Evening star., 1942-09-18
Thinks white Persons"
Must Justify Negroes Faith.
To the Editor Of the Star:

AZ the Eultor OF the star:
No greater tribute could be paid to the
loyalty of the American Negroes to their
country than the simple recounting in
The Star OF their reputation of Japa-
nese propaganda spread by some mis-
guided members of their own race. In
Harlem, the largest Negro community
In the United States, only 200 persons
could be found who would even attend
meetings where such propaganda was
disseminated. And better yet, it was the
Negroes themselves who reported the
situation to the Federal authorities.
However, as Pearl Buck points out in
her book, American Unity and Asia" the
sober truth of the matter is that Japa-
nese propaganda is not wholly untrue
when it states that the white man no.
where IN the world has given the colored
peoples fair break.
We white persons can only rejoice that
the Negroes are intelligent enough to
see that they would lose everything in
the event OF an Axis victory. In our
turn, we must not fail to live up to their
trust in American democracy, and this
can be done only by giving every Negro
his share of the fruits of democracy
chance to work where he is best fitted
to work and to play where he desires.
JOHN @.
Finds "Overlapping" and Incompetency
In Other Branches of "New Deal"
To the Editor OF The Star:
The Baruch committees report on whv
the rubber program had begged down is
most revealing. 1t found multiplicity
of overlapping and conflicting agencies,
overstaffed with misfits and incompe-
tents, people without special knowledge
who made important decisions, and all
this complicated by the demands of
politics and resulting in indecision and
chaos which threatened collapse on both
the military and civilian fronts.
Unfortunately that is not limited to
the rubber field. We have the same
thing on the anti-inf1ation front, and
also threatening collapse A few months
ago 1t was on the civilian defense front,
and few months earlier it was in the
national defense field. In fact, the New
Deal has always been that way-a multi
plicity OF overlapping and conflicting
agencies over-staffed with incompetent
persons who have no special knowledge,
but who have authority beyond their ca
pacity to use wisely.
Look how they are running around in
circles IN the economic and fiscal fields.
We are told that living standards and
social gains" must be maintained, but
there Is scarcely any attempt to curb
Government spending, which must be
paid lin the sweat of every man who
labors." On one hand they grant pay
boosts to everybody, from war workers
to Government clerks, and then wonder
where they can impose more taxes to
raise the money to pay these boosts. First
they raise the income of the people, and
then they seek means to reduce the sur
plus buying power" to prevent imitation.
The President says that wages must be
Stabilized" and then creates q board
which raises wages, especially in the
higher brackets. Mr.. Henderson recently
advocated Government subsidies, In place
OF higher prices, for producers who could
not make ends meet under his benign
guidance: and the President was reported
as favoring the plan. Presumably, II The