Evening star., 1938-01-04

FOllOWlng are extracts from editOria
comment of newspapers throughout
the United States on President Roose.
velt's address, as gathered by the As.
sociated Press:
New York Daily News independent
In holding his majority popular sup.
port and reaching out for more of it
President Roosevelt seems to be doine
pretty well. But the way hi
angles for these various elements /.
not. as charged, by preaching unsounc
economics. The Presidents basic eco.
nomic beliefs are sound, We are con.
vinced.
New York Times independent Dem
ocratic) message is the
message for which many middle-of-
the-road men have been waiting. In
1t, to be sure, there are certain rec
concentrations whose wisdom may be
questioned, but. by and large
the message is reasonable in its OBJ
jectives, praiseworthy in its tone and
fair in its treatment Of those who dis
agree with specific points in the ad-
mlnistration's program.
New York Heral Tribune 0ndepend-
ent Republican)-The calm tone of
the Presidents message is a welcome
relief after the Jackson diatribes and
the 1ckes Mysteries. The SUBJ
stance of the document is, unfortu-
nately. another matter. The President
is hardly at his best in discussing
basic economic problems. The
topic foremost is every ones mind, the
business slump, Is but mentioned.
Miami (Fla.) Herald independent
Democratic)-The real business man,
constructively building up his own
line and dealing fairly with his fellow
men. need have no fear of what the
Government may do, seems to be the
idea the President sought to empha-
size.
The Oregonian independent Repub-
lican), Portland. Oreg.-The Presi-
dents message is remarkable chiefly
for comparative mildness.
Mr.. Roosevelt still labors under the
error of thinking that his reelection
in 1886 constituted blanket approval
OF any and all legislative meas
ures he might see fit to dictate to
Congress.
Mr.. Roosevelt for the first time,
though very guardedly, reminds la
Dor that it, too, has responsibilities.
But he gives no notice to labor, as he
does to business, that he will move
to see that those responsible
ties are assumed
Boston Herald (Republican)-The
address was a comforting contrast
IN tone and content to the recent
speeches Of Secretary Ickes and As
sistant Attorney General jackson.
When the President declared that
government can furnish specific
acts OF spoilation but cannot CON
script cooperation" he expressed a
truth which his two associates chose
to ignore. A New Deal policy founded
on that old. sound principle and pur-
sued consistently would do more than
an additional billion OF Federal hand
outs. The address as q whole de-
serves commendation.
Boston Globe independent In
the address is little echo of the re-
cent utterances of Secretary Ickes and
Assistant Attorney General jackson,
the President being milder than many
had anticipated and emphasizing his
disposition to cooperate with those
by whom a spirit Of helpfulness Is
shown.
Baltimore Sun independent Dem
ocrat}-The mental somersaultinp
goes on in this latest address of the
President. In one place he is indi-
rectly lauding the N. R. A. in his
references to the minimum wage and
maximum-hour provisions of the codes
that were directly related
to the monopolistic price and produc-
tion controls-and in another place
in this speech he is criticizinR mo-