Evening star., 1942-01-12

demands of the >
C. I. o. last David Lawrence.
week to permit labor chieftalnS
to take over the management OF
the auto industry, the stories are
fed out through certain sections OF
the press that o. P. M. is about to
be scrapped altogether. The snip
ing campaign against Mr.. Knudsen
has been intensified by the c. I. O.
and it's spokesmen ever since ne
refused to allow the big automobile
industry to be sabotaged by a
group of irresponsible experimenters.
AS matter Of fact, despite the
numerous handicaps that befall any
agency of the Government in deal
ing with restrictions on civilian
production in wartime, the o. P. M.
has gotten a new impetus since
Pearl Harbor. Sidney Hillman has
often been criticized in these dis
patches because he retains a big
union salary while in the Govern
ment's employ, but Mr.. Hillman and
Mr.. Knudsen make an excellent
team in the o. p M. and they are
beginning to get results. Because
Mr.. Hillman doesn't want to see
the auto industry demoralized by
any weakening of management re-
sponsibility he is sniped at, too, by
the c. I. o.
Sniping Against AppOintees.
Maybe President Roosevelt is too
preoccupied to see that inside his
own administration the class-con-
scious New Dealers and allies of
the c. I. o. who sit in Government
Offices inspire most of the sniping
that goes on against his own ap-
pointees. All around the Govern
ment there is an apparent effort
on the part of these radicals to use
the war to exploit themselves and
their class viewpoint. They often
claim privately that they have the
Presidents support.
The fact is the New Deal poll
ticians have had their own way for
eight years. They have managed
to oust almost everybody who dis
agreed with them. What Is difficult
for the New Deal schemers today
to realize is that this IS war and
not another w. P. A.
Unfortunately the President on
more than one occasion has done
things which have encouraged his
New Deal neutenants to believe that
he Is with them in the reform as
usual campaign. Thus the Presi-
dent has not stopped for q moment
sending New Deal nominations to
the Senate for all appointments In
the Federal judiciary. It is dis
couraging to fair minded citizens to
hear the President talk about ma
tional unity and see him picking
for the Federal bench all New Deal
ers and people only from his own
party Mr.. Roosevelt is the first
President of the United States to
violate the two-party tradition in
handling judicial nominations.
1909 Democratic Appointments.
Nobody expects the President to
name an equal number Of Republi-
cans as Democrats. But Repubh-
can Presidents rarely exceeded q
percentage of 60 for their own party.
Mr.. Roosevelt has gone over to the
idea Of 100 per cent Democratic
appointments. It wouldn't be so
bad If he occasionally picked some
one who was judicial minded but he
picks judges from lame duck Con-
gressmen or from New Dealers whose
class-conscious viewpoints or intem-
perate attacks on opponents are
matter Of conspicuous record.
The President needs the whole
hearted support of the country and
especially Of the business world.
But he cannot inspire confidence
when he keeps on supporting the
enemies Of business, the men who
would have made a shambles OF the
whole industrial system If they had
been permitted to do so by an
acquiescent public opinion.
Party politics is supposed to be
adjourned. But If 1t means q one
party system and totalitarian ap-
proach in politics, then the sooner
party politics is reconvened and the
people get to know the truth in
time for the November, 1912, elec-
tions, the better will be the Nations
morale In its fight to preserve de-
mocracy. American industry's man
agement is counted on to fulfill the
Presidents big production program
but it cannot attain great efficiency
when 1t Is being sniped at by petty
officials in Washington who keep on
sending out a barrage of attacks
against business and industry. Mr..
Roosevelt is taking . big chance
with the industrial programme is
neglecting the most important fac
tor, Industrial morale.
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