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PAGE EIGHT THE FRANKUN PRESS AND THE HICHUNPS MACM^ THURSDAY I As New Dealers Paint the Picture OF m bu(?den on our GREAT 6RAND CH\LpREN I/IN5S ERE RITY '%0Ty CROCODILE TEARS For Roosevelt THE NEW YORK TIMES (Continued from Page 1) specting drought relkf, soil ero sion,, the prevention of floods, strong Federal protection for the investor and penalty for the reck less or crooked promoter. Governor Landon qui'Ctly makes his own. One outstanding argument, how ever, runs heavily against the Re publican party and its leader in this campaign. They* have advo cated, even if only half-heartedly, a policy of aloofness and isolation for the United States. They would make protective tariffs more pro hibitive of foreign trade than ever before. They would at once abro gate the existing reciprocal trade agreements, and repeal the very law which gives the President power to negotiate these agree ments^—a law long endorsed by eminent Republicans. Those treaties already in effect they attack as de structive to the true interests of American farmers. After thus pro posing to do all in their power by legislation to shut foreigners out of our markets, the Republicans pro ceed to the pitch of absurdit^^ and effrontery by demanding that for eign nations pay us the debt while depriving them of the means of ])aying. All this policy, which may be called that of Little Americans, leaves the advantage on interna tional issues distinctly with the -Democrats. Reviewing all these factors, weigh ing what has been accomplished, what is now proposed and what un certainties still he ahead. The New York Times, a conservative news paper in its own sphere, believes that the public welfare will best be .S'erved this year by the continu ance of the Democratic party in power and by the re-electiou of the President. Three consideratious which we regard as dominant in the circumstances have led us to this conclusion: First, we believe that Mr. Roose velt is a keen enough judge of public opinion to make his second Administration more conservative than his first, in the sense that conservatism means consolidating ground already gained and perfect ing measures hastily enacted. We believe this both becausc the tide of public opinion is now running with steadily increasing strength against experimentation and "be cause the President himself has moved definitely in this direction. It is significant that most of the genuinely radical ideas sponsored by the Roosevelt Administration, ideas which were radical in the sense that they departed aibruptly from the American tradition— NRA and AAA, for example—were products of the panic period, when, as the personal experi'ence of Gov ernor Landon testifies, many Re- ])ublicans and many conservatives hailed these very innovations as essential to the safety of the country. Second, not only do we bslieve that forces now o])crating strongly will,tend to make the next I'i.oose- velt Administration more conserva tive, in the sense of conserving the best of what has been accomplished since 1933; we also believe that in a very fundamental way the Pres ident’s re-election will provide in- sxiranoe against radicalism of the sort which the United States has most to fear. We say this for sev eral reasons. It would be blind not to recog nize the necessity of adapting and ameliorating our political and eco- jiomic structure to the changing circumstances of the modern world, and equally blind .not to appreciate at full value, and to wish to con serve for the uncertain years which lie immediately ahead, the unques tioned confidence which Mr. Roose velt enjoys among the distressed masses who have been the worst victims O'f the depression. These masses still acutely remember their disillusionment in public leadership in 1932, and have with reason felt that the President has tried to re store hope, equalize opportunity and prevent the excesses o-f the recent past. We' believe that Mr. Roosevelt’s defeat at the polls would enable the more radical ele ments within the Democratic party to unite under irresponsible leader ship which the force and ability of the President have hitherto helped to check and counterbalance. These radical elements would thereby be strengthened in their appeal to the masses. In this connection we prefer to have in Washington, during the still critical period which lies immedi ately ahead, a Government united in all its branch-es, with power to take instantly action which may become necessary in any emer gency which may arise. The Repub lican party cannot give us such a Government. Even if Mr. Landon should be elected and the Repub licans should carry the House of