The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-13
STATE SOCIALISM
SEEN BY FRANKLIN
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remarks on the peg, Where Do
We Go From Here?" He acknoW-
Lodged his belief that the re-elec-
ton Of President Roosevelt was
the wisest political step that could
lbe taken under present circum-
stances. A change of administra-
ton at this time would have Great
ed confusion, delays, and difficult
ties which would have given the
ltotalitarians of Europe a boost in
their program at a time when we
need complete harmony and unity
of effort. The need is for political
reconciliation, he declared.
The speaker dwelt rather length
lily on the two principal divergent
trends in the country-organized
money on the one hand, as re-
presented by Wall street, whose
disciple was Mr.. Willkie, and or
ganized labor and economics on
the other, as represented by MIR.
Roosevelt. The Republican cam
paign, he said, was the product
of an advertising man, Bruce Bar
ton, and followed the same pat
tern in detail that he had en-
gineered for Mr.. Landon in 1886.
1t failed, he declared, because it
was the work of advertising men
and not of politicians. 1t split with
the best advertising principles In
that it concentrated on knocking
the opposition, instead OF ignoring
it, and had not only to sell the
country on Willkie but to unsell
it on Roosevelt.
Mr.. Koosevelt's nomination. he
said. was a great disappointment
to the Republicans, who chung to
the thought too long that he would
not enter another campaign. The
third term did not take form until
after the Munich conference, when
it became clear to studious OBJ
servers that a war in Europe was
inescapable. When it bobbed up it
was not made much of until the
campaign was well under way.
Now that the election is a thing
of the past and the country faces
its supreme test, national unity in
major problems is essential, he
said. He believes the great indus
trialists and the great financial
interests as represented by tn e
banks should make concessions,
the first in accepting the National
Labor Relations Board, the other
by loaning some of its money to
individual borrowers instead OF
buying SO many federal securities
to create funds for the government
to lend through its loaning agen-
cies. The newspapers also should
ease off on the administration be-
cause it is not equitable for SIS per
cent of the people to be for Roose-
welt and IS per cent of the news
papers against him. This SIS per
cent vote of the people he declared
a mandate for continuing the for
eign policy of the administration
as it relates to Great Britain and
China.
Concerning state socialism,
which he described as utilization
of the states powers for the bene-
fit of the people, he declared it
had been developing V since
Theodore Roosevelt's administra-
ton, and, for better or worse, is
increasingly absorbing u nation
al thought and planning. It is the
enc means offered for escaping
fascism or s~yndicalism. He cited
the various federal bureaus, the
alphabetical agencies, as illustra-
tons of state SOCIALISM already
applied. Asked during the question
period after his prepared address,
how far it may be safe to 60 with
this trend, he admitted he could
not say, but mentioned Finland,
Sweden and Norway as countries
which had put the policy to test
and been advantaged by it.
Mr.. Franklin was introduced by
Ben Sutherland. q
In opening the forum, Rabbi M.
M. Thurman, general chairman,
thanked the Junior Sorisis and M
Keen Maffitt for the excellent
work they had jointly done in con-
Quoting the ticket sale. 4
The German just dive bomber
has a level flight speed of 245
miles an hour.