Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1938-03-24

But when Mr.. Reed was promot-
ed, the President named Robert H.
Jackson to fill the vacant place.
Well, most people were rather
glad to see Mr.. jackson placed in
a job where he has to do legal work
instead of being political mouth
piece. Their satisfaction was short
lived, however, because who should
be named to succeed Mr.. Jackson
but Professor Thurman Arnold of
Yale university. It is an appoint
ment that is worse, if that is pos
sible, than that which placed Mr..
jackson in the job originally. For
Professor Arnold is not a man to
breed confidence at any time. Par
ticularly is this true when it is con-
sidered that he manages job that
has to do with governmental rela-
tons with business. Which is to
say that if business could have no
certainty or assurance or guidance
from Mr.. jackson, it will be like
looking for needles in haystacks to
learn what Mr.. Arnold's ideas are
on business practices. Maybe I
should say, it will be like chasing
a very small insect that has habit
of biting and is equipped with a
voracious appetite.
Thus we are come to the point of
comparison. What does it mean
that Messrs. jackson and Arnold
should be given those posts? The
answer is comparatively simple,
albeit quite significant. 1t means
that President Roosevelt has taken
control of the Department of Justice
out of the hands of Attorney Cen
eral Cummings. It means that he
has yielded again to the left wing,
the radical, advisers who have man
aged time after time to get the
presidential ear and whisper con-
vincingly into it. It means, as well,
that Attorney General Cummings
who was at first one of the great ad-
mirers of President Roosevelt is no
longer among the presidential insid-
ers and that he must be classed
again as Democrat as distin-
guished from the New Dealers.
But, you ask, what has that got
to do with Russia, with Stain, with
liquidation Of counter revolution
aries" etc? Again, it seems to me
that the analogy is plain. Presi-
dent Roosevelt has been convinced
by the radicals and long-hairs that
he has no great need any longer
for the breed of simple, sound, sane
thinkers, or the practical politi-
clans. The advisors who are cling
ing to him like ivy to a wall have
seen their plans 60 down in the
crash of the depression and have to
blame somebody. They argue that
If their plans had not had Interior
ence from such as Mr.. Cummings.
or Secretary Roper or the Depart
ment of Commerce, or "Jim" Far
ley's practical politics, surely, the
wishful thinkers would have sue
ceeded. They could not line I'D the
counter revolutionaries" to be shot
in this country, but they can destroy
their political influence.
To carry the fundamental thought
to its ultimate and logical conclu-
sion, therefore, it is necessary only
to explain that the great liberal
group (Which boasts by mouth or by
print) has yet ever to agree among
Its own numbers. They seldom agree
TO start with, and they never agree
at the finish. It is always the
other fellow that is to blame.
II my plan had been followed we
would have succeeded" etc. and so
on. There is that counterpart in
Russia, insist. 1t proves beyond a
shadow OF doubt that no one can
define "ibera'iem."