Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-28
EDITORIAL PAGE
OF THE
Tradition on Trial

THE death recently of Senator Sheppard of Texas
caused vacancy in the Craftsmanship of the Senate
military affairs committee committee which by reason
Of the gigantic national defense effort and the foreign
situation, of the important agencies
Of the federal government
BY the historic precedent of Congress, the chairman
ship belongs of right Senator Robert r. Reynolds of
North Carolina the ranking Democratic member of the
committee.
Under ordinary circumstances, Senator Reynolds
would succeed TO the post without delay discussion
But these not ordinary times
Al ND the nation is witnessing the extraordinary
~ spectacle of a powerful and determined attempt to
induce the Senate violate of its Oldest traditions,
and to deprive Reynolds of the craftsmanship to
which he is entitled by virtue service and seniority and
for which he has long proved himself to be admirably
qualified
There are actually three forces contendng against
Senator Reynolds.
AS Democrat of independent mind Senator Reyn-
Odds has opposed the New Deal of its measures,
while supporting il others.
Consequently the New Deal bureaucrats opposing
him.
TOR several years Senator Reynolds almost
i alone-prevented the enactment of the notorious
rrCooidge bills which would have wrecked the mmi
grafton and deportation laws.
It was Senator Reynolds who brought to light the
fact that Secretary of Labor Perkins arbitrarily
venting the Experimentation by lawof several
thousand undesirable Aliens many of them convicted
criminals.
AS much as anything else, it Senator Reynolds
campaign for better immigration laws, and for better
enforcement of the laws that compelled the administration
reluctantly to take jurisdiction from the Department
Of Labor and transfer the Department of Justice
and the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
TOR these reasons Senator Reynolds is being bitterly
I opposed by the Communists and by various other
radical groups and interests which often support the
Communists.
Finally as firm advocate of party responsibility.
Senator Reynolds insists that the Democratic Party
should endeavor to fulfill the pledges of its 1910 platform
and of its 1910 nominee to keep America out OF the
f0ren of this the nrowsr
especially the socaed Committee to Defend America by
Aiding the Alies"-are doing everything within their
prevent Reynolds from succeeding to the
Craftsmanship of the military affairs committee
GAINST this formidable coalition of New Deal politi
Clans aen-minded radicals and reckless intervention
lists Senator Reynolds the support Of the great
American public which believes he does.
And as his extended and active record in the Senate
shows these some of the things in which Senator
Reynolds believes:
He believes in America FIRST, and not in America
LAST.
0-He believes that all undesirable aiens-including
4 Communists, Nazis, Fascists-should be deported
forthwith, else detained in confinement until they
can be deported.
1-He believes that the immigration laws should be
, strengthened and enforced to exclude in
the future all undesirable criminal aliens.
A-He believes that America should have army
navy and air force strong enough to make
shores mpregnabIe against any invader and to sustain
the Monroe Doctrine throughout the Western
Hemisphere.
E-He believes that America should avoid all foreign
) entanglements and remain out of all European
Asiatic and African
He believes In preserving democracy here, and In
y not losing democracy in America by trying vanly
to "saye" to establish" democracy everywhere in
the world"
AS patriotic citizen. Senator Reynolds is WORTHY
Of becoming the chairman Of the Senate military affairs
committee
AS an informed student Of military affairs and OF
foreign relations he is EQUIPPED for the honor.
But the autocratc New Deal will not let him have his
due place and his deserved honor unless citizens who
are good Americans bestir yourselves in his support
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