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News Review of Current
Events the World Over
Murder of Dollfuss by Nans Creates Serious Situation in
Europe—Bandit Dillinger Slain by Federal
Agents in Chicago.
By EDWARD W. PICKARD
C bjr W««t«rn NiWfpttxr Union.
Engelbert
DoIIIum
PNGELBBRT DOLLFUSS, intrepid
little chancellor of Austria, has
fallen a victim of his political enemies.
▲ group of 141 Nazis, disguised In uni*
mm ■ forms, broke into the
^ M chancellory in Vienna
■ 0 and made prisoners of
Ddllfuss and a num-
ber of his ministers.
The chnucellor was
beaten and shot and
left to bleed to death,
his captors refusing
to permit a physician
or a priest to be called.
Without revealing the
fact ' that they had
murdered the dicta-
tor, the Nazis then
surrendered on promise of safe con-
duct across the German border, being
•ided in the negotiations by K. Itleth,
the German minister to Austria. When
it waa learned that Dollfuss had been
killed the promise was revoked and
the Nazi* were locked up.
Meanwhile another small hunch of
Nazis had seized the radio broadcast-
ing office and had given out a state-
ment that Dollfuss had resigned and
would be succeeded as chancellor by
Dr. Anton Klntelen, the minister to
Italy. Klntelen was called to Vienna
immediately, put In a cell and there,
shot seriously. Officials said be tried
to commit suicide.
President Miklas called on Dr. Kurt
Rrtiuschnlgg, minister of education un-
der Dollfuss, to head the government,
and he, together wUh former Vice
Chancellor Emil Fey and Prince Ernst
von Starhemherg, the vice chancellor,
took charge of the situation with the
heimwchr to back them up. Soon aft-
erwards it was announced that Von
Ktarhemherg had been made chancel-
lor. In the province of Styria and
some other regions civil war broke
out almost at once and the Nazis,
strong In numbers especially In Graz,
were desperately fighting with the reg-
ular army and the helmwelir.
Italy. France and Great Britain
were conferring as to the best meas-
ures to take to carry out their pledges
of last February that the integrity of
Austria should be maintained. Italy,
especially, was determined that the
Austrian Nazis should not guiu control
of the country and was ready for
armed Intervention. Mussolini had
75,000 troops encamped near the Aus-
trian frontier and personally assured
Prince Von Starhemherg that he would
defend Austrian Independence. The
Ftenoh professed to look on the Nazi
revolt as an internal event not war-
ranting intervention at present, but
tiie question of maintaining Austrian
Independence is one of the few in
which they agree entirely with the
Italians.
Naturally, everyone blamed Ger-
many for the tragedy in Vienna, for
the German Nazis have carried on a
long and persistent campaign against
Dollfuss, making use of the radio with-
out restraint. Hitler’s government,
however, tried to avoid implication In
the Vienna uprising. Minister Keith
was recalled to Berlin because of bis
unauthorized action in helping the
Nazi group, and Hitler appointed
Franz von Papen to succeed hliu. The
border was closed to all political fugi-
tives from Austria. The German press,
always under control, was careful not
to express joy over the killing of Doll-
fuss.
On the side lines, waiting to see
what course would prove most advan-
tageous to themselves, were Czecho-
slovakia, Jugo-Sluvla and Hungary.
