Milford chronicle., 1940-06-07
HVCH-ucHTINGP POLITICS
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a pOiltlcaA reporter wandering
about Washington and picking up re-
ilecti0ns Of opinion from over the
country begins to wonder whether
the politicians and the people real
ize the importance OF the presidential
vote that is % be case next NoVem-
ber. Or the mOmentous decisions
that. the nominating conventions,
particularly the Republican mee6ng
in Philadelphia, will be making.
IL the seriousness Of Americas
problems were more truly under
stood, one might suspect that many
OF the factors which seem to be
playing an important role in choos-
ing nominees woulG disappear.
What Is the picture facing the next
President Of the United Slates2 Ten
million unemployed and farm prices
scraping bottom. A continuously un-
balanced budget and a S450, 900 ,O0O,-
00e national debit Business stagnat-
ed by New Deal policies. A world in
turmoil. American foreign policies
more vital than since the World War.
Altogether this-adds up into the
most important aelection since Lin
coins time. A president embOdying
all Of the virtues OF Washington,
Jefferson, Lincoln, Teddy Roosevelt,
Hoover and Franklin Roosevelt
would still faca1 RGstaggeriug Job to
pick up all Of the national chips that
the New Deal has, scattered around.
Despite this picture. II IL the ex-
ception rather than the rule to hear
politicians OF voters discussing,
who is the ma nbest qualified to
undertake this man-killing jOb?"
who best understands these dOmes-
tic and international problems that
the next President?"
Instead the question seems to re-
Yolve around who can carry this !
or that state. Or this or that bloc Of |
votes. Or who has the best radio |
voice. as though these problems can !
be crooned into solution.
That, Of course, has been the pO-
litical way In the past. But politics
won't solve the gigantic problems |
that face the next President. He |
needs something more than that.
and a political reporter, wandering
around, wonders when the country 1
and those who select nominees will /
wake up TO this fact
Nothing Is irritating the New Deal
more these days tina ma new line Of
attack comparing the
national economic welfare under
seven years Of the Roosevelt Admin
stration with the last seven years
lnder Coolidge and Hoover
Up to now the statistics used by
he New Deal compared the very
'ottom of the depression with the
highest economic pinnacle reached
lnder the New Deal. They carefully
gnored the general agreement Of
that the nation had
tarted on the upturn in June 1882
nd that the low was reached be-
ween the election and the inaugu-
alton OF Roosevelt when the eoun-
~ became more and more fright
med at reports Of what the new
had in mind
The seven year comparison shows
income higher under Re-
Iubliean administration; employ
lept greater; farm prices better.
3yeE VII hgile ts5 yeafB OF depres-f
ION Whic hthc Hoover Administra-
lon was successfully ending. the in
statistics show a gem ,
rally brighter picture under Re-
ubliean rule. !
The New Deal viii hear more and
lore during the coming months the =
that what the Roose- !
eli Administration achievement
'as. was to stabilize the American \
landard of living on a depression
asis