The voice of labor. (Cumberland, Md.) 1938-1942, 1939-04-13


mits defeat to discourage him.
Baked though he Is on one issue
after another. he bounces right back
into the thick OF the fray. Regard
less OF his three-score and II and
the setbacks he faces. he is ever en-
thusiastic for forcing fight for
the New Deal program.
WPA Fund
While the House approved no
higher sum than slO0OO0!OO0 for
tho WPA. the Senate, insiders claim,
will restore the amount TO
$3.50. 900 900.
Senators are being bombarded BY
letters. kilograms and delegations
all demanding that the original
amount be released. Especially wor-
ried over the hostile reaction from
the folks back home are Senators
James J. Davis OF Pennsylvania. J.
Warren Barbour OF New Jersey. and
Henrik Shipstead Of Minnesota
These three, who are among those
who favored the original WPA cut.
are simply being dclugcd with pro-
tests.
Hopkins Task
New Deal top-noicn Jobs are not
always glory and high salaries. In
many instances they have meant
hard work and physical break
downs
One Of the closest friends and
advisers OF President Roosevelt. for
mer WPA Administrator Harry
Hopkins. was pushed upstairs to as
sumo control OF the Department OF
Commerce. and for the third time
found himself III a hospital from
which ne was recently released.
Mr.. Hopkins was made Secretary
Of Commerce with the understand
ing that he advance a program OF
business appcasemcnt. But he soon
enough evidently found that APP
peasing business was just as thank
less a task as Prime Minister
Chamberlain discovered TO be APP
peasing dictators.
There seems 10 be one difference
between these two unsuccessful
appcaScrs Whereas MI Chamber
lain carried his conscience around
IN an umbrella. which he discarded
when his appcaScmcnt program
shattered OF the rocks OF power
politics. Mr. Hopkins could not treat
his own conscience with such inno-
cent objcctivity and went 10 the
hospital instead
Cactus Jack
We Americans like certain
amount OF fairy tales mixed with
our practical politics Sometimes
these myths are created after our
national heroes have left us. Other
times they spring out Of the pro-
cess OF building politician up to
the stature OF expectant statesman
ship.
Some OF those VINO arc grooming
Vice President John Nance Garner
for 1910. are already active III
spinning yarns abou, the man 10
make OF him the Supcrman he is
not.
Garner the man who is Vice.
President today We all know But
Garner the Presidential candidate.
after the buildup. will be an en-
iirely different personality.
The conservative. cautious. shrewd
Democrat by 1910 shall have become
person OF unlimited knowledge.
Supcrhuman omniscicncc and bold
daring with all the virtues OF genius
and with no limitations.
Many Americans will believe all
this although all OF lis will know
that no man can change so conf
plctcly III one short year
Dies Committee
Months ago. while the question
OF continuing the Dies Committee
was still before Congress. Labor.
Non-PartiSan League pointed 20 the
fact that tho Committee was re-
vivine tho dangers of "Scctionalism
in the country.
BY stirring up hatrcdS the League
warned tho House members the
Committee was setting the Forth
AGAINST tho Gn,iih tho city worker
aeainS, tho farmers. and the natur-
allied citizen against the native
born.
The warning went unhccdcd and
tho Dies Committee was given an
other wear OF life, But tho fruits OF
the Dies COMMITTEES dcmaeogucry
is now being harvested
Hitherto the southern Democrats
have benefited BY tho support given
them by their northern fellow
members. But the ill-fccling created
BY Dies. Cox and their ilk has so
antaeonized the Representatives OF
the northern states that reciprocal
action for mutual benefit is no
longer possible. The first evidence OF
this sectional hostility was shown
when the House killed the $780,
100000 parity plan for the farmers.
The constituents OF these South
ern rcactionarieS thus stand to lose
by the tactics OF their Congressman.