The Ely miner., 1935-07-04

even when work Is slack cut down its
fixed charges such as interest on
debt and plant operation to the
same extent. So, there are many who
believe the high rate Of tax becomes
penalty, the main object of which
is to break up large corporations into
smaller business units.
The Republican national committee
is sitting virtually asleep in its easy
chair, but Mr.. Roose-
Roosevelt velt's recent chal-
on a Hook lenge of Supreme
court decisions and
his demand for constitutional revision
Is not being allowed to die. Every,
where around Washington, opponents
of the New Deal are making attempts
to keep that issue alive. Their claim
is that Mr.. Roosevelt put himself on a
political hook when he offered criticism
of the Supreme court, a coordinate
branch of the government They are
determined to keep him on that hook
if they can.
1t is interesting to note how Mr..
Roosevelt, observing bad reaction to
his initial statements concerning the
NRA decision, has maintained silence
on the point since. 1t is equally in
teresting to note how some of his main
stays and advisers have kept the issue
bobbing up here and there throughout
the country. Such men as Senator
Robinson of Arkansas, senate ma
jority leader, and Senator Byrnes of
South Carolina, probably the Presi-
dents closest friend in the senate,
have made speeches lately using much
the same tone and language as did the
President in that memorable press con-
ference. Every other administration
spokesman has done the same thing.
These speeches together with the con-
tinual jabbing and poking by New Deal
opponents are serving to keep the
question before the country. New
| Deal opponents frankly are joyful at
the opportunity they say the President
provided them.
In the meanwhile, as said above, the
hCDuDICdu
been doing next to nothing. The con-
dition is serving to build fire under
Henry P. Fletcher, chairman of the
| national committee, and is drawing
criticism as well to Senator Hastings
| Of Delaware, and Representative Boil
ton of Ohio, joint chairmen of the SEN
| atorial congressional committee. Some
Republicans are saying that the Roose-
welt opposition Is being allowed to
wander without guide or anchor and
| that a golden chance to gain important
results is being wholly wasted, because
of the Inactivity of these two COM
mittees.
Considerable discussion Is being
| heard these days concerning the neces-
sity for getting new blood into the
national organization and its head
quarters. My own conviction is that
He has failed to win the confidence
| of the several factions In the Repub-
lican party and has operated on dis
| tinctly do-nothing basis. Neither Sem
ator Hastings nor Representative Bel
| ton has set the world afire with po-
litical initiative or use of political op-
portunity available to them. The
question naturally then is asked:
How can the Republicans and the New
Deal opposition generally expect to de-
feat Mr.. Roosevelt for reelection in
1886 unless virility is shown in the
party leadership?
An old tale about the Blue Eagle has
| just come to light. 1t was not dis
closed until after the
Prophetic Blue Eagle had been
Words buried under the
avalanche of Su-
preme court decision holding NRA
codes unconstitutional. The story in
wolves the patenting of the design.
| Artists conceived the Blue Eagle as
| the NRA insignia. To protect it and
prevent unauthorized use of the in
sigma the design was rushed through
| the United States patent office. The
| design was then turned over to an artist
at the patent office with instructions
| to make the necessary prints required
| by law. He had proceeded only for a
brief period on the work when he left
| his desk to notify the commissioner OF
patents of what he deemed to be a
mistake in the design. His words were
prophetic. He called attention to the
| fact that one wing of the Blue Eagle
contained more feathers than the other
and added:
"Any bird built like that can only
| fly in a circle"
To shorten the narrative, let 1t be
| said that the artist was directed to
| proceed with his work. And let 1t be
added, the Blue Eagle did fly only in
| a circle.
Chairman Fletcher, of the Repub-
lican national committee, was making
speech the other
One on day and, as is GUS
Fletcher tomary, copies were
made available to the
newspaper correspondents. Therein
| lies another story.
The chairman's speech contained sew
eral caustic criticisms of the New
Deal and also of Mr.. Roosevelt's pro-
posal to revise the Constitution. Mr..
| Fletcher defended the old document.
At the same time, however, he dis
closed some lack of understanding of
its history and its provisions by re-
ferring to the Tenth amendment to
the Constitution as the "Bill of Rights.
Our teaching always has been that the
/ first ten amendments and not just the