Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-24
GERARD LIST or g.
RULERS OF NATION
CITED AS FALLAClOUS
tcontlnued rrom Tlrst pAge,

Continued rrom First PAge)
Mellon, who "a on Mfr. Gerard's list and
happens to have been d member OF the
cabinet during the present and the two
preceding presidencies. With this pos
Gibie exception, no man on the list had
advance Information about tive justices
appointed BY President Hoover, nor
about the one appointed by President
Coolidge, nor about the two appointed
ey President Harding. nor about the
nor about the two appointed BY Presi-
dent Roosevelt.
AZ to one justice, Bfandeis, after
President Wilson appointed him, his
confirmation In the Senate was 0p-
posed IN an organized way by the rail-
roads, the bankers and the CORPORA
tons generally. This was the one &C.
casion when men Of the type dominate
ing Mr.. oefards list attempted to I'm
Court. and they failed.
Nineteen Appointments.
Z Nineteen different cabinet members
have been appointed by Presidents
Hoover. Coolidge and Harding. No
man on Mr.. derards list was consulted
about, or had advance knowledge of
any Of these appointments. The only
exception is Mr.. Mellon, himself q cab
met member. The same statement can
be made about the is cabinet appoint
ments made by woodrow wilson.
Next November IS United States SEN.
ators win be elected. FOR these as seafA
there are 40 party candidates. Just one
man on MIR. Gerard's list had q con.
nection with the selection of lust one
QUE OF these 10. President Atterbtfry Of
| the Pennsylvania Railroad Il also Re-
publican national committeeman for
pennsylvania. In that capacity Mr..
Atterbury undoubtedly took q part In
the Republican nomination for Senator
In that State. Mr.. Atterbury was I'M
| sympathetic to the nomination Of Gif.
ford Pincl1ot for Governor, but Mr.
Pinch0t was nominated. Il Is jtist pos
sible that one other man on Mr..
Gerards list may. have taken part in
the nomination OF Senator from Mon
taf1a. With the one exception know
about and one other possible exception
- TO which know nothing, no man on
Mr.. Gerards list has any more part ia
the selection Of any one Of these 40
senatorial candidates than any other
voter has.
Mr.. oerards list ana his statement
accompanying It gives o grotAsqtiely
false picture. The United States Il f0v-
erned mainly BY ideas, and BY the men
VINO originate or reflect those ideas. If
Mr.. GerArd's "a were as powerful as he
says, the tinted states Would todsy -
III the League OF Nations. OF thA men
On Mr.. derafd's list. f,iily sevefi-tsnti1s
are opposed to prohibition, yet pfohi-
bition came. Every public utility man
ON the list, or his predecessor, was Op-
posed TO regulation. Nevertheless, the
Idea OF regulation was put forward some
40 years ago by Charles D. Huahes,
among others, and today there u reel-
lation In al but Of the - States.
Practically every man on the list or
their predecessors In the corporate ofices
they hold. was opposed to the efadu-
ated income tax and the inheritance
tax. Nevertheless these taxes are here
Practically every railroad man, banker
ana corporation head on Mr.. GerArds
list, or their predecessors, was violently
opposed TO railroad rate regulation, but
Roosevelt drove 1t through the Senate
BY vote Of IS to ..
majority Against Tariff.
A majority OF Mr.. oersrds o. we're
opposed TO the tariff bill, but the bill
10 In effect. A majority are opposed to
Federal aid for highways and water.
ways, yet Federal aid has Just been In.
creased. A very large majority, almost
all, Of the list were strongly opposed 10
farm relief, yet farm relief was enacted.
Mr.. Gerard added as q supplement to
HE original list, two leaders Of organised
labor, william Green and Matthew
VOL. That belated addendun suggests
the sheer fa1lacy Of the whole idea
behind Mr.. GerardS original list. Pracs
tically every corporation head on the
original list Of SO, or their predecessors
In their corporate ofaces, opposed col-
lective bargaining. Nevertheless, COLI
lective bargaining came and Is In effect
practically everywhere that organized
labor cares to have Il IN eject.
(copyrisiit. 1880