Evening star., 1942-03-09

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front - but the
New Deal must David Lawrence.
60 on.
Millions Of persons are having
their incomes reduced by heavy
taxes, their businesses broken up,
their jobs confiscated overnight
but the New Deal must 60 on.
Determination to keep the New
Deal intact, no matter how long 1t
postpones victory In the war, has
been reached by the militant band
Of New Dealers who surround the
President and influence his de-
cisions.
Up to now. proof of this purpose
has been confined only to scattered
evidences of q policy of attempted
use Of the war program and war
funds to exploit the New Deal
theology. Now the purpose has come
out into the open.
Aggressive Fight Urged.
Over the week end q group of New
Dealers including representatives
from the Supreme Court and both
houses of Congress and from the
Presidents cabinet held q dinner
and listened to speeches urging that
m aggressive fight for New Dealism
be carried on during the war. The
toastmaster concluded with ring
ing speech IN which he said:
The New Deal is more dynamic
than Fascism and more revolution
ary than Communism
At the same dinner the Attorney
General In the cabinet of the Presi-
dent Of the United States Is quoted
by the Washington Post on its front
page as having urged his hearers to
keep up the political tight" for New
Dealism regardless Of the war. He
said that the success Of the New
Deal was due to the fact that 1T was
not just 4 group of theorists or lib
erals, but because it was q political
party tied up with the labor move
ment under an able political leader.
A vigorous labor movement gave 1t
strength"
The Attorney General stated the
exact truth. The New Deal holds
political power and the New Deal
is running the whole Government
at the most critical period in our
history primarily because it has
made special privilege alliance
with the labor unions bloc OF
votes totaling close to 10000, 900.
Will Favor Labor.
Naturally, when a decision has to
be made between some step that will
remove the impediments to war
production and offending the labor
politicians, the issue will customari-
ly be resolved In favor of labor.
With q convenient system of sup
preston 50 that the rate Of progress
or lack OF progress at industrial
plants cannot be made public. there
Is no public check on the involun-
tary sabotage of production by labor
politics. The moment there Is
hint OF fall down, the news is
promptly suppressed or CLOSED over.
Thus over the week end a signifl-
can't thing happened. William Har-
rison, director of production in the
War Production Board under Dom
aid Nelson, had the temerity to
tell the American people the truth
about the fact that the 100000
tons-a-year ship-building schedule
is behind about 100000 tons or 10
ships 4 month. He mentioned
shortages Of materials and, OF
course. didn't dare to say why those
shortages occurred, or to mention
the strikes and work stoppages and
labor intrigues that went on last
autumn in the steel industry and
coal industry and in the making OF
aluminium castings.
Wants MANAGEMENT Function.
From an official who is not mixed
I'm in politics, information is OBJ
tanned that the biggest single factor
in delaying ship-building is the
labor situation. He says until the
Senate acts to freeze the closed
shop, open-shop relationships ana
passes pending legislation already
adopted by the House. about pro-
duction on ships cannot be expected
John Green, president OF the ma
tional c. I. o. union of ship-build-
ing workers, says the industry Is
operating at only 80 to so per cent
of efficiency and says production
would be increased if labor TOOK
over the management function.
The c. I. o. is making general
drive to this end with the approval
of Donald Nelson, production chief,
who is somewhat of New Dealer
himself. He has spent a lot of
time lately appeasing the LABOR
politicians.
The President is doing the same
thing with respect to efforts to
lengthen the work week. He re-
fuses to permit change in the 40
hour week, sanctioning instead a
system of penalties for overtime
work and that means increased cost
and limitation on output per man.
The rigid work week and popular
front ruined France, but appar-
emily the labor politicians must be
kept happy and the New Deal
must be preserved in the face even
Of military and naval defeats.