The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1933-09-28
REAL NEWSPAPER MAKING.

short time ago, upon the occasion OF
resignation of Assistant Secretary OF state MOE
Hevwood Broun, noted coumnist once OF tne mt
York World and now conductor of the II seer
to Me" column in the World-Telegram, TOOK up
cudpels on behalf of his friend Mr.. Moey' al
belabored Secretary of State Hull somewhat mere
lessly. The World-Telegram permitted MI bro'
to have his say, and day or SO later unoer
heading. MR. BROUN, MEET MR. HULL, COZ
mented as follows:
Heywood Broun in his column on the
resignation of Assistant Secretary OF StaVe
Moley says:
Now certainly no national executive Oh
arly caiiser would willingly choose CoroeH
Hull for any Cabinet post nave never
regarded Raymond Moley as an authenuc
whirlwind but he is certainly man OF
far more ability than Cordell Hull. After ALL
who isn't?"
Our disagreement with Mr. Brouns opin-
ions are frequent and pass without COM
ment We are replying to the coumnisV
in this instance not because OF his OPINION
but because we think he is wrong IN ms
facts The standards which we ana MT.
Broun would fix for Cabinet officer ana
particularly for secretary u o'"'e pioD
ably are similar
Secretarv Hull with all his faults is
superior in intelligence and integrity TO
most of the Secretaries OF State since MI
Broun can remember.
Indeed. Mr. Hull has two virtues which
probably would commend him especially 10
Mr. Broun if the latter were familiar Win
his record Mr.. Hull is not on Terms Vi
intimacy with the international bankers anu
business interests which have hitherto usually
dominated American foreign policy. Though
not a radical, Mr. Hull has not taken
orders from those special interests as most
of his recent predecessors have Done
Secretary Hull has another virtue winch
is not common in the Roosevelt OF any
other Cabinet. He is not yes-mah. ne
had the courage, the conviction ana the
ability to fight-virtually alone among Demo-
critic politicianS-for tariff reduction when
Raskob and his party worshipped the Hoov-
erian gods of protectionist prosperity 1hae
is not the way political hack operates.
At the London Conference Secretary Hull
had sufficient courage to attack economic
nationalism even to the point OF holoing
apart from the new Roosevelt-Moley pohcy.
He continues to oppose economic natlonai-
ism. And the fact that Mr.. Moley, rathef
than MIR. Hull, has resigned is fairly strong
evidence that the President is turning To-
ward the Hull foreign policies
Now of course Mr.. Broun is free 10
ooree or disagree with the Hull policies
But he is not free, if We understand tne
Broun code of craftsmanship, to hit below
the belt. When Mr.. Broun implies that
Secretary Hull is merely political mack OF
no ability we believe he is guilty OF 1oui
doubtless because he is unacquainted WIN
the man and uninformed as to the mans
record.
This Is more than tribute to Mr.. Hull, VINO
oil that the World Telegram has claimed for nj
= is fine example of real journalism, OF excen'
newsnaper making And it is just what one VOL
have expected of such progressive and cle'
thinking paper as the World Telegram has demo
strated itself to be since it under the editor
direction of Roy w. Howard.