The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-01-03

none of which had any immediate objective IN
view if not to add inflammation to an already fc-
verish social and economic body.
The Ickes speech was notably incendiary.
He is the sort of man who array his preJu-
dces in gorgeous and glittering phrases of wrath
His i'll temper oozes from his adjectives.
On this occasion, he appears to have exceeded
his traditional limits. ... .- ..
This speech of his is calculated to drive the
wedge only the deeper between business and gov
eminent and to pour vitriol into the already lac
Grated wounds which the administration has infct-
ed upon men of financial prestige and leadership.
More than that, its damage does not stop with
this measurably durable injury.
He is distinctly provocative of class passions and
hates.
1t almost looks to have been designed to the end
of accentuatng the hostility Of the masses against
the classes, creating further in the minds Of the
poor more acute bitterness toward the rich and
in this manner setting match to the dynamite OF
social preiudices which, unaggravated are always
serious enough in unprosperous times.
Nothing in the address of Mr.. lckes gives the
heart of patriot glow of new hope and fresh
passion of faith for and in the future .--
1t is glowering and menacing with its gestures
and threats of what government can and will do,
once it sets out to wreak its revengefu havoc upon
individuals or interests OF segments Of our common
society toward which the present administration
has become emhittered
There is not syllable of peace to be found in
single line of it. Instead of breathings Of good
will, it abounds in mean, vituperative and fear
creating phrases.
No suggestion of the willingness of the govern
ment to make necessary and just concessions to
overrun and overweight business is in the Ickes
bugle of birthstone.
On the contrary, it might well have used some
what oft-repeated administration text that 1--WE
have only begun to fight At any rate, this is the
only intelligent Interpretation that is allowed.
In that view, therefore, what's to become of the
recent counting and courteous expressions of con-
sderation and fondness for business cooperation
uttered by the president?
What can be expected to develop from President
Roosevelt's late attitude of Cancellation and coop
Grafton with the very business society which this
man Friday so utterly condemns and holds up to
scorn and contempt of the American people?
w How is private business and enterprise which the
president asked the other day to join him in war
against the present relapse in recovery to make af-
frnlative response when it is being castigated and
vilifed by this cabinet officer who supposedly, had
the sanction of the White House for his ill-timed
bad temper and explosions of anger and holocausts
of hate.
No, indeed, there is to be no peace, and so long
as there is to be no peace between the government
and business leadership, the American people may
we'll fear there is to be no immediate return of
prosperity that they have right to expect and to
enjoy.
No country has ever hated itself into happiness
Nor has any people ever built themselves up by
the jungle technique of throat-slashing.-
Observer