Evening star., 1937-01-01

From President Roosevelt's most recent
utterances. on the threshold of the third
New Deal Congress. there's no shadow OF
doubt about the things he will loud
pe6al in next weeks report on the state
of the Union and in his inaugural ad-
dress. Not since the famous horse and
buggy" press conference after the Su-
preme Courts N. r. A. decision has
F. D. r. talked to newspaper men in the
emphatic terms he employed the other
day while discussing labor relations and
neutrality. He conveyed the distinct inn
preston that no issues in the whole Fed
eral domain at present lie closer to his
heart than regulation Of child labor.
minimum wages and ma ximum hours,
and putting war profiteers out of busi-
ness. The President isn't likely to keep
the country wondering very long wheth-
er or not he believes q constitutional
amendment necessary to restore N. r. A.
work conditions. That's a secret he's
momentarily keeping up his sleeve. But
that something must be done" and
done BY Federal power, rather than by
the States, is plainly Mr.. Roosevelts
firm conviction. The Presidents tone
and manner, when talking about neu-
tTdllLy dIlO Tic a. AlICs 0CdA
with the Spanish government, eloquently
revealed the depth of his feeling that
such transactions are unpatriotic and
unethical and should be outlawed.
When the alleged project to establish
central press bureau was brought
up by his newspaper callers Mr.. RooSe-
kA md
becsm me simost as vehement as when he
lambasted chiseling industrial employers
and neutrality breakers. Mr.. Roosevelt
not only came down on the thing like 4
ton of brick, but indicated in so many
words that he never wanted to hear any
thing more about an idea which he con-
siders fantastic. The President has an
exceptionally keen sense of the rights,
duties and difficulties of the press. It's
dollars to doughnuts that brain trusters
who put before him schemes that even
remotely SAVIOR OF supervising opinion or
hampeling the quest for public informa-
ton promptly discover his uncompromis-
ing hostility to notions so foreign to the
American way. The squire Of the New
Deal has had pretty good press during
his strenuous sojourn in the White
House. He seems to believe in letting
well enough alone.
Vice President Garner will enact 4
role altogether unusual for him when he
opens the National Press Clubs 1887
weekly luncheon forum on January 1
with an off-the-record speech. During
his long career in Congress the Texan
has always prided himself on his record
for verbal ress-Eint. He has conspicu.
ously lived up to that reputation during
his vice presidency Even in the heat
of political campaign, party mana
gers find 1t practically impossible to
cajole Mr.. Garner onto the stump. He
mace just one electioneering address last
Yearly radio from UvAlde. Despite his
spellbinding inhibitions. Washington
scribes look forward to some colorful
heart to heart condolences from the
v. p. on Monday.
Senator McNary of Oregon is sure to
be reinstated as Republican minority
leader of the Upper House by the slim and
slender band Of 10 faithful who infabit
the emaciated G. O. P. side OF the cham
Der. But 1t looks more than ever as ii
the hard hitting Senator vandenberg
would be the minority battle AZ, as he
was in the preceding session. The Mich.
igan solons fight on presidential discrc-
tion in the field of neutrality and his
declaration Of war on the revived Florida
ship ca nal project, Of which ne was the
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