The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-01-07

 islation to take their place. He not only drew Q complete picture ot the state of tho Union but having drawn it hO threw the finished product right into tho lap Of the Oongress with the question, "What's wrong with this picturev What do you propose to do about itP"
 Where the Shoe PlnChes
 The forthcoming attempts to counteract the effect on the olec- torat0 of MT. Roosovelt's message will be 50 multiform and difuse and diverse that the intelligent observer should Do informed in advance of their origin A few paragraphs from the Presidents speech furnishes all tho inforrna' ton needed.
 To Do sure, in 90 doing, we have invited battle. We have earned the hatred of entrenched greed. The very nature Of the problem that we faced made It necessary to drive some people from power and strictly to regu. late others.
 made that plain when ! took tho oath of otflce an March, loSS. I spoke of the practices of the unscrupulous money changers who stood indicted in the court of public opinion. I spoke of the rulers of tho oxchangog of man" kinds goods, who failed through their own StubbornnesS and their own incompetence. ! said that they had admitted their failure and had ahdioated.
 Ahdicatod? Yos, in io33, but now with the passing of danger they forget their damaging ad- missions and withdraw their ab" dieation.
 They seek tho restoration of their seifiSh power. They offer to lead us back round the same old corner into the same old dreary street.
 Yes, there arc still deter mined groups that arc intent upon that very thing. Rigorous ly held up to popular exam- ination, their true character TO. veals Itself. They steal the livery of great national constitutional ideals to serve diserodited special interests. AS guardians and trustees for great groups of indi- Vidunl stockholders, they wrong. fully seek to carry the property and the interests entrusted to thom into the arena of partisan politics.
 They goOk.--thls minority in business and induStry--to con. trol and often do control and uso for their own purposes legit- innate and highly honored busi- ness associations; they engage in vast propaganda to spread fear and discord among tho people. they would "gang up" against tho peoples liberties.
 Tho principle that they would ingtill Into government # they succeed in seixing power is well shown by tho principles which many of them have instilled into thoir own affairs: Autocraey to. ward labor, toward stockholders, toward consumers, toward public sentiment. Autocrats In smaller things, they seek autoeraey in bigger things. By their fruits ye shall know them.'
 Certainly Frankie!
 Colonel Frank Knox, who has already flung his Sunday-go-to- meeting hat, his everyday eye~ glasses, and his shimmering smile into the Republican presidential nomination ring, emitted . week. end screoch demanding to know # MT. Roosevelt assumes that eyery- one who opposes him and the New Deal is an entrenched greedy-gut, money changer, c server Of dis.' credited special interests, . fear spreader, and Q ganger up against the peoples liberties. once more I do not pretend to read MT. Roosevelt's mind and 70 cannot say what he assumes. But # nc should reply to Colonel Knox Y, the affirmative no one would blame him much for entertaining the assumption.
 Not everyone who opposes the President and the New Deal is Q financial, industrial, and social mObster. But every financial industrial, and social mobster Is opposed to him and everything for which he stands.
 It is no part of MT. Roosevelta constitutional obligation and duty" to differentiate between the sheep and the goats in the ranks of his opponents. If Colonel Knoz and the other choirboys of his party find themselves in embar- rassing company the fault is thciz own. Mir. Roosevelt smashed the nall on the head when nc quoted