The situation In central Euroi>e thus
was packed with dynamite almost as
it was twenty years ago, and in all
the world capitals the danger of seri-
ous international repercussions was
A W/>4)tA«i »/tM Aon I B’moaoaa o
• wvgumvu, itovuivt ^vuvi mi uui upviui
war may be avoided for the present,
but bloody conflict in Austria seemed
certain. ,
pOR the first time In history a Presl-
r dent of the United Stutes set foot
on Hawaiian soil when Mr. Roosevelt
landed at Hilo. He went ashore there
especially to visit the grent Kllaeuea
volcano, and being driven to the edge
of the huge flreplt of Halemaumau, he
made a sacrifice to Pele, the fire god-
dess, by tossing a bunch of red ohello
berries into the crater. The city of
HUo gate the President a warm wel-
come and staged a pageant. Then he
proceeded to Honolulu for the main
events of his visit Ills activities there
included a review of 15,000 troops and
an Inspection of the Pearl Harbor
naval base. He was entertained at
luncheon by MnJ. Gen. B. H. Wells,
commandant of the army department
attended a picnic given by the Har-
vard club, ate dinner wltb Gov. Joseph
Poindexter and, after a reception at
the governor's mnnslon retired to the
Royal Hawaiian hotel at Waikiki
beach.
MINNEAPOLIS became the labor
AvA riot center of the country, the
striking truckmen there and the po-
lice engaging in bloody fights; and, as
In Ban Francisco, much of the violence
was attributed to Communist agitators.
The striking drivers sought the stop-
page of all industry bat only the cab
grtvers Jolaed them.
Father Francis J. Haas and E. H.
Dunnigan, federal labor conciliators,
offered a plan of settlement which was
accepted by the strikers, but the em-
ployers turned it down, asserting that
the Reds were behind the strike and
that they would have no dealings with
Communists. Gov. Floyd Olson imme-
diately declared martial law in the
city and Hennepin county and Adju-
tant General Walsh of the Natlonul
Guard became dictator. The decree
even muzzled the press to a consider-
able degree. Four thousand guards-
men were mobilized and motor patrols
toured the streets at Intervals.
Following a conference of delegates,
J. J. Noonan, president of the Licensed
Tugmen’s Protective association, an-
nounced in Detroit that a unanimous
vote bound all unions and continued
strike action In demand of an eight-
hour day and a $2,400 yearly wage.
Noonan said the next move was up
to the shipowners, chiefly represented
by John W. Cushing, Chicago, and G.
A. Tomlinson, Cleveland.
About ninety tugs hnve been tied
up at Great Lakes ports since the men
left their jobs June 1, Noonan said.
JOHN DILLINGER, murderer, bank
robber, outlaw and most notorious
of Aujel ien's uiuderu desperadoes, is
dead. Traced to Chicago, lie ventured
a visit to a moving
picture theater to see
a film of the life of a
man who ended In the
electric chair. As he
came out of the thea-
ter federal agents and
a police squad from
East Chicago, Indiana,
j „ surrounded him. lie
ft * drew bis pistol and
Mt was instantly shot to
death. Melvin H. Pur-
vis, chief of the inves-
tigating forces of the
Department of Justice in Chicago, led
his men in this final and successful ef-
fort to get Dillinger, dead or alive. The
outlnw had sought to disguise himself
by having his face lifted and his hair
dyed and by growing a short mustache.
His finger lips, also, had been treated
with acid. His identification, however,
was immediate and certain.
It was credibly reported that a wom-
an had given the tip that resulted in
the killing of Dillinger, hut naturally,
her name was not made public, for five
members of his gang are still at large
and might he expected to avenge their
leader. The informant is due to re-
ceive at least a considerable share of
the rewards offered by the govern-
ments of the United Stutes, Indiana
and Minnesota for information leading
to the capture or death of Dillinger.
These rewards total $15,(MX).
Attorney General Cummings in
Washington was elated by the news of
Dlllinger’s death. He warmly praised
the work of Mr. Purvis and his men.
who had devoted most of their time
for four and a half months to the
elimination of the desperado.
