Evening star., 1935-06-02
WAGES, PRICES .
/. TO Be So ISSUE.
president Plans Question
= Without Reference to
- Court.
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House, put through a resolution pro-
posing repeal of the eighteenth
amendement and within a year 1t had
been ratified.
How are the Republicans going to
meet such an issue? One of the G.
o. P.'s foremost leaders in the Sem
ate yesterday voiced the opinion that
such a campaign issue, so expressed.
would have strong appeal. 1t would,
he admitted. appeal to labor, which
has had better wages Under the N. r.
A. 1t would appeal to the farmers.
whose prices have advanced and who
have received Government checks
under A. A. A. And also, he said, 1t
would appeal to many business men
who have been rallying to the sup
port of N. r. A. This Republican
was unwilling to say just what posi-
tion his party would assume on such
an issue He did say, however, that
1t would lead to new party alignments,
with some of the Democrats opposing
the President and some of the Re-
publicans probably supporting him.
These farmers and laborers and
business men recently have been
getting better prices and more wages"
said this Senator. If things do not
go so we'll for them, or they fear that
prices and wages will fall with the
New Deal knocked out by the Supreme
Court decision, the President is likely
to receive considerable support for
his proposal that the Federal Govern
Inent be enabled to meet national
economic and social problems and
that they be not left to the 48 States"
Vandenberg in Opposition.
Senator Vandenberg of Michigan,
Republican, frequently mentioned as
q presidential candidate, was in
Clined to differ strongly with 'Presi-
dent Roosevelt and his proposal that
the Federal Government must have
the power to control industry.
The Presidents proposal" said the
Michigan Senator, If carried wholly
into effect means. naturalization.
That is what the President is looking
for. That is what is meant by planned
economy. Under any other than
the American flag it would be called
Fascism or Communism. depending
upon what element vas backing the
proposal.
1T is the direction of the step that
the President is demanding that I
object to, not merely the change in
some section of the Constitution. He
Is asking that the whole conception
of our Government be torn up. Have
we reached the point where it is nee
essary to abandon the foundations of
140 years? When the root sources Of
American greatness nave to be given
up?"
"Horse and Buggy" Cry Hit.
Senator Vandenberg criticised the
President because he had designated
the Supreme Courts N. R. A. decision
as a return to the horse and buggy
stage of the country.
1T was a gross and malignant ex-
eggeration," said Vandenberg. Ger
tainly the Democratic platform Of
1892. on which President Roosevelt
ran for Office. must also have been a
horse and buggy platform, If the
President we're right in his comment
on the Supreme Courts decision"
He quoted the Democratic platform
es having said that the Democratic
party favored old.age pensions-t0
he paid by the States in contrast to
what the President has proposed in
the administration bill. Senator Van
denberg also referred to the fight
which President Roosevelt had made
In that campaign to turn the control
OF the liquor traffic back to the
States.
And now he wishes to have Fed
eral control of other business. instead
of State control" said the Michigan
Senator.
No Resentment Seen.
Senator Steiwer of oregon. Repub-
lican, said that he did not believe the
American public would resent the
Presidents proposal that the Consti-
tuition be amended.
This is the most fortnight thing
the President has yet DONE" said
Steiwer. He quoted from George
Washington's farewell address to show
that it was better to amend the
Constitution than to have gradual
usurpation OF power by the Execu-
tive.
Whether the proposal to amend the
Constitution will be an outstanding
issue in the campaign" continued Stei-
wer, will depend upon the nature
of the resolution proposing the amend
ment.
"If 1t Is proposed to make Wash
ington q Moscow, 1t will be an issue
of major Importance"
Senator McNary of Oregon. Repub-
iican leader. said that he believed
something should be done without
delay to re-establish the N. r. A.
through voluntary agreements on the
part of business, framed somewhat
along the line of the farm marketing
laws. In these farm marketing laws,
he said, provision had been made
for lifting the antitrust laws as they
applied to the farm co-operatives, pro-
vided they did not force prices un-
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