Evening star., 1942-03-13
Condemns Alleged Revival
OF "Discredited" n. r. A.

To the Editor Of The Star:
The establishment OF "A industry
branches in the Bureau Of Industry Op-
erations Of the War Production Board
under Donald Nelson, announced March
9, together with the Management-Labor
Committees in each industry set up by
Mr.. Nelson, former Code Administration
director Of N. r. A.. returns the N. r. A.
to the American scene without benefit Of
legislation. just as if no Supreme Court
decision had ever been handed down.
These "a industry branches are COM
parable to N. r. AS industry divisions
and the Plant Management Committees
Goint 1ndustry-Labor Committees) are
comparable with N r. A. code authori-
ties The chief difference lies in the
position of labor. advanced from sub
authority under N. R. A. codes to the
dominant position under Mr.. Nelson.
This statement is verified in the pub
lished statement of DR.. Leon c. Marshall
director Of review. o. P. NJ, and for
merly holding the same position under
N. r. A., which appeared in The Star.
March 10. advocating the use Of old N. r
A. files for industry data. All the old
wounds. the old sores. the use Of Gov
ernment authority to establish monopoly
control are to be reopened.
Bad as such . practice might be IN
peace, to use the war to re-establish q
thoroughly discredited effort is to betray
the interests of the American people. The
people are urged to sacrifice their sons.
their savings, their future prospects to
save the country, while certain groups OF
politicians and politically minded labor
leaders exempt themselves from the COM
mon effort Paying lip service to patri-
otism, they demand the right to further
their own personal, political ambitions
at the expense of the rest of the country.
Mr. Nelson has not contributed to ma
tional unity with these measures. Rather
he has confirmed a growing feeling OF
distrllst and lack of confidence at the
very moment when trust and confidence
are of paramount Importance. The New
Deal seems far more interested in per-
petuating itself and its members in ONCE
than in saving the country.
Whatever the intent and purpose Of
the N. R. A. originally, 1t was fascist in
practice and for certain compelling, con-
trolling reasons will never be any
thing else. EDNA M. COLLARS.
Considers German Morale
Weakening Under "Surfeit Of Wars"
To the Editor Of The Star:
A desirable immunity Of Washington
from Germany's air piracy probably could
be guaranteed by solemn notification
from our Government that for every in
Jury inflicted in America except to legiti-
mate military objectives a city Of that
land will be leveled. Reprisals Of such
extremity are permissible in the law OF
nations and in respect Of the arch
antagonist of civilization might be
regarded as a duty against Hitler's acts
of terrorism in Europe.
II Washington is damaged, America
will possess the right and the force to
doom the German capital to the fate Of
such vanished cities as Nineveh.
If the German people continue to
sustain the militarists in war which
they now are beginning speculatively and
morally to resign, the nations so griev-
ously wronged by them will be compelled
to consider, with the disintegration of
the German land and people. the erection
In Middle Europe of several separate and
independent states, none Of which could
be christened Prussia.
The viii o6 the Germans 10 eontinua