The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1939-10-19

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washington always Tries 10
keep in season and this is the
season for football. Washing
tons backfield appropriately Is
using football tactics to con-
fuse the opposition.
In politics as in football, GER
tain maxims are accepted. One
is: "Razzle-D Dazzle in the back
field gets the other fellows eye
Off the ball" Another is the old
favorite: "A good offense is
the best defense"
Just to show how the raZzle-
dazzle is working, here's a sam
pie:
Benjamin Gitlow, former Sec
rotary, Earl Browder, present
kingpin of the Communist par
ty, and a number of other wit
neSseS told the Dies committee
that certain organizations were
fronts" for the Communists or
outlets for radical propaganda.
Among those enumerated was
the American League Tor Peace
and Democracy.
Now the League, without spec
ifically denying, these accusa-
tiOnS, comes back With another.
It accuses the Dies committee
of using illegal methods to get
its membership list.
But there are more import
ant trick plays being tried than
that. It happens that the United
States is interested in what hap
pens abroad. Through the news
papers, American citizens have
their eyes on Europe. And while
they are watching the other
team line up, a couple of OPP
position ends and backs sneak
off toward the Sice-lineS and
lie down on the ground. That
trick may be old in football, but
it's still good in politics.
land here's the way it's work
ing now:
Congress has put aside every
thing for the special session but
neutrality That means that it
Is not worrying with other things
which the public wants, like
amendments to various expert
mental laws. Meanwhile, the
boys who are out near the side
lines, like Assistant Attorney
General Thurman Arnold, are
trying the sneak play.
Arnold has made a number
of speeches around the country
advocating new and drastic laws
which he would like to have.
Ordinarily, his remarks would
get newspaper publicity and re-
action from thousands of news
paper readers. But now he goes
on the inside pages, and the
only people who know anything
about his plans are the friendly
ones to whom he talks.
At the same time, many, many
things are being put into legis-
latfve shape for presentation to
Congress and the nation as steps
necessary for national defense
There is even talk about reviv-
ing the NRA on the ground that
government controls must be set
up to protect the nation.
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see through the razzle-dazzle, a
lot of things are going to hap
pen to them rather unexpected
ly. With business improving, new
steps could be taken toward bal
ancing the budget and restoring
financial sanity. But war news
takes the front page, so few
people know that federal eXpen-
ditures this year will set a new
peace-time high-more than
nine and a half billion dollars
That will mean an eighth con-
secutive year of deficits.
The truth of the situation Is
that the planners were just
about to be taken out of the
game because the public was
firing of their tricks. The people
wanted a little straight football
for a change. But own Europe
occupies public attention, the
tricksters are still in the line,
up, and they feel that they cal
put over what they want to.
The result will depend upor
whether the razzle- dazzle tricl
of transferring American inter
est from domestic issues to Eu'
ropean war is successful.
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