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PAGE 20 Friday, September 29, 1944

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THE NEW DEAL AND KINDRED TOPICS have admired some things about Mr. Roosevelt, and at all times he has interested us. A study of him is a study in extreme contradictions of personality and character. He is a courageous man, and we have admired that in him. His, however, is the courage of audacity, not the tough fibre required to dismiss an incompetent administrator, or publicly confess error, or tell a Henry Wallace honestly and frankly that his number is up, His is not the courage of humility or candor, = Mr. Roosevelt has imagination, but he does not always see things clearly. He is capable of some deep inner convictions—yet he has an essentially expedient mind. He is sensitive to mass reactions, yef he seems to have contempt for the intelligence of the common man. He thinks first, always, in terms of political effects. His is essentially the paternal approach. He believes he knows what is best for the common man. His philosophy -does not encompass the Lincolnian ideal of democracy, that everybody knows more than anybody. "Few men in public life have come as near as Mr. Roosevelt to expressing and dramatizing the mood and will of the people—yet few have appeared to hold the people in such little trust. He has great masculine vitality—yet is vain, capricious, self-centered and jealous, He is capable sometimes of vast concepts, and bold executions—yet those too frequently are offset by smallness, trickiness, and vindictiveness. His reactions toward those who disagree with him are punitive and he has not hesitated to use the high power of his position for the purge. You have to be with him 100 per cant; 98 isn’t enough. To the 100 per centers ‘ He is 100 per cent loyal; regardless of whether they can do their jobs. Madame Perkins, for example. . » x » » » AS THE war years came on, Mr. Roosevelt sensed the trend. A great many of his policies designed to meet the danger were sound in concept, if not in execution, Yet throughout his three terms as President, he has meddled with many explosive forces with no more apparent understanding than a child examining a hand grenade. Mr. Roosevelt is today a tired man, * He is bored with being President. He wants only to be commander in chief. He traded his party off to Sidney Hillman at Chicago— he gambled with his place in history—for the chance of just one more curtain call, Few men have captured our imaginations as has Mr. Roosevelt. He held us enthralled while he lifted rabbits from hats, tripped the tightrope, juggled TNT. He did his high-jinks gaily and with a flourish. In that sense, there is a vast grandeur about him. He has given us a great show, but we can’t afford him any longer. He's too expensive. \ : . = - s » » THERE HAVE been many good things about Mr. icans! were struggling to reach new levels of economic and political self-determination, it was a medium of expression for millions of disillusioned and frustrated people; in a world charged with revolutionary explosives, it was a cushion against violent eruption. In the years between Harding and Hoover, Presidents changed, but the core of Republican thought and power remained too long entrenched. To have this dynasty uprooted was a healthy thing for the republic. It was wholesome to witness the discomfiture at the hands of a then virile reform movement, of that earlier political hierarchy which had grown contemptuous and arrogant. 3 In its early days, the New Deal was a genuine liberal thrust upward toward a social and economic betterment. Like all true liberal movements, it was essentially a fight against the status quo. But when even a liberal movement emains too long entrenched it simply degenerates into another power-mad political machine. ;

. » » ” » » THERE ARE many versions of what the New Deal is. From its record, any extreme definition might be written. In its 12 years of power it has fostered class consciousness, encouraged the rise of labor racketeering, stimulated race hatreds; it has tinkered with the financial and economic machinery; it has belittled the individual, scoffed at the tradition of personal achievement; it has discouraged and in some instances stifled private enterprise; it has perverted the law and cheapened the dignity of the courts. There are some incredibly ignorant people in the New Deal; some superficial and irresponsible people; some pure opportunists, and some genuinely bad actors. But we do not share some of the extreme views about the character or coloration of the New Deal. We do not see any clear-cut and well-defined ideology in it. In fact, we do not see that it has any philosophical design whatsoever. It is a sprawling bureaucracy, housing a vast number of ill-assorted individuals. Mr. Roosevelt and his builders have been haphazardly creating an administrative structure which resembles state-ism, but it really has no central plan. These builders have been tossing brick and mortar about, creating blind alleys, stairs that stop halfway, trick doors . that open into nowhere, toilets that won't flush, opaque windows, trap doors in the attic, and basements without bottoms. It is a pile of economic contradictions, a rubble of halfbaked ideas and decayed ideals. ’

