The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-07-13


for mastication by the great American
:. public:
. Donald R. Richberg, who has been named to tie
together all the loose ends of this and that float
ling about Washington, says that the immediate
task is to develop lOng-range program; and when
he goes on to explain just what this includes, you
begin to see the size of the problem
ave must be looking to the future" says Mr.
Richberg.
-. eve must decide on the extent of government
intervention and its ALLEGATION to different activi
ties. We must advance our plans for public works
as a continued means of providing employment
We must work toward more permanent stablllza-
ton of industrial conditions.
p. 'Into the program of industrial Self-government
must be written public supervision and partlclpa-
ton, to prevent abuses OF economic power WITH
out abusing political power"
Here surely is program large enough to sat
isfy the most ambitious. And when you stop 10
think about it, you discover that each item onerS
nlentv of chances to make serious mistakes.
Those simple words decide the extent OF
government intervention for instance, simply
mean that Mr.. Richberg and his men must make
up their minds policy that could range any
where from complete indivlduallsm TO a regimen
tation as thorough anything seen IN Italy OF
Russia. -. ,,,,
offers on one side the chance to waste vast sums
annually to small purpose, and on the 0ther tne
chance to extend paternalism beyond anything pre-
viousy dreamed of.
S+ab;1;yino industrial conditions and extending
: nubEc supervision of industrial self-government'
could mean state capitalism, stat socialism; OF
simply the growth OF vast cuiiioelsoi"e' anu "
In other words, this job of setting program
carries with it q great many chances to DO Vn9
wrong thing. ,,o
=, The dangers confronting the country are
merely touched by Cation in the torego-
ing. For example:
Mr.. Richberg says that Into the pro-
gram of industrial sef-government must
be written public supervision and partlci-
patton, to prevent abuses of economic pow
err, without abusing political power
\ What does this mean? Public super
vision and participation in industry ana
other lines of business mean political par
ticipation and supervision. 1t could mean
nothing else. That is what we have nov
under the direction of Mr.. Richberg and
the other new dealers. The only public
supervision and participation that is pos
sible is government supervision and par
ticipation, which always has been and al
ways will be political That is what the
country is experiencing now.
Mr.. Richberg says this is for the pur-
pose of preventing abuses of economic
power without abusing political power
He is an extreme optimist. He is expect
ing something to happen in politics which
never has happened, in this or any other
country in the history of the world, under
any system of government the world has
ever witnessed.
However, Mr.. Richberg no doubt be.
lieves that the politicians of the new deal
can accomplish this miracle.
q, The characteristic attitude of new deaf
- ers and brain trusters is this:
=, All---or nearly all-American business
.-men are crooks New dealers and brair
RErnsters have monopoly of the brains ano
virtue of the country. The way to right
Things is to put the crooked business meI
moi the country under the thumbscrews c
The new dealers and brain trusters. This
as the only reasonable explanation of tn
n.statement made by Richberg and made i,
thousands of other cases by his crowd.
81 The way the public will see this matter
ri the masses of the people ever get aroun'
Ito giving it any intelligent consideration
kxssthat if crooked business men cannot b
xFE4Sted to manage their own; affairs, it j