Show STRAWS IN THE WIND WHEN WHEN President Roosevelt cIt launched the I significant undertakings of the new deal ical he candidly told tHe country that they were experiments and tl that at in iii the event oi of failures be would be the tiie first to admit them Some of his closest dvis ls l's have ha J dispatches sa say counseled him him to go before tile the people again No o date been set for his next clint chat with his neighbors but the inference in the capital that shorn shortly lie will discuss administration administration admin admin- rhe desire of his associates to have ha him do this would see n to mo e move from the tho clearly ap ap- apparent parent in con congress ress The programs issuing from froni the White House arc not having I Ithe the smooth going the they did at first This may maybe be taken as a sign of one of two things or even b both th The rhe ers especially the l' l rep rep- p- p s in the lower house undoubtedly are arc try trying ng desperately to appraise sentiment in their h home me districts Constituents are arc writing to Washington Much uch of this ma mail l of course is almost identical in appeal a sort sorto o ot gigantic chain letter Jetter idea su suggesting gesting at least leasta a lack of anti ana originality ill in io- io O. O thought Much or of it on the other hand hau S s 3 clamor either for the new deal to get into nin luin big in the constituents constituent's l wa way en- en nt or or to ipare it from local I ion tion o some of its instrumentalities Quite I naturally these things get on the nerves of the public servant who Tho doesn't want to lose his Job Recapitulation of some of the rough spots I the administration program has bumped ovEr oyer in the past few weeks includes these 1 cation of some of the more drastic provisions I of the stock exchange control bill liberalization tion o tile the securities act softening of the wagn r labor disputes measure su sudden den and drastic changes in the airmail policy ns as tile the I countr country country- was h heard from overriding the economy econ econ- amy omy n act t veto defeat o of tile the St. St Lawrence wat waterway wa- wa t bill bilI N R It A As A's s abandonment of its plan to order universal shortening of and creasing of wages There are still others minor issues but bitt they are arc straws straws-in the win wind If the hc signs of the times mn ma be read clearly clear clear- ly h. there seems to be evident in aU all sections of the nation something ing approaching n a demand Q re Ee of aims rth fh only other w 1 eh would allay wide concern con con- cern would be tile the of 01 n. n new rabbit front from tile the capacious hat which produced a year car ago mall strange things There is however cr n a limit to what call ean come out of lint hat So the would seem to better suit the mood or of the countr country TI If it should indicate what have hac heen found to be failures or 01 shortcomings short short- comin comings s and what arc in in mind wit l tile the unchanged tile the people would take tal on new confidence rhey need this in in the thc face or of the many uncertainties and doubts that must endure until congress hus adjourned The that happy day nr- nr Fives i the sooner will he be ahle to keep 1 keepS S its mind on its work When that is possible we wc shall consolidate tile the gains we have Ila already alJ begin to chalk up new ones |