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Tht Barnwell People-Scutlnel. Barnwell. S. Thursday, July 4, 1935
THIS, WEEK
Wealth Is Wage*
Most Constant Market
Wages and Prosperity - * .
Long Wants Chunks
The American Cotton Manufactur
in' association, at Charlotte, N. C„
' promises not to re
duce wages or in
crease hours, an ex
cellent pledge, as
Important to the
employing, prosper
ous class as to
workers. This was
well put by W. J.
Cameron, speaking
for Henry Ford, an
nouncing restora
tion of the six dol
lars a day minimum
wage, which will
cost Henry Ford
$2,000,000 a month I
Artker Said Mr. Cameron:
i, “The finest possible method of dis
tributing the nation's goods Is through
wages. They represent work done and
useful wealth created; they never
drain or tax the country—they add
substance and strength. . . .
“It is Impossible to exaggerate the
dependence of the country upon wages
earned and paid, or the happy effect of
a return of wages after a period of
(decline. . . . The expenditures of the
rich cannot-support any basic business
In this country; for In the first place
we have very few people who can be
called rich; and In the second place,
neither their needs nor their buying
power is sufficient to support even a
medium-sized Industry of any sort.
u Th9 largest, most varied and most
constant market in the world is the wage-
earning American people. They handle
the hulk of the money; it is their needs
and standards that keep the wheels turn
ing. If they can’t buy it doesn’t matter
who else can or does and their buying
power is wages." H
“ Events the World Over
President Offers Higher Tax and Wealth Reduction Pro
gram—Social Security and Wagner-Connery
OENATOIt JAMES COUZENS of
^ Michigan has given to the federal
government $550,000 to finance a
1,000-acre residence colony for part
time Industrial workers In the Detroit
area. A tract has been purchased nine
miles south and west of Pontiac. The
project win be controlled by a non
profit corporation and Senator Couzens
will have nothing to do with its man-
agreement
Labor Bills Passed^
V
By EDWARD W. PICKARD
r C We*t*rn Newspaper Union.
Business men who think wealth can
be taken out of the wages of working
men, should read those words In italics,
carefully, and they should be read by
any workers that have listened to dema
gogues telling them, “Take It away
from the rich. That Is the way to be"
happy.” There are not enough “rich"
to go around, but with full production,
lull consumption, good wages and rea
sonable leisure, affording time to spend
and enjoy the good wages, American
prosperity for all that has grown stead
ily In the past would continue to grow.
Have wages and prosperity In
creased? They have.
First, a President of the United
States once complained, publicly and
without rebuke, that you could not
hire a good worker (tn this country for
jess than $100 a yr^r, about 80 cents
a day.
y Second, McMasters, the historian,
tells you that Tn the early days only
one American mechanic, a New Eng
land carpenter, could earn as much
as one dollar a day.
F Third, In 1014, when the automobile
Industry was young, Henry Ford’s
minimum wage. was $2.34 a day. It
was In January, 1914, that the new
minimum was changed to $5 a day.
l>
The senate rejects Senator Long's
proposition to spend five thousand
million dollars a year benevolently,
and raise the money by taking
“chunks" out of large fortunes.
This process, the senator’s “share-
the-weatth* Idea, might last a little
while, but after the large fortunes were
all gone the “share-the-wealth" gentle
men might begin taking “chunks” out
of each other.
Sen. Wagner
t
J. Pierpont Morgan of New York,
who sold valuable pictures here, and
sold them well, proving business abil
ity, In London Is selling costly mini
atures.
Some ask why Mr. Morgan, who Is
prosperous, sells works of art that
cannot be replaced. The reply might
properly be “That is my business.”
Perhaps he sees ahead conditions In
which “real money" will be better
than miniatures.
Telegram, dated Washington, from
Congressman P. L. Gassaway. Try to
be as cheerful as he is:
“Just returned from trip through
Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas. Crops
are gddd out there. Prosperity Is cer
tain. Couldn't get breakfast in rail
road restaurant on account of crowd."
Lloyd George says: “Signor Mus
solini Is bent upon the conquest of
Abyssinia. Lust Is in his eye and
It makes his speech wild and Inco
herent He resents all Interference
from outside with furious anger."
Mussolini’s speech may have been
“wild and Incoherent," but there was
common sense In It when he reminded
the British that they didn't Invite or
listen to criticism while they were
building .up their empire.
