Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1938-12-08

discourse that has since become an
issue. Nor am I well enough &C
quainted with New Deal plans to say
whether the President has taken his
first step for 1910 convention dele
gates in this way. II Is possible,
obviously, that the Warm Springs
statement may be a clever politi-
cal move. Think Of It this way: by
starting q row, the President posi-
bly, could be laying the groundwork
for uniting the anti-George forces.
II they are united and fighting, Il is
within the realm Of possibilities that
they could take the Georgia delega-
ton out Of Senator Georges con.
troll In 1910. That would be a great
victory for the radical element Of
the Democratic party.
Then, too, the Warm Springs dec
laration may be designed to have an
effect on the forthcoming congress.
! think 1t goes without saying that
the new congress Is going to be
very much different than that which
It supplants. For one thing, there
will be less-very much less-mon.
ey voted for the administration to
use as it sees fit. There will be a
bloody battle before congress again
writes out blank checks for Hopkins
or Harold Ickes to use. It is likely,
indeed, that there will be some rath.
er rigorous investigations Of things
already done under the blank check
appropriations Of money. II the in
vestigations are thorough, there win
be a stencil rise from the committee
room where the job is done. Thus,
II MIR. Roosevelt hopes, by the Warm
Springs statement, TO awaken a
fresh thirst for money among local
politicians throughout the country,
1t may be a piece Of clever politics.
Whatever the purpose Of the criti-
cism OF the Georgia prohibition
against borrowing, it can not alter
the fundamentals Of the situation.
Georgia, as a state, is better of. It
viii be far better off 10 years from
now when the country has sorted out
the good things Of the New Deal and
put them to proper use. It's citizens
will be happier and less burdened
with taxation at time when the
people Of Pennsylvania. for exam
pie, are using profane language
about paying for needless and use
less Improvements" - state of
mind they surely win reach as soon
as they have forgotten the mouth
ings Of politicians and have begun
to pay through the nose.
Can Washington Horn in
On a States Policies?
There is yet another element In
volved in the situation precipitated
by Mr.. Roosevelt's Warm Springs
statement. It involves the question,
directly, whether state shall de-
termine its own policies or have
them dictated from Washington.
Only few days ago, the depart
ment Of labor disclosed that it was
trying to persuade all of the states
to pass legislation exactly like the
federal law governing wages and
hours Of workers. The departments
bureaucrats have drafted model
law which they are trying eagerly to
get the states to adopt, so that bust
ness within state will be subjected
to the same provisions as business
operating across state lines Tha
same course was pursued when MIRA
was young and before it was discov.
cred that the blue eagle had more
feathers in one wing than it had in
the other.
These things are dangerous. Once
such tactics are successful, they are
followed by demands and commands
Of broader scope.
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