. r ». » » . MR. HILLMAN and his architects have been pawing over these ruins, and they do have a plan. They know with grim certainty just what sort of a structure they intend to build. Mr. Roosevelt has turned things over to these carpenters of a new day. | If elected again, he will stand as a facade—behind whicli the P. A. C. will toil earnestly with tools of a new and dangerous sort. : Whatever purpose Mr. Roosevelt and his New Deal were designed for in the cosmic scheme of things, that : pose has been served. Mr. Roosevelt and his party the wings of history at Chicago. We have

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Reflections By John W. Hillman

“former occupant of this corner did before he moved his soap-box ‘across town was to print a poem which he said represented’ typical

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The Mantle of Mrs. Haggerty

ONE REASON he wanted to use it, he said, was because its author, Mrs. William Shipp, has inherited the mantle of Mrs. Haggerty as the chief stirrer-up | of the Republicans. One of her contributions always is good for at least a half dozen nettles the rugged individualists, and a Forum editor dearly loves his gad-flies—either cratic, They keep him, and the post office,

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ness. Mrs. Shipp, like Pilate, recently asked the question, “What Is Truth?” and advanced her own answer. Her version, . however, failed to convince the loyal opposition. - The usual quota of readers rushed into print with apoplectic dissents. And then Mrs. Shipp entered a rebuttal. Unfortunately, she put it in verse—and the Forum editor has an iron-clad rule against poetry. As we said before, he has troubles enough without dipping into iambic pentameter. But he wanted to do right by Mrs. Shipp, he said, with an appealing look in his tortured eyes. -

Perhaps Our Readers Will Understand

WE'RE ALWAYS glad to help a pal, and we had to admit that once or twice previously we've quoted poetry in this column without regretting it. We do try to steer a course between the extremes of bitter partisanship, but perhaps our readers will understand that in printing Mrs. Shipp’s ode we're not taking sides—only doing our bit for the Forum editor, fair play and the preservation of American literature. : So here’s the verse:

TRUTH WILL PREDOMINATE Great poets have written wonderful verse; These lines of mine may seem quite the reverse. Some folks seem to think Dewey has won; Most folks think he hasn't ere he has begun Slinging “mud” and slander all over the nation, About our present administration,

I've heard it said: “Truth will predominate’; Tom Dewey's slander and his New Deal hate, For President Roosevelt more votes will win And in the White House, he will remain, Some speak of the record Dewey has made; Check our President's record—it will put Tom's in the “shade.”

In various ways our great leader has served His country’s need—nor has he once swerved From the path of duty, and through quiet strength He has solved many problems—gone to great lengths To restore prosperity to great and“wmall; The majority will vote for him again this fall.

Mrs. Shipp adds, “I thank you, and I hope you will overlook the blot of ink (we did) where I began the word ‘leader.’ Please print this article in its entirety—anything less would have little meaning.”

World Affairs

By William Philip Simms

WASHINGTON, Sept. 20.—The allies are prolonging the war and making it more costly in lives and money through their failure (1) to come to a clear understanding among themselves as to what their war alms are, and (2) then to tell the enemy exactly what to expect. In January, 1943, at Casablanca, Roosevelt and Churchill announced that the war would continue until the “unconditional surrender” of the axis powers. But, the President emphasized, “this did not mean the destruction of the populace of Germany, Italy and Japan, but the end of a philosophy based on the conquest and subjugation of other peoples.” This week, the same two leaders jointly promised ald to Italy in solving her diplomatic, financial and economic problems—a statement which at once Rome hailed as indicating that Italy would soon achieve her three immediate aims, namely, coms plete independence, full alliance with the big three, and extention, to her, of’ lend-lease,

Subject to Certain Limitations

“UNCONDITIONAL surrender,” therefore, does not mean what Dr. Goebbels is screaming to the German people that it means. “Unconditional surrender” is clearly subject to certain limitations, quite as the President emphasized at Casablanca, But the allies have allowed enemy peoples to forget this. As a result, the surrender of Italy, Romania, Bulgaria and Pinland was probably delayed by weeks, if not months. Yet not one of them swrendered unconditionally. : Today some of the bloodiest fighting of the war is taking place along Germany's western border. The Nazis are fighting like cornered rats. One reason is that Goebbels is daily needling them by telling them the outcome will decide whether they are to remain free men or become slaves. And to drive his point home, he quotes “allied leaders” to that effect, Meanwhile, apparently, the allies are letting him get away with his lies. Worse than that, they are providing him with some of his most effective ame munition. Most helpful of all are the, as yet un~ denied stories indicating -that not only are the. Big Three divided on what to do to. Germany after the war, but that-the Washington administration is split over the problem.