Jackie Haul, a New York boy, five
years old, thought kidnaped, is found
in the East river, drowned, by acci
dent, undoubtedly.
Aftdr dreadful anxiety, to know the
truth brings relief to the parents. The
•ad death of this child shows how
filth and a belief in the hereafter
console human beings. Faith that
their child la happy in another world,
and has been happy and safe ever
since they first missed him, makes
their grief bearabln,
1 • Iradleau, lac
« WNU SsrvlM,
S PURRED on by the White House,
the house, after a hot debate,
passed the Wagner-Connery labor dis
putes bill by acclamation, and Presi
dent William Green of
the American Federa
tion of Labor hailed It
as a “umgna charta
of labor." As Is well
known, the federation
Is the chief beneficiary
of the measure, and
Green and other labor
union leaders had
worked unceasingly
for its passage.
Opponents of this
hill, Including consti-
tlonal authorities In both parties, have
asserted repea ted ly_that It Is uncon
stltutlonaL and It is most probable
that It will be carried to the Supreme
court for an early test
Every attempt to give the employer
an even break with labor was voted
down, but the house did accept an
amendment making the new labor
board an independent agency instead
of a part of the Department of Labor
as Secretary Perkins had demanded.
As passed by the house, the Wagner-
Connery bill provides:
1. For the setting up of a permanent
labor relations board of three mem
bers, appointed by the President, as ah
'Independent agency. The board, or Its
agencies or agents. Is authorized to
supervise elections, conduct hearings,
and Issue cease and desist orders for
"unfair labor practices," which are en
forceable by the courts.
2. That representative^ selected by
a majority of a unit of employees for
the purpose of collective bargaining
shall have the exclusive right to nego
tiate with the employer. The board
may determine the appropriate unit for
collective bargaining, whether by plant
or craft, etc.
3. That It Is an unfair labor prac
tice for employers to restrain, coerce,
or Interfere with employees In^their
organization for collective bargaining.
4. That It Is an unfair labor prac
tice for employers to “dominate" or
contribute financially to any labor or
ganization.
5. That It Is an unfair labor prac^
tice to encourage or discourage mem
bership In any labor organization for
the purpose of making closed shop
agreements. ^
“fine TTne bT tS.tWB dr
prison for anyone
a year In
Interfering with
agents of the board, such as refusing
to permit, access to books and records.
E VEN Huey Long cheered when Pres
ident Roosevelt’s unexpected mes
sage on redistribution of wealth and
Increase of taxation for the rich was
read to congress. The Chief Executive
offered a program that he hopes will
pay part of the vast expenses of the
New Deal and at the same time break
up some huge fortunes and check the
growth of big corporations. He doesn’t
expect congress to do the entire job at
this session, and the administration
leaders at once set about stopping the
radicals who wanted Immediate enact
ment
The President’s taxation plan Is
frankly ahnCHT' against the wealthy,
especially the men with'mllllon-dollar
Incomes. Of these there were 46 In
1933.
The following legislation be recom
mended for enactment during the pres
ent session In order to obtain ample
revenue without hampering enterprise
and to distribute tag burdens equi
tably:
k l. High Inheritance and gift taxes
on “all very large amounts received by
any one legatee or beneficiary." Seg
regation of this revenue for reduction
of the national debt
2. Tax levies to restrict “very great
Individual net incomes."'
3. Substitution of a graduated cor
poration tax ranging from 10% to 16%
per cent for the existing 13% per cent
rate.
For consideration at the next ses
sion of congress the-* President pro
posed :
1. Elimination “of unnecessary hold
ing companies in all lines of business,"
by discriminatory taxation.
2. Discouragement of “unwieldy and
unnecessary corporate surpluses."
3. An amendment of the Constitu
tion to abolish tax exempt securities
by authorizing the federal government
to tax subsequently issued state and
local obligations and state and local
governments to tax federal securities.
Treasury officials estimated that
about one billion dollars could be ex
pected ultimately from the tax plan
submitted. Chairman boughton of the
house ways and means committee
promptly called that body together to
consider the proposals.-
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W ITH only six senators voting In
the negative, the senate passed
the tremendously Important social se
curity bill that already had gone
through the bouse. During the five
days of debate a number of'members,
Democrats and Republicans like, had
argued earnestly that this measure
never would stand up In the Supreme
court, but when their names were
cftUed nearly every one of them voted
for it The only consistent ones were
ed children.
