The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-09-19
NEW DEALER RECEIVERS SANITY

The following paragraphs are quoted
from the columns of a contemporary:
Adolf A. Berle. Jr. who recently resigned as as
sStant secretary of state. made one statement in
his analysis of what is wrong with the government
which should be given the greatest consideration:
Said he; Our government must improve its meth
DDS, its personnel its understanding of business
problems; must cut red tape must find administra-
tors rather than world savers.
Ii will be remembered that Mr.. Bcrlc was one OF
the original brain truSters" and that he has been
shifted around in the various departments from
time to time. He is usually outSpOkeu and his re-
cent remarks with respect to the monopoly investl-
CATION was a strong document.
Nh Berle hits Squarey on the head one OF the
things which has been wrong. The president has
been too willing to call upon world savers rather
than administrators. He hasn't consulted with those
who understand business problems but with the
Corcorans and the Cohens and Walaces - world
savers, ALL Some time ago one of the abeSt OF the
confidential services from Washington made the
statement that admitting all of the Roosevelt pro-
poSas are sound the fact remains that there is not
a single person connected with the administration
at Washington who is capable of administering any
proposition. however good it might be-
The retiring assistant secretary of state does
we'll to call these things to the attention of the
people of the country.
The foregoing presents one of the larg-
est, most impressive and most important
reasons why millions of intelligent citizens,
distinguished for their common sense and
AmericaniSm, have no confidence in the
present national administration. The peo-
pie know that Roosevelt is surrounded
with a crowd of men in appointive posi-
tons in the government, crowd common
" spoken of as new dealers, who have
sold him radical program that is strictly
and completely un-American. This is what
he has been laboring to fasten on the coun-
try for almost the entire time he has been
in office.
The Roosevelt program was cooked up
by a crowd of radical agitatorS, dreamerS
and Schemers. trickSterS and dunderheadS,
not one of whom before going into office,
had a record of sanity or achievement,
Therefore it is not strange that an inform
ed and level-headed observer of the Wash
is not a person connected with the govern
ment lin appointive or advisory capacity
who is capable of administering any prop
Osition. no matter how good it may be.
And vet. this crowd has made the poll
cies of the administration, and is admins
tering them. That this program will con-
tjnue as long as Roosevelt is in office is a
settled conclusion. Under the circum-
stances how can sane, COmmOn-senSe,
practical citizens of the country have con-
fidence in their government?
Even Mr.. Berle, the new dealer, at last
sees the light It dawned on him in the
midst of the Washington hullabaloo and
hubbub. He was in the midst of it and
learned at first hand, ...
Mr. Berle says: "Our government must
improve its methods, its personnel, It's I'M
derstanding of business problems, and
must find administrators rather than world
savers"
Nothing truer was ever spoken. but
where does Roosevelt look when he needs
man? Always, of course, to the ranks OF
.radicalism, either to pick an agitator and
destroyer or nincompoop whose absolute
lack of ability and qualifications makes
him living and moving obstruction tc
sane progress.