The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-10-20

Washington, Oct.-The word IN
Washington now is Peace" The
European war-cloud having been
dispelled, at least for the time be-
ing, Government officials are turn
ing their attention to domestic
peace.
Peace between Capital and Labor.
particularly peace between the Ad-
ministration and business, are the
themes of the moment.
There is great apparent effort be-
ing made by the Presidents inti-
mates and spokesman to make per-
sonal political capital for Mr.. Roose-
welt out of the fact that he sent two
personal messages to Adolf Hitler
urging the Reichsfuehrer to settle
the Czechoslovakian dispute by con-
ference and not by force.
Particularly do those who seek to
imputex, great credit to Mr.. Roose-
welt stress the fact that he cabled
to Mussolini, urging the Italian Pre-
mier to join in the Munich confer
ence as a concilator. Mussolini did
receive Mr.. Roosevelt's plea he did
telephone to Hitler, and he did sit
in at Munich.
The difficulty with trying to make
Mr.. Roosevelt the hero OF the
Czechoslovakia settlement on that
ground is that Mr.. Chamberlain, the
British Premier, and M. Daladier,
the head of the French Government
had already telephoned their invita-
tons to Mussolini before the Italian
Duce heard from Mr.. Roosevelt.
Many of the Presidents personal
supporters, however think their
best policy is to make as much CAPT.
tai for their chief as possible out
of the favorable comment which his
direct appeal to Hitler evoked all
over the world. 1t was praised in
their respective Parliaments by Mr..
Chamberlain and M. Daladier. 1t
drew unstinting approval from Mr..
Roosevelt's predecessor, Herbert
Hoover, in a public speech.
On the theory that the Presidents
action was the decisive turning
point in the international dispute
about Czechoslovakia, ardent New
Deal enthusiasts are putting forward
the slogan ''He helped keep the
world from war;" for use in the
current Congressional and Senate
rial campaigns by supporters of Mr..
Roosevelt.
It is reminiscent of the Demo-
cratic slogan of 1916, when Wood
row Wilson was running for re-
election.
Talk on Peace
Peace was the theme of an in
spired talk to newspapers men at
Hyde Park, the Presidents country
House Spokesman" This was an
innovation for the present Admin
istration.
When Calvin Coolidge was Presi
dent he used to tell newspaper men
things for which he did not want to
take personal responsibility, and
say that they could use them as
coming from "a spokesman for the
White House" The subterfuge
fooled nobody but sometimes Saved
face" for Mr. Coolidge and always
gave him a chance to deny that he
had ever said anything of the sort.
The white House Spokesman
was thought to be dead and buried
until he was resurrected couple
of weeks ago to tell the world that
the Administration ardently desired
peace between capital and industry
and the Government.
The spokesman" thought that
could be brought about the way
peace in Europe was brought about,
if only industry would stop rafting
the sabers'' and sit down at the con-
ference table with Government
To which Charles Hook, President
of the National Association of Manu-
features, replied that so far as sa-
ber-rattling is concerned Govern
ment has done more of it than In
dustry and that the things bust
ness most earnestly desires are ex-
actly what Government desires
better business, more security for
the wage learner, peace with organi-
zed Labor and, most of all, peace
between business and Government.
Next Step Uncertain
Just what the next step will be
toward greater cooperation for in
dustrial and economic peace it is
difficult to estimate; but regardless
of internal friction, the assurance
that there will be no immediate
European wah has proved stimu-
liant to business confidence, evil
dence by a sharp rise in security
prices on the Stock Exchange which