10. An annual appropriation of $1,-
938,000 to be apportioned among the
states for vocational rehabilitation.
11. An annual appropriation of. $8. '
000,096 to be apportioned among the
states for public health services.
12: Grants In aid to states on an
equal matching basis for assistance to
the blind. An annual appropriation of
$3,000,000 Is authorized.
13. A social security board of three
members In the Department of-Labor,
to be appointed by the President, each
member receiving $10,000 a.year.
G REAT BRITAIN’S realistic govern
ment finds the best path toward
general peace In Europe Is conciliation
of Germany, so It has yielded to Hit-,.
ler’s naval demands and concluded a
bilateral pact with the relch, disre
garding entirely the desires and fears
of France. The agreement acknowl
edges Germany’s right to build a fleet
up to 35 per cent of the tonnage of
the British empire, and, what la more
important, permits Germany 45 ^jer
cent; and in certain circumstances,
parity with the empire In subma
rine tonnage. Submarines were forbid
den to Germany by the treaty of Ver
sailles.
E
Moore of New Jersey, Democrat, and
Hastings of Delaware, Hale of Maine,
Metcalf of Rhode lsland, Austin of Ver
mont and Townsend of Delaware, Re
publicans. This social security meas
ure will affect about 30,000,000 bene
ficiaries In the Immediate future and
by 1900, u la estimated, will cost the
"federal government more than $3,000,-
000,000 a year.
These are Its main features:
1. An appropriation -of $98,491,000
for the fiscal year 1936, Including $49,-
750.000 for grants In aid to states for
old age assistance. In addition there
are authorized annual appropriations
for the old age reserve fund, graduat
ed from $255,000,000 In 1937 to $2,180,-
OOO.miO in 1980.
2. Income tax on employees and ex
cise rax on employers, for old age
benefits, beginning In each case at 1
per cent of the pay roll in 1937 and
reaching the maximum of 3 per cent In
1949. In addition there Is a pay roll
tax on employers for unemployment
insurance, beginning at 1 per cent In
1936, Increasing to 2 per cent In 1937,
and to 3 per cent, the maximum, in 1938.
3. Grants In aid to states on a match
ing basis for assistance to persons six
ty-five or older, the goveriynerTt’S con-
trlbutlon not to exceed $15 per month.
4. Old age benefits after January 1,
1942, ranging from $10 to $85 per
month, depending upon the total
amount of wages earned after Decem
ber 1, 1936. and before reaching sixty-
five years of age.
5. A 90 per cent credit to employers
for taxes paid Into state unemploy
ment Insurance funds, the other^lO per
cent to be apportioned among the
states for administration of their un
employment insurance laws.
6. Grants in aid to states for aid
to dependent children, tlie federal gov
ernment putting up $1 to the state’s
$2. An appropriation of $24,750,000 Is
authorized for the fiscal year 1936.
7. Grants In aid* to fetates on an
equal matching basis for maternal and
child health services. An annual ap
propriation of $3,800,000 is authorized.
8. Grants In aid to states on an
equal-matching basis for the care of
crippled children. An annual appro
priation of $2,850,000 is authorized.
9. ~ An annual appropriation of $1,-
500,000 through the children’s bureau
for. aiding state public welfare ageh
elos In the care of tHwneless
fTORTY prisoners In the Kansas penl-
” tentiary at Lansing staged a spec
tacular-revolt against what they said
was poor food, and .refused to come
out of the jnrlson'.coal mine until their
demands were granted. They built
fires to keep the guards away from the
shaft, but the smoke from these was
turned backward and the mutineer's
tamely surrendered.
Berry
P OOR old NRA, now Just a thing of
skin and bones, has a new set of
managers. President Roosevelt issued
an executive order extending the emaci
ated affair until April
1 next. In accordance
wlth v - the resolution
adopted by congress.
an<L then announced
that James L O’Neill,
vice president of the
Guarantee Trust com
pany of New York,
would serve as admin
istrator. Assisting the
banker In the effort to
persuade the public,
business men and la
bor to abide voluntarily by the codes
no longer enforceable, and In the as
sembling of statistics, are Leon C.