Three of the Dillinger gang besides
the leader have been killed in battle
with the law. Eight others are in pris-
on. twm of them under sentence of
death.
yiTITH the collapse of the general
* * strike in the San Francisco area
and the defeat of the radical element
among the workers, the longshoremen
at all ports of the Pacific coast voted to
submit to arbitration their differences
with the ship owners. The latter
had agreed to arbitrate and at the
same time had promised to bargain
collectively with other maritime
unions. In the San Francisco bay re-
gion there were 108 vessels in port
and the work of loading and unloading
these went on rapidly. In other re-
spects normal conditions there were
restored. 'The "vigilante” bands con-
tinued their raids on Communist hang-
outs and the police arrested a number
of radicals. The hope that the alien
agitators captured can be deported
was rather dashed by the attitude as-
sumed by Secretary of Labor Perkins
in the matter of deportations. She is
waiting for the next congress to pass
the leniency measure that would give
her dictatorial power In these cases.
/"\LE H. OLSON is in the saddle as
the acting governor of North Da-
kota and matters political were quieter
in Bismarck. T^he house of the state
legislature called Into session by Wil-
liam Langer, the ousted governor, went
home after naming a committee to
consider Impeachment? The senate
couldn't muster a quotum and so It
quit
Acting Governor Olson declared a
moratorium on every form of debt
where the debtor can show inability
to pay. It la designed to protect the
farmer, small business man and home
owner from foreclosure.
f\NR HUNDRED miles of tbe Texas
v-J Gulf coast was swept by a ter-
rific tropical storm that cost possibly
a score of lives and did vast dam-
age to crops and other property. An
elghty-rolle gale drove a tidal Wave
six mllea Inland, flooding towns, trap-
ping the residents, breaking communi-
cation lines and smashing boats and
buildings
A W.* American possessions except
** the Philippines, Samoa and Guam
are now under tbe direction of a single
government agency. The division of
territories and island possessions, cre-
ated by President Roosevelt under au-
thority of the government economy
act, has taken orer control of Hawaii.
Alaska, Puerto Rico, and tbe Virgin
islands. Previously Puerto Rico was
under the War department and tbe
others under the Interior department.
The navy will continue to govern
Guam and Samoa, and the War depart-
ment will have charge of the Philip-
pines until they accept independence
voted litem uy me lust congress.
Honesty
A Firm Foundation
Soldiers of Fortune
A Boll ByndK-M*.—WNU Setvir*.
JN AN executive order given out In
* Washington, the President set In
motion his great reforestation pro-
gram designed to help the plains area
of the Middle West. He allocated $15.- |
000.000 from the $526,000,000 drouth
relief fund for the beginning of work
on a $75,000,000 forest shelter belt a
hundred miles wide and extending
more than 1,000 miles through the
heart of the drouth area from the
Canadian border to the Texas Pan-
handle.
Announcement of the President's ac-
tion and of the gigantic undertaking
was made by Secretary Wallace, who
authorized the forest service to use
up to $10,000,000 of the $15,000,000 al-
located to begin w’ork on the project
Immediately.
By ED HOWE
J HAVE never occupied official po-
• sition of any kind; I have always
been an bumble follower, forgotten ex-
* % • • • »
uyt nucu iruutis Air Lvlioturi m* uu
additional tax schedule, a new drive,
or other foray.
But if appointed chlet of police I
should have fewer street parades. I
seldom go downtow’n without finding
a street rojted off for another parade,
and thus suffer annoyance and delay.
National Topics Interpreted
by William Bruckart
A S PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT
ca aboard the cruiser Houston was
nearlug Hawaii he took time to an-
nounce the membership of the no-
tional mediation board for the settle-
ment of railroad disputes. The men
he apixdnted are:
William M. Leiserson, Yellow
Springs. Ohio, for the term ending
February, 1980.
James W. Cariualt, Washington, P.
C., for the term ending February, 1936.
John Carniody, now chief engineer
of the federal emergency relief adminis-
tration, for the term ending February,
1936.
The President also named Murray
Latimer chairman of the ruilroad
retirement board, created by a recent
act of congress.
lkJO.SCOW has finally realized that
it cannot get trade credits In the
United Stutes until It In some way
squares up the old czarist debts owed
in this country. Therefore Ambassa-
dor Troyanovsky and Secretary of
State Hull have begun preliminary
conversations on the subject, at the
instance of the Soviet government.
