Show National Topics Interpreted by William Bruckart National D C C. C Washington Washington Politics being inseparable Inseparable arable from gove governmental nd administration administration admin admin- un under er Build Budd Campaign our system It Ie Battle Lines becomes perti- perti pertinent pertinent nent nt at this time to examine what has hns happened in the late session of oC congress In Ina Inn a n nation where n a two party political structure obtains politics cannot be segregated from the a administration In the larger sense It Is not with witha a o critical n attitude tude therefore that t the magnifying glass Is held over oyer the doings of ot President Roosevelt elt his cabinet and brain trust advisers advisers ad nd and the congress that has bas latel lately adjourned I believe It will be agreed that politics has hns predominated in the management ement of our national affairs during the last eight months espe espe- dally The fervor and appeal that was held for recovery by all nil of or ns us I during the earlier days of oC the th Roosevelt elt administration seems to have been largely dissipated ThatIs That ThatIs Is not to say that no one wants to see reco er recovery accomplished It Is to say however that this fervor and this appeal has been somewhat sub Thus It can be summarized summarized sum sum- In a n brief brier sentence TIll The administration looking to the election election elec elec- tion of or 1930 1036 has hns been engaged In building campaign battle lines tines and forging campaign ammunition The 1934 1034 congressional elections presented to the country an issue based d on the performances and future future fu tu ture program of President Roosevelt Roose Roose- velt It was accorded a proposition where citizens were voting either to give the New Deal a future mandate mandate man man- date and an 1 the President authority to proceed as he thought best best or or to vote a mandate that would call a ahalt ahalt ahalt halt on those same performances and ond policies The country supported support ed Mr Sir Roosevelt some of oC his advisers advisers ad ad- since have told me In a manner even more substantial than he had anticipated He emer emerged e efrom from that campaign n with a larger Democratic majority y In the house than he had before In addition he was accorded much more than a necessary two-thirds two of of orthe the senate The picture looked roseate Though the congress that has Just ended Its session gave the PresIdent President Pres Pres- ident many anxious hours I think that on the whole It can be re regarded regard regard- ard ed cd as having provided him with a n record of or rather arduous and ond faithful faith ful ml response to his wishes He dill did not obtain quite all that he wanted nor did he obtain that portion of his hI's program exactly In the form Corm be desired But nut again politics In congress congress con con- gress Is almost a matter of or general compromise anyway so that the President can cnn be said to have come out very well He De can proceed now to any plans for tor that session of congress which convenes next January January Jan Jan- uary and which In accordance with nearly nil precedents will adjourn ahead of ot the national poll political conventions conventions con con- next June Politics being the game g-ame that It Is Is one must look into the future to discover the nItI Looking to mate goal goat So the Future looking Into the future one discerns dis dis- discerns cerns several objects or objectives of or decided as os well as Important Interest to the Individual voters In the first place e the consensus surely Is that Mr Roosevelt has built a le legislative ve and administrative tive e structure In our government that presents a concrete and un qualified Issue to th the American people people peo peo- pie namely to proceed along New Deal lines and make the necessary changes In the Constitution to permit permit per per- mit execution of those policies or orto orto r to throw the whole thing overboard There can be no equivocation As the structure stands at nt this this' time and ond as it will stand until the next session of or congress Is under underway underway way many New Deal propositions are of ot doubtful constitutionality If they are ore so held by the Supreme court of oC the United States then Mr Roosevelt Is believed certain to turn to the country and request Con Con- revision His latest and perhaps his most definite move In this direction was In connection with the so called Guffey Guf Gut fey coal bill It will be recalled that in placing that piece of or legislation legis legis- lation on the must list of or measures measures meas meas- ur ures s to be acted on before congress adjourned Mr Roosevelt advised house leaders that he wanted It passe passed 1 and he did not care rare partieD particularly I whether some members of congress congress con con- gress ress had reasonable doubts about I constitutionality i i. In effect therefore there fore tr the President commanded pus- pus sa sage e of or legislation that must place before the Supreme court n a vital I question for determination It will willbe willbe be he tested Of or that there Is no douht doubt If It the law Is held heM unconstitutional It merely means mean that Its provisions pro form another part of or the campaign n battleground observed ed to be shap shap- In ing I Mr Roosevelt also succeeded In forcing through h con congress ress the le legislation legis- legis ls lotion latton destroying the public utility holding companies It was a n tough 11 fight ht but hut the President was vic vie Now Nov I hear henr from rom many sources that court examination dr of tho the legislation