Marshall, director of the division of
review; Prentiss L. Coonley, director
of the division of business co-opera
tion, and George L. Berry, assistant
to the administrator, representing" la
bor. Mr. Berry, who has been serving
Sk~a code administrator. Is president
of the International Pressmen's union
and was once a candidate for nomina
tion for Vice President of the United
States.
O’Neill, Marshall and Coonley were
made directly responsible to the Pres
ident An advisory council of six
members was named to help them. On
this council are Charles Edison and
Howell Cheney for Industry ; William
Green, president of the American Fed
eration of Labor, and Philip Murray,
vice president of the United Mine
Workers, for labor, and Emily Newell
Blair and Walton H. Hamilton for
consumers^
A FTER three bloody riots In Oma
ha’s street car strike. In which
one man was killed and nearly two
hundred were, injured. Gov. R. L.
Cochran of Nebraska took charge of
the situation State troops were
called out ..to preserve the public
peace and the governor, meeting with
representatives of the traction com
pany, the central labor union and the
strikers, ordered that tl^e dispute be
WING Y. MITCHELL, whom Pres
ident Roosevelt ousted from the
position of assistant secretary of com
merce because he could not work In
harmony with Secre
tary Roper, retaliated
with public charges
that “special Inter
ests”, dominate the
Commerce department.
He cited especially a
government contract
with the United States
lines for the perma
nent lay-up of the
steamship Leviathan,
E. V. Mitchell
asserting that It was
against the public in
terest and that "those interested tn
the company, including P. A. S. Frank
lin, John M. Franklin, Vincent Astor
and Kermit Roosevelt” stood to bene
fit by It He also severely criticized
the bureau of air commerce and the
steatpship Inspection service. <
No one in the administration seemed
disturbed by Mr. Mitchell’s outbreak,
but the senate committee on commerce
at onch summoned him to explain and
expand his charges. Mr. Mitchell
turned out to be an excitable gentle
man, prone to jump to conclusions and
to voice his opinions rather than facts.
He talked a lot about inefficiency,
“sinks ,of corruption," "favoritism and
graft" and such things, but he didn’t
tell the committee much that It didn’t
already know. He asserted the United
States lines, a subsidiary of the Inter
national Mercantile marine, had re
ceived a “gift", of $1,721,000 throogh
the retirement of the Leviathan.
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imedlatet
Illinois National Guardsmen were
sent to Freeport when strikers at
the Stover Manufacturing\ plant had
fought with deputy sheriffs. Gov. Hen
ry Horner Intervened and a basis was
reached for settling the strike, which
had been In force since May 7. The
men were granted a wage increase at
least until September 1 next
President Roosevelt succeeded In
averting the threatened strike of bl-%
luminous coal miners. Both the oper
ators aad tho United Mine Workers
agreed-to a truce until June 30, b^
fore which time It is hoped a new
wage scale can be formulated and
accepted.
Gen. Foulois
S ecretary of war dern ex
onerated Maj. Gen. Benjamin D.
Foulois of blame for the army air-mail
fiasco and merely directed that be be
reprimanded for mak
ing “inexact unfair
and misleading" state
ments to 'the house,
military affairs com
mittee. This didn’t
suit certain members
of the committee who
Insist the general
should be removed
from his command of
the army air corps
Representatives Wil
liam H. Rogers of New
Hampshire and Lister Hill of Alabama
said they would carry the matter to
the floor of the house and there re
view the evidence the committee took.
In holding that Foulois- should re
ceive more drastic punishment than a
reprimand^ Representative Rogers'
made public a letter from Secretary
Dern to the committee. The letter
followed an official War department
statement clearing Foulois. whose
friends Insisted he was being made a
scapegoat for the administration air
mail blunder.
“It is affirmatively established,"
Dern’s letter read, “that General
Foulois violated the ethics and stand
ards of military service In making
statements before your committee
which not only were unfair and mis^
leading to the committee Itself but
which also reflected upon the Integrity
of his brother officers."
P RESIDENT CARDENAS of Mexico
appeared to have come victorious
out of a crisis that was precipitated by
Plutarco Elias Calles, who was’* op
posing Cardenas' economic policies.
The young president forced his entire
cabinet to resign and formed another
that would support him wholehearted-
Ij-
The Mexican City Catholics, who are
pretty much suppressed, took advan
tage of the presence tn the capital of
thousands of Rotarlans attending their
International convention, and held a
monster parade with speeches calling
for religious liberty.
