Evening star., 1940-09-20

back who tries
to carry the ball - M
and doesn't have
any interference David Lawrence.
made for him by his teammates.
One man cannot win the game in
politics or. anything else where team
play is essential.
The Republicans in Congress are
not unwilling to help. AS matter
of fact they are enthusiastic about
Republican prospects. but they have
had an inferiority complex so long
where the New Deal is concerned,
that they do not possess enough
aggresSiveneSs of militant spirit TO
get the headlines.
Mr. Willkie cannot compete very
effectively against the war head
lines, but the President, through his
henchmen, manages to get publicity
out OF the war and almost every de-
velopment in the defense situation.
The public has the idea that all Is
we'll with the defense program when
the truth is it Is regrettable trag-
edy that. America is unprepared
today.
Go. P. Missing Chances.
The New Dealers have cleverly
covered up the truth thus far and
In this they have unwittinglv been
aided and abetted by sleepy Repub-
licans. AS a minority party in a
democracy, the Republicans have a
tremendous responsibility to expose
the errors of the party in power,
but they have not done so. The
OPPORTUNITIES missed by the Re-
publicans are numerous, but here
are only few of them:
|. Failure to GSmand an lnveStl-
CATION of the calamitous dearth OF
powder making facilities. If the
American air force were to be or
dered to bomb military objectlves
It couldn't keep up for one day
such a bombardment as either the
British. or Nazi, or Italian air forces
are now carrying on for weeks at
time. Who is responsible for the
neglect of powder making?
2. Failure to demand the truth
about planes ION hand" and ION
order" and to inquire into the man.
ner in which the New Deal in the
last two years has frustrated eX-
pansion of the aircraft industry
through neglect of the plant amor
tization question.
8. Failure to demand an inquiry
into the circumstances surrounding
axry,INci1,, iy, Nf
of our few poWder-making plants
and to ascertain why better Federal
protection is not being given essen
tial defense plants.
Propaganda Agents.
4. Failure to pass laws suspend
Ing the salaries of all propaganda
agents or agencies inside the Fed
eral Government which are using
the defense operations or govern
mental activities for political pur-
poses, and laws prohibiting Govern
ment officials from participating in
conferences of a political nature
designed to use Government data
for political objectives.
S. Failure to demand the remova
Of Mayor La Guardia from the
Canadian-American Defense Com.
mission because of his pro-third-
term activity and speechmaking or
politics.
s. Failure to demand the i'm
peachment and removal of the At
torney General for failing to enforce
the Federal Corrupt Practices Act
against all Democratic politician!
who solicited or received campaign
contributions from corporations ir
connection with the Democratic
campaign book of 1910. The Attor-
ney General has also refused to in
struct his subordirates to prosecute
the chairman of the National Labor
Relations Board, who publicly con-
fessed he had violated Fedora
statutes governing the use of Fed
eral funds for lobbying.
7. Failure to demand public in
vestigation of alleged income taxes
irregularities of certain politica
bosses who not only helped to nom-
mate Mr.. Roosevelt at Chicago, but
are working today to swing the
electoral vote of several large States
Labor Partially.
8. Failure to demand a sweeping
investigation of the use of funds by
the Department of Justice to carry
on a guerrilla war against business
especially at time when eeofoG1l
stability is needed for purposes o.
national defense.
9. Failure to expose the obviou!
partiality of the department II
prosecuting the A. F. L. unions
under the Sherman antitrust Law
while giving the G. I. o. complete
immunity even though the latter ha
engaged in Shutdown" strike
actually interrupting shipments II
interstate commerce.
10. Failure to demand the ap
oointment of a co-ordinator OF ma
tional defense and the complete sep
aration OF the defense activities o
the Government from the New Dea
and from partisan exploitation b,
the Democratic administration.
About the only things done il
Congress that have made headline
have been the hearings conducte'
BY Senator Burke of Nebraska Of
the anti-third term proposals an
the occasional statements of criti
cism by Senator Byrd Of Virgins
on defense weaknesses, and bot
of these Senators are Democrats.
Certainly the Republicans in Con
gress have not begun to fight, If In
deed they ever intend to begin +
follow through on the series Q
charges and accusations whic
Willkie has dramatically empha
sized in his Western speeches.