Show 0 0 0 National Topics Interpreted fl I by William Bruckart v- v Washington ton The Time The extra session of or Is starting off on with many millions of ot peo- peo What Can pie figuratively ely Congress Do pounding on Its doors and deI de- de manding de-manding that It do something ng or orther I ther about the banking situation tad ind the economic panic Demands 1 ire are being made that It flu fix things lip up The demands and appeals the ar- ar and the advice that I Is being beng be be- ing ng laid on the threshold of ot every face filce door In the Capitol carry every mown scheme tried and untried for Jor dealing with the disturbance In he delicate balance of our economic and ind financial machinery Freak legislation panaceas and patent remedies that would put a d doctor to shame are offered Few of them appear to have been thought through as ns to the ultimate result and I gather ather from the private vate rate conversations of or senators and representatives that they are arc becoming becoming becoming be be- coming Just a little bit hardened sad and calloused about them That people everywhere are suffering suffering suf suf- fering Is known That the people have e a right to to demand that the government gov gov- gov government do to what it can Is not notto notto notto to be denied But ut seeing the problem problem lem from the time viewpoint of ot Washington Washing Washing- ton Lon your our observer is inclined to tom toI m I pause and ask what can congress do How can congress fix things up Wh What t sort of ot magic can cnn President President Pres Pres Pres- ident Roosevelt employ that will start time the country back to conditions I that will provide employment ment for forthe forthe forthe the unemployed food for the hungry markets for or the products of ot the factory factor and farm and stability for or banks The l last sf congress and the last administration tried to solve the problem and accomplished nothing No had hat the sooner Seventy second second congress expired than we heard assertions as as- from those who saw their pet legislation die that things would have been better If their only particular particular par par- bills had been enacted But the saner heads among them know and admit that enactment of all aU the freak bills in the world would not change human nature nor amend the old age law of supply and demand de de- mand Whether President Roosevelt Is developing an economic program that will restore the confidence of ot the countr country In its established Institutions and traditions time alone will tell tell It will be a slow prow proc ems ess A sifting sitting down of ot views of ot I many of those upon whom responsibility rests seems to Indicate that It may have strength because It Is slow Blow In the making The effects of ot i ian an anything sensational are generally not lasting it Is agreed From what many Republicans aswell as ns well as aa Democrats ha have hae e told me there Is some Starts With ground for tor belief bellet Wide Wade Support that the mere change of ot control control con con- of ot time the government may result In some revival of or confidence Look gook at the thing this way Mr Roosevelt convinced a good many many hun hundred thousand persons throughout through through- 1 out the country In his campaign that he be could do a better Job of ot running the government go than Mr Hoover Hoover had hind done In convincing them he heI developed their confidence In him I It Is s considered therefore that Mr Roosevelt noose Is starting out with wide support It Is claimed that the time people peo pee pIe will believe belle in him and his policies poppies pop poll pies cies at least until time the error of ot his wa way Is s shown In other words ac ac according according cording to the argument as It Is advanced advanced ad ad- from this standpoint the bulk of the time people will be tr trying to help themselves when they respond to the appeal of their President There has tins been an all gone all one feelIng feel feel- lag InS a feeling of ot e exhaustion evident In the time months since the November ember election To put It In another form Corm many persons s showed their lack of backbone by asking what's time the use It is held heM among man many government go officials that this condition was directly dl di responsible for further declines declines de do- clines dines In general conditions So the hope Is Is as I see sec It not so much in what congress can cun do but butIn butIn butin In whether Mr Ir Roosevelt can conserve conserve con con- serve or Increase the confidence he built among people If he lie succeeds succeeds suc suc- will things slowly ly straighten themselves out If It he makes some bad mistakes or if it It congress gets ets out of control many here believe we mu may as well permit the depression depression depres depres- sion slon to wear Itself out Depressions have done that in In years ears gone b by History gives no basis to expect that the thc present disturbance will be any different In that respect The President undoubtedly has started off In the time right direction In holding confidence by the time selection of his cabinet members lie picked a group which Is gen generally conceded to be bc well balanced between conservatives conservatives con con- and liberals That fact is made the more apparent from conversations which one hears among the conservatives and the liberals liberals liberals lib lib- of ot the Presidents President's party In con con- gress The rhe conservatives cs claim there are more conservatives In n the time cabinet than there are liberals and the liberals claim the