Representatives, the Senate will re main Democratic because its pres ent majority is too large to be re versed in 1936. A divided Congress during the next two years would threaten the country with precisely the same contradiction of liurpose and paralysis of will which proved to ibe so disastrous in 1931 and 1932. A further assurance against radic alism is the effectiveness of the social and economic measures pur sued by the Democratic party, though often with fundamental er ror and raw materialism. We do not believe that these measures should be placed in other hands at the behest of those who have not been the real and chief victims of the malady, and who evolved or sup ported the policies which lie at the roots of its cause. Reform should be administered by those who vigorously and successfully proposed it, and the Democratic party stands in that relation to the public. In the administration of re form and the restoration of the normal processes of an American Government, there is urgent need for the restraining influence of the party’s conservative wing. This, if the President is re-elected, will’ be ever a«l.e SSipt'Se H..se wi« nhlv be cut down. "’^Knk we believe that the n^ar- row nationalism for which publican party stands today Itself a policy which, if PUt force, would carry us rapidly m the direction both of 'regimenta tioB” and “radicalism.” It was the loss of foreign markets for our sur plus farm commodities that was specifically responsible for the de mand for crop control and a plan ned economy” for agriculture, t is a loss of foreign markets for our factories that is responsible in large part for the industrial unemploy ment which still persists. Ihe best antidote to both regimentation and discontent is a revival of interna tional trade, and the reciprocal treaties sponsored by the President and negotiated by his able Secre tary of State lead step by step in that direction. That way lies hope. The other leads to economic suicide behind a Hawley-Smoot tariff. In supporting Mr, Roosevelt’s candidacy for re-election. The Times does not intend to lose the independence on which it has al ways put chief emphasis or to com promise its own convictions. It will continue to endorse such of Mr, Landon’s views as it finds deserv ing of support. It will co.ntinue to criticize and to oppose such of Mr, Roosevelt’s policies as seem to it to lack merit. In particular, it will continue to oppose governmental extravagence and to insist on the vital importance of bringing the national budget into early balance. We are encouraged to believe that this can be accomplished more read ily under a second Roosevelt Ad ministration than under Mr. Lan don, considering the extent to which the Republican party has now outbid the President in prom ising farm bounties. "Ihe position taken by The Times is in line with its traditional sym pathy for the main purposes and the moving spirit of the Democratic party. We believe that in this case cons'crvatives and radicals can com pose their differences within that party, and that the result will be to dissipate, rather tkan enlarge, class antagonisms, sectional jeal ousies and factional disputes. Tol erance is an essential part of the American tradition and national unity our most deeply prized pos- session. As Republicans Would Have U $ 33,808,0^^" DEFICITS S 14.021 OOO TAXIS-$ 5.074r^° A REPUBLICAN CONGRESS must be elected if Newijjut squandering is to be stopped. Waste and boondoggling, and noiijT® expenditures for relief and recovery, have piled up ourenorwi.r' and hamstrung re-employment. * In spite of President Roosevelt’s estimate that this yeiff (mostly hidden) will be 5 billion and 74 million dollars (3 million dollars greater than in 1933), he predicts a deficit(fif dollars, without including six months of relief costs. For Landon the united states news (Continued from Page 1) dent-elect co-,operated with his pre decessor in the critical months be- tw«n November, 1932, and March, But when the crisis came Mr Roosevelt was equal to it. What unitv r- ^^‘"^li'shing national orthe ^ '“.Preserving the poise of the American people will not boon be forgotten. Tn the wake of that emergencv Devaluation of the dollar was fun damentally wrong. Industrial Recovery Act was not only poorly written the Supreme Court, hberar'and to establish a' limited bank deposits ™ 1 statesmanlike. ® worker was given d rect reliv/ ^ proper as an = relief, were Production controronThT^f crop destruction were bln f themselves are not f/ grounds for defeatin dent. The Des Mn' ^ Presi- Governor Landon looks' ly cumbersome and f ®^"®'JUal- for',agriculture. P°^jcy sents an “llent^^ob defective plan and onTth\ " revision to make ft handl3‘ noffy gtch''^ as the WPA but Federal Government of loans for housing was a constructive measure and one that can well be continued until private credit instrumentalities of a similarly effective nature can be set up on a sound basis. The laws to regulate security trading and security issuance have ercellcnt purposes but are very badly drawn and have been a hin drance to capital recovery and the flotation of long term loans for industrial purposes. The reciprocity treaties negotiat ed by Secretary Hull have been a fine achievement in starting the world toward a reduction of tariff barriers and are to be commended perhaps the greatest single to States a^d^iti^s to’T"^ tered by non-p^tl The federal . '’"“^'-ds. '■efinancehomeaSTrn/'' constituted a necessary tial em.ergency action Likewise the ir.„ ' insurance by the move toward permanent recovery made by the Administration. Efforts to improve collective bargaining methods are a step in the right direction. The process would have been farther advanced %nd labor would by this time have neaped much more benefit had the Roosevelt Administration chosen absolutely impartial administrators instead of class partisans in key positions. As a consequence of this mistake we shall face serious industrial war fare in America in the next twelve months, especially if Mr. Roosevelt is reelected. He has allowed labor agitators to use the Wagner law to create the impression that they have the force of the Federal Gov ernment behind almost anything they may choose to do. The President’s reauest of a H800,000,000 fund for executive dis bursement and the subsequent ap proval thereof by Congress would not m themselves have been so much subject to criticism had the tund been administered with due egard to the national economy. Valuable time has been lost in 0 classify the unemployed induct" ^^nsing to permit private hat/h^^v function so it could ave by this year absorbed more of the unemployed. By refusal I mean ion interven- of exerT and misuse were T7 P^°blems that the eme*” ^mentally unrelated to tne emergency. re- tragic a ■aS «=- were‘n;'4e“"Th,Is the cratic process'oT^Tf^ business It , , f'/‘government in sibility on the n I respon- had it been ra ° business men L ueen carried nut i-i' i iiij stitutional a con- “ » ™.ch slower- ‘empts to L ? without at- sies with vitaT^^ controver- competition and fair The Presiden been in office a’ bad not Congress in Ta ^.e told ■» manent.” He f I *'eforms “per- that the vast appreciate were for emer^r''®’’® ®’'=^'^ted him that the Arn*^^ Purposes only American people did not have time in nine [ determine by trial andaJ experiments were wortU permanent and \yhicli oitV' be discarded, P On February 5, 1934, j.r this page that I would self to support Preside* velt for reelection if ly F had fulfilled three majorii* The first called foraiul' program of internatianil ;l, tion to prevent war, L The second called for tirement of the governirtf business ventures of its that private initiative w impaired or constitiitioiil disregarded. The third called for at budgetary program I believe the Hall treitis| stitute an approach to \i!'' become a greater effort i national peace if we art : ourselves from a liorrillt war in the next few yeiB. But wdiile the Roosevdt-: tration has not gone as k nationally as I would taf cannot bring myself to a« Republican platform on ils ject of Governor at Minneapolis in wHcIi demned the existing re treaties. On this issue—were it ‘f- from all the others ands® no other issues involved-1 earnestly support Mr, Roos reelection. But on the other two do we find ? The govtf®^ getting deeper and fcl' business and is reacWiiS i into ' the business affa«^ citizen in a manner mt* most severe condemnatiw- ^ And what of the hiidgel- been unbalanced now e'W with deficits running int»1 lions. Mr. Roosevelt told I that “for three long Hoover’s Administration ting the country “on the ward bankruptcy’’ ficit of about, five We must, assume velt record of sixteen deficit is three times J* ^ ever greater peril to 11 ■ of the nation’s treasuO' stopped it means a « flation with hardships o' , mon people. Of what use are the « ^ the splendid achievement J ing a bank holiday cr»s ^ 1933, if we arfe to haK panic because of ling of federal funds. And if recovery is t*' ’ ^ that tilt* for' New Deal proudly why is it necessary government to tis) in the fiscal year 1936 ? ,, I do not look to - to effect the necessaD , for fear it is I## to cut 'expenses to ^ aspirations^ «’*' spending side—they , j(,, ed no little to his poP 1 acquit the Presi^"‘ intentionally acquire (Continued
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