Evening star., 1937-09-13
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addressing conference of New Eng
land Young Republicans, declared.
There is nothing organically wrong with
the Republican party, ali of its troubles
are functional"
In a measure the New Hampshire
Governor, one of the few Republican
vlctors in the Roosevelt landslide of
1885, Is correct. The G. o. P. has for
years been torn by internal strife. 1t
mas had Its progressive wing and its
reactionary wing. 1t has had its La
Follettes, its Norrises, its La Guardias. its
tJohnsons and host of others who de-
manded more equal treatment.
In recent years nearly all of these
progressives abandoned the Republican
party and its national candidates. The
trouble, however, went deeper than
mere functioning
A great mass of people lost faith in
the Republican party. they came to
look upon it as the agent and de-
Tender Of the rich and of privilege
This feeling was tremendously accentu-
Jated when the depression hit this coun
try. II the Republican party is to sur
vive and revive, this feeling on the part
OF the voters must be dissipated. No
party that stands in the minds of
great number of the people as the party
particularly of privilege-meaning the
wealthy-can hope for winning support
ut the polls.
81 what can the Republican party do
TO erase from the minds of the voters
4. millions of them-the belief that it
stands for the privileged classes. So
called, and not for the common man?
Holding national conventions will not
clear away this belief. Its greatest op-
portunity appears to lie in State and
National Legislatures, where the Re-
publicans may make a real record for
the party, and in State and municipal
governments which the Republicans NAV
still control
The Roosevelt New Dealers have given
the people bread and some beneficial
needs. In their demands for the estab
hshment of a planned economy" the
New Dealers have overstepped them
selves.
Many Americans today are asking
themselves what is to be the result
OF the concentration of power in the
hands OF the Executive in Washington.
They became convinced that President
Roosevelt was seeking control of the
judiciary when he advanced the pro-
gram for enlarging the Supreme Court
and the district courts. They have
witnessed more recently the PARTISAN
manner in which some of the boards
set up by the administration have
funetioned. This feeling of distrust
has been manifested in the revolt against
the Presidents program in Congress.
The Republican party has an opportunity
growing out of mistakes made by the
Roosevelt administration rather than
from anything that the Republicans
have done. 1t must, however, convince
the people that it is sincerely a sup
porter of their interests-and not pri-
marily those of great corporations.
The failure of the Roosevelt adminis-
tration to bring the expenditures of
the Government within hailing dis
tance Of the receipts of Government,
despite the high taxes, is giving con-
cern not alone to Republicans, but also
to many Democrats. It is giving even
more concern to number of American
taxpayers. Its economy in Government
expenditures Is not in itself a fiamboy-
ant spirit
However, economy may yet become an
important issue.
Fear Of dictatorial government, of
partisan bureaucracy, plus a rise in
the cost of living and increasing tax
burdens are issues which may play
considerable part in the revival of the
Republican party. 1t is issues popular
with the people that the party re-
quires, rather than the better function
Ing Of political committees.