Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-26

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America is treading a dizzy path
toward state socialism - a path
chsrted by planners" whose plans
lead only to chaos, sober congress
sional leaders said today.
n this breathing spell between
the death of the old Congress and
the birth of the new, January o,
they paused to take stock OF the
past year. They found:
Between Jan. Z, 1871, and April
~. 1912, the President has issued
500 executive orders. Senator Jo-
seph c. O'Mshoney of Wyoming
said:
"They were not written I'm the
halls Of Congress, on the re-
sponsibility of men chosen by
the public and known to the
public. They were written I'm
private. by anonymous experts,
dedicated to the principle Of col
Iectivism, the very antIthesis Of
American individualism."
So EXECUTIVE LAWS
In a recent issue of the federal
Register, he said, there were more
than Sc executive laws which
Congress never saw before they
we're printed-66 executive laws
comprising more than $4,000 words
issued by only is of the 10 gov
eminent departments. board 5,
bureaus and agencies. He said:
IAN unrestrained bureaucracy
subject 10 strong central leader
ship would be an easy avenue TO
state socialism Of the Nazi or
the communist type"
Bureaucratic control Is danger
Gus not only because Of itself, he
said, but because IL is impractical
and unavoidable. He continued:
1T Is impossible for the OPA,
the SEC, the AAA, the WLB,
the FEC. the CCC, or any other
Washington bureau to lay out
regulations which will apply
justice 10 every part of our
great country. with Its varied
local problems and interests"
PREDETERMINED PATTER
But the trend Of collectivism, he
said, Is 10 attempt just that-te
make every one conform 10 the
predetermined patter set up by the
bureaucrats. He continued:
UP TO BUSINESS
"The doctrine 81 arbitrary
state supremacy over the indi-
yidusI IL held by both National
Socialists and Communists.
There are advocates Of both
those schools of thought In this
country.
These advocates Of a new
order opposed to democracy
have reached their conclusions
because they believe that the
modern world has become 30
complex that people can no
longer govern themselves. and
must he governed by experts"
Most OF the 500 executive laws
issued in the last year and a half.
he said. were intended 10 remake
the world, or the American indus
trial and economic organization.
II is true. Senator O'Mahoney
said. that there must be an ad-
justment TO complex world. But
he urged that the people. the local
governing bodies and the business
organizations be the ones who
work out the new plan. under per-
missipe legislation passed by Con-
gress which would set the stand
ards.
He did not 20 as far as some
congressman Rep, W. Sterling
Cole OF New York among them
who declared that the New Deal
planned economy had been given
fair trial and had collapsed.
Cole charged a lack Of planning
10 provide tires. sugar. oil, trans
portation. rubber. food--a lack of
planning 10 provide almost all of
the basic necessities OF life.
Congressional leaders pointed
out, too, that even had the New
Deal planning been sound, the ad-
ministration lacked the men 10
carry il out. Such list as Leon
Henderson. Milo Perkins. Harold
l.. Ickes, James F. Byrnes, James
M. Lands. Vice President Wal
lace-the list. they pointed out,
while IL contains the names of
some very fine men. contains none
whose special talent is organiza-
ton administration