally proclaims the new course Of
action made necessary by the Su-
preme Court decision. it will be the
fruit of about the most exhaustive
survey of authoritative public opinion
that he was able to mobilize. Thus.
when formulated in a program for
legislative action. it should be reason
ably we'll assured in advance of pop
ular support and relatively speedy
congressional approval. At the mo-
ment, beyond the fact that Mr.. RooSe-
welt seeks a solution which will con-
Stitutionally safeguard all the gains
achieved under N. r. A. and permit
their maintenance without Interrupt
tion. nobody knows just how he pro-
poses to circumvent the situation pre-
cipitated by the Supreme Court. Sug-
gestions as to the WiSeSt course em-
brace nearly everything under the
sun, including the abolition of Con-
gress, of the Supreme Court and of
the presidency itself.
that Gen. johnson was summoned
to Washington to draw up new re-
covery legislation, or in any way con-
spicuously to grapple with the Blue
Eagle crisis. it seems plain as a pike
staff that N. r. AS first boss is to
have big hand in Salvaging the sit
uation His radio talk Wednesday
night, broadcast ON the heels of White
House conferences, left no doubt in
the minds of most listeners that the
hard hitting brigadier has been draft
ed for emergency service in the CAM
paign to preserve N. r. A. benefits
for the New Deal. Already the
prophecy is current that johnson will
be found somewhere among the
higher-ups, if not on top, in any new
organization formed to perpetuate his
old establishment within the Frame
work of the Constitution.
There's wide diversity of opinion
among politicians as to whether N.
R. AS collapse Is blight or bless
ing for the Democrats, as far as 1895
is concerned. Republicans at first
rushed to the conclusion that the
blow administered to the New Deal
by the Supreme Court contained all
the elements of a knockout. Calmer
reflection caused them to realize that
the disappearance of N. r. A. In fact
robs the G. o. P. of the main issue
unconstitutional RECOMMENDATION of
business"-on which it planned to go
20 the country next year with high
hope of victory. 1t is pointed out
that Republicans are now compelled
merely to argue that II the Demo-
Gratis should be continued in power
they might try again to throttle busi-
ness by methods that were branded
as unlawful. Republican leaders con-
cede that if economic conditions i'm
prove as q result of abolition OF the
code system the Democrats will profit
from that development. Rooseveltians
themselves are confident that year
hence, with recovery In progress
under some modified N. r. A. system.
events of the present moment will be
such ancient history as to have no
appreciable effect upon Mr.. Roose-
velt's reelection fortunes.
4 X
To what extremities the Repub-
licans are apparently reduced in the
quest for 1886 presidential timber is
the suggestion that they might do
worse than turn to Col. Charles A.
Lindbergh His name has just been
proposed in a quarter that sometimes
speaks by the book Perhaps the fact
that this month marks the eighth
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