The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1938-06-16
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the IVA investigation by a speclal
congressional committee. 1t IS true
that very loyal supporter of Pres
ident Roosevelt, Sen. George l.. Ber-
rv of Tennessee, has been more or
less thrown to the wolves. That IS
regarded as too bad, of course, for,
as is evident in several other South
ern states, notably Georgia, South
Carolina and Texas, it is not as SIM
pie as picking daisies to replace
stubborn independent Southern SEN
ators with men who see eye to eye
with the President on economic IS
sues.
But so far that is the only loss the
New Deal has sustained, whereas
the effect of the first few days of the
investigation has been to offset, to
at least small degree, the unfa-
vorable public reaction which came
when the President fired DR.. Ar
thur E. Morgan, chairman OF the
IVA.
No one familiar with the IVA
situation has actually changed his
views as a result of anything so far
disclosed or likely to be brought out
prior to exhaustive inquiry. The
people who thought Arthur Morgan
right still think he was right. The
people who disapproved of David +.
Lilienthal's proceedings still disap-
prove of them.
But the important thing that has
happened is that the first salvos OF
the two sides have been fired and,
from a publicity standpoint, the LII
ienthal side came out with less dam
age. General feeling in Washing
ton is that the public, and the news
paper editors, we're disappointed al
the lack of fire in Arthur Morgan
attack, at his unWillingness to call
names and use epithets which would
make good headlines.
Morgan's carefully prepared case,
the general impression here IS, IS not
calculated to fire the man IN the
street with desire to take club
to Lilienthal. It is not even calcu-
lated to make the "milknan IN
Omaha read through it. Quite the
contrary. If any candidate for the
Presidency could be assured Of the
votes of every man and woman who
did not wade through DR.. Morgan
attack, he would not even lose
Maine and Vermont.
Morgan Is Mild
This might be true in any event
no matter what DR.. Morgan hae
said in his first appearance before
the committee. But far more I'M
portant was that he did not use an,
language which would make a rea
fighting headline, which the man Il
the street would read. There is
general feeling, even among Dr.
Morgan's warmest supporters i
congress, that he has fired most G
his ammunition, that what IS
come is detail, and that the news
papers would not have printed a
much of his first statement as the
did had it not been for the marve
Gus advance notices, notably In tn
sensational refusal Of Arthur Mo-
gan TO present his full case to tn
President
The general impression, also,
that Lilienthal is so much clevere
than Morgan at this business {
presenting his case, either to an IL
vestigating committee or to the pull
lie. that there is little expectanc
that in the general fighting to com
Arthur Morgan will have muc
chance.
The one episode that was expec
ed to inf1ame the public was the a
tempt of Senator Berry to collect
few millions from the governmel
on his marble claims. This is no
begged down to a contest as
whether Arthur Morgan or Lille
thai showed better judgment in h
plans to protect the governmer
# LifienttEaf, it zig thought daiiberat
ly abandoned any thought of pr
tecting Berry's reputation, despi
the fact that the Tennessee senat
is now engaged in a primary figl
Best opinion on that is that t
PreSIdent agreed Win LllleiilIidl
sacrifice was necessary.
Sitter Taxes Coming
Much sitter taxes next year a
a certainty. This is true desp
some very misleading inferenc
made recently because budget pl
dictions were shown to be not We
far wrong. What was omitted a
what made these stories misleadil
was that tie budget forecasts We
that the deficit would be large. Tt
happened to be right.
But not even the most enthusiasts
New Dealer denies that taxes m
be increased by congress in
next session. The New Dealers v
give varying explanations, most
portant of which is an attack
congress for too drastically mod
ing the tax on undistributed cor
ration earnings and the cap
gains tax.
Actually two factors are both
more important than this one.
is that the corporation and persc
income tax returns to be made r
RE.~ol, suilI he tremendously 81