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It still much cations in me requested this sessi ie chan; made in particular measures are. howeve tant than the fact w Mr. John L. Lewis Shows Worst Features of Democracy; November Election Policies Front Out Own Washington, Mar. 29.
While the German army was marching into Austria, the leader of one great section of American organized labour Mr. John L. Lewis, stepped up to the microphone and addressed the British public by short-wave radio, His words were not heard in the United States (except by those who had short-wave sets and happened to tune in) so that he was able to speak with unusual freedom, If British! listeners expected that on such an occasion America's most dynamic labour leader would waft words of cheer across the Atlantic and assure them that healthy normal and patriotic feeling which has existed in every well-established country since Paul of Tarsus was able to boast proudly "I am a citizen of no mean city."
Reasoning Faculties They have possibly not yet reached the stage of feeling that their own Ist would be better if the lot of citizens of other nations was better, they still do not reason very closely about the causes and cure of their present condition, but when they do a substantial minority as a recent test poll showed laid a great deal of the blame on Mr. John Lewis and the disturbed condition into which of the solidarity of American and British labour in the faces of forces which might destroy both they were disappointed.
They heard Mr. Lewis say "The fabric of culture which has been built up by mankind through endur-g centuries of painful toil and sacrifice is menaced today as never before" But he was not referring lo the spread of the Dictatorships' spheres of influence. They h him add "America is menaced, not by a he threw industry last year by constant strikes and industrial disputes They added an element of uncertainty to many other elements of uncertainty.
Some portions of Mr. Lewis' speech were fair enough. America is suffer. ing from a severe depre spite the expenditure $22,000,000,000 since 1933 direct or indirect, to bring indust agriculture, banking and finance back io normal, and despite innumerable foreign foe that would storm its m measures introduced with atticments but by the more fearful enemy of domestic strife and x gory." At a time when the id of democracies and dictatorships were li won't happen again" spirit, it has undoubtedly happened again. And that is the simplest explanation for ihe lack of influence which the Pre-being brought face to face. Mr. Lewis silent now has, His personal popu-the present situation, y " when the New will once more be made an issue at the polls. the President and his leaders find themselves faced with battle at every turn. The full membership of the House and one third of the membership of the Senate who must seek the renewed confidence of the voters in November have evidently decided that they must stand upon their own feet Tale of "Coat-tail Riders"
Senator Wheeler remarked during the bitter Court fight, those who came into office riding the coat-tails of the President are likely to go out of office clinging to the same coattails. The average Congressmen begins to feel that he must re hünself in his home district as an individual and not merely as a cog in the New Deal machine.
The ferment in the constituencies has been aptly termed "The revolt able until opposition, {or rhetorical io a small handful of ding the minority. purposes, wilful men Wall Street Main Street was the enemy.
Even as late as last Christmas ministration spokesmen could attempt to still up support by attack-n was not y people who hi d then come to ihe conclusion that something was wror They knew that opposition w net due to Wall reet influence or small band of Bourbons. pr spent his time in showing the worst features of the world's greatest democracy
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