Russia owes the United States gov-
ernment $337,000,000 which this coun-
try lent to tlie czarist and Kerensky
governments during the war. The
Reds repudiated these debts when
they seized control of Russia. The
Roosevelt administration lias firmly re-
fused trade credits to the Soviet gov-
ernment until some sort of an agree-
ment is reached on these debts. Al-
though the Reconstruction Finance
corporation has had an export-import
hank set up for months to finance Rus-
sian trade, not a single loan has been
made. Under terms of the Johnson
act, which prevents new American
loans to foreign debt defaulters, the
bank has held that It cannot extend
credit to Russia.
The president of a big New York
bonding company writes me:
"The following Is a quotation from
your last issue: ‘L do not believe the
people cun he cured of their natural
dishonesty, but still have hope they
can be taught honesty Is tbe beat pol-
icy, if we teach it as Industriously as
we have long been teaching some of
our untrue doctrines.' . . . The ex-
perience of this company In paying dis-
honesty losses forty years convinces
me that what is needed in this world
Is the teaching of honesty rather than
preaching of it. Our preaching has
resulted In honesty being regarded us
a 'goody-goody' doctrine, to lie eulog-
ized by Sunday school teachers and
the public schools up to the fourth
render. No real effort is made to Im-
press young people with the practical
benefit to he derived from honesty as
uu asset. Anyone can acquire It. and
it will prove an inexhaustible resource
throughout life. Dishonesty starts
when the Individual determines upon
a course he knows Is wrong; hut the
impression is not deep enough to hold
him—he has not been sufficiently
taught. If children were sufficiently
taught honesty from the beginning,
and continuously, it would not he so
easy for men and women to depart
from hottest ways, and get into the
trouble dishonesty always brings. I
hope you will elaborate on this theme
In subsequent issues."
I ant regarded as a tiresome scold
by a good many because I have al-
ready elaborated on the theme in many
previous issues. I believe we should
teach honesty Is the best policy as per-
sistently and continuously as we teach
the Christian religion.
Honesty Is not a "goody-goody” or
Sunday school doctrine; it is tlie
soundest article In the philosophy of
experience. Good conduct Is the sur-
est and safest method of Insuring suc-
cess and comfort In life. Good con-
duct pays; and It is easier In the long
run than bad conduct
1 have taught this all my life, and
shall teach it hereafter.
JJAVING given nearly three months
* to the study of the nation’s air de-
fense, the board headed by Newton D.
Raker bus submitted a report which
Newton D.
Baker
calls lor Immediate
strengthening of the
army air corps to
meet “the most seri-
ous war threat against
our country that can
be conceived." The
report says the army
air forces are de-
cidedly Inferior to
American navy and
civil units that lead
the world in strength
and efficiency. The
budget bureau and
niggardly appropriations by congresa
are held to blame.
Shortage of modern equipment, re-
sulting from the reduced appropria-
tions and stagnation in promotion of
army air officers, the board warned,
has affected the morale of the entire
army.
The report scoffed at reports the
United States was vulnerable to air
Invasion. It also opposed the unifi-
cation of army and navy air forces
under a separate national defense unit.
First giving assurance that Its recom-
mendations do not embrace a national
policy of aggression, the board pro-
posed :
1. A national aviation policy to be
retuined for a "reasonable” length of
time.
2. Effectuation of the 1926 act
which called for expansion of the army
air corps to 2,320 planes with a larger
ratio of combat units.
3. Steady program of procurement
which would keep alive the nation's
airplune building Industry.
4. Drastic changes In the air corps
regulations which would increase fly-
ing hours per pilot from 150 to 200
hours to 300 yearly; revisions in the
promotion system for officers; Increased
training In flying under dangerous con-
ditions and with Instruments common
on commercial planes.
5. Consolidation of the Joint agen-
cies of army and navy, such as the
Joint munitions board, the Joint
aeronautics board, etc., under the au-
thority of the army and navy board
functioning as a superior board for
both departments.
