Evening star., 1936-04-10
BUSINESS DER|DES
| AS LABOR CHEERS
Opposing Views on New Deal
Added to Records of
Campaign Year.
BY the Associated Press.

6y Lue hoSOCldtSu EIcbos
A Chamber OF Commerce charge
that business has been seized upon
as the handy whipping boy OF
politics" and a labor leaders call for
the reelection of President Roosevelt
were added today to the growing rec
ord of this big campaign year.
In a radio address in which he did
not mention any political party. Pres
ident Harper Sibley Of the Chamber
of Commerce of the United States
said business should serve notice that
"the Misrepresentation and pillory-
ing of business must be stopped forth
with"
Relationships between business and
government, Sibley said. lin recent
years have been obscured by misrep-
reservations and exaggerations de-
signed to serve passing political ends"
Dragons Teeth Harvest.
He declared that "prejudices and
antagonisms" have harvested drag
ons teeth in the form of hasty and
unwise laws, cumbersome restriction OF
legitimate enterprises, agitation OF
needless industrial strife, dislocation
of goods and crops. and the heaping
of still further burdens Of taxes and
public debt upon the backs Of those
already straining to make ends meet"
And to what purpose? To give
some political party momentary ad-
vantage. To enable some ofhce-seek-
er to gain publicity as the embattled
friend of the people To enable some
Government bureau to invent a new
duty by which to perpetuate its ex-
istence and thus strengthen and en-
large its grip upon the public treas
ury.
ITO realize that such factors play
a considerable part. one only needs
to recall the political campaign OF
four years ago, remember the strong
feelings then aroused. trace the prod
uct of such feelings in the form OF
legislation since enacted and
study the issues already shaping for
the coming political campaign.
Zone cannot do that without being
startled by the extent to which busi-
ness has been seized upon as the
handy whipping boy Of politics. . .
Frenzied Witch Burning.
Thoughtful effort to improve con-
ditions and to safeguard the future
against repetition of past difficulties
is q far cry from the frenzied witch
burning into which some politicians
and office seekers are seeking to trans
form the process"
From whatever quarter unfair at
tack and Misrepresentation may
come" he declared, ut must be met,
not by counter political action, but
by the fearless exposure of misrepre-
Sentation: by the courageous setting
up Of facts against false assertions
intended to gain temporary political
advantage.
Business men and their organiza-
tions, and all those who earn a living
by productive work, must set them
selves resolutely against political ex-
ploitations of business. by any party.
by any candidate. by any campaigner. !"
Sidney Hillman. president OF the
Amalgamated Clothing Workers Of
America. called upon labor to support
Mr.. Roosevelt in November.
Addressing members of his union
in New York last night Hillman. one
of the organizers Of "Labor's non-Par-
tisan League" which is backing Mr..
Roosevelt, declared the Presidents de-
feat would badly handicap labor.
Labor is interested vitality in the
reelection of President Roosevelt, -
he said, land for the very same rea-
son that all the enemies of organized
labor in the country, to quote one of
| up against the Presidents re-elec-
| ton"
Hillman, George Berry, president
of the Printing Pressmen. and John
L. Lewis. president of the United
Mine Workers. recently formed the
league to combat the Presidents foes
Republicans in Wisconsin mean
while were called upon to present a
united front in the November elec-
tionS.
President Roosevelt filed today as a
candidate for West Virginia's 16 dele
gate votes to the Democratic Ma
tional Convention. Senator NJ NJ
Nicely, Democrat, Of West Virginia
mailed Roosevelt's statement
Earlier, Senator Borah and Leo J
Chassee of Milwaukee filed for the
Republican nomination. Joseph Al
fonso Coutremarsh, Lebanon, N. H..
filed for the Democratic delegate vote
Edward j. Samp. chairman Of the
State Executive Committee. which
supported the uninstructed slate
against Senator Borah of Idaho in
the presidential preference primary,
said the intraparty fight was over
In a campaign at Decatur, Ill, last
night, Borah declared. "We are build
ing a bureaucracy which is sucking
the very life-blood of the Nation in
taxes" -