The Washington times., 1937-09-13
BORAH PREP ARES
new DEAL BLOW
IN COURT SPEECH
'"Feud" With Roosevelt.
Due Next Week
BY EARL GOODWIN

BY EARL GOODWIN
Borah versus Roosevelt.
The nights of September 16 and
II next week are to be devoted to
the nationwide broadcast speeches
Of two tremendous figures in the
matter of the Constitution.
Senator Borah on Thursday
night speaks in Constitution Hall
to the Masons of the United
States. The next night President
Roosevelt officially opens the ma
tion-wide, long-drawn-out sesqul-
centennial celebration of the sign
ing of the great charter.
HISTORIC DEBATE
Thus two tremendous expound-
ers Of the Constitution-varying
as much as Hamilton and Jeffer-
Son-will give the city of Wash
ington and the nation at large one
Of the greatest constitutional de-
bates of all time. Washington
is especially interested, because,
while the speeches are heard ma
tionally, the stage setting for the
speakers is entirely local to Wash
tngton.
Senator Borah's speech in Con-
stitution Hall is to be preceded by
q parade of all the Masons in this
part Of the country. President
Roosevelt speaks in Sylvan The
ater, on the grounds of the Wash
ington Monument, and the public
is not only invited by the U. S.
Constitution Sesqui-cen mi al
Commission, but Director Sol
Bloom gives the word that he
hopes half a million people will be
there to hear the President.
BORAH ANGRY
The real tip-toe excitment in the
situation is the fact that Senator
Borah is said to be sharpening up
the Supreme Court speech he was
not permitted to deliver in the
Senate at the height of that Juror.
He is reported to be angry enough
about the whole situation to be
just "rarin' to go"-and to deliver
what may be the GROWING effort
Of 80 years of eloquence, during
which time he has become known
as a classic expounder of the strict
constructionist view of the Consti-
tuition.
None knows now what the Pres"
1dent will say on September IL
but taking the previous utterances
Of both these statesmen, it does
not take major prophet to know
that, while they both revere the
principles Of the Constitution,
they differ widely on some of the
most controversial present-day
matters.
Senator Borah, it will be re-
called, is so strict in his views
Of the Constitution and the func-
lions of government hereunder
that he held there was no vacancy
on the Supreme Court bench
when Justice Van Devanter re-
tired; hence, that there could be
no appointment to fill the place.
It is known, too, that President
Roosevelt thought that viewpoint
was deserving of a place in the
Mad Hatter's portion of Alice
in Wonderland"
NEW DEAL is TARGET
Senator Borah believes in COM
plete independence of the three
branches of government-execu-
tive, legislative and judicial. It is
understood he will severely ques-
ton many Of the New Deals broad
uses of executive power.
On the other hand, the Presi-
dent faces the country having lost
the Supreme Court fight and be-
ing suspected of harboring a de.
sire to stir up the matter among
the people Of the country.
President Roosevelt will not
make political speech on Friday
night. He will deliver a statesman.
like utterance based on the deep
historical research of which he Is
capable.
But those who know what's
afoot declare that his tribute to
the Constitution will leave no
doubt that he believes in the ex-
panding idea rather than the strict