The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1939-08-24
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his publicity hackers seived on a COL
orful figure and built up that man
to the point where more was expect
ed of him than should be expected
from any human being.
It is entirely possible that Mr..
Roosevelt suffered personally from
the intense fervor of the admira-
ton that was given him. I do not
say, Of course, that he felt that he
was a superman. Yet, the combin-
alton of a willing congress and the
overwhelming support he had from
the country possibly gave him a
false idea of the power vested in
him. In any event he used that pow
er up to the hilt.
Then came signs of trouble. His
advisors and possibly the President,
as well, felt that congress could be
made to do his bidding. Republican
opposition and the Gliding of men,
bers of congress that they were rub
Der stamps began to have an eff
feet. A test was coming and most
politicians realized it. Through the
session of congress last year and
that which only recently ended, Mr..
Roosevelt followed the same tactics
as before-but the change had come
and the course was blocked. It was
no longer period in which the will
Of the President was wholly and
completely dominant
All of which brings to mind the
real facts in the case insofar as the
causes of the Presidents current in
effectiveness are concerned. It is
the old story. Any ball team looks
good when it is in the lead, when
it is winning. Any race horse is a
wonder only so long as it continues
to win. It can be, said, therefore,
that having slipped considerably
both in political prestige inside his
own party and outside of it, and
having allowed some of the wide
public endorsement to get away
from him, Mr.. Roosevelt is now be-
ing regarded as a human being who
can make mistakes. Any mistakes
that he may have made while he re-
manned the winner were discounted
or ignored. It seems likely, howev-
err, that all of them will be dug from
their graves now and he must ans
wer for them.
Makes Bad Break in Digging
Up Supreme Court Skeleton
Nor is Mr.. Roosevelt willing to let
some of them die unnoticed. For
instance, everyone recalls the heat
that was engendered by the Presi-
dents attempt to get congressional
approval of his own pet government
reorganization bill. His terrific fight
for reorganization of the Supreme
court with the new appointments
that would come to him is easily
recalled But the President dug up
the court skeleton, the other day. It
struck me as terribly foolish be-
cause the country had forgotten
much about the mistake. Mr.
Roosevelt recalled it in all of its
fury, however, by issuing a State
ment, almost without notice, say
ing that he had obtained his court
fight detectives with enactment fin
ally of a minor bill that sets up a
court administrator.
In the same statement, Mr. Roose-
welt made bad break. He an
nounced that besides the passage of
the administrator bill, the last seS-
sion Of congress had created five
additional judgeNhips in district
court-which he wanted Well it
happened that the senate passed
the judgeship bill but the house
never did and Mr.. Roosevelt was in
correctly informed. The result was
the same: it made the President look
rather sour for the moment.
Along with Mr.. Roosevelt's state
ment about Argentine canned beef
being of a better quality than our
own beef think we ought to rank
the Presidents statement about the
refusal of congress to pass the