The Archive · 1938

No Time to Counter-Attack

The whole administration manauvre was concentrated in a bring fortnight, The enemy had no time to defend themselves or even counter-attack, had scarcely uny time to_ think ested feebly that the charges founded, but their voices were drowned by the galloping, hoofs of a new attack.

The President's. wide use of the radio in conducting his counter-oftens and greedy) was ing itself to embarrass stration it disliked and bring Pbour its overthrow in three years time. This was in the words fessor Moley, once the Leading adviser, equivalent to iq that "ara kiri ix a national tom and businessmen generally to precipitate a depression Gespite the well-known fact that only. demagogues can.

But itis pacha upon these attacks on scientific analyses. They wet sive wag deliberate rather the publisher he regarded as blood relat Prinees of Privilere and the Royalists his Jackson Day' speech the President's theme was that at various periods of American history the minority who disbelieved in. democratic ule had the country in their control, At the right anament a Judas. Maceubaetis rose (0 free them from the tyrants on each occasion. First orson, then daekson, then Lincoln, "Theodore Roosevelt, nominally Republicans, reformers and therefore response from in. this the; the general were brilliantly: successful They restored to the Administration the appearance of leadership and put the enemy on the defensive. Businessmen might feel that it was absurd to say that they were bent upon ruining themselves; but sit ice the President's spokesmen had said s0

Tnea ress 'Another phase of the was being fought to-day the head of the nation' all his might and working with to restore and uphold the integrity of the morals of democracy—our her from the long line of national leadership.-said the President."

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