The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1935-04-11
SENATOR TYDINGS ON NRA
AND AAA.

One of the most remarkable mod
ern developments to many students
of national affairs has been the appar-
ent tendency of the people in the COM
munities which were formerly noted
for their belief in Estates rights" to
accept politically programs of gov
eminent like those envisioned in the
NRA and the AAA which would seem
to be the very antithesis of states
rights. If any legislation could trans
gress the rights of states to regulate
their own affairs it could certainly be
the provision in the recovery act which
would give to the national government
the right to regulate intra-state bus
mess affairs. In fact, a great many
rulings on the part of Federal courts
against provisions Of the NRA have
been hostile to those clauses which
would seem to permit the Federal gov
eminent to violate the right of states.
This alleged supineness on the
part of statesmen and newspapers to
take the trimming Of states rights by
national legislation "lying down" has,
however, been more apparent than
real. Any observer who has followed
carefully the statements of many
statesmen from the so-called Estates
rights" regions, and has clipped the
newspaper comment from the press
there, must be convinced that there is
much seething and boiling under the
surface. The seething and boiling,
however, is not confined to the local
ity where affection for states rights
once reigned supreme. AS yet there
has been no organized political express
sion on the part of those w:-o think
it is time that the national govern
ment go back to regulating its own
affairs and leave the rest to the states
to manage theirs. There is of course
sharp division of opinion on the sub
ject, the division coming in great
SIlSIlS I'll 1IOHl IIlOSe WIZ Inc d JdLtI-
nalistic government to lean on.
Be that as it may, one of the latest
solons from Estates rights" territory
to raise his voice in protest is Senator
Warren G. Tydings, who halls from
the old "free State" and the chief
Estates rights" state of the nation
Maryland. In a recent address in the
Senate, Mr.. Tydings is quoted as say
ing, among other things:
eve offered the country program,
We swept the country in the election,
We had supreme command from city
halls to Washington. What do we do =?
Instead of undoing the policy of pre-
vious administrations, we elaborate
on it.
every policy of the NRA is pol
icy to increase the cost of industrial
commodities. Every policy of the AAA
is to increase the cost of agricultural
commodities. What good does it do to
the working man to increase his pay
81 and then increase his cost of liv-
ing by the same amount?
"What are you going to do down
South when these other places take
your cotton export market?
Gentlemen, the time has come to
turn back from this supernationalistic
policy and to revive world trade. We
can't have work with a policy of less
trade. Are we Democrats going to
pursue policy of nationalism? If so,
how are we ever going to re-employ
the unemployed? ''>''>
1.-THE NRA is the greatest prop ever
put under the trusts of America. Talk
about being liberal! Ifggiving trusts
the biggest break they eyer had is
being liberal, then I'm no liberal. But
if one who favors sound currency,
world trade and pay-as-you-go is a
liberal, then l am liberal.
"God knows 1 don't believe there
ever was a man in the White House
who wanted to do more for the under
privileged than the present President
of the United States. But believe that
unless we get back to the road of san
ity we will rue the day.
"Has not the hour come when bu-
reaucratic government should be
thrust aside and the legislature assert
itself? If not, let's quit calling our
selves democracy. We've been too
docile here"