0. Purchase of small inexpensive
commercial planes for use in training
pilots In group night flying.
7. Continuation of experiments with
small non-rlgld airships ns partial sub-
stitutes for observation balloon**
8. Increase of the air corps person-
nel by 403 officers
A country or a man may progress
too rapidly. It was overprogress that
caused Ivar Kreuger, head of the
Swedish match trust, to eoinrnit sui-
cide, and leave behind the record of
a scoundrel.
It was overprogress on th part of the
United States that brought us to the
present great difficulties. Progress is
one of the best principles, but the de-
tails must he attended to with the old
details of caution and common sense.
If the foundation Is not built ou solid
rock, there will be a toppling.
Sointwhere in tlie hymn book or
Bfble there Is a line about the sure
foundation. One must have It in
everything, if he hopes to get along
as comfortably ami safely as ie |k>s-
t-ible.
The stories of Soldiers of Fortune,
as they appear In the newspapers and
magazines exaggerated by other sol-
diers of fortune, make good reading;
in my vagrant hours 1 sometimes read
them myself.
A notable Soldier of Fortune has
Just died, missing the average goal
of three score and ten by thirty years.
He was in college when the war broke
out, and made high grades in the foot-
bull squad. Also, he sang In the glee
club, and played in the band, but his
grades In legitimate studies were low.
Of course, he promptly enlisted, and
I marvel that a man wounded so fre-
quently Mini seriously, was able, after
the armistice, to perforin such feuta
of exploration as he displayed In climb-
ing mountains, following rare sped-,
mens of animals in Tibet and Africa,
a»l engaging In revolutions in South
Apnerica. He hoped to fly across the
Atlantic and thus appear In the mo-
vies, but at thirty-eight he was found
dead; whether by his own hand, or at
the hand of one of his fellow adven-
turers, Is not known.
Still, I prefer the story of Thos. A.
Edison, and humbler men, who have
striven In the more useful, If less ex-
citing. fields *»f endeavor.
• • *
I do not love life ns 'ardently ns
some say they do.'but posAlbly few
hnve become more necuatomed to It
than I rio at seventy-nine . . .
The things I shull dislike to give up
are becoming fewer every year; still,
I suppose I shall finally hute to go.
• • •
The story told during the war that a
German soldier ran his bayonet
through a Belgian lmb|\ and carried
It all day as a trophy, was disproved.
. . , But 'Americans cannot deny
that an American stole a two-year-old
baby, brutally bent it to death because
of Its frightened cries, nnd later col
tected n fifty-1 hoiiar. nd-do| In r ransom
from the distressed parents.
I never say I have studied life; only
that I have lived It. I ilo not stu<l>
nnythii «. f exfierlence It, as one of im
natural necessities
Washington.—The end of June state-
ments of all of the banks of the couu-
_ . _ try are now a mat-
Ban* Uepottt»ter 6t record and
I nervate surprisingly, nearly
all of tbe Individual
banks have shown increases In de-
posits and resources over a year ago.
A couple of the largest banks In New
York showed such astounding In-
creases in deposits as $100,000.(KK),
compared with June, 1933. But Irre-
spective of the increase in deposits—
that is. the money actually In posses-
sion of the banks—almost none of
them disclosed any increase in the total
loans now outstanding. Indeed, the
rule was a decline from June 30,
1033.
Bunking authorities In the govern-
ment and outside tell me these figures
ow, deposits and resources clearly Indi-
cate an Improvement In the general
banking situation. The Federal Re-
serve board In Its latest review of con-
ditions declared tbe banking structure
was on a much firmer foundation. Yet,
tbe fact that the banks have not made
loans Is being seized upon by a certain
segment of politicians and alleged
economists as proof that the banks are
not doing their part From very high
quarters In the administration we hear
Intermittent yelps that the banks are
not co-operating nnd are not attempt-
ing to loan money. This condition, as
they construe It, Is being used as the
excuse for the existence of numerous
«f the government loaning agencies
and for other activities under the New
Deal that result In getting money out
Into the country.
