Evening star., 1940-09-23

tl0n W ~
r,ent than ne
t does the free en- -
.crnrisc system l|l
cf American de- David Lawrence.
n'.r1',, ,,,,,at tho President said may be
W. VIZ" ~ those outside OF WASH
s'u, .1,, ~, u.,0 heard him say he old no.
ln.,Va .o - accept the views OF managers
ca. .o,fran enterprises or owners
o. Atn "ored more for the "aggregate
s!u sSu,,,ort,' sr-,' Of all the workers, but u
]0us i;, Inc with the entire New Deal
,l.5,iio,onby IS n, l,l as applied here for seven
p.Il,o''Fm @ IN fact. the President has
Eea!l, Esorod distinct service to the
a.ont fe!Iur, y campaign by saying more
plsSr, pI'or,y Than anybody else among
sLe'-I[ onnonents has ever said 1t,
n.S ar,eIr that the New Deal oeheves
hs"i.,s rnort in the Soviet Workers
s.,1r,ittee =. idea for management
' w.. reason Why America is today
,oi1iess in defense. Why the entlTe
i.tsry H.tonse program is not on mana
ce.e.,ro [,. aon order is because MI. Roose-
uu, ,. has refused to listen to the
s.., ar.gere Of American business
tICtrr7 arcent when il was politically oeslr-
%I.P ~. tor r,m to give such an I'M
,,;on So.. M Thus dozens Of very capa-
,,s ps'o,d ond efficient businessmen have
w, W. wisely brought down here 10
ue,t nsrticipate in the work Of the Ma
pa, aI nI'F defense Council, but they
"s4 uoma' have the approving Judgment
NV u New Deal radicals before a single
m.;or y, i policy involving production
n.n iap;O' be- accepted-the President
.ainr satr The man who has refused to
csinsate Gs really vital decisions 10
anybody
Managers Must Be Trusted. !
~ rhese businessmen Stationed
~ ,,;ra our of 10 will vote Tor
u,,lI.io his wear because they pc
,,ro +he kind Of experience Vhlch
.,s New Dealers are boasting about
Wv Wedding a third term is really
'ovncr,cncc" with politics and po-
,,;caI methods and with a constant
,,av;rr 20 votes by Just such
,,,cochos As the leader Of the New
neal made at Philadelphia.
rvervbodv who knows anything
,bo,,t the present war in Europe
tnovs il is based on mechanlleo
gaanons and that engines for ar
nIanes tanks. bombs, powder ana
al of the paraphernalia OF modern
var can only be accumulated out
NJ an efficient industrial machlhe:
rhs means that the managers OF
America 8 industrial machinery must
bs trusted and given full play 10
manufacture as quickly as human
ingenuity can do 1t the heeo7o
Weapons for war.
But the President doesn't trust
,1e industrial managers. For al
last two years he has had before
him on the advice of admlrals IN
,he Navy and generals in the Army
rroposals that would have laclA-
lated the building Of new oelenSe
rlants. But Nj. Roosevelt dion | 40
snyth,ng about it and the princlpal
+esson is that he didn't trust the
managers Of industry. He 1eareo
tnev POSSIBLY might make an extra
dollar out Of defense contracts.
No Such Solicitude About w. P. A.
No such soliCitude was SHOWN
about W. P. A. or A. A. A. money
when II was disbursed by the Gov
eminent. Billions have been dis
bursed on leaf-raking projects
which could never keep American
workers continuously employed. But
there were more votes in the w. P. A.
rain of checks than in encouraging
Industry in the last seven years.
What Mr.. Roosevelt said ABOUT
his interest in the Judgment OF the
many instead Of the few fits in with
his political attitude toWard indus
try, but i doesn't fit at all WIN
| what he actually does every day IN
Washington with respect to govern
NltIIl. Il tNt. lt4t4C NSAS GA
Nitutlon IN the world which today
relies or The judgment Of few
the brain .ruSterS and the radicals
VINO have access 10 the White House
it is ,no administration now in
power in Washington.
Wendell Wlllkle has said that
America defense program mas
Jagged because the President dldn /
understand the processes OF lnous-
try and that this was because
Franklin Roosevelt never worked
with his hands or was ever part
Of the business and Industrial
processes OF America. The Phlla-
oelphia speech shows that Mr..
Roosevelt thinks business can be
run by vote Of the many. In Rus
ta this is 'hc rule. Workers COM
mlttees make all the decisions. Last
year the c O. demanded this,
namely, control over the production
oy worker in The auto industry, and
vas denied il IN A long and painful
-''N' d ..4t IUtd Ildo JlAob DNNAA
gwen approval by implication in the
pniladelphla speech when the Presl-
oeht lays stress on collectivism as
doctrine Of government that he
'avorS, He said:
And on such questions the ag-
sesate total judgment of farm
oVneF, Of the farmer and of all the
.'n .dn hands viii be sounder, I think,
alan the Judgment of the farm
owner alone.
Production Problems Arise.
would rather rely on the aggre-
.ae M opinion, on matters affecting
sswefnment, of railroad president
sau us Superintendents, its engi-
.ee!S' Its foremen. its brakemen,
we conductors, trainmen and teleg-
spnefS and porters and all the
IIeES . than on the sole opinion of
&c" IN control of the management
ol the principal stockholders
Out what are matters affecting
rmo'elhment' today? They are
na.tS ,a..etS arising out of the need for
4eaSed industrial production so
,..I, ~ get weapons of war made
go 80 What were these matters
|pver ,''lg government for the last