The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-04-02

half for relief.
Ana ASRS This would not have
NeD Taxes created quite so
much of a storm had
it not followed closely on the heels of
the White House request for new
taxes. The combination of taxes and
an additional appropriation to be used
as previous blank checks have been
used by Mr.. Roosevelt has enabled
those who are opposed to the President
and those who, while they may support
him for reelection, are not in accord
with some of his policies, to make pub
lie statements of their positions to a
better advantage than was possible
before. If they had been able only to
oppose relief, administration support
ers could have accused them of being
opposed to the relief of destitute. To
put taxes and blank check together
simply offers additional ammunition
and a good many members of congress
will use it before the new relief APP
preparation is voted.
l think there is no doubt that Mr..
Roosevelt will get the money but there
denying, respectively, before the vote
is taken. That will be necessary in
order to make a record upon which
senators and representatives can seek
reelection.
When Mr.. Roosevelt was voted S4,-
SS0,00O,000 year ago, his opponents
threw up their hands and said that
you can't beat S4,SS0,000,0O0 for re-
election" Now, one hears observations
frequently expressed that while you
can't beat $4,SS0,000,000 for re-elec-
tion," it is entirely possible that 3d.
SS0,000,000 plus almost that much more
may beat itself. In other words, I
have attempted here to present COM
prehensive analysis Of the pros and
cons in order to show that since poll
tics has crept in, has permeated the
relief setup, the AAA organization and
other New Deal agencies, it is entire
ly possible for reaction to develop
whereby the vast sum of money would
be the cause of defeat rather than the
cause of reelection for Mr.. Roosevelt
1 am making no election prediction.
That would be utterly foolish. What
l have sought to do. however, plainly
and simply. is to show how local COM
munities are going to rule the roOst
to a greater extent in the 1886 election
than usually is the case.
Much is being made of the Presi-
dents proposal to tax the SURPRISES
of corporations.
SPiit on have hitherto report
Tar Plan ed to you something
of the nature of the
tax proposals but there have been de-
velopments that bring the subject
again to the fore. One of these, per-
haps the most interesting one, is diff
ferences that have arisen between
men who are supposed to be the Pres
ident's closest advisers. Professor
Raymond Moley, now magazine ed
itor, lately criticized the tax plan most
vigorously in his publication. At the
same time, attention was directed here
to the recorded attitude of Prof. Rex
ford Guy Tugwell. Professor Tugwell
published a book called 1.-THE Indus
trial Decline" not so long ago and in
that volume he advocated the control
of capital by the driving of corporate
SURPRISES into the open investment
market by taxation. These two views
simply cannot be reconciled and vet
they came from two individuals who
have been very close to Mr.. Roosevelt
in an advisory way ever since Mr..
Roosevelt entered the White House.
Professor Moley takes the position,
editorially, that if, during the depres-
sion, American industry had been
stripped of all SURPRISES, few of even
the greatest corporations could have
survived He regards SURPRISES as
life insurance policies for corporations
and holds the conviction that unless a
corporation is permitted to retain
funds as it sees fit, it cannot protect
itself when our economic structure
goes into a tailspin such as that
through which we have been passing.
The difference in viewpoint of these
two men shows a sad state of cOnfu-
sion among the economic planners of
the more abundant life." and demon
strates, among other things, that Pro-
lessor Tugwell still has very great
influence with the President. While
we have not heard many of Professor
Tugwell's speeches lately, and it is
probably true. as publicly stated by
the opposition, that Professor Tugwell
has been muzZled for the period of the
campaign, there are many things be-
ing done under Presidential orders that
have their origin in the Tugwell brain.
He is proceeding merrily on his way
with the Resettlement Administration
program. of which he is head, and has
$4,000 employees on his pay roll. All
of which seems to indicate that while
Professor Tugwell will not make any
more speeches calling upon farmers
and laborers TO ally themselves
against "our common enemy" he is
still a very effective member of the
New Deal administration.
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