The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1938-09-16
The
WASHINTON DIGEST
John G. Byrer
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ALMOST unanimously I'M Amcric;
today, yet at the same time
these same people pond to
omlnous counter emotions. emo
lions aroused by the rhythm
of marching feet and the roar
of warplanes in Europe.
If the United States is to es-
cape ENHANCEMENT in war Of
European-m making, i $ people
must think with their minds
and not their emotions This is a
fifficult task, for most pcopl,
think with their emotions much
more than they realize. I'm fact
this sort of thinking is directly
responsible for Hitler's rise To
power. Hitler appealed to Ger
man emotions, promising themb
things they dearly wanted But
there's always Il price. Nothing
comes free.
The world knows Hitlcr's
price was and always will be too
high; but the German masses
were blinded by their emotional
thinking. And now they dare
not object or express a free
thought.
PURE POLITICS - Today's
confusion in American politics
is the result of emotional think
ing, from the president down to
the humblest voter.
Everyone agrees nothing is
perfect just as they agree it's
desirable to make things better.
That is simple enough, and quite
right. To thrash out this emo
tional thinking in full. we should
have to go back to Adam and
Eve, or even further; for emo
lions are age old. And they will
exist as long as the world does.
But even if it is impossible,
and probably undesirable, to
stop emotinal thinking, it is pos
sible to recognize its dangers
and control it somewhat.
Let's consider the present
emotional thinking in American
politics started with the depres-
sion in 1880. AS was natural,
though possibly not quite right,
the president then in office, Mr..
Hoover, was blamed for it. SO,
Ii in 1930-32 the country voted a
gainst Mr.. Hoover, thus putting
Mr.. Roosevelt in office.
| BY this time the nation was
lsuffering rom the emotion of
fear. People feared for their mo-
Iney in banks, for their business.
Those who had jobs feared they
might lose them; those who were
Unemployed feared starvation.
Many business and political
Headers feared the. huge number
of unemploye might start a
| revolution in their desperation.
iMr. Roosevelt and congress
clearly recognizing the dangers
from so much national emotion.
rolled up their sleeves and went
| towork.
| All banks were ordered closed
and legislation was passed TO
lguarantee bank deposits The i'll
| fated NRA and AAA were es-
tablished. Mr. Roosevelt explain
ed to the country that much of
is new legislation was expert
mental, but promised to be the
first to admit failure if these
experiments would not work.
Special lending agencies were set
Iup to enable farmers and home
owners to save their homes from
foreclosure. Possession of gold
money became illegal. Public
| works projects to provide Jobs
for the Unemployed, and the CCC
were created.
| All of these things were done
to aid business and the country
at large But soon it became APP
parent some Of these intended
| aids were in fact harmful Both
| NRA and AAA were making
| matters worse, rather than
| better
/ I'm 1885 the Us Supreme Court
| the one branch of our govern
ment that is intended to apply
Ionly calm, Unconditional think
ing to its job, unanimously rul-
led that the NRA was unconstitu-
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