Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1937-03-11
Court Must be Guided
By the Will of the PeOple
To the Editor OF The Star:

To the Editor OF The Star:
VIII one department of Government
be permitted to practically wipe out the
other two?
Will five politically appointed men of
the party twice repudiated be permitted
to ignore and trample underfoot the will
of the majority?
Will the Senators and Representatives
assert their Virility-or allow themselves
to be sterilized and their functions re-
duced to the ridicule of the Nation?
Knowing the will of the people, are the
President and Congress giving the Amer
lean people square deal II they sit
suplnely by and not use their constitu-
tional powers to see that the Supreme
Court is composed of men who have a
decent respect for the rights of the
people?
Is the Supreme Court more sacred or
fundamental than the will OF the people?
Is the Constitution itself, under a biased
Interpretation, more venerable than the
right of the majority to rule in re-
publican form Of government?
A few ultraconservatiye Democrats and
some dyed-in-t he-Wool Republicans have
not seen the vision but the large ma
1orlty OF Democrats, young and old,
buoyant, virile, and millions of Repub-
licans alike have Endorsed the progressive
ideas OF Mr.. Roosevelt and the newly
elected Senators and Representatives.
A few rich, conservative old men have
often stood In the way of progress of a
small city. Time removed them and the
city grew into great metropolis. 1t is
really pathetic that a similar situation
exists IN our Nation. Fortunately the
Constitution has made it possible to
change the personnel Of the group and
prevent national stagnation.
The majority OF the people have
spoken; it is doubtful if they would allow
the few who sit in the gate to stall the
onward movement of advancing human
progress. The gravest fears are enter
tanned that revolution will follow if the
peoples rights are not respected
The people will stand an unusual
amount of trespassing upon their rights
but the limit will be sooner reached today
than decade or two ago They know
that the President Of the United States,
that the Congress OF the United States
and that the Supreme Court all know
what their will is. They will not permit
the election of last November to be
treated as farce. If the Supreme
Court has no vision, no elasticity, no
sense of adaptation OF Interpretation to
the necessity of the hour, and if, in this
situation, the President and Congress
fail to act in defense of human rights.
we may expect the will as expressed at
the polls to change to an insistent de-
mand backed by force
Let us escape the regime of the die
tator by removing the deSpotism of the
Supreme Court. Can you not see that
no greater insult has been offered the
American people than for a few rem
nants of repudiated party so to act as
to ignore, defeat and desecrate the will
and rights of the people so clearly and
Enthusiastically expressed in the election
OF November, 1886?
The Democrats scored sweeping VIC
tory in November. Do they have enough
intelligence and intestinal fortitude to
maintain what they have won? Are
they going to let half dozen Repub-
licans run the Government and make
jokes out OF them? Or do the Demo-
Gratis have sense enough to stop this
usurpatlon of despotic power?
Every real Democrat will stand by the
President and by the mandate of the
people in this critical situation.
Every Senator and Representative
knows what his constituency wants. They
want what they voted for last November.
j. P NEFF