Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1936-11-01
RETURN TO NEW DEAL
BY WARBURC EXPLAINED
He, Glass and Others Feel Party Can
Best Be "Put in derby Remaining
Loyal, Observer Believes.
BY MARK SULLIVAN.
r AMES p. WARBURG, a distin-

BY MARK SULLIVAN.
YAMES P. WARBURG, a distin-
guished Democrat, who most
gravely disapproves Mr.. Roose-
- welt as President, nevertheless
has announced that he is going to
vote for Mr.. Roosevelt next Tuesday.
This curiously equivocal declaration is
more than one mans statement of his
position. Properly understood, it con-
stitutes major incident of the cam
paign. 1t throws a searchlight on the
very heart Of the conditions which
are ahead of America. If Mr.. War;
burg's position is understood, then the
position Of large body of Democrats
can be understood. And understand
ing Of the position Of these Democrats
will enable the public to sense the very
great danger which the country faces
The torment in the minds of con-
scientious men, their inability to see
the way out, the consequent conflict
between inner conviction and overt
action. illustrate the somberness of
the situation.
For light on the attitude of Demo-
Gratis Of this type let us start with
Senator Carter Glass of Virginia. He
abhors the New Deal. He said, in a
newspaper interview April 8, 1884,
THE New Deal, taken all in all, is
not only a mistake-it is q disgrace
to the Nation. q" would rather
have died than live to see the dis
grace Of this era"
This Senator Glass has never re-
tracted. He never did retract it. Yet
Mr.. Glass is going to vote for Mr..
Roosevelt. Why? Let no one suppose
1t is merely because Mr.. Glass is an
oficeholder running for reelection.
There is another reason animating
Mr.. Glass and other Democrats. We
shall find a clue to the reason by con-
sidering the case of another Demo-
crat, Mr.. Warburg.
Praise for Warburg.
Mr.. Warburg is a Democrat of high
character and exceptionally talented
mind. He was a fiscal adviser to the
President during the early part of his
administration. He had close personal
relations with Mr.. Roosevelt And he
became convinced that Mr.. Roosevelt,
because Of his temperament, is, in an
essential and ominous sense, danger.
GUS man in the presidency.
Convinced Of this, Mr.. Warburg
wrote book about the President en-
titled Hell Bent for Election" So
forceful was his criticism that some
newspapers. printing it serially, omit
ted the more accusatory portions of it.
Subsequently hundreds of thousands
Of copies Of the book were circulated.
Hell Bent for Election" constitutes
the most penetrating indictment Of
the President-and the most disturb
ing to the reader-that has come from
any source. 1t contains the most in
cisive and enlightening analysis of
Mr.. Roosevelt's personality that has
appeared anywhere. It may be that
this analysis may stand in history as
q contribution to the final literary
portrait Of Mr.. Roosevelt's person.
atty.
Mr.. Warburg's analysis Of Mr..
Roosevelt's personality is the more
convincing because it is done without
malice. On page after page Mr.. War
burg says, with obvious good faith,
that Mr.. Roosevelt Fundamentally
means WELL" and that Mr.. Roosevelt
as a man Is likable. Mr.. Warburp
speaks of Mr.. Roosevelt as having a
"lovable personality" IT have" saws
Mr.. Warburg, "a feeling of affection
for him which longs to deny what nv
reason tells me is undeniable." But
Mr.. Warburg. sees the necessity for
separating MIR. Roosevelt's "lovable
personality" as man from his words
and actions" as President.
OF Mr.. Roosevelt as President. Mr.
Warburg says: 1.-THE whole pattern of
his living and thinking is woven
around his emotional desires. predi-
lections and prejudices. =. I be-
lieve that Mr.. Roosevelt wanted to
become President and wants to remain
President primarily because being
President expresses, more than any,
thing else would express it, the fact
OF being liked and admired by the
greatest possible number OF people,
Mr.. Roosevelt's mind is SO ex-
ceedingly unclear that he does not
realize that the only way he can pos
sibly do what he wants to do is by
oelng dictator. think Mr..
Roosevelt has definite liking for the
devious as opposed to the direct. for
the complicated as opposed to the
simple" 80
Told Of Dangers.
Mr.. Warburg thinks that because of
these traits in Mr.. Roosevelt his
course, If he is permitted to 10 on.
would finally Substitute for the
American form Of government a CEN
trail Authoritarian state, along the
lines OF the various European expert
mentS In socialism and dictatorship"
And Mr.. Warburg says (this predic-
ton Is one Of the most disuuietinp
ever made about America: "It is INV
considered opinion, for what 1t may
be worth, that as time goes on and
as. the popular applause upon which
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less and less audible he will become
more and more feverish in his activity.
more and more grandiose IN his
schemes. Mr.. Roosevelt is no
more likely to change his basic char
acteristics than is leopard to change
his spots. 80 The sooner we have
done with him, the better for the
country"
Mr.. Warburg said all that. He said
1t within IL months past. Yet within
two weeks past q letter Of MIR. Warburg
printed in the newspapers said that
he would vote for reelection Of Mr..
Roosevelt, although Mr.. Warburg said,
II make no retractions."
Mr.. Warburg is not q holder Of ONCE
nor . seeker for ONCE. It cannot be
that motive that moves him. That Is
not the motive in Mr.. Glass case,
either, though 1t happens that Mr..
Glass is q leader in the Democratic
and is now up for re-
election. In both instances it is