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Show SUPREME TEST TE TEST T AHEAD . , Events are moving : swiftly swiftJy to the 'time time Mime ' when Presi PresI- PresIdent Presi- Presi President President - - dent Roosevelt and the "new new " deal " will be put to the thesupreme thesupreme : " supreme test , and the people generally hope the outcome outcomemay . , may be favorable to the administration admmistratIon and to the thecountry thecountry thecountry country . But the powers granted the PI President esident by Congress Congressand Congressand Congressand and the progiam proglam program unde1 undertaken imdei taken a en aie ale so vast as to almost almoststavger almoststagger almoststayger stavger stagger the imagination lI11agmatIOn . . These involve mvolve nothing not1ung less lessthan lessthan lessthan than government contiolof controlof contiol control of all business busmess and industry mdustry , m- m in- in meludmg including in including - cluding eludmg agnculture aguculture agriculture . They embrace such a ladical radical de- de - depal'ttll departure de-partuie de partuie - pal'ttll palttll parture ' e fiom flom from former American Arlerican ideas and practices as to toconstitute toconstitute toconstitute constitute a social revolution if the powers granted to togovernmental togovernmental , governmental agencies are actually used to their fullextent full fullextent 1 1e'dent . extent e'dent edent ' . , , , , In view of this , it is natural that many thoughtful thoughtfulpersons thoughtfulpersons thoughtfulpersons persons look upon this vast 'ast ast ' piogram plogram program with some misgiv mIsgIv- mrsgiv mIsgIve mIsgIvmgs misgivings = - e ings mgs rugs , although tthey Ithey they see the necessity for a change in theconditions the 'conditions conditions ' . condItIons which have prevailed . So far , business busmess and industry 1ndustry generally have shown showna : a disposition to cooperate with the administration admmistration in inevolvmg inevolving inevolving evolvmg evolving a solution of the many pressing problems which whichexist 1 e exist "lst lst " . But such radical changes in m the national setup set-up set up - : as asare asare . , are proposed can hardly be made overnight without withoutwolking :1 1 : ' 1 walkmg woikrng additional hardships hardship on jnany many individuals and andbusiness andbusiness ) bUS1ness business units . The arbitrary fmng fIxmg frx'ing frxing ' of hours of labor , wages and andprices andprices prices of oj commodities is an experiment of the most far- far farreaching farreaching far-reaching far reaching - reaching nature . If carried out as as planned , competition competitionin competitionJ J 3 . , in its ordinary ordmary sense will be virtually eliminated ehminated . No one onepositively " . I , positively knows how it will all work out . But we shaIl shall shallsoon shallsoon ! soon see . I , . . i I . |