Washington, Mar. 15.
President Roosevelt's retreat. from Moscow thas begun. The grand ani Ditious schemes have been abandoned by the wayside, and the President and his Generals now present the spectacle of men trying" desperately:
salvage what they can. There is constant guerilla warfare on their flanks, there are desertions from the ranks every day, and the cold winter of depression shows no signs lifting. The New Deal forces at the moment are demoralized, the fine enhuslasm which lit their endeavours two years ago has vanished. Their morale may yet be restored and thei: ranks reconstructed, but it will then be too late to think of a far distant objective, "They will have to content Themselves with one more attainable: and closer at hand.
Washington presents a surprising spectacle to-day. surprising that Is compared with the picture presented few months ago. Last November an overwhelming majority of Demo-rats were returned to the House and was busy restricting those which grew was a little contradictory). Then came a major rebuff over the: Work Relief Bill, a project to place, early $5,000,000,600 in the hands of the President to put men to work who had formerly been on relief rolls Feceiving a cash dole or free food. The President theory. was to pay: about $502 month to some 3% mil-
'A higher wage might attract them from private industry and defeat the repose of the act, which was to en~ courage private employment. The raw materials required would set more men to work and the wages the above two groups would increase the demand for consumer goods 20 that, by this pump priming measure, private industry might at length be Started on the toad to recovery. By. a majority of one vote the Senate added an amendment that the wages ald, should be the "prevailing wage" for the job, on the grounds that the whole wage structure of the country "would otherwise be en-
Senate. The country, it seemed, had set the stamp of its approval on the New Deal and upon. Mr. Roosevelt. But, as we stated at the time, it was the approval of a personality not of 4 programme, a manifestation of faith Inv tht President's promises rather than an expression of gratitude for accomplishments obvious to the eye. The President was approved because, adopt the American expression. was believed that he. could deli
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