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National Topics Interpreted
by William Bruckart
National Press Building Washlngton. D. C^
Washington. — President Roosevelt
appears to be facing a considerable
Trouble for
Roosevelt
amount of trouble as
his plans move for
ward for administra
tion of the $5,000,-
000,000 works-relief fund. The diffi
culties confronting the President are
of two kinds, each likely to prove em
barrassing. At this writing it is im
possible to forecast what v tl»e end will
be but the circumstances of the situa
tion that has been brewing some weeks
seem to warrant a recital of the facts.
It will be remembered that during
the v long drawn out congressional fight
preceding passage of the $5,000,000,000
appropriation there were numerous
open accusations and many more mum
blings underneath that the fund would
be used by the administration to some
extent at least for political purposes.
Most observers thought at that time
that the accusations were simply rep
resentative of a boiling political pot.
It was felt also that opponents of the
President were fomenting discontent
and defections In his ranks in order
to establish a record for later political
campaigning.
Now, however, a different aspect ap
pears. The patronage question has
bohbed up. It is coupled with com
plaints in many states against federal
encroachment upon states' rights. So,
it Is "made to appear that Mr. Roosevelt
Is faced with a determined element
which is battling against his policies
not so much because he Is a New
Dealer as because they believe federal
power has been extended to a new
boundary and this breeds a fear of fur
ther subordination and subjugation of
state authorities. The recent meeting
of the governbrs’ conference at Biloxi,
Miss., constitutes ample proof, if fur
ther evidence be needed, of the up
rising out in the states against en
croachment on state affairs by the
Washington administration. ' History
records numerous instances where here
tofore the Washington government has
sought to extend the scope of its
power In one way or another, usually
In minor matters. In ‘every instance
this move has been met by'a solid
phalanx of state officials and state
leaders who have promptly put the
federal government back in Its con
stitutional place. As far as recearch
discloses, however, the Biloxi govern
ors’ conference Is the first Instance In
which the chief executives of states
have come out so openly with their
declarations that the federal govern-
direct the spending, and his promises
are regarded as having saved the day.
Whence new set-up was announced,
however, Mr. Ickes was found to be a
part of It. It is true that theoretically
his position Is of less consequence than
that oLRelief Administrator Hopkins
and that he is also subordinate In s
way to Frank C. Walker, who was
brought in as a new co-ordinating ele
ment. As the progranx develops Mr.
Hopkins appears more and more to
be the big shot. His influence pre
dominates. It must be added, how
ever. that his policies and those enu
merated by Mr. Ickes are not In ac
cord.
The divergence of views between Mr.
Hopkins and Mr. Ickes was shownVln
illuminating fashion the other day
when these two officials held press
conferences on the same day.
Mr. Ickes, who believes the admin
istration never has made a real try
“pump priming" by use of. its public
works program, argued the impossi
bility of conducting real public works
on any 'substantial scale under the
present Roosevelt program of spend
ing. Mr. Hopkins, on the other hand,
discoursed at length y on his favorite
theme, the necessity of planning
projects from the standpoint of poten
tials In providing employment • The
Hopkins policy takes no account of the
question of permanence of the projects.
It contemplates only the factors In
volved In getting Immediate work. Mr.
Ickes takes the position that recovery
cannot be gained unless public works
projects serve not only to give Jobs but
to Induce other lines of businesses to
commence operation. Mr. Hopkins points
to previous experiences in the present
administration with these attempts at
priming the pump and causing related
Jobs to prosper, while Mr. Ickes Infer-
entially, at least, holds that it is bet
ter to continue trying to prime the
pijnap- than to-glve up the job or use-
tfie money in the Hopkins fashion.
While this little difference of opinion
between the-two high ranking officials
may not seem important, the consensus
Is that It has had the effect of slowing
up the work of spending the vast sum
of money. Most folks believe It will
take much longer than a year In which
to spend the $5,000,000,000 anyway so
that any additional delay puts further
back the ultimate consummation of the
works relief program. '
There Is another element of this
situation deserving of consideration.
It U Mr. Hopkins who is picking
V
ffieht had gone too far.’ The Biloxi i> res jdent’s representatives In the varl-
Political
Phase
pronouncements take on added sig
nificance as well through the fact that
leaders who were the most critical of
President RooseveTt In that meeting
were governors of traditionally Demo
cratic states.
