Thursday, May 17, 1934
( Washington, May 15.—As forecast
in this correspondence a short time
ago, the President is choosing the
"right" fork of the road to social
and economic recovery, rather than
the "left." Not by any positive de
claration of policy, but by putting 1
4 the emphasis on matters which ap
pear of more importance to the con
servative element of the citizenry
than do a good many of the things
about which there has been so much
talk.
More and more it being borne 1
in upon those members of the Ad- j
ministration who are keen for re- i
forming everything—and there are[
a few who are "bugs" on that sub- j
ject—that until and unless business:
responds to what has already been
put into effect it would be folly to
try to press any more far-reaching
reforms upon the nation. The Presi
dent sees this clearly, and so do a
great many members of both houses
of Congress. Some of the latter,
with the primaries now starting and
the election of next November star
ing them in the face, are wondering
whether anything that they can do
between now and adjournment will
help to restore business confidence in
1 time to do them any good.
Heed Constructive Criticism
The Administration and its sup
porters are receptive to criticism
when it comes from sources which
they do not regard as self-seeking.!
They pay little attention to what
Wall Street thinks, but they do list
en when representatives of con
structive and productive business
their minds, as did the mem
bers of the Chamber of Commerce
of the United States recently in
their annual convention. One re
sult of that criticism is a revision of
the Securities Act, with the Presi
dent's full support, to enable legi
timate business to obtain capital in
a legitimate way from legitimate
sources, without being classed withi
crooks and highbinders.
It is probably a fair statement
that Republican opposition is not
' worrying the Administration any.
In the nation as a whole there is
nothing that can be called a Repub
lican party today. The Old Guard j
is reluctant to let go its leadership, j
yet is calling for young blood to re- i
juvenate the party.
So far about the only effort to i
shape up policies on which to go;
to the electorate next election time
seems to be an effort to see how
close the Republicans can come to
paralleling Democratic ideas. That
creates much the same sort of a sit
uation that existed in 1896 when
both the Republicans and the Dem
ocrats vied with each other to see
how much they % could grab off for
themselves of the platform of the
vigorous young third party, the Pop
ulists. Between them they killed
the Populist party, but its doctrines
survived and every one of them is
now the law of the land, save only
the free coinage of silver; and that
seems closer now than at any time
in nearly forty years.
The Republican Outlook
There are wise old observers here
in Washington who believe that the
Republican party has a chance in
1936 only if it comes out frankly and
squarely on the conservative side.
The radicals have done all the talk
ing for the last couple of years, un
til one would be tempted to think
that there are no conservatives left.
Some of the members of Congress
who are coming up for reelection
know better; there are still a few
conservatives left in their home dis
tricts who are liktly to vote the Re
publican ticket next November.
Locally, conservative thought is
beginning to express itself. Wash
ington has heard hardly more than
echoes from the back country, so
far; but some smart politicians be
lieve that if the national Republican
party would go on record, not as
promising the same sort of thing
that the Democrats are dishing out
now, but almost precisely the op
posite so far as Government control
of business, and expenditures fdr
social reforms are concerned, it
would gather recruits to itself like a
snowball rolling down hill. It might
not win the Presidential election of
'♦1936, but it would have a good
chance in 1940. These same ob
servers give President Roosevelt
the odds on a second term.
Brains From the Ranks
There are many indications that
the so-called "brain trust" is not
such a dominating Influence as it
was. The term, of course, is a loose
one, but is used here as meaning
the intellectuals who had little prac
tical experience in administering
public affairs but were installed
here because of their supposed bet
ter understanding of public ques
tions than the men who make such
matters their life work.
The Administration has learned
that there are many men of high
scholastic attainments, thorough
scholars, and with detailed, prac
tical knowledge of how Govern
mental things are done, already in
the permanent Government service.
These men are not party men, but
efficient public servants who, for
one reason or another, have made
public service their life work. Some
of them are men of means, who
serve because they feel there is
more satisfaction in using their tal
ents for the public welfare than in
piling up wealth for themselves.
Some are men whose tastes are
simple and needs few, who get along
very comfortably on their Govern
ment salaries and who wholeheart
edly devote their leisure to the
study of social and economic prob
lems in their national and interna
tional aspects.
Getting a Hearing Now
These men are now being called
into conference, and some of the
brain-trusters are discovering that
what they have been putting forth
as new and original ideas, are old
stories to some of these chaps.
Some ideas have been tried and
didn't work; some of them are just
what these permanent Government
servants have been trying to get a
hearing on for years.
That is one of the indications that
the running of the great business of
governing the United States is now
shaking down into order and sys
tem; 'but a lot remains to be done
before anyone can say positively just
what the policies in effect are and
in what direction we are ultimately
heading.
Mrs. H. T. Brown Wins
Local Recognition
Mrs. H. T. Brown, resident on
Gwyn Avenue, who has won local
recognition for her work in geneal
ogical and historical research, has
been honored by being included in
the list of the leading active geneal
ogical researches in the United
States, in The Handbook of Ameri
can Genealogy recently issued by
The Institute of American Geneal
ogy of Chicago.
Recognition in this field affords
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Cycle News
Farmers are very much delayed
in their work in this section, due to
the continued drouth.
Rev. W. V. Brown left Monday for
King, where he is conducting a two
weeks' singing school.
Lee Johnson, a substantial farm
er of this community, is quite sick
with a head trouble. His brother,
Charlie Johnson, of Winston-Salem,
is spending sometime with him.
Pearson Pardue, who has beer ill
for some time is much improved, we
are glad to note.
R. L. Lovelace of Elkin, spent
some time here Thursday, surveying
tracts of land.
The little son of Mr. and Mrs.
Pearson Pardue suffered a broken
arm in a fall last week.
The school closed at Oak Grove
Wednesday. The children of the
first, second, thud and fourth
grades were entertained by their
teachers, Mrs. Todd and Miss Lucy
Parks, with a picnic at Bald Knob.
Mr. Oabard, the high school teach
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Auction Sale
of
PERSONAL PROPERTY OF
C. L MORRISON, DECEASED
Saturday, May 19th
1 P. M. AT HOME PLACE
2 mules, 1 cow, 1 heifer, 1 grain drill, 1
mowing machine, 1 hay rake, 1 disc har
row, 2 wagons, and all farming tools. Al
so x /i interest in 1 grain binder, 1-3 inter
est in 1 Fordson tractor and some house
hold goods.
TERMS OF SALE CASH
J. R. Poindexter
Administrator.
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county.
What puzzles us Is why so many
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to everything except the business of
the church.