The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-07-07

over the nation from Washington,
the Administration finds much more
to be cheerful about than there was
in sight when Mr.. Roosevelt called
Congress to meet in special session
last fall. The primary cause OF
this qualification is the marked re-
covery of friendly public sentiment
toward the President himself.
Last fall and until the winter
was well advanced it was the belief
of all political observers here, borne
out by a great amount Of evidence
that Mr.. Roosevelt was experiencing
the second term slump" which has
affected every President who has
been reelected.
Congress felt that Mr.. Roosevelfs
popularity was on the decline, ana
evinced a strong desire to assert It's
independence Of the Executive py
doing all it could to "put the skids
under him.
The turn Of Congressional senti-
ment began in May, when the
FLORIDA primary results gave warn
inc that perhaps the voters OF the
nation. as a whole did not share the
5;ctr,,st and dislike Of the president
which 50 many Congressional mem
hers of his own party expressed M
acts and words.
There was anxious feeling OF the
,N,bl;c pulse in the back home dis-
tr;cts with the result that in its clos,
inc weeks Congress seemed to oe-
eide that discretion was the better
hart of valor, and gave Mr.. Roose,
pelt practically everything ne asked
for including a free hand IN the
spending of billions OF dollars "
new funds for recovery and reliel'
Presidents Popularity
Recently polls of public opinion
conducted on national scale by re-
search organizations whose reports
have been surprisingly accurate IN
the past, indicated that Mr.. Roose-
ve1t's personal popularity is great
oct in the Southwest, slightly lower
in the Southeast, less but still strone
in the Mountain states, the Facliic
coaet and the Middle West, while II
ic at its lowest in the Northeastern
states and the region OF the Nortn-
west plains.
The average of the whole nation
nc disclosed bv these polls, shows
about 80 percent Of the whole peo-
ME who like him personally, In spite
If the dislike of many for some OF
bic acts and policies. The Admin
istration's rearmament and interna-
tionai policies appear to have tne
largest measure of popular support
the Presidents attitude TOWARD Id
bor and Business and his L. V. a.
nolicies are least favored.
The Government Reorganization
nrogram is definitely unpopular, ana
there is widespread dislike OF the
advisers and associates generally re-
garded as having great influence at
the White House.
Factory labor, farm workers anu
other wage-earners are strongly Tor
him. Farmers, housewives and
s.white collar" workers in general
are reported to be strongly for him,
while executives, students, and pro-
fessional people largely lean the 9TH
er way.
Business Upturn in Fall
Besides such evidence of the
Presidential hold upon the affections
of the American citizenry, another
and more substantial ground for the
Administrations qualification with
the national outlook is the evidence
of returning business confidence.
Part of this evidence is the sharp
upturn in the stock markets, lmme-
diately after the adjournment OF
Congress, indicating that investors
are recovering from their jittery
fear of an intention in Washington
to ruin business.
The economists in Washington are
confident that the business depres-
sion is "scraping bottom" and that
the upturn will be apparent to
everybody by August or Septem-
Der. This view is confirmed by the
opinions of non-political authorities
on economies, including Col Leon
ard P. Ayers of Cleveland, whose
business forecasts have been almost
uncannily accurate.
Business men, who have got into
the habit of expecting lambast-
ing whenever Mr.. Roosevelt makes
speech, felt better business has
made many mistakes. he also took
Labor to task for its exhorbitant de-
mands and conceded that Govern
mente itself had not been free from
errors Of judgment.
Politically the tone of Mr.. Roose-