The Washington times., 1938-04-07

| MY very sincere congratu-
latiOnS upon your letter to
the President. 1 think it was
splendid job. Food for
thought that is full of politi-
cal and economic vitamins.
ROY W. HOWARD.
created a furore of favorable
comment. Greetings to ALL"
shown in your letter has created
a furore of favorable comment.
Greetings to all.
This message was received from
Omaha, Neb,:
Amen"
1t was signed by A. B. Dunbar
L. D. Erion, j. w. Hughes, Denman
KountZe. s. T. B. Martin, H, E.
Sorensen, o. G. Wilson, A. w.
Wilson and H. T. Hines.
Some of the comments of legis,
lators follow:
SENATOR ROYAL s. COPELAND
3D. of New York; am ire
mendously pleased by Mrs. Pat.
terson'S letter. There are things
in it which ought to be said.
Coming from the lips of a friend,
it is very significant. 1 wish
that the Administration might
be moved by her splendid argu-
ment and be governed accord
ingly. There can be no doubt
that if the business world could
come to believe that the Presi.
dent is honestly anxious to do
the things Mrs. Patterson Sug-
gestS, we would see the begin
ming of recovery within six
weeks"
SENATOR LINER THOMAS 3D.
of OklahOma-"I have read Mrs.
Patterson'S letter with great in
tereSt. AS a statement of major
Importance, I think the PreSi-
dent should outline and clarity
our financial aims and policy.
All must agree that the general
price level is too low. Hence l
hope that our aim may be stated
to be the securing of an increase
in the price level to approx
mately a given point SubStan-
TALLY higher than at present,
and that when this point has
been reached a determined ef-
fort will be made to stabilize
prices at the new level"
SENATOR BURTON X. WHEEL
Err 3D. of Montana, leader of
the Supreme Court fight, meme.
sis of Harry Daugherty, coin.
veStigator of Teapot Dome oil
leaSeS-"It is a good letter"
SENATOR WILLIAM H. KING
3D. of Utah, chairman of the
Senate District Conn nit t e e.
critic of the Presidents business
policieS-"An excellent letter.
SENATOR JOSEPH C. OMAHO.
NEY d. of Wyoming, friendly
critic of Roosevelt policies, op.
posed to the President on the
Supreme Court issue, with him
in the reorganization fight
am very much interested"
SENATOR SHERMAN MINTON
3D. of Indiana, enthusiastic
New Dealer-"What is business
afraid of? What has the Presi
dent proposed that makes bust
ness fearful? What is there
now before Congress to make it
afraid? 1 can't think of any.
thing. The Wage-and-hours bill,
perhaps, but that applies chiefly
to the South. If business men
who are conducting this cam.
paign of fear would look at the
cause of the country'S state of
mind, they would find it in their
own actions. I don't say that
business would deliberately cut
its own throat, but do say they
are hurting tn selves in
preaching fear and in putting
out all this propaganda against
the President. How can the
President convince the country
that business ought to have con-
fidence in him when business is
preaching no confidence? How
can he be all sweetness and light
when business men are preach.
ing hatred? It is a swell idea
to bring them together, but how
are you going to do it?"
REPR ESENTATIVE MICHAEL
J. STACK d., Pennsylvania
Il congratulate Mrs. Patterson
on her open letter to the Presi.
dent. What she has said about
fear is particularly relevant
AS soon as the three branches
of the Government-the legisIa,
tive, the judicial and the ex
ecutive-cooperate and the ma
ton is satisfied that they arc
going to continue to cooperate
with each other. fear will vanish
and the country will come back
! to prosperity"
REPRESENTATIVE GEORGE A
DONDERO (RD, Michigan
THE letter Is an unanswerablc
challenge to the President. Lei
him answer"
REPRESENTATIVE ]. WILL
TAYLOR (R.) of Tennessee
who inserted the editorial In
the Congressional Record, de
clared: II was very much i'm
pressed with Mrs. Patterson
open letter to the President
The logic OF the letter is paten
and incontroVertihle r. IN I