Evening star., 1938-10-30

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lation enacted during his period in the
White House. They have yet to name
which dictatorial activities they re-
pudiate or which communistic acts
they would repeal.
They continue to mourn about the
desperate economic plight In which
the country fnds itself. And stocks
are up, wages are ut high level, the
national credit is at its peak and the
summer resort sections are counting
the hne profits Of their season.
The anti-New Deal newspapers dis
course editorially about the 'reces-
sion" OF business, and their news col
umns blossom with such headlines as
General Motors puts on $4,000 more
men and Chrysler re-employes 5000.
They point out pontifically in their
political propaganda columns that the
whole industrial structure is toppling
because Of the New Deal and their
market pages tell us that Markets
all higher for the week" and announce
stock rise moderate. bonds also ad-
vance; Commodities gain"
The doom sealers, whom the die
tionaries call pejorists (more popularity
known as Pejos), are melancholy about
our economic prospects. and Roger
Babson-their pet professional busi-
ness expert-says, The world may
now be at the beginning Of 4 new
boom era. Real prosperity may at last
be at hand"
Doom Sealers See Only Ruin.
For a time the Liberty League and
its subsidiaries. oflicial and under
cover, ignored the economic upswing.
Ex-President Hoover, the eminent
grass grower of 1896, still sees in the
sprouting merely the forerunner of
weeds Of desolation and ruin Repub-
lican National Chairman Hamilton.
however, takes the broader view that
the improvement In securities values
is due to the prospect OF Republican
victories on November 3. He care
fully refrains from suggesting what
victories, or where. Considering the
amount Of money that has been spent
on the Republican campaign, not to
mention the radio time consumed and
the acres Of newsprint that have been
covered with propaganda. 1t might be
worth while to estimate what the
minority party really hopes to attain
In this election
Not one Of their speakers has VEN
tured even remote hope of winning
control OF either house Of the National
Legislature. They paid more attention
to the Democratic primaries than to
their own. Where the members Of the
outs party could, they voted in the
Democratic primaries. They showed
more Joy at the denomination OF a re-
puted anti-New Deal Democrat than
at the nomination of one Of their own
In fact. cannot recall any expression
OF satisfaction. let alone jubilation, at
the nomination Of any Republican
Perhaps this was on account of the
feeling In many cases that the victor
was entitled to no more congra tula-
tions than the fellow who draws the
short straw at cannibal feast.
The utmost they can hope for is to
win back few congressional seats
where Democrats, calculating politi-
cally, have no right to expect election.
In every landslide the avalanche brings
along some of these But if any dis
trict returns to Its normal allegiance
next month we may expect to have the
circumstance hailed as positive evi-
dence that the New Deal has gone to
pot, and that President Roosevelt has
been repudiated. Actually, if every
Republican candidate who is conceded
even . ghost Of chance were to be
elected, 1t would not effect any appre-
clable change in the complexion OF
the next Congress. The Democrats
would still have large majorities and
the course of legislation would follow,
for the most part, the pattern Of last
sessions program. As a matter Of
fact. there will be few new faces in the
coming Congress.
Republicans Deal in Trivialities.
When we review the campaign now
drawing to close, the triviality of the
minority party's arguments is its most
conspicuous feature. They trotted out
the absurd dictator business-just as
they did in "a and '36. They burbled
generalities about the turpitude OF New
Deal policies and processes, but gave
no hint Of what they would substitute
for them. They were excited because
a Democratic candidate in California
announced himself in favor Of one OF
the curious theories Of economics that
seem to flourish In that glorious CHI
mate, disregarding the circumstance
that their own congressional candi-
dates in Maine and elsewhere Endorsed
the Townsend plan. The difference
between these two ideas is that one
promises q mythical $50 week pen
sion and the other offers an equally
fantastic 5000 a month to those who
have the wisdom to live to q moderate
old age.
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