The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-09-19

his every act; partly to the child-ke creduty WIN
which so many cherish the belief that he always
knows what he is doing has the situation nicely III
hand, with everything rosy and sweet.
| plain recital of the indisputable facts concern
ing this undertaking ought to be interesting ElghI
months after Mr.. Roosevelt presented his program
and five after it was enacted, there still exists an
acrid controversy over basic question OF pohcy'
This now Tentatively settled, has involved enof-
NOUS futility and delay 1t has stalled the Wh0!e
machinery. 1t has meant the scrappng OF elaborate
nIans 1t has meant rejection of a great mass o1
anproyed public works projects, 1t has meant III
ao-cribahe confusion A few days ago, after
months of lettering between them, MI Roosevelt
sided with Mr. Hopkins against the more solld ana
balanced Mr.. Ickes. The result is the whole vast
organization heads towards what, IN everything oUt
name is the old, discredited CWA system lar more
demoralizng than the dole and severely lhuicteo by
the very Mr.. Hopkins who proposes TO repeat Vhas
colossal blunder in larger and more costly way
The thing is incredible 1t is particularly lncreol-
bic when it is recalled the CHEEKY, conndent mes
sage of Mr. Roosevelt with which ne asked th'S
great sum and his reassuring RADIO talk al'er TIC
cot it, in which he conveyed the impression 'la''
his plans perfected, he was ready 10 START 'a' ny
;Julv 'dirt would be flying" that IN SNORT WINE
real "seIf-respectng work. would be suPpleo o.
5OO OOO men on relief. 1t is now clear none OF IhS
IS going to happen. 1t was all deluson, ana MI
poosaveIt,s own man, General Johnson says when
tho money gives out the problem will oe worse
+hor hefora As to real jobs-the idea has gone
tout the window Boondogghng on glgai''lc
scale is about to begin. Millions are to be spent
inf, piano lessons to the children of those on re-
lief Millions more will pay 1000 men 10 write d
ouide book of America. disguised congressman
vas here the other day telling of discovering seven
men in an automobile going around his district
counting caterpillars. Though the usual 1ace-saF-
ing pretense of progress will be kept up, clear
headed men generally recognize now the whoie
scheme IS doomed to be the most ghasty ana tragic
fop of the New Deal regime. AS with the C"A'
at the end of the year the money will be gone but
the problem graver than before.
1t is pretty hard to believe that II there were
real brains in the Brain Trust better scheme 10"
dealing with the relief situation could not De
evolved 1t is impossible to believe that with UNI
restricted power and unlimited money really COM
natant leader would not have had a basic policy
worked out before he started or would have per-
mitted this vital business to degenerate INTO a
planless pouring out of money. 1t Is interesting TO
speculate how long public tolerance will last, when
patience will cease to be vrtuouS and the people
whose money is being wasted begin to get a little
mad with this pleasant gentleman, of whom his
friend Mr.. Lippman, once wrote: His mind Is not
VERY clear, his purposes not simple, and MS
methods are not di"ect"-Frank Kent in Charlotte
Observer