Show personal glimpse of jack garner by old friend A rare intimate glimpse ot of john nance N ance garner the man Is contained in a column entitled perspective written in news week magazine by editor ray mond moley former assistant secretary of 0 state under president roosevelt its true th that at nir mr garner is picturesque he says but hes picturesque only because his method of life which aich is simple and natural contrasts so weirdly W with ith the sham living that goes on in W washington ashington so far a as I 1 can see hes a mart mad who lives his life as he wants to 1 live I ve it il if he were the manager of a ranch or the president of a bank or the publisher of a newspaper with no possible political ends to serve by quaintness he would still do just about as he does doe s he live simply because he wants to get votes he lives that way because he is a simple man he refuses to go 90 out to dinners because he wants to go to bed early and get up early ho he smokes cigars because he likes cigars he goes hunting because he likes fikes to lo hunt the garner scheme of things shouts to the world here I 1 am no mystery no deception just a man trying to do hi his s job speaking politically if what wha t you want OK 0 K if it what you want goodby good by and no hard feelings theres nothing cheap or unreal a bout about at al athis no man mail chos puling on an act ct can serve in the congress of the united states for 35 years ind and still keep the affection and respect pf af his discerning colleagues mr garner read an awful to lot except the newspapers tie he learns a lot from talking to people the garden of his mind Is carefully pruned now that its ats become fashions fashionable fash ionn ble again to salute the flag and stand up when the star spangled banner Is played it can be said with impunity that no man loves his country with more unabashed fervor than mr garner if he seems to be less concerned about re sounding phrases like americas destiny in the world than some others are because hes so passionately anxious to see america believe in itself hes convinced of the durability of democracy as a way of life tor for the american people he knows that any danger derr democracy faces in the united states comes not from without but from within when hen people grow careless indifferent tired mr garner is no nineteenth century tree free trader he believes in protection tor for american farmers tor for american indus try he believes that the concentration of 0 financial power witnessed in the last generation was bad tor for the country but unlike borah and brandeis Br andels he look with horror on big business he takes the view that probably some businesses are more efficient eff lelent when big and some businesses are better tor for the public when hen little and that its the governments job to try and find out which are which he profoundly believes that much of the early now new deal legislation was sound but he shrewdly points to a lack of coherence in its later phases hes tor for organized labor but made no secret of his alarm over such excesses as the sit down strikes to him the sit it down strikes were nothing more or less than a forcible seizure of private prop erty hes against the continuous growth 0 of spending in the government no not only because he sees financial chaos at the end of such a course but because spending has been accompanied by increasing indiscretion no man has exercised more powel powei in congress over the years than mr garner it Is a power that does not rest resl on patronage the vitality of his mind the ripeness of his political judgment the warmth of his af affection his unfailing unmitigated honesty have compelled the admiration of republicans ns as well as democrats of radicals and conservatives easterners and westerners all AH this despite the tradition that the vice presidency is a role of impotence mr garner has made a throne out of 0 a political sarcophagus |