Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-11
First Lady
Real Factor
In New Laws
3 Examples Within Week
Prove Her Power
By wESTBROOK PEGLER

IN THE last few days we have
u had three sharp demonstra-
tons of the great power that
Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt Yields
over the lives and fortunes Of
the American people.
First, there was the so-called
congress of the militant youth
of So nations in Washington last
week under the nominal aus
pieces of the international Stu
dent Service. which is Mrs.
Roosevelt's own youth move-
ment. as distinguished from the
Catholic and other youth move
ments.
Mrs. Roosevelt's own youth
movement is a descendant. by a
devious line, OF the enterprises
with which her bumptious friend,
Joe Lash, has been associated,
boy and man, for a dozen years.
1t processes to oppose dicta-
torship and oppression, but is.
nevertheless, cordial TO Commu-
nists whose record in Russia Ia
no better than Adolf Hitler's in
Germany and the conquered
lands and who are as fiercely
hostile 10 all four Of the moot
freedoms as Hitler, himself.
I Asst week a lot OF youths
~ assembled in Washington,
loud ballyhoo was sounded, and
President Roosevelt then gave
Mrs. Roosevelt's New Deal youth
front the highest recognition by
delivering an important speech
TO the assembled delegates.
On Labor Day the President.
In both his speeches. advanced
the proposal that individual in
comes should be taxed in such a
way las TO give the practical
equivalent OF a top limit on an
individuals net income, after
taxes, approximately SOS. 600"
Mrs. Roosevelt first endorsed
this plan as "a constructive sug-
gestion" last April. a few days
after it had originated in the
United Auto Workers of The
Go, the same organization
which struck the North Ameri-
can Aviation plant in Los An
geles before Hitler attacked
Russia and at a time when the
Communists in this country
were doing their worst 10 Grip
pie the effort Of the American
people to arm for inevitable war.
THE President, himself, de-
Il nounced the communistic in
spiration OF this blockade around
the plant and sent troops to dis
perse the rioters and provide
safe and free access for Ameri-
can workers TO their war Jobs.
The unioneers last April pro-
posed the SIS, 900 limit on indi-
vidual incomes OF Americans.
Mrs. Roosevelt thought this
SIS, 900 limitation was very nice,
and few weeks later the Presi-
dent offered the idea to Con-
gress, which rejected il on the
ground that IL set top limit on
individual earning power.
So now he has rejiggered II
slightly. substituting a tax to
accomplish the same effect.
Thirdly. il will be noticed that
Paul McNutt, after many false
starts. finally has ordered that
workers in certain industries in
the West and Southwest be for
hidden 10 change jobs without
obtaining. in each case. a Ger
tificate Of separation" from the
United States Employment Serv-
ice. The certificate will be very
hard to get.
This follows Mrs. Roosevelt's
line. too. for also last April she
sounded the first proposal OF the
administration that "all OF us,
men and women in the services
and men and women at home.
should be drafted and told what
we are 10 do"
Mrs. Roosevelt explained that
this conclusion had come from
"a very interesting discussion
Sunday afternoon in the White
House"
Mrs. Roosevelt is overmodest
when she insists that she is only
a private citizen who wields no
influence on the government.
The lady is one of our rulers
and is the author or co-author
OF some of the most drastic
changes in the status OF the
American people under their
government.
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