The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-04-13
owe PLANNED 1T THAT WAY"


Speaking before a great audience, at
Charlotte we believe, President Roosevelt
told his listeners of the great recovery
progress made and added this significant
statement: that it was because we plan
ned it that way" The administration takes
credit for any and all recovery made in
the field of business. If it's policies result
ed directly in all things good, then its poll
cies also resulted in all things evil. 1t has
long been politics that the ruling powers
may take credit for accomplishments and
must take credit for those unfavorable
situations which arise. The Democratic
party and majority of the American peo-
pie blamed Hoover and the Republican
party for the great depression; the Demo-
cratic party and majority of the American
people are more than willing to give Roose-
welt credit for recovery; but, regardless of
the action of the Democratic party, the
American people will also lay all other
things at the White House doorstep.
1--WE planned it that way" BY this one
statement Mr. Roosevelt himself seems
willing to accept on his broad shoulders
all that comes 1--WE planned that no per-
son should starve or want for clothing and
shelter; Eve planned that labor should
obtain fair share of the fruits of indus
try, and 1--WE planned" that the forgotten
man should come into his own. 1--WE plan
ned" economic recovery with broad, long
range" planning. And those true critics of
the present administration cried out, not
against the planning itself, but against
what they considered to be the ultimate
and inescapable results of that planning.
Are things going we'll in Washington?
Did the President and Vice President ac-
tually use heated words in the discussion
of sit-down strikes? Is President Roose-
Welt powerleSs to put stop to unbridled
relief spending? Such, and more, have
been the rumors from the nations capital
in the past several weeks. Is John l.. Lewis
a bigger man than the President? Are we
about to see those things come to pass
which critics of administration policies
predicted from the start? These are things
in which the American people are vitality
interested. The welfare of the nation and
it's future progress and course of action
depend on the answer to these questions.
The labor star shines brightly. John L..
Lewis dominates the scene and dictates the
very terms of operation of the nations
largest industries. Unbridled relief spend
ing goes on over the protest of admins
tration spokesman. Sit-down strikes con-
tinue and increase in number as the earth
makes each daily turn. The budget is
unbalanced. Government borrowing con-
tinues, the deficit mounts.
"We planned it that way" We planned
to spend ourselves from depression, and
we created group of government wards
sufficient in number to constitute power
full minority lobby We planned to improve
employer-employee relations and the sit
down was the result We planned to bal
ance the budget, not in the first year OF
the administration, not in the second, but
we planned to balance the budget, and we
got deficit such as the nation has never
before seen. We planned for the forgot,
ten man to enjoy the fruits of his labor
and we got an ever increasing higher cost
of living without an attendant increase in
wages.
s'We planned it that way, and the To
ries and Economic Royalists' cried out
where such course led. With the consent
of the congress, with the consent OF the
American people, Eve planned it thai
way" We planned an itinerary over whlcf
nations before trod to destruction OF civ