Evening star., 1938-06-19

SAT per cent of the population approve Mr. Roosevelt
while 344 per cent disapprove 1os per cent don't
know The survey indicates a possible ma jority
dsapproval Of the phenomenon of rebelous Congress
472 per cent think that Congress should work more
closely with the President. while 406 per cent prefer
to show independent spirit and 1872 per cent don't
know"
Fortune is a business magazine Suppose it had
announced that its survey had shown opposite
OF public sentiment. The ant-New Deal newspapers
would have screamed the result big headlines on every
nrst page. As it the few Of them that mentioned
the conclusions of the Fortune poll printed Just little
DIT OF it. very deep In the back Of the paper Most of
the big newspapers ignored the whole account although
advance copies were furnished them by the magazine
one OF the great metropolitan journals passed up
tunes survey and the accompanying editorial though
gave long account Of sectional bankers conference
In Springfield Ill.,, in which the New Deal was attacked
Curiousy enough not Of the prominent newspaper
columnists, who seize with avdity anything that
seems TO throw doubt the success of the New Deal
measures and who in everything evidences revolt
ana disinegration In the Democratic party also paid
any attention to the magazines story its editorial
lhey were too busy denouncing Relief Administrator
Hopkins statement that he q voter In Iowa his
native State he would favor Representative Wearn as
against Senator Gillette who the senatorial nomi-
nation IN the recent primary. They also had q great
deal to say about the unimpotance of the
kilograms received by Mr. Gillette cabinet officers
and others as bearing the question whether the
administration was mixing In local primary nghts
Why the Story Was Not Published.
or course nobody question the authority of the
owner OF newspaper to print what he likes and omit
what he likes, If 1t does not seem quite soare IN
MS readers that they should all the news You
could hardly expect the New York Herald Tribune or
the chicago Tribune for example to republish s,,ch
matter as this even though uttered by the foremost bs
ness puoication IN the country AT the moment it does
not look As II the Republicans could win more than
three or four new senatorshps this fall and even the
most sangne OF John Hamiltons dopesers dared
to claim more than IS seats In the House Of Repre-
sentatives The Democrats will still have heavy ma
ority in both houses Congress Moreover the
tive Democrats will still be minority in their own party
And 1t goes on to And the chances that anv nor
tant number OF Mr. Roosevets will be defeated in the
primaries this year very thin"
Inc text OF the editorial that accompanied the article
reIerreo 10 might have come from New Deal text book
OF from the most luxurious OF publications de-
voted to the practical affairs of commerce and industry
Inc theme is the necessity actual between
business and Government
Whether the present situation is permanent or tenn.
Porary says Fortune rs beside the point Eyerv brsi
ness man who Is not kidding himself knows that he does
not know now TO guarantee. without Government inter-
venOon the markets with which his free competi-
1--WE capitalism can function Every business man who is
not kidding himself knows that left to its own deyces
business would run headong into another
1881 ana every business who not kidding himself
ought to know that long As these nes are so the
electorate will force Government into h AFFAIRS II IL
neitner possible desirable for democratic govern
ent TO sit by while third Of its citizens sarye and
almost as many more fear for their Jobs"
When Is News Not News.
AS newspaper man, 1t seems to me that such an
opinion coming from such q source is news It is news
parucuar because 1t departs from the impression which
tne Administrators political foes have been 10 diren&
IN spreaongthat all business regards the New Deal as