Show it t POLITICAL OPPORTUNISM 1 T IKE E a tidal wave f following n an earthquake e M. M t the hc vote yote to ov override the veto of the bill t ase veteran v teran benefits and federal salaries salaries sal sal- aries first shook the administration to to its f and an and then e engulfed it In history there thre il is no parallel the tile revolt against the president is unmatched by any previous case o rubbing out the presidential will The 11 vote ote on Tuesday was to 72 and the upper chamber followed yesterday with ith a tall tally o 9 63 to 27 1 Senator King was vas the lone Utah delegate 5 td stand with the administration Senator r mas' mas vote was in opposition as were were those j of Congressmen Murdock and Robins Robinson m The senior senators senator's term expires in 1935 that of Senator Thomas in 1939 The congressmen both h ha ve ye to stand for reelection in the t fall l The he dates es are not without significance S UThe The congressmen in because of 1114 nearness of their coming battles at the conventions and the pol polls s i in 1 voting t to wreck administrations administration's economy and program and nd in i tidying dYing to th the p powerful veterans veterans' lobby list list themselves definitely s as s. s Io political al opportunists p rr ke ki Democratic J members le bers of of both houses in B standing ding against th part leader add to w e political sins by Dealing r- r rd d ling a a. a blow bow at tho the popularity and prestige of the president tSo So irr irrefutable was of Jogie of the veto message that the overriding Votes overriding otes otes' otes clearly reveal re veal V l the innermost thoughts of those who are faking facing ing the f fall ll elections Their pers personal nal and i cd ate political pr problems Dl ms loom larger than national welfare or solidarity for solidarity for the party in pow power r. r No one d' d doubt can that there has 1 measurable i defection from the r ranks of t M supporters of f the New NeV Je Deal i throughout too thi country the consequence of the failure of the tho recovery pr program gram to yield swiftly themi the g mi ins w which ieh had bad been expected No Now v the reters re- re deal a heavy blow at White House pop pop- rity and prestige which will ac accelerate these defections for a time ana ancl gi give e party td throughout the nation a new problem tb t of recovering lost ground However as t the tle of the overthrow of the veto s its true proportions in the minds minds minds' of k ug voters Roosevelt adherents should g ow w in number and the prestige of those who opposed posed him on this issue sho should ld shrink From Prom this standpoint nt voting agn against the president ft l ti n in which Y S lg party 0 r l v o 0 t c. c politics can play pla- plano no part reveals reveals' something akin to stupidity Surrender to the veterans veterans' lobb lobby and to those on federal payrolls for the warriors ex-warriors have not been alone in this raid on Oil the treasury treasur treasury treas treas- ur ury is an affront to the overburdened taxpayers taxpayers tax tax- payers which will not be forgotten either in party conventions or 01 at the polling places Congressmen Murdock and ancl Robinson must be somewhat confused as they look at the Utah political situation from Washington The state stands well up near pear the top of the list of states which have made heavy demands for federal relief for the tile jobless The Tue per capita demand for this help in Utah exceeds that of nine out of ten of all other states This should be a fair fah index of the economic economie situation of th the taxpayers here All the flag waving and oratory th they y ma may indulge in ill during their fight for and rC reelection lection C can ln scarcely outweigh the indignation of the tile citizens upon whom they have haye placed this extra extra ex ex- tra tax load But the veto was not based wholly on economic economic eco ceo considerations They are sufficient to condemn the bill The presidents president's presentation of the case from rom the standpoint of principle and national policy clearly sets out even more moreS S cogent reasons reasons why the measure should not have been passed in the first place and why secondly the veto should have been sustained The whole argument of Mr 7 rr Roosevelt is sound and unimpeachable in its concepts of social justice and in its clear indication of the futility futility ity of striving for governmental economy when congress is unwilling to go along with the program Those who overthrew the veto veto- have made a bald attempt to buy votes otes with ith taxpayers taxpayers' money noney I |