Books: Old-Fashioned Democrat

WITHOUT GLOVES—Frank R. Kent— Morrow ($2.50).

In 306 pages Frank R. Kent, famed Washington columnist of the independent Baltimore Sun, has collected his running commentary on the New Deal. He does not like it. But he thinks the new policies must run their course. There is no road back. No gloomy Republican of the Mark Sullivan stamp, he finds himself frequently speaking through a hypothetical character called "the old-fashioned Democrat." "Where are we going?" he asks. Old-Fashioned Democrat answers by being reminded of Columbus: "He...

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