they hold the ma ma- I I In the meantime however there Is that sickening cry of or the suffering suffering suffer suffer- ing the thc plea of ot men who are losIng losing los los- ing their farms the wall wan of ot those who whose e savings are arc being wiped out by falling Calling banks It gives Ilves rise to the question will congress keep Its head bead and und try to enact sound legislation legisla legisla- legislation tion tron Or will It yield to the clamor to lIz fix things up and attempt to todo todo todo I do so by undermining the currency by voting out additional billions in loans to corporations with Incurable diseases and to states to spend every which way and cause additional burdens of ot taxes to be saddled on those who carry the load There appears to be a very ery real danger of this situation Further there appears to be a very real danger danger dan dan- ger that congress will go too far In harassing big business I believe It ItIs ItIs itIs Is generally conceded that some big business ought to be harassed but there must be 00 legitimate business somewhere I know that many of ot the Democratic are a little bit alarmed The They think the confidence upon which the President President dent is s depending can be undermined undermined under under- mined In this direction S As Republican office holders file out from their jobs throughout the time country and New Tl Things t the h e Democrats Transpiring march up to the pie counter under under under un un- der the mandate of the November election things are transpiring here hereIn In Washington that appear to the observers to be something new even en evenIn evenIn In this hub of the political universe The regulars In both major parties parties parties par par- ties are becoming concerned about it Ordinarily when a change In administration administration ad ad- ministration has taken place such as we have Just experienced the Ins stick together and seize all of ot the spoils and the outs sit back awhile and suffer To the extent that the ins are seizing the time spoils the recent change In control of the government has presented nothing new But the outs are are not sitting silently awaiting await await- awaiting ing better luck They have begun to build battle lines In the meantime within each of ot the two major parties other movements movements movements move move- ments are taking place Within the ranks of the Republicans that Is le the old line Une party men and women there Is a concerted effort to rid the party Darty of tile the Individuals Indi who failed to stand hitched to the Republican n platform and candidates Within the ranks of ot the Democrats there is a very er definite effort just as concerted concerted concerted con con- conI I as exists among g the Republicans I whereby the conservative wing of the party In power will I Iha ha have haIts Its feathers clipped In other words the regular Republicans are fighting to retain control of ot their party and radical Democrats are struggling with a mighty effort to capture control of their party The new Democrats apparently feel their oats They want recognition tion It Is a problem with which the timers old-timers have not been compelled compelled compelled com com- to deal deil before Frankly they are puzzled While this was going on on Senator Norris of Nebraska who was elected elected elect elect- ed as Republic Republic- Norris Plans an but who al al- New Bloc wa ways s 's has been the time bell sheep of ot the progressive e flock was going forward forward for tor ward with some ideas of his own about establishing a new bloc He proposed that th those se of ot liberal tendencies tendencies ten ten- band together and organize a group which could maintain a headquarters in ism Washington to operate operate operate op op- erate freely and without a of affiliation with either major party and to wield the power which h hex he Insists I they had available to them The Norris proposition seemed to tobe tobe be a n direct answer to the blast by I Senator Reed Heed the time Pennsylvania Republican Republican Republican Re Re- publican who often orten has been described described described de de- scribed as probably the most regular regular regu regu- lar lur of all regular Republicans Senator Senator Sen Sen- ator Reed need makes mul cs no bones about the situation He sa says s 's the time has come to kick out those who have hn been wearing a n Republican label at election times when they are candidates candidates candi candi- dates and who then Jump the time res res- But nut when Senator Norris announced announced an his Idea about the progressive progressive sive shoe bloc the time Reed declaration assumed assumed as as- sumet new significance to the time ob ob- servers servera On Oa the time surface It may seem to be Just an ordinary party 11 light fight ht yet the undercurrent of pt gossip contains suggestions that here actually actually ac ac- may be the time beginning of or a n anew anew new alignment In politics In every campaign each major party has hns fired blank shells at the opponents about their reactionary tendencies Each I uch party has entered the time claim to being better equipped to adapt the federal government to the new conditions s. s It has happened year after year Now r however as a result of OC the time Reed Heed declaration of principles the Norris to the progressives the time movement among the younger members of time the house and the gen generally disturbed conditions some Borne folks actually arc ure looking for Cor the tile s segregation if or In one party the fill rt Uj In the thc other cj I ms 1933 h w W. 1 per por Union |