Morgenthau Plan Outdoes Them All

RIGHTLY 'or wrongly, Secretary of the Treasury Morgenthau is credited with a plan which outdoes. them all. As reported, he would “strip Germany of all industrial equipment and force her people to subsist on small farms. No aid from the outside would be permitted, her mines would be closed down, and so on. For a nation of 70,000,000, not ordinarily self-supporting, this would seem to call for the virtual ‘destruction not only of the country, but of the people. Even Lord Vansittart, known the world over his “hard” peace terms to Germany, says he would allow her “a full “empty arsenal’’ Unless the President puts an early stop to the

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“SOME ONE MUST SOLVE THIS EQUATION” By R. J, minglon, Ind. It a in the present dilemma of post-war planning, political propaganda and whether

most gracious First Lady, newspapers are giving too much valuable newsprint space to the latter two and far too little to the first. In all the columns we have read the statement of Geo, S. Jones Jr. of Evansville, Ind, 9-20-44, in which he says and we quote “The overall

panacea for social, economic, political and even religious ills in the post-war economy lies in America’s power to create an ability to consume equal to the ability to produce” is the first to a sound approach of another 1929 debacle as recently predicted by Mr. Babson to occur in 1950. The old law of supply and demand simply must be equalized before we attain any degree of economie stability. We, who have lived through world war I and thus far in No. II, have seen the results of lack of balance both ways, At present when the demand so outweighs the supply, we have inflationary prices, poorly made merchandise, and everybody his neck to get his share before the hoarders get there. A few years ago, the reverse was true. Warehouses were full, stores were overflowing with all types of merchandise, volume buyers could practically name their own prices and terms,

tional pastime. We do not think that this problem is going to be solved by politi~ cal promises as the crop this year s as vague and senseless as usual The solution is in (and we again quote M¥. Jones) “Our learning how to take advantage of the machine age to reduce the hours of toil—to continuously improve the standard of » > Mr. Jones has stated the problem nicely and told us where to find the answer, but what this writer and thousands of other John Does want to know is how to put the figures down so that the result will be D equals 8. : “ We remember the squawks that went up over NRA and Technology to say nothing of crop control and the slaughter of little pigs, and we realize that when .we try to control production of either raw materials or finished products, we are going to hear cries of “regimentation” loud enough to make a fog horn sound like a peanut roaster, but the fact remains that some one who is both brainy and diplomatic must solve this equation. We are submitting this to you with the hope that, if published,

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“NOV. ITH 18 YOUR LAST CHANCE” By Steadfast, Indianapolis. . What a [tragic spectacle! The President of the United States, speaking to the people of America, in the midst of the most horrible war in history and with a crisis in our. domestic affairs, could think of nothing more important to discuss than his pet dog. He was wasting the time of the people on expensive radio networks with such drivel. But, then, he always was a waster and no doubt will remain so to the bitter end. Do not be fooled by his reference to free enterprise. He previously promised reduction in government ‘expenditures of 25 per cent, and elimination of government bureaus. You know the result. From the N. R. A. on, the dozens of bureaus hamstring free enterprise and literally throttle every effort of business to survive, Also in a previous campaign, he said he would never accept the support of Communists. Now he is band in glove with them. Also in the 1940 campaign, he said we would have a new President in 1944, meaning, of course, he would not run again. Wake up Americans! Nov. 7th is your last chance to win back your freedom. = - . =

“THE PEOPLE WILL DO JUST THAT” By Ray Burns, Indianapolis. Here are a few things I would like to know: Where are the people who raved about Roosevelt making his Pacific tour? Why don't they say something about Dewey and his big special train? And about the

train crew he is-using which we need so badly to operate freight trains? Dewey said Roosevelt never did a

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of state if he was nominated? not, why? g In one of Dewey's latest speeches he seemed in favor of government “dole” such as WPA and so“on. Well that's fine. Then if he is elected we may not have to starve until another election. Oh, well, I}. think that in spite of the editorials and other means of mud-slinging that the people who remember will do just that this Nov. 7. ~ “IS HE 1S OR IS HE AIN'T?” By Esry, Indianapolis. I aint much a hand at readin’ newspapers and when I do, I git so danged mixed-up I hardly know where I'm at. Will you please set me strate on a few questions? Now, is he is, or is he aint President, Roosevelt or Dewey? I doan rekkellect a votin’ since last time Roosevelt went in and yet ever time I see a newspaper, danged if it aint “Dewey Calls Hull-Dulles Peace Conference”; “Dewey Promises Little Countries Equal Rights at’ Peace Table”; “Dewey Promises Jobs for Everybody”; “Dewey Will Remake World”; “Dewey this and Dewey that” Whut duz it all mean? Is this Dewey a tryin’ to sneak up on F. D. R. and nose him out of his job? Seems like Roosevelt's done & fair amount of

