Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-12-09

eStS Tor Which he claims to have OBJ
tanned government contracts.
Out-of-tOWn business visitors n
the c5,ital undoubtedly do need
guide 20 Ste5r en- about among the
multiplicity Of newly created agencies
and ITS a legitimate enough service.
which has attained pIenty of pro-
portions. Lobbying, however, in
wolves fixing Some sort of inrlu-
ence is supposed to b cNerted by
the lobbyist in behalf Of his client.
and his functions to exert the right
kind OF il upon the correct officials.
1t may be political, it may be social
and conccivably it could be financial.
a peculiar feature Of the latest
quiz. and Of al those which hay pre-
coded it, is that the investigators IN
Nariably proceed upon the assump-
tlon that its the lobbyist who's the
william. No attentions paid to the Off
clals, if any, whom he influences.
The whole theory is that lobbying
is the evil to be probed, o being
successfully lobbied.
Small business has an acute inter-
est in the pending inquiry, and 50
mas organized ldDOl.
Little lnGustrialistS, who can adapt
their plants to defensive and lease
lending production, naturally want
contracts, to assure 'tm of priority
supplies of raw materials, to keep
en- in operation.
BigWigs Better Lobbyists
The government also wants l.
keep EN- going, instead Of having
EN- shut down and throw their
workers out of employment. Further
more their collective outputs desired,
always provided that they are adapt
able. There's an evident official ten
dency, though, to let contracts to the
biggest kind of companies. The pee
wees version is that this is because
the mastodons out-lobby 'em, being
able to pay for expensive talent at it.
The official account is that it,
more convenient to deal with a mon
ster industry at a single sWipe, rath-
sr than in detail, with a lot Of plea
yune manufacturers. But the scheme
it's explained, is to have the whole
sale contractor take care Of as much
of his order as his plants equal to
. ana SUD-DlQtl lllc rest nom lIlG Illltc
CLOVIS.
For ons thing. the big boys don;
sub-order as generally as is desired.
They prefer to keep their business
for themselves even if they're slow
with deliveries.
Some of en- do ~sub-order, though.
But how, ask the peewees, do they
do it? Why. the DeeWees answer
themselves, an e~lephantine concern
gets a huge contract from Uncle Sam
at a first rate profit and then sub
orders from a bunch of peeWees at a
second or third rate profit to the
DccWee outfit, and scoops th5 differ
encc into lis own Golfers. The pee
wees have to stand fer it or In -
don't get their sub-contracts, can't
get priOritieS for raw materials, a
defensive producers and consequent
" cant keep 9oing.
Organized labOr's complaint Is
that it's flim-tlammed by the sub
contracting process.
why Labor Objects
The unions as we all know, want
governmental contracting done onl}
WIN ClOStO N!lOp NOii PoAl4IS, All -
GLADDEN., TO appease EN-, sticks Il
that rule, not 100 per cant, but pretty
J strictly,
Yes. but, say union spokesman, {
|, whale of an industry, operating on a
: closed shop basis, gets a contract,
} and then ~sub-contracts with a swarm
OF open shop little critters 1870 open
Z shoppiness being Ne essential rea-
J son. argue ths %uniOnists, why tnt
minnoWs can afford to let the leVlath-
!, ans assimilate more than their fan
share Of the profits. Not that the
} minnoWs like to acqulesce, but they
must, on quit altogether.
The contention is that superior lob
bying is what gives big business its
alleged strangleh0ld on the situa-
don.
That's what the congressional IN
vestigators are Investigating.
The lobbyists, though, are TIC
ciIucac the ipU1llCltNrS are on IN,