The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1938-06-30
An Editorial From The Baltimore Sun

Mr. Roosevelt delivered himself of rousing campaign
speech Friday night In its subtle appeal to the
tonal and the unthnng it's cloaing of arrogant self
righteousness in the garments of simple modesty in its
distortion of the views and attitudes of opponents it
masterpiece 1t probably will win him 1t
tany will stimulate his peculiar, personal following
Naming names, he tore into Alfred P Sloan Jr, of
General Motors with the kind of ferocty that delights
the bulk of those who constitute the Roosevean army
Mr. Sloan had made the mistake of expressing his stock
holders certain fears about the wages and egisa
ton which politically attractive but economically dubi
that its sponsors revised repeatedly recognition
of precisely such dangers Mr. Sloan noted For this Of
fense Mr. Soans large salary by the Pres
dent in terms of scornfu anger You would suppose
hearing Mr. Roosevelt this salary, that he is init
mate of of such income is attributed
Ambassador Joseph P Kennedy You would not suppose
that Mr. Roosevelt had been the boon companion of Vincent
Aston and frequently guest the Astor yacht which
of the handsomest private boats maintained from
'unearned increment"
You would suppose that been repeatedly stated
print and denied that Son JAS Roosevelt aged 81
years, has acquired handsome fortune in the insurance
business today possesses income that into six fig
and continues to Share in insurance profits while
occupying post in the White House.
From the President also learned that Mr. Sloan has
dismissed some of his employees.
You would not suppose hearing Mr.. Roosevelt, that
private employer has the right to retrench when his bust
hOOSeVeU
promised dismiss public employees when there
work for them to do You would not suppose that Mr.
Sloan individually and General Motors taxed by fed
era state and local governments for unemployment relief
You would not suppose that there is also system of
employment insurance designed to the fact that
poyers must sometimes dismiss employees whether depres
occurs under Mr. Hoover or under Mr. Roosevelt.
And when, further the President assas Mr. Sloan for
stating his views in message to stockholders the
pense of stockholders for postage would
That Mr. Roosevelt maintains in Washington at the axpay
ers expense propaganda machine whose cost probably
exceeds the total cost for publicity of all Presidents from
Washington to Hoover, inclusive
Mr. Roosevelt draws pious distinction between his posi-
ton President of the United States and his position
head of the Democratic party and in stately terms,
plains in the latter capacity he intends to his influence
only in those State primaries in which there is question
to loyalty of candidates the princpes of the 1886
platform in which there is clear misuse of his He
does not, he insists, intend to indicate preference in
State primary merely because candidate conscien
tiously differed from him a single ISSUE
You would not suppose there had been the
Democratic Senatorial primary in Iowa. You would
suppose the influence of the White House had been thrown
against Senator Gillette You would suppose that Sen
ator Gillette had been utterly faithful the New Deal
in his refusal support the packing of the Supreme
Court which, far from being of the prnces of the
1886 platform, had been kept in complete darkness when
Mr. Roosevelt appealed the people for reelection and
again and again challenged to say whether he would
pack the court if returned to office.
You would not suppose that the acqusitve Son James,
speaking from his fathers elbow in the White House, had
interviewed in the Iowa primary against Senator Gillette
You would not suppose that Harry L. Hopkins master of
billions for relief and hoer thantho denuncation of
those who play politics with human misery also had inter
vened in the Iowa primary against Senator Gillette You
would not suppose that Mr. Hopkins had been publicly
tanned in this playing of politics by Mr. Roosevelt him
self.
Mr. Roosevelt draws his own line of demarkation in po
ltical thought Those who with him he calls liberals.
Those who against him he calls conservatives The
servatves he conveniently finds, against oldage pen
sons and unemployment insurance They for monopo
lies. They for the old gold standard. And
You would not suppose there opposed to M.
Roosevelt who arguing for oldage pensions and
employment insurance before he uttered word on
that subject You would suppose that the criticism to
day of these social relief runs against the
policy but against Mr. Rooseves administration of the
policy You would not suppose that the anxiety today
among critics is the existence of system of old
age pensions but the fact that Mr. Roosevelt is using
the money collected for pensions from employers and work
help the operating of the Govern
pieces of paper called bonds which the Government prints
to the Government
You would not suppose hearing Mr. Roosevelt attribute
devotion monopoes to his critics. that he began his first
administration with the NRA which the greatest sys
tenn of govenmentay sponsored monopoes that this or