| Show dispelling THE FOG by charles ielson V we have fascists and communists anion anio ngor gour people we have new deal ra old deabi t and alda ole le o the rodd era we have S nele s illets ia lEts high and low tat liffets ets alid all the ke grades between the one boink chii on which these Tai illis agree is that all the others are dead wrong nut dirt the political sect of 0 the lot is that group of critics whose single tenet Is ili that at president roosvelt cannot by any chance bo be right about anything to ilina i irate the type lot let us take columnist frank kept lie is not chosen chasen because he is th tho 0 most moat important of cl those hose who read nto into every act ol of the chief executive mal in ilce cc imbecility or simple error but because lie he is the most cons conse stent tent Hs fellow columnists voluntary or sub by environment or clientele do occasionally admit that hy by seme ap aup or aco denit the president stumbles into the path of intelli g gance ence and but buit not mr kent he in effect that even when he says his prayers the president lias has his fingers crossed cros Ged it would be to get a picture n of the sort of president th critics of the present administration we ought to have it if one ot of mr air Roosevel ts recommendations recommendations to congress Is adopted it is accord ng to them a usurpation of legislative powers and congress I 1 isan nv dious rubber r stamp taking orders tom lorn the white hause if such a is defeated in Cong congress rss it means that chat the presidents influence has vanished and that a conscientious and coura courageous g body has told hi m where lie he gets oft off it if he vetoes a bill ake the soldiers bonus and Cop congress gress passes it over ln hi a 0 veto it is darkly suggested the veta was only a face sav ing device and ithac had bad the president really extended li itself and brought p etsuro on congress the v veto ito osuld have been sustained ned men alen would like him to be a dictator when awl and if he dictates r way and they insist it Is congress duty to IQ suppress loin him it ir it is the other way about every prea dent who sought results I 1 tor for the betterment of the country has been accused of a seeking more mere power washington acco iding to his enemies schemed to I 1 be a king icing jefferson when he nap napaleon cleon that thal it if france dd not sell louwana Loui sTana to us we would join our shi sh ps to the arit british isih navy I 1 was arraigned arra ened as seizing power beyond the scope of the Pres denzy jackson was citra coned in yown and sceptre tre and so on down dawn the ene and the amer amerlean american lean R republic bublie ina has ambled along the path ot of nations for a century cei tury and a halt half through good vines fines and bad through peace and war and the detato 4 has never materialized or gotten beyond the to aman stage |
