التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
| العنوان: |
Northwest History. National Politics &Government. National Topics. General Mis-N. ; The Spokane Chronicles ; 1934-11-13 ; The Washington Merry-Go-Round. |
| سنة النشر: |
1934 |
| المجموعة: |
Washington State University: WSU Libraries Digital Collections |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: |
Chicago, democratic landslide, democratic party, President Roosevelt, AAA, Jim Farley, mid-west, republican, American Bankers association, Roosevelt administration, FERA payments, Retail business, Omaha, Farmers' psychology, crop restriction, large strata sour, Henry Wallace |
| Time: |
Northeast Pacific--History--20th Century. National Politics &Government. National Topics. General Mis-N. 20th--Century |
| الوصف: |
The Washington Merry-Go-Round. ; The Washington Merry-Go-Round - By ~ Drew Pearson and Robert S. Allen Chicago, Nov. 13—There is one thing which strikes you more than anything else about last week's democratic landslide. It was not so much a vote for the democratic party. It was not even so much a vote for President Roosevelt—although his personality influenced the picture. Chiefly it was a vote for what Roosevelt has done, and a pledge of faith in what he promises for the future. In other words it was a vote for a new deal. Not the new deal of campaign oratory, but the new deal which has saved mortgaged farms from the auction-block, which has kept drought-stricken areas from starving, which has sent AAA checks to farmers, and which, more than anything else, has held forth a prospect for the future which these depressed prairies have not felt for years. The mid-west has not gone democratic. The organizations planted promiscuously around the countryside by unctuous Jim Farley have taken only surface root. Nor is the mid-west still republican. More than at any time probably in a generation it has cast off party labels. It is ready to swing its support to the side of the party with the biggest prospect of continuing a new deal. On the Spot. This, of course, puts a still greater burden on the man at the helm of; the new deal. With tremendous majorities in both houses of congress, with unequivocal support voted by the people, with a precedent for action established which! may be hard to follow, Roosevelt faces a real test. The next two years may be his hardest. Indicative of this are some big question marks uppermost in mid-western minds. Of these probably the two biggest and most significant are: 1. Is the government going to continue its program of enormous expenditure? If not, what will the mid-west do? If so, where is the money coming from? 2. Is Roosevelt going to continue strict regulation of big business? Or is he as indicated by his speech be- for the American Bankers association now out for a honeymoon between the new deal and big business? In other words is the administration swinging to the right or to the left? Upon the answers to these questions will depend the attitude of the mid-west when it ballots on the Roosevelt administration two years hence. And unless conditions change in the interim, it will swing not to any particular party label but to the side which holds out the sincerest promise of a continued new deal. Government Spending. The influence of government spending in this picture therefore, can not be overemphasized. It had important effect on the Roosevelt landslide. In the first place, FERA payments had been made through this area especially the drought states all summer. Then just before elections, came a swarm of corn and hog checks. Business brightened over night. Farmers flooded the cities. Retail business in Omaha increased 30 per cent. In other cities it was about the same. Farmers' psychology toward these checks is not very analytical. They don't dig very deeply into the ways and wherefore of receiving them. In general, however, they are for crop restriction. Shot in the Arm. Cessation of government checks in the corn belt will turn a large strata sour on Roosevelt. There is no doubt about that. But at the same time a lot of questions are raised as to where the money is going to come from. Government spending, it is recognized, is a shot in the arm. It's hard to give up and yet it can't go on forever. Already merchants are wondering what business will be like after the farmers have spent their checks. This is What is worrying the corn belt. And this is going to be the chief factor on which new deal success will be gauged in the future. Mr. Roosevelt and Henry Wallace have hold of something which is going to be hard to turn loose. (Copyright.) |
| نوع الوثيقة: |
text |
| اللغة: |
English |
| Relation: |
nwh-41-2-351; http://content.libraries.wsu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/clipping/id/154617 |
| الاتاحة: |
http://content.libraries.wsu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/clipping/id/154617 |
| Rights: |
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| رقم الانضمام: |
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| قاعدة البيانات: |
BASE |