The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-03-06
BY Roger W. sahson

Richmond, Va. Mar e-Eyery
businessman knows the thousands
OF rules and regulations which are
being enacted at Washington.
Donald Nelson is begging manu-
facturers to produce more: but
they have TO spend so much time
warming their pants in Washing
ton Offices in order TO see some
2x4 official that they have not the
time needed TO run their plants.
Even when home they are forced
to spend half their day talking
with lawyers or reading new U. S.
restrictions received in the morn
ing's mail.
Hsndieaps War Production
Perhaps all these orders are
needed. II may be necessary to
out-Nazi Nazism in order to crush
Hitler. However. most orders are
confusing and many OF them seem
unnecessary. II Nelson will close
up half OF the Offices and send 25eo
OF the clerks back home to do
needed work well win the war
sooner. Yet I just hear that S40,.
100000 more rs TO be spent for
office furniture TO warm more
pants.
One thing is certain. These
rules and regulations cannot con-
tinually be increased and multi
piled. Some time there will be
breaking point. A dam cannot
hold back river indefinitely. Fin.
ally, either the water overflows or
else the dam breaks. Some day
there will be an awful reaction to
this bureaucracy. Either the Dem
ocratic party will be thrown out
bodily or else. =, II seems to many
that the New Dealers are at last
busy digging their own graves.
DeceIving and Misleading
] am not naval or army man:
but after talking with them
always feel very blue. Why? Be-
cause they urge "deceiving and mis-
leading. insisting that success in
war demands the casting aside of
all moral principles. They substi-
tute not only brutality but also
blasphemy, deceit. intrigue. abuse.
dope, and fraud of all kinds. II
may be true that "all is fair in war
and love-; but victories and mar
riages won by this slogan surely
lead to trouble in the end.
The above is not complaint or
criticism OF our brave men. We
all owe everything to them. But
what will such a training OF the
youths OF all nations finally do to
the world? We know that the
great need is for integrity, self
control. and those other qualities
which make for real manhood. Ger
tainly II our enemies cannot be
trusted we should be able to trust
our own people and not treat them
as brainless and soulless robots.
After the War
Military men try 10 cheer me up
by saying that after the war this
procedure will be stopped and we
can again live as human beings:
but can we? recently attended
conference on providing employ
ment after the war. We were told
% that 25,000,000 will be engaged
In war work when the war ends
20 that the war will end very sud
denly without anyone thinking an
end is in sight; go that 10000, 900
or these people will Immediately be
thrown out OF work.
Thereupon we were told of var
ious plans for new rules and regu-
lations for all employees and work
ers as to just what we must do.
how much we must spend. where
We shall work or sell after the
war! Apparently there will be
more instead of less regulating
when peace comes. The present
plan is to add to the restrictions
in order Ito fight the peace" as
one of the Washington higher.
ups expressed It.
Don't Monkey With Natur.
Many of the government restric-
tons seem crazy to statisticians.
We know that when you begin 10
regulate" nature you are putting
your head into hornets nest.
Inc war today is largely due to
tariffs, bonuses, and other forms
OF national greed which have up
set natural trade and industry.
some day we must go through
the corn shelter" and pay for our
mistakes. Our difficulties will be
solved only as we return to letting
nature work out these problems
through natural rewards and pun.
ishments, not through artificial
commissions and bureaus.
II artificial rationing, priorities,
price fixing, censorship. wage and