Evening star., 1937-10-10
ANGER SEEN AS WARPINC
ROOSEVELT'S JUDGMENT
Observer Believes Frustration in Effort
to Dominate Co-DirectOrs of U.S
Leads to Faulty Thinking.

they would encourage him to come up
toward them. What is consuming all
Mr.. Roosevelt's energy, biting into
his soul, is the resistance presented
to him by the two American hay
stacks, the determination of the Su-
preme Court and OF Congress recently
to keep their haystacks as high as
his.
Resents Opposition.
1t is resentment against opposition
that counts greatly in Mr.. Roose-
velt's personality. Indeed, it is safe
to say. as Of the present time, that
resentment against opposition by the
Supreme Court. and lately by the Sen
ate, is the largest factor in Mr..
Roosevelt's cosmos, accounts for more
OF his actions and emotions than any
other one cause.
say what I have said about the
European dictators because I am con-
f1dent Mr.. Roosevelt does not at this
time consciously wish-I emphasize
the word consciously-a dictator form
Of government. But the things he is
consciously doing, trying to push down
the Supreme Court and Congress, try
ing to elevate himself above them
this will take us toward dictatorship
as lnfallibly as if Mr.. Roosevelt had
that conscious intention.
This brings us to another of Mr.
Roosevelt's traits. Opposition makes
him angry, and anger has been
his prevailing emotion for several
months
In recent articles in the Saturday
Evening Post, two young newspaper
men, JSopeh Alsop and Turner Cat
| ledge, describe the fight between Mr.
Roosevelt and the Senate over the
| formers court plan. The articles are
objective, artistic; they are impersonal
and non-partisan. The two young
men don't care hoot about Mr.
Roosevelt nor about the Senate-they
are just describing something they
saw which was dramatic and enter.
tanning.
See Anger Flaring.
But it is interesting to observe ir
those articles how often the wore
'anger" or its equivalent is used ir
connection with Mr.. Roosevelt.
quote few passages:
His first reaction was an instant
anger
He regarded the courts decisions
against the New Deal as personal in.
juries, and he wanted to be avenged.
He did not welcome advice"
He is insistent on having his owr
way without interference.
Interference infuriates him."
Similarly. Arthur Krock of thu
New York Times speaks of the Presi.
dents "vengeful impulse" The Bal.
timore Sun speaks of him as "ar
angry man trying to be calm"
This. then, Is the Presidents emo.
tional state during some months past
His instinct drove him toward ex.
pansion of his ego by making thu
Supreme Court subordinate to him
In this he was frustrated, first by the
court and then by the Senate. Frus.
tration made him angry. Anger makes
him tense. The tension is made
worse by his effort to cover his anger
with grin. In private life IAN angry
man trying to seem calm" need no,
cause concern outside his own cir
Gle. In the presidency the condition
is decidedly disturbing. Any one who
thinks a President can have gooc
judgment while in this kind of emo.
ton, any one who thinks decisions
made and steps taken can be sounc
or wise-any one who thinks thai
must have an especial confidence ir
the disposition of Providence to take
care of the United States.
Copyright. 1879