Th the United States the actions, aims and thoughts of the President invariably take precedence over any and all other news events. This extra attention is not necessarily accorded because of sentiment or courtesy (Republicans and conservative Democrats would be overjoyed if Mr. Roosevelt were kept out of ihe press and off the air permanently), but because the Chief Executive of the American Democracy actually wields a vast amount of power and influence which cannot be discounted, "What American citizens think of Ecoles, Jackson, et al, who are ordinarily considered as the real presidential consultants and col-laboratory, Upon being questioned many citizens placed the blame on his advisers for certain objectionable features of the New Deal and thereby absolved the President. Whether the judgment of the ordinary citizen in political matters is accurate is not the question at present. It is noteworthy, however, to state that the consensus of more expert opinion is that in most instances the motivating force is the President and his associates the satellites; their President and conversely what the President's attitude is toward the nation can only infrequently be ascertained with accuracy at the same time. Citizens and political analysts were recently accorded this privilege when an exhaustive survey conducted on a nationwide scale by "Fortune" revealed tha current trend of popular thought concerning Mr, Roosevelt, his advisers and the multifarious phases of the New Deal.
This highly regarded American journal missed the results of the 1936 election by a scant one per cent. and credence must be given to their latest figures. Almost coincidentally Mr. Roosevelt sat in a steaming Washington office and delivered his twelfth radio "fireside chat" to a listening nation. This address can be characterized as a brief resume of American political history in recent years, specially since 1936, as interpreted by Franklin Roosevelt, and a prospectus of the future,
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