likewise will come comeI I because some folks arc are convinced It Is If It Is It Is un un- constitutional And so It Is In to the case of ot several several several sev sev- eral other pieces of legislation enacting en en- enacting acting the New Deal l Ideas Into statutes stat stat- utes One by one It appears they will get Jet before courts for review Thus the line of cleavage Is marked While the President has hag remained silent neither den denying nor confirming the undercurrent of Information information In in- forma formation that t I hu have ve reported here one cannot fall fail to reach the tho conclusion conclusion sion slon that If many of the New I Deal Dent measures are held Invalid the Pr President President Pres Pres- s. s ident and his New Deal supporters of necessity must go o to the country In the next nest election seeking con con- modification to permit the use of policies now Inimical to our form of government That Is the Issue which the voters oters will be called upon to decide Since we have examined the circumstances circumstances cir clr- from the New Deal side let us likewise see As to the what the Opposition and other oppositionists are doln doing Lately I have ha talked with some o of the recognized Republican wheel horses Whether they speak the sentiment of oC the masses of ot Republican Re Re- publican voters or whether they vol voiced their own views Is not Important important Im im- im here Political straws do show which way Vay the political winds are ore blowing So when these veterans veterans vet vet- erans of many political battles say that the they welcome the creation by bythe bythe bythe the New Dealers of or an nn Issue they evidently see In the situation worthwhile worthwhile worth worth- while opportunities When they say that they are willing to go to the countr country In defense of the Constitution Constitution tion as It stands and the traditions It represents they evidently feel they are on firm ground Much water can go over the dam between now and ond November 1030 1036 and much sentiment can he be changed In that time But the Republicans thus far have done very ery little In Inthe Inthe inthe the way o of building up their case While they apIH appear nr to be enthusiastic tic about their chances against Mr Ir Roosevelt noose In 1 1930 1036 they have thus far failed to develop elop even a n nucleus of an organization It may be their strategy not to start their cannonading too early Indeed I have hove heard the thou thought ht expressed that It would be unwise to use ammunition too far In ad nd vance ance At any rate there have been heen only a n scattered few direct attacks on what certainly must be the Is Issue Issue issue Is- Is sue of 1930 1036 the question of ot revision or retention of our Constitution ItIs It ItIs itis Is to be bc noted In this connection that those Republicans who have let go with a n few shots hots have been of the ultraconservative type t pe I thlik It Is generally a agreed reed that the Republican lican up sot next year will be managed managed man man- n aged ed not by hy the old U tives but but by hy those who have Dulled away to some extent and who are willing to admit that times have changed conditions One ar argument ent advanced why Republican Re Re- Republican publican leadership len hns has not been more active Is la G. 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P Bides that If It a start Is Its Time mile made too early the Roosevelt administration ad ad- administration ministration will have an nn pity to answer all of or the time criticism Said one Republican lender leader We would he utterly foolish to permit the time New Dealers to know all nil of or our arguments too far In advance I for one am nm content to let tet them proceed with their socialistic re regimentation regimentation regi regi- l. l because I know that every time a calf Is given too much rope It chokes Itself to death Then there Is another factor which I understand Is responsible for Cor the delay In Republican at at- tacks A good many Republicans have n a hope at nt least that a n campaign campaign cam com based 1 on a n plea for or the maintenance main main- of our Constitution and the traditions and modes of living which It represents will draw to the Republican Republican Re Re- publican candidate a n certain segment seg ment meat of or Democrats who are unsympathetic unsympathetic pathetic with the New Deal There has hns been plenty of or evidence In the time session of or congress Just adjourned that at ot heart numerous Democrats lean lenn to the conservative conser as distinguished distin from the New Deal method meth mett method od of government go The closing hours of the congressional session seemed to belle helle this But ut an anyone one old time Democrats Democrats Democrats Demo Demo- who mingled omon among In the house could not tap fall to have observed existence of or a n douht doubt as to the time wisdom of ot many New V Deal policies Those men were forced to line up behind the time Presidential Pres Pi I. I program not because they believed helleved in It full fully but for two other reasons These reasons were first they still entertained some fear that If It they broke with the President It might mean menn their political po po- political defeat for and rc-eh rc election re-election and second they were harassed and mcl physically and mentally mentally mentally men men- tally tired and wanted to go o home The late summer and fall months during which these representatives and ond senators naturally will be their constituents Is rather lItel likely to provide them with a better knowl knowledge cl e of where they stand e G Newspaper Union |