Evening star., 1940-02-19
Dr.. Frank S Report
Hailed as Liberal and
Forward Looking
Form Subsidy Fovored;
'Trode Pact Approval
By Congress Asked

BY Congress Asked
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and that 1t would be of great assist
ance to the party.
Senator Davis of Pennsylvania
took similar view, expressing pa
ticular satisfaction with that sec
ton of the report which deals with
foreign trade agreements. He said
he thought many parts of the report
could well be incorporated in the
national platform.
A Democratic comment, from Sen
ator Pepper, of Florida, was not so
favorable. He said:
"The report states as cogently as
It probably could the symptoms OF
that disease from which the Repub-
Gcans are afflicted: "Out-itis.'
The report charges the New Deal
with inaugurating in this country q
philosophy of "defeatism," with the
adoption of "reactionary" economics,
with waste of public funds and
rankly partisan administration.
big Government" Called Bugbear.
It charges that under the New
Deal "big Government" has become
the bugbear of America-instead Of
''big business"
THE economic program OF the
New Deal, despite sporadic reversals
of policy, has rested essentially on
the control Of production, the Gre
alton of scarcity, and the boosting
Of prices" the report says. AT the
turn of the century, this was the
precise program Of the least enlight-
ened leadership of big business. Lib
erausm fought this program then.
But by some strange twist of think
ing, these policies which were at
tackled as reactionary and as a
threat to the wellbeing of the people,
when followed by big business then,
are defined by the New Deal leader
ship as liberal and essential instru-
ments Of social progress, when fol-
lowed by big Government now. We
are, as a result, faced with the
problem Of unduly centralized po-
Ntical power"
The report, which Republicans
today insisted is both forward look
ing and liberal demands that the
United States remain at peace and
be not involved in the wars abroad
and at the same time strongly urges
adequate national defense-ade-
quate not only to protect this coun-
try but to enforce the Monroe Doc
trine, protecting the Western Hemi-
sphere.
It adheres to the theory of free
private enterprise-but with pro
tective" Government regulation.
It demands that adequate govern
mental relief be accorded the un-
employed until recovery has been
attained-but insists that the ad-
ministration of relief be decentral-
lied and taken out Of partisan
politics.
Favors Farm Subsidy.
It urges greater agricultural pro-
duction-but insists upon the retire.
ment Of marginal and submarginal
lands from production, upon, soil
conservation and upon some KIND
Of Government subsidy to the farm
ers for the present.
It stands squarely for the prin-
ciple Of collective bargaining and
urges its adoption upon all indus
try-but it urges revision of the
National Labor Relations Act so as
to make it more fairly administered
for both labor and employer and as
between labor organization and
labor organization.
It urges that the determination
Of the hours and wages of labor be
left to collective bargaining-"ex-
cept In situations where minimum
wages and maximum hour regula-
ton Is necessary to protect groups
Of workers not in a position to pro-
tect themselves by collective bar
gaining"
In this connection the report says:
IF the Federal Government as
sumes anything like general respon-
sibility for the advance of wages
and the determination of hours,
beyond the protective minimum
suggested, the stage is set for the
ultimate political domination of Or
ganized labor"
The report stands generally for
the Social Security Act-as amended
by removing the gigantic reserve of
$4,000, ,000, 900. It approves the old
age insurance and assistance provi-
sions and those for unemployment
insurance.
Health Safeguard Urged.
It strongly urges that steps be
taken to safeguard and improve the
public health and to help the ordi-
nary citizen to have better facilities
for medical care-but with the ex-
listing private medical agencies and
physicians playing their part as
well as the Government.
1t urges repeal of the emergency
powers of the President over the
currency, the creation of compe-
tent monetary and banking commits
sion and the eventual restoration Of
Q gold standard.
It proposes realistic" negotia-
tions of trade agreements with for
eign nations, the agreements to be
subject to concurrent approval by
both houses of Congress.
The Program Committee, stressing
the importance of this country's for
eign relations as of today, opened
its report with discussion of the
European war and American policy
1T is imperative" says the report
"that nothing be permitted to un-