Milford chronicle., 1935-07-26
national REPUBLICAN BUI[DERSI
BIZ JULIAN MAsON, Vee.Pesent Nalona Repubean Bndes

Since the Supreme Courts decis-
ion of May q, President Roosevelt
has, think, hurt himself more IN
the eyes of the people than he has
done in all the two years before it.
He has revealed himself in a way
that has made clear to q general
audience the defects and dangers
which have been steadily charged
against him by a narrower circle of
intelligent critics.
He has gone too fast; so fast, in
deed, that he has not had time to
cover his moves. They have stood
forth as personal tactics instead of
as holy crusades.
The chart of these tactics has
been made so plain that he who
runs may read it.
It sequence of action is this: Blow.
misstep, half-recOVery, counter
blow; and repeat.
Blow No. was the unanimous de-
cision of the Supreme Court ending
NRA and bringing unexampled hu-
initiation to Mr.. Roosevelt as a ma
tiOnal leader.
Misstep No. 1 was the rebellious
White House interview in which the
Constitution and the Supreme Court
were held up to scorn.
Half-RecOvery lay In the succeed
ing interview in which the verdict
was more humbly accepted and no
constitutional amendment demand
ed.
Counter-BlOw came in making all
pending New Deal legislation
must" whether constitutional or
not. and, above all. in the startling
Soak -the-rich" tax message.
Misstep No. 2 was revealed when
% Senators and Huey Long chal- J.
enged the President to show that he
meant it," by putting such a tax
'ill through this session of Con-
sress.
Half-RecOvery came on the unofi-
'ial announcement from the White
House that the tax move was so i'm
IOrtant and intricate that Congress
ional leaders were free to pick
heir own time for action upon it.
COunter-Blow No. 2 was the about
ace of Monday in which Mr.. RoOse-
elt ordered that this paramount
hange in a great national policy be
rhipped into bill form and rushed
through Congress by Saturday night.
Misstep No. 3 was revealed by the
ppOsitiOn of the country and the
of Congress. a
Half-RecOveTy may come, before
his is printed. in some form allow
lg the Presidents sincerity" to be
pheld without the outrageous un-
iirness Of passing the tax bill now.
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Evident as these successive man
IVers of Mr.. Roosevelt have been,
ley are infinitely more harmful to {
is standing because of a direct and I
criticism of their mo- {
yes.
The ''horse-and-buggy" attack
pom Court and Constitution was v
aid by newspapers all over the,
,untry to be clearly due to a petty
srsonal resentment. n
The tax message, with a similar e
was charged to spiteful- h
'ss against those who had rejoieed v
the NRA decision. Il
Finally, the rush order" on the O
X-bill is accounted for only on the
cory that the President is proving D
5 sincerity" at the country's cost. n
hich. profoundly, must prove his
u
These maneuvers and these impu- 81
lions Of selfish political motive S
we, to my mind, made the month p
June the most costly that Mr.. re
'osevelt has encountered since he M
me to Washington. ii
Has the hand of the Master Poll OF
ian lost its cunning. and is that pl
IS due to the illness and with bs
avail Of Colonel Louis McHenry ca
we? IN
Certainly. we know that the first
Fat political blunder in the Presi- 81
ltial career. the first mis-weigh- CO
of popular emotions, came in the or
lite House attempt to smear
ldbergh," and that that was done of
the Illness and absence of Colonel ed
we. tn
Ire we now seeing proof that the DO
nsel of his wisest tactician is a sti
'essary element in MIR. ROosevelt's It!