The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-12-10

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 they did arrive were often found to be garnished with poison ivy instead of asparagus fern. But there was, at least. a profession of willingness to give the Presi- dent~a hand in dragging the na- ton back to its feet and an in- variable avowal that any time the lads in the important money could do anything to further the cause of recovery they were hoping to do 1t. I doubt wheth- CT the professions and the avow- als fooled anyone but I am sure MT. Roosevelt, who knows his way around after dark, must have interpreted the shouted slo- gan in its real sense. Brigands do not become boy scouts over- night. Last week the Help the President Out" plan was exposed in it's completeness by the Na- tional Association of Manufactur- CTS at its annual convention. All Of.
 s. Wells Utley, president of the Detroit Steel Castings Company outlined the political tactics to be pursued by industry to defeat "the new economic order pro- claimed by President Roosevelt" Any and all New Deal legislators must be defeated for re-nomina- ton and care must be taken lest the Republican party become more liberal, meaning more radical, and lest "in the next election we have both of the great parties subscribing to radical platforms" It is obvious that whatever else he is Mir. Utley is no piker. He wants to control the delegates to the conventions of both parties and to write the platform of each. Industry, the gentleman with the Dickensonian name, insists must have not only employment managers, person. mel men, and welfare men but also political managers whose job it will be ito keep in contact with the active political forces in your district to interpret your thoughts to them"
 We Hope Not
 If all industrial leaders are like our own E. Kent Hubbard of the Connecticut group of manufac- turers, it looks as if MT. Utley, in setting up his thought inter- preter, is advizipg duplication Tn industry. MT. Hubbard does not need anyone to interpret his thoughts about his states repre- sentatiyes in Washington to them or to the wide, wide world. He thinks they are "a disgrace" and has said so. To date the Connecticut congressman and senators have not had their thoughts about Mir. Hubbard in- terpreted to MT. Hubbard. The Connecticut delegation perhaps interpreted MT. Hubbards thoughts when he was not think ing and get the designation of a disgrace" in consequence.
 
 Brutal Stupidity
 The platform which the Ma tional Association of Manufactur- CTS wishes to see carried to suc- cess in the campaign of 1886 is just as tactful, gracious, and re- spect compelling as MT. Hup- bard's crack. But 1t is something more. It is the most brutal ex- pression of incurable capitalistic stupidity I have ever read. All the Democratic national commit tee needs do to insure MT. Roose- yelt's reelection by the greatest vote ever cast in this country, IS to send a copy of it into the home of every worker, and of every liberal minded professional and business rnane> The propaganda department of the Third Interna- tional in its widest moments or communist inspiration never turned out a document to make converts to it's cause comparable to this small catechism of "the American System" in business, so- ciety, politics, and industry as written by the National Associa- ton of Manufacturers.
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