Evening star., 1938-06-27

conservative DuC
by the words honest" and dishonest
Within the Republican party are
men who believe in bossism, In fur-
nishing campaign funds and owning
the party, in getting special favors,
In refusing to allow their employees any
advantages and in insisting on re-
moval of any restrictions which tend
to interfere with their monopolies or
vested interests. These men operate
In politics for what they can get out
of it financially or otherwise. Theirs
is . selfish attitude toward their fell
low men-a mercenary and exploiting
attitude. They resist and f1ght on
adjustment and compromise and in
sist on forgetting that Americas rapid
growth Of population has brought us
problems which Government co-opera-
tion can and must help to solve.
Parallel Among Democrats.
Within the Democratic party is the
parallel Of the above group. 1t con-
sists of those men who are selfishly
using the public's money to perpetuate
themselves in power, awarding con-
tracts and jobs on the basis of politi-
cal preferment, and establishing in
fact the biggest single concentration
of authority, political. economic and
governmental, the United States has
ever known. This dishonest" group
fights off any attempt to investigate
the wrong use of public funds. sends
Its orders to Capitol Hill to kill any
proposals to prohibit by law the politi-
cal use of Government funds and ma
chinery, and brazenly argues that
any show of independence in the
Congress Of the United States should
be punished by the party boss.
The President himself Is to play the
role of boss. He alone is to define who
fits and does not fit the requirements
Of a candidacy in the primaries. The
great power and authority Of the
Government Of the United States
exercised by q President of the United
States Is to be employed to fight any
Senators or Representatives who dis
agree. This Is an abuse of public
power and no effort has been made
except by . handful Of brave men in
Congress to check such huge
monopoly-thb combina ton in re-
straint Of economic freedom bigger
than any private monopolies or dozens
ef private monopolies ever attained.
Fighting Dishonesty.
Inside the Republican party are
courageous men and women who want
to rid their party Of dishonesty. They
do not feel that politics or public
life permits any different code of
morality than is proper in private life.
These honest Republicans are fight
ing dishonest Republicans everywhere
across the continent-it's q fight
against the old-fashioned selfishness
which has dominated Republican
politics and Republican political ma
chimes
So also inside the Democratic party
there are courageous men and women
who want to rid their own party OF
dishonesty. They do not feel that
the Government has any more right
to borrow money from the people
without giving assurances as to how
1t is to be paid back than a private
corporation which borrows and uses
the publics money has any such right.
The New Deal has put on the statute
books some provisions Of law relat-
ing to fraud and dishonesty in the sale
Of securities which are very COM
mendable. But the Governments
own financial operations will not stand
the acid test OF these same laws which
apply to private borrowing. This Is
largely because the President of the
United States has not kept faith
with the people in his promises with
respect to fiscal affairs. He has shown
not only an amazing disregard for the
rise in public debt. but he has re-
fused to allow business to function
10 that it can earn taxes to balance
the budget. He has injected a pro-
gram which he calls REFORM" but
which is an experiment in state So
cialism and is no more in the interest
Of true liberalism than were the pro-
grams originally foisted on the Eu-
ropean democracies by the party
dictators.
Gave Definition in 1898.
For Mr.. Roosevelt himself has de-
fined what is and what is not a sound
fiscal policy. He gave the definition
to joint session Of Congress in
March, 1888, when he recounted the
deficits Of the Hoover administration
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