The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-06-21

amos, New 1Ork lawyer ana pun
icist, is pretty prominent in his
own right. Perhaps he's even bet
.er known as a brother Of Clifford
Pinchot, ex-governor Of Pennsyl-
vania-though there's no intima-
ton that Clifford had anything to
do with preparation Of the release,
or that he agrees with what his
brothers credited with having said.
"To the Public"
For that matter, the release
DOESN'T bear the preliminary line,
BY Amos Pinchot." 1t is preced-
ed, however, by the black-face as
sertion that, Amos Pinchot
has addressed this startling an
nouncement to the American pub
lie =. According to Mr.. Pinchot,
the plan involves continued expan-
sion Of government control until
private property will be largely in
hands of the state, which will be
ruled by socialist labor parties in
the United States and England.
Mr.. Pinchot especially names Har-
old Lash, British laborite pro-
fessor and adviser OF Mr.. Roose-
velt's; Ambassador John G. Wi
nant, Bill Drafter Benjamin Cohen,
Harry L. Hopkins, lend-lease ad-
ministrator, and Justice Felix
Frankfurter, as members of the
group
This summary correctly epitom-
lies what follows.
The release then asks:
Have they (the president and
his more intimate advisers') seized
upon the present defense crisis as
an opportunity to discredit, then
liauidate private enterprise? Is the
administration tanning half pup
pet congress with patronage and
breaking its prestige, in order to
forestall opposition to a socialist
organization of society,",
After which the release proceeds
% argue affirmatively to the tune
OF about 4,500 words. They're
vehement. too.
The release posed one query
which probably would have been
put differently if the release hadn't
been off the press before F. D. r.
had resorted to military strength
to break up a defense-industrial
tie-up out west The question was:
HAS the president been taking
a weak stand against strikes and
violence in defense industries for
fear Of losing the voting strength
of organized labor"
That would seem to be an inter-
rogation properly answerable neg
atively, considering that F. D. r.
presently employed Uncle Sans
armed forces to suppress picketing
at Inglewood-he wasn't weak; he
got tough.
Better Wording
Instead Of asking, Has the pres
ldent been taking a weak stand ?"
1t would have been better. from
the releases standpoint, to have
asked. us he getting tough, in or
der to governmentalize industry
and establish socialism ?"
I've been extremely careful to
say that the release asked all these
questions and argued in answer to
'em, rather than to say that Amos
Pinchot did the asking and argu-
ing, because I've been afraid that
Amos might repydiate the whole
/ conversation.
II, however, some irresponsible
birds did pipe up that release and
attribute it to Amos, without his
authorization, he certainly is en-
titled to do something drastic
about it.
The Pinchot boys used TO be
considered pretty ultra-progres-
sive. Being Republicans, their. pro-
gressive-ism was Of Teddy Roose-
veits type, not Franklin DIS. Still,
I'd have thought they'd be New
Dealers. Clifford may be so, for all
l know, but I'd have expected it Of
Amos also. l interviewed him sew
eral times in olden avs and he
talked that way. But he evidently
isn't, II he sanctioned that release
I've been discussing.
The fact remains that Amos has
more punch TO him than such lead
ers as / know Of, at the head Of