Evening star., 1938-04-20

Editor T. Publisher, the newspaper for
makers of newspapers" has been polling
the publishers and editors of the coun-
try about the depression. Fired at them
was the question: With many essential
elements for recovery present, what
principal obstacle prevents it?" Fear
of the Roosevelt administration is held
to be the chief barrier. The most rea-
soned reply came from distinguished
Republican-William Allen White, editor
of the Emporia Gazette. The famous
Kansan says:
THE obstacle to the thing We call
recovery is not fear of one man. II
Roosevelt, Hitler, Mussolini and Stain
all were to die within month, the
obstacle would remain. For hundreds
Of millions of men, round pegs in square
industrial holes not functioning fully
to capacity. although our presidents and
dictators all were dead, would still feel
that the distributive system of Christen-
dom is not perfect. These hundreds OF
millions will continue to agitate for
larger share than they now receive in
the gross product of the machine age"
Continues the Sage of Emporia: uni
versal education and the common use
of machinery have fused new dynamite
of discomfort in the world. In Europe
the common man has turned futilely
to the dictator. Soon the dictator will
pass. In America the forgotten man
turned to Roosevelt. Roosevelt also Is
temporary. His followers are here to
stay. Unless the wisdom of man can
find some fair way to secure exceptional
rewards to exceptional men who have
organizing talents and at the same time
to establish q universally high standard
of living which will satisfy the common
man who has only common talent,
we shall have no peace in business or
industry. It is world problem facing
modern man. No leader nor any small
group Of men is the menace. The men
ace is inherent in the problem of the
distribution of income. Neither side
is right"
One Of Ambassador Joe Kennedys
first tasks in London is right up his
street.-The adjustment Of the ticklish
controversy over admission of American
movie films to the British market. AL
though he was already we'll to do, the
foundations of kennedy's present for
tunes were laid some IL or IL years
ago as a result of his skill and activities
in reorganizing important units in the
moving picture industry. He Is former
president and chairman Of the board
Of the Film Booking Onices of America,
of the Keith-Albee- -Orpheum Theatres
Corp, and of Pathe Exchange. It was
largely with movie e-made dollars that the
Boston Irishman" became the original
"For- Roosevelt Before Chicago" cam
paign angel in 1872. Both the State
Department and the motion picture
people are greatly pleased with the man
ner in which Mr.. Kennedy is handling
the film fracas with our British cousins.
Many of his old official and personal
cronies in Washington are in receipt of
gold-lettered invitations to the fiftieth
wedding anniversary Of Ambassador
Josephus Daniels and Mrs. Daniels,
which will be celebrated at Raleigh on
May 2. The World War Secretary of
the Navy is coming home from Mexico
City for the party, which his four sons
are staging in their parents honor. No
one in the Capital cherishes Mr.. Daniels
In more af1ectionate memory than Presi.
dent Roosevelt, who, evsEx time hs sees