The circumstances In the decline of
bank loans, however. Is to my mind not
such as the critics of the banks claim.
It must be remembered first of all that
bankers, when they make loans, are
putting out money belonging to you
and to other depositors. They must
be reasonably sure of getting It hack,
even though we do have now the Fed-
eral Deposit Insurance corporation
that Is supposed to prevent losses for
the depositors. Bankers, therefore, are
willing to make loans of the vnRt sums
of Idle cash their banks hold if they
can only find someone who will pu,t up
Security guaranteeing a return of the
borrowed funds.
While some of the critics of the
bankers have been continuing their at-
tacks, I note statements from the Pub-
lic Works administration, from the Re-
construction Finance corporation, from
the Home Owners’ Loan corporation,
and the Farm Credit administration,
among others, which show very clearly
that the government or its agencies is
unwilling to make loans unless it can
foresee a reasonable chance for re-
payment. Just the other day, the Pub-
lic Works administration withdrew an
allocation of some $6,877,000 for con-
struction of a bridge In Chicago be-
cause, according to Public Works Ad-
ministrator lekes, the political subdi-
vision of that city having jurisdiction
was unable to provide a guarantee of
repayment of that loan. Every day
local units of the Home Owners’ Loan
corporation are turning down applica-
tions by home owners who seek gov-
ernment money through mortgages on
their property to aid them in what-
ever distress they find themselves. The
•ame statement may be made respecting
loans by the Reconstruction Fnance
corporation in its dealings with In-
dustry.
Lately the various Federal Reserve
banks Issued a weekly statement of
their operations, and only three of the
twelve reserve Institutions reported
having made loans to industry.
I have inquired in numerous quarters
for reasons why borrowers were so
few. The consensus
Why oorrouf-gjven me by men
era Arc Few who should know. Is
tnat tnere are two
distinct reasons for tbe small amount
Vi lOuuq vv!u§ uimuv by imuna «uv. Wl
course, tii« same reasons apply In the
case of government loans, except that
the government has been known to put
•ut money In places from which It
probably never will be returned. One
of the reasons mentioned was that In-
dividuals and firms who most need
money have nothing hut tlielr own
signed obligations to put up as a
guarantee. Obviously, If an Individual
or a corporation has no resources, the
note of that Individual or that corpora-
tion ts of little value, however honest
and well Intentloned the borrower
may be.
The second reason, and one that is
quite as Important, ts the lack of con-
fidence which business men tell me
exists to a large extent in commerce
•nd Industry. Whatever is the hnsis
for this lack of confidence ts not n
matter of concern in this discussion,
bat Its existence seem to me to be a
matter of tbe gravest importance.
Whether taxpayers are afraid of the
burden In levies which they can fore-
see, Is the reason for their hesitancy,
If not now wholly appurent. Many
observers are convinced It Is an In-
fluential factor. There is also the
question which one hears so often
asked: Where and how far does the
New Deal Intend to go In socialization
and reform? It seems to be obvious
that each of these, and perhaps others,
ore factors standing In the way of a
sound expansion of business under the
recovery plan.
In the meant ime. the federal govern-
ment Is going ahead with Its program-
to spend our way out of the depres-
sion. Here Is one Item to show what
Is happening.
This road building has resulted In
the construction of enough miles—
more than 22.000—of new highway al-
most to encircle the earth. This money
was voted by congress In the Inst ses-
sion as a means of creating work. Pro-
ponents of the appropriation, and ad-
ministration authorities, hold that the
$400,000,000 earmarked for road build-
ing would provide thousands of new
Jobs. Bureau of public roads figures
Indicate that this has been the result,
but I find many observers who are
wondering whether the amount of
money that has been paid to labor for
hlghwuy construction has been a proper
proportionate part of the total set
aside, when the purpose was solely
the making of jobs.
