Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-25


our mistakes and go forward
This Indictment is not to be dismissed dsparaged
hy the usual New Deal SWEARING of all critical OPPOSE
ton
There Was a strikngy similar indictment Of admin
straton incapacity on the West Coast at almost the
same time by Alfred p Sloan Jr outspoken supporter
of the New Deal foreign policy
CPEAKING in San Francisco Mr. Sloan said he thor
y oughly approved Of President Rooseyes foreign
policy, but
"The government end of the defense program is
very much of
a right arm of The government tells YOU one
thing while the left arm says another need some
one who has control. bheaded thing never gets
anywhere
Is it not an amazing circumstance that not even the
friends and supporters of the Roosevelt administration
can refrain from challenging It's competency!
But it to be wondered if Senator Byrd is REALLY
surprised by administration incompetence IN directing the
Confusion due to conflicting and overlapping
authority he says, exists To such degree at Wash
ngton virtually TO stymie the whole defense
program
ISN'T this the USUAL record of New Deal performance?
Not lust for the two years of the defense emergency
to which Senator Byrd refers but for the entire span of
the New Deal 1888 has the Roosevelt adminlsra
ton conducted itself ineompeenty and brought about
confusion.
What did it ever do about unemployment except to
cause MORE unemployment the artificial stimulus
of a foreign came TO It's rescue?
What did ever do about the depresslon-beiore the
same stimulus of warexcept to prolong and deepen 1t
What did it do about excessive tasftfe7 except
to make it excessive and progressively conflscatoy
and runous?
What did it ever do about the nations burden of
public debt except to MORE THAN DOUBLE the
national debt
What encourages the nation to expect anything else
bat incompetence, more extravaganza more confu
son from the New Deal?
What supports confidence in the foreign policies OF
he administration when it's AMERICAN policies
lept and inadequate and inefficient?
- ENATOR BYRD says the administration has spent
- S100000O00O0 for national defense since the start
the European without getting antlarcraft gun
tank and but few merchant ships to England
He says that after two years our tank production
~ to date is practically negligible
He saws the result of New Deal defense planning
and production is that today I'VE could not protect
effectively single city in the United States.
How can there be confidence in the capacity OF the
New Deal administration to formulate and execute
adequate foreign policy. the light of its uniform and
consistent record of INCAPACITY in dischargng Its
duties and fulfilling its obligations at home?
OF the New Deal has failed and mlserabY
failed to provide the nation with adequate defense It
has failed and mseraby failed in all its major under
takings since ncepon-t has failed particularly and
notably to reduce debt and taxes unemployment
and depression.
Most certainly the shake-up in the defense program
which Senator Byrd urged upon his colleagues IN the
should be undertaken in order that we remedy
our mistakes and go forward"
But first Of all, let shake-up the incompetent adj
minstration which has MADE the mistakes, and par
ticularly SHAKE OUT the communstic ncompetents
responsible for the mistakes.