The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-11-25
BEHIND THE RED BALL


in spirit and in trend That is not foir-to the Reds.
They have long since progressed beyond the expert
mental stoee marked by this executive oW
We have criticized it on the ground among others,
thot it discrimnotes against eorners as controsted
with observation-disclosures man is not permitted to
receive more than SIS 600 year net for the sweat OF
his brow. but can have much more for which he has
oven nothing in return.
Thot criticism is foir and pertinent. 1t should be
noted however, that this effect not the choice OF
the President Of the Ieftwng union which gave him
the deo The United Automobile Workers and the
President wanted SIS, 600 limitation upon net in
come from all sources, and took this discriminatory
hoIf-Pint because Congress, with the apparent oP-
provo Of the people, refused floty to go along on
the broader program.
Perhaps the President hopes that, to eliminate
the discrimination, Congress now will consent to do
what he asked in the first place, and make the Iin-
lotion apply to all income from whatever source
Originally Communism had the ideo Of spreading
the wealth and equoIizng income in hope OF keeping
it spread. Thot, obviously, is what the SIS, 900 linn
itotion would tend to do here.
But as soon as Russia began trying to capitalize
on her noturo wealth and indusroze she found thot
Communism Of the economic voriety wouldn't work.
Gradually with minimum Of publicity the Soviet dis
corded tnot angle Of Communism.
Russia has been morvelousIy successful in the
emergency building of industry. AS we discover that
foct, we learn oso that the profit motve-now under
specific ottock in the SIS 900 salary imitotion fot-
is highly regarded by the Russons and is encouraged
to the extent thot the differentoI among worknen
on the same Job far exceeds that which is condoned
by the most reoctionory opinion in this country.
So now, IS years after the leveng Of wealth and
income was tried in Russia to correct evils this notion
never knew, we start backing into what the Connun-
lists discovered could not be made to work under
dictatorship.
Congress has obdicoted too many legislative pow
ers to the executive There times when it seems
as though even the best congress couldn't do very
much in wartime But here is Congress opportunity
to prove that this viewpoint is over pessimstic.
Senator George Of Georgia, chairman Of the Sen
ote Finance Committee, has voiced most Of the criti
csms Of the pse dxit law that we have expressed.
Under his leadership, without deprivne the President
Of powers properly his in wartime, Congress spec
ifieoly deny to Mr.. Roosevelt the extreme power
assumed by this executive law.
We now are behind the Russian Red ball. Let's
oct out from there
AN EXPERIMENT
O0e NlOn tIIeO On experiment. ne pOINeteo u
ascent war stamp book and oereed with himself that
he would buy at Ieost one stamp every time he was
asked Thot was six months oeo. To dote he has
not been asked to buy stomp.
Then he decided to buy whenever he noticed
booth placed to cotch the nottentive. Thot two
months ooo. He has 81 in stamps in his book
GOOD TAkKs-Akr GERMAN TANKS
IF In Libyo. under the horshest of conditions, 90
American light tonks went through month Of bottle
with only IL minor mechanical failures.
II Ia Lbyo. Romne was informed officially by
SEermcn workshop company e5 Nozi Mark IFS stort-
~ 800 kometer trip. Fourty-four fell out because
1nojre tniure. Fifty shock disorders broke down
S&nd h6d to be changed
&S We we're slow in stortine. but you should wotoh
plen Syss pop out when they see our General Sher.
&3bfdIum Tanks in cotton!