• • •
The other phase of the. difficulties
faced by Mr. Roosevelt links possibly
more directly w+tir
the politics In the
situation than does
that which I hare
just discussed. While the states’
rights question and the potentialities
of a further subordination of state au
thorities to the will of the federal gov
ernment ties Jn directly with the
President's expressed desire for con
stitutional revision,' the second factor
carries possibilities pt Important po
litical defections In the ranks of the
Democratic party. *
- Again, the governors’ conference
gives a clue. State officials must main
tain their own political organisations.
Unless they do so they sink quickly
Into oblivion. During the last fifteen
years the office of governor In a good
many states has been looked upon as
a stepping stone to the senate or to
the Presidency. Consequently, unless
the governor who has political ambi
tions holds his own Hues fast his
chances are gone. Since the federal
government has so much money to
spend In each one of the states it be
comes obvious that the governors look
with longing eyes at the cash. If they
control the expenditure they wield an
enormous power. The trouble is un
der Mr. Roosevelt’s policies the gov-
ernors in most states are not being
"allowed a voice In this expenditure.
Aubrey Williams, assistant emer
gency relief administrator here, let
the cat out of the bag In his speech
to the governors at Biloxi. Few plain
er words could have been chosen than
were used by Mr. Williams in Impart
ing to the governors’ conference the
Information that Relief Administrator
Hopkins and Works. Administrator
Ickes were going to pick their own
men in most, if not -all, states. Nat
urally. the governors began to wonder
what was left for them. When they
discovered they were holding an empty
bag containing no checks which they
can sign, their wrath knew no bounds.
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And there are further complications
In the works relief spending program.
It will 'be recalled
Other that a good many
Difficulties «enators and repre
sentatives did „ not
conceal their antagonism for Secretary
Ickes while the $5,000,000,000 bill was
before them. Indeed, some of them laid
down an Irrevocable position demand
ing that Mr. Ickes, public works ad
ministrator under the old order, should
have nothing to do with the new fund,
whereupon the President-soothed their
hfirts by saying that he himself would
ous states where the federal govern
ment has taken over the management
of relief expenditures. Mr. Hopkins
is not a politician, has neve/ had ex
perience in that- field and gives every
appearance of being wholly uncon
cerned about political advices. The re
sult naturally is that Mr. Roosevelt Is
being “placed on the spot" in a num-"
ber of Instances through Mr. Hopkins’
appointments:
.Political observers are watching
these developments closely because-
they see In them the germs of bitter
political enmity that may not serve
Mrr Roosevelt so well In the next elec-
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The sleepy Republicans show signs
of arousing. The administration has
. been trying to ig-
Republicans nore the Springfield
Aw akin* conference of “Grass
Roots" Republicans
and has succeeded except for Spokes
man Farley. Mr. Farley, as head of the
Democratic national committee and
postmaster general and political patron--
age dispenser, had to shoot back In his
characteristic fashion. Other than his
outburst, silent treatment has been
the medicine prescribed respecting the
Republican uprising.
If Roosevelt kept his radio
fumed on while the Springfield meeting
of Republicans was In session, he
must liave harkened back,to a similar
circumstance Involving his - predecessor,
Herbert Hoover. Political writers In
Washington and a good many of the
franker politicians could not resist
drawing a parallel on the Springfield
meeting and'the strafing which the
Democrats gave Mr. Hoover. Of
course, every one knew then that Mr.
Hoover was too thin-skinned politically
to stand up under such machine gun
fire. Few of us expected that Mr. -
Roosevelt had the same characteristic
because he had been under political
gun fire much more than Mr. Hoover.
Notwithstanding White House silence
on the Springfield meeting, however,
the word leaks out that the President
has been much irked. If not disgusted,
by the attack on fundamentals ef the'
New Deal. It will be remembered that
for the first time the Republican oppo
sition singled out what the v opponents
believe to be eighteen vulnerable spots
In the New Deal program.
Here* in Washington observers are
watching closely to discover how tha
President Intends to offset the Repub
lican criticism. If and when he .fights
back, It Is believed his general tactics)
plan for 1936 will be disclosed. Re
publicans also are watching. There
are to be more of these so-called
“Grass Roots" conferences and 4f by
any chance the President tips his hand
before these other meetings are held,
Insiders among the Republicans insist
they are prepared to take full advan
tage of the disclosures.
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