The one thing which cheered the President when he reached American sell was the enthusiasm of the popuation. His personal appeal proved to be as strong as ever. People trekked in from miles around, merely {to watch the train flash past, seeing nothing of the President, but going away quite happy that they had heard the roar of his engine, seen the sparks from the stack, and the Mashing headlight, as the train swept by at close on '@0 miles an. hour. When the train halted the crowds surged around so densely that the engine driver found diMeulty starting without running over the {eet of those in the front rank press~ ed close to the wheels. The worse conditions grow the more popular the President seems to become; possibly because when things are very bad the need for some one to take Jcharge and be a leader is thereby made more evident.
All of the President's projects do Jnot meet with universal approval, Pout the progress of the elections has not shown the Republicans to be any more ready with an alternative programme. To all intents and purposes there is no Republican opposition. The Republican Chairman. Mr. Fletcher, attacks the New Deal in its entirely. Republicans in Congress who have voted for various items in it, are thereby embarrassed and vent their annoyance on Mr. Fletcher. The only opposition which the [President has any cause to fear Jcomes from the left wing Democrats, Jwho have in several cases endanger-jed the nomination of a New Deal Democrat. At the moment of writ-jing, for example, it seems highly probable that Upton Sinclair, the author, wilt win the nomination for Governor of California on his sojealled Epic Programme—epic stand jing for "End Poverty In California."
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