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about bringin’ the boys back the minute the-war’s over you'd think he wus a runnin’ the whole shebang. One of the fellers at the corner cracker barr says positively that P. D. R. is still the commander in. chief bus, that the Reublican party has done this here Dewey to be “commander in chafl.” You reckon the war'd be over with Japan now if MacArthur had a got all that shootin’ stuff Dewey would of give him? Anyway the gineral has done right well with whut he got. : And the way Dewey talked about Roosevelt on the radio t'other night was awful. I might even go so far as to say it wuz mud-slinging, although Dewey protested right heartily fer five minutes before he started in claimin’ he wuzn't goin’ in for that sort of stuff. The way he talked about F. D. R. you'd a thought he should'a been tarred and feathered, hog-tied, and slung into everlastin’ ~perdition. And P. D. R. aint that bad. He’s made a few mistakes but so duz ever’body that does things and he a right tollable, friendly sort of feller. He's got a sense of humor and makes us laugh and God knows things is too danged serious anyway with the war on. Why aint that the reason they're a sendin’ ‘Bob Hope, Jack Benny and them funny fellers right in shootin’ distance of the front to keep up moral of the soldiers. Surely we're entitled to a laugh now and then. But Dewey, he doan seem to think so. He's got a beautiful * voice and even tho’ he gets nasty as the ole dickens, he says it

can't want to more’n wring his neck.

fuss. Set me strate on a few of these here points, will yuh, Mr. Editor, please? Er mebbe some of [ your brilliant contribeters cud help you out in case yer too busy, huh?

DAILY THOUGHTS

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It brought back recollections of those hectic days and nights of the 1940 Willkie campaign to those aboard who had lived through that exciting experi. ence. The slowing down of the train, the faces stretching away from the circle of light thrown by the train back into the shadows, the wild cheer as the candidate stepped on to the back platform, the fainter and fainter “goodbyes” from the candidate and the crowd as the. train pulled away after the anyone dig up a Republican speech! ~ Comparing notes in the private car, the candidate along about ‘38 to ‘40? Did they ad-| and his aids totaled up these gains as they saw them. vocate preparedness? Most of US| from his western tour: remember some of their speeches. 1. They forced President Roosevelt to take the That's why even the Republicans political stump earlier than had been expected, noting say that the moré Dewey talks the that the President has now added additional “political” more chance Roosevelt has. They| speeches to his October program. know the most of his talk is un-| 3 They drew blood from the administration by true. the charge that it was planning to keep millions of Did Dewey ever affirm or deny| men in the army after the war to take up probable that ‘he made a public statement! unemployment, at least that is what they read in that Hoover would be his secretary| ‘Maj. Gen. Lewis B. Hershey's statement that selective

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In Washington By Charles T. Lucey

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by the Scripps-Howard newspapers would be placed before the immigration service After this material has been studied immigration officials “will take such action as in their judgment is justified,” it was said. The announcement followed word from an official of the board of immigration appeals, which last April canceled the deportation order issued against Mrs, Browder by Attorney General Robert H. Jackson, thas evidence presented by these papers was “definitely different” than Mrs. Browder's testimony before the board, The board, acting as a court in immigration appeals cases, could not re-open the case, but officials | sald the immigration and naturalization service could, @

Board.Overruled Two Committees

REVOCATION -of the deportation order opened the way for Mrs. Browder to carry her case for legal & entry into the country to the board of visa appeals, This board overruled two interdepartmental commits tees in favoring the granting of a visa to Mrs. Browder. Within these committees, the war and navy depart- . ments and the federal bureau of investigation had opposed legalizing -the status of the Communist leader's wife. Mrs, Browder had been ordered deported because i& of illegal entry into the country in 1933, but the order never was carried out because her native Russia refused to accept her. The recent decision of the board | of visa appeals opened the way for Mrs. Browder to leave the country briefly and legalize her status upon | re-entry. ; 8 5 appeared before the a board she denied she was a member of the wal J

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