Total figures by the public roads
office show that 6.300 miles were com-
pleted and In use on July 1 of this
year and that 14,000 miles were under
construction, with the probability that
they will be In use by the end of 1934.
Contracts have been awarded, the bu-
reau has said, for the construction of
about 1.900 miles more, and work on
this portion will be under way In the
late summer.
It used to l>e assumed that when
economic conditions were below par.
many owners of nu-
— *- tmnobiie* Wnuid iiin-
Their Care pens© with their ma-
chines until they
were better situated financially. Such,
however, seems not to hnve been the
case In the last year. Automohlle reg-
istrations. while they declined In 1933,
continued to remain at an unnsurflly
high figure as compared with recent
years. Official statistics show the*
872.000 motor vehicles were In use Inst
year. This Is only 1 per cent below
1932. The decline from 1931 to 1932
was larger, hut the point Is. according
to officials, that the decline was very
small. The authorities Insist that the
reduction In total motor vehicles In
use as compared with 1932 should he
considered as hardly noticeable when
the whole country nnd the whole num-
ber of motor vehicles .Is considered.
Although I have not the official statis-
tics concerning the sales of new car*
last year, responsible sources Inform
me that this business was very much
improved and they add also that the
sales for 193^ in the first six months
have been exceptionally high. This
would Indicate that a great ninny in-
dividuals hnve found money. In some
way or another, which they conld
spare for n new automobile.
Washington observers lately have
noticed an Increasing tendency among
conservatives throughout the country,
whether Democratic or Republican, to
align themselves nnder one banner.
The movement ns yet Is much In the
embryo, hut 1 am told by various ob-
servers who are acquainted with po-
litical trends that the alignment Is tak-
ing a ruther definite shape.
Some months ago I reported In these
columns the belief of many political
leaders that Mr. Roosevelt, as Presi-
dent. was definitely engaged In the
formation of a Roosevelt party that
would adhere strictly to liberal stand-
ards. Assignments which the Preel-
dent has made, the legislation which
he has proposed, and his general atti-
tude on soda) matters coupled with an
absolute disregard of old-time Demo-
cratic principles, hns laid the ground-
work for the regrouping of voters un-
der a liberal arvl conservative align-
ment. It is to be noted In this connec-
tion that Mr. Roosevelt Is continuing
to expand his liberal doctrines under
the guidance of some of the political
leaders heretofore held to be radical
members of the two old parties.
Another factor and influence that is
noted now to be at work Is the rrsd-
, ual concentration of
Conservative business Interests on
Trend the conservative side
of political questions
under the New Deal. Washington hns
heard lately of efforts being made
which would result in the molding of
business Interests, or the spokesmen
therefor, Into a compact organization
as a means of combating policies of
the New Deal regarded by business
leaders as radical In character.
It Is too early to afferent p forecast
as to the scope of this rftffve. Never-
theless, ft is quite apparent that a con-
centration of this strength Is nnder
way. Not only will these men and In-
terests oppose expansion of such pol-
icies as NR A and the AAA hut they
are organizing to fight the ever-increas-
ing burden of taxation und to oppose
extension of government In business.
It Is a matter of record, of course,
that the tendency of government poV
cies In the United States sine* the
World war hns been steadily to rh*
left. Conservative* have been unnhle
thus far to check this trend, largely
because the conservative elemgn‘
never has stood together It •« Im-
portant and significant, therefore, that
for the first time we are ohs<wing the
development of n oon^ervatye organi-
sation In this country wljrh has the
avowed purpose of turnlr* the Ameri-
can government hack somewhat to tlm
right and, as the leaders describe It.
bnck again to the Constitution as !•
was originally drawl
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Dennis, J. R. The Jacksboro Gazette (Jacksboro, Tex.), Vol. 55, No. 9, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 2, 1934, newspaper, August 2, 1934; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth863734/m1/2/: accessed April 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Gladys Johnson Ritchie Library.