Evening star., 1938-04-15

Among the comments were:
New Haven Conn Journal Cour-
ier-ln the specification Of Mr. Roose-
velt's spending plans there is little
to comfort the prudent except the
hope that a reawakened Congress will
Scrutinize these demands with new
vigilance How much We may lean
upon such scrutiny is. however, open
TO question, what with the fall cleo
tions staring Congressman generally
in the face We may imagine the
President always the strategist, has
DELAYED the proposals this long to
shorten the time between decision on
them in the Legislature and the new
elections Yet the attitude of the Vice
President allows us to hope all eau
ton will not be forgotten in either
house
Minneapolis Journal - President
RooseveltS program for stemming the
recession tide is frankly pump prim
ing and to some inflationary
Beyond a doubt the spendings that
are proposed, if they are agreed to by
Congress, will have a stimulating ef-
feet on industry and will be reflected
in the buying power of the public
The results should be seen for some
time to come How long their bene-
fits will continue. unless the spend
ing is renewed on a similar lavish
basis year by year, one may only con-
lecture
New York Herald Tribune (Repub-
licanl 1t was a changed President
who addressed Congress and the
voters. Here was indeed defeated
leader-defeated not by votes but by
events, by the ineXorable consequences
of his own acts The atmosphere was
bedside far more than fireside. OF
the measures discussed 1t is sufficient
to say that they revealed no slightest
appreciation of what must be done TO
free business and make it possible for
pump printing to accomplish any per-
manent improvement.
New York Times independent
emOcrat)-Inherent in the Presl-
dents message is the conviction that
purchasing power and production are
two separate things, and that pur-
chasing power is something which
can be readily expanded by whatever
amount the Government chooses to
borrow. The truth Is that purchas-
ing power and production are one and
the same thing. The core OF the prob
lem, then, Is how to get production
started up again. And the most ef-
fective contribution that any govern
ment can make toward the solution
is not to shake public confidence by
running farther into debt but to take
what steps 1T can to remove the forces
which have actually slowed down pro-
duction.
Atlanta Constitution (Democratic)
There is little doubt the Presidents
appeal for national unity to meet an
emergency will fall on fruitful soil.
= One thing, however, must be
remembered. Private business cannot
put its shoulder to the wheel. for the
common good, while wearing the
shackles of punitive taxation and too
lCSCl lStlSC lCSloldtiOlA.
The program advocated by the
President cannot be viewed as any,
thing but inflationary This may
be helpful, if not carried too far If
it is allowed to get out of hand it is
the road to currency collapse and
national bankruptcy.
Idaho Daily Statesman, Boise IRE
publican)-With the obstinacy of
spoiled child who at last has received
a long overdue spanking, President
Roosevelt appears before the Congress
Of the United States and insists upon
continuance of spending policies which
already have brought us to the brink
of bankruptcy and have plunged the
country into depression that almost
hourly becomes more severe and brings
a darker, gloomier outlook
Portland (Oreg) Journal dnde-
pendent)-As Nation we are still
committed to rehabilitation OF human
beings as the condition precedent to
any lasting economic rehabilitation.
We must not pauperize employable
Americans. On a renewed deal, all
together, recession can be conquered.
Denver Post (independent) )-Presi-
dent Roosevelt is still trying to
make business the scapegoat for his
own depression which started last
year. He blandly ignores the
part increased taxation and increased
wages played.
Baltimore Sun Independent Demo-
cratic)-The program does not touch
realities. Public spending never has
been a substitute for the expenditures
OF trade and industry when trade and
industry move ahead with energy that
is possible in a land which has the
natural resources and the human en-
terprise Of this country.
The government as 4 motive power
IN the pomic machine . never