The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-12-04
Changing World Invites
Seeisl Security Study
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proposals. are Of only secondar,
importance 70 uaL The British
have their problems ana We have
ours- In some respects they arr
similar and m others totally off.
1erent-
But one thing democracies have
- common need TO improve
continuously the adjustment OF
conditions that arise out Of the
impact Of the swift-movinF indus
trial age. A. we have seen. you
en- 90 from boom 10 bust over
night - from private yachts to
ceiling apples-
The New Deal wasn't the first
administration 10 try TO make
readjustments. The Wilson sd-
ministration made some, a. In es-
tablishing the federal reserve sys-
tenn Theodore Roosevelt made
some Even Harding helped ne
gotiate the eight-hour day 10 re-
INDUSTRY
Theodore Roosevelt made . suc-
cessful fight to obtain federal IN
specton Of meat-packing houses.
You have to read Mark suIlivan's
Notwithstanding history Of "ovr
Times" to see that T.R was fought
spect,on A. FDR. Wa fousht IN
irving To brrak nm holdinr-com-
penv abuseaL
Ther~ sre mamie. NJ cour.. vho
think A. A. den~srou. .ocl.Iser, sor
the sovernment "a oner.te IN.
MT offscee hut sv~vvh,6v .ccsrt,
FEDERAL meat inspection a. : nec-
essarv sauttsrv rerulafton 10 pro-
tect public health Yet rR rot
n through An the f.cs ~ ch.r~es
that h. was tr.mpainr stsfe.
rishts buttinr into private busi-
nesa roin~ into .ocisIism ana ne
ternalism. ana IN fact asainst An
III ~ms old ho~evs thai ar.
dusfed off and parsdc6 everv t,me
: eh.n~e Of .nv Mind q propos.d
IN. e.ms .r~umsnts were nut am
vben Wilson rot ths feder.l r.
..rve .vrtem Th~x wer. msde
a~.tn.t the ,ncome tsx
The last election registered =
reaction against various New Deal
activities. and some think the
country has declared an open sea-
son to wipe the whole New Deal
off the statute books.
In some respects the New Deal
has been raw and careless In adj
ministering its responsibilities. al
though even here you have models
like the iva. which was one Of
the most bitterly attacked changes
AZ one who believes In most Of
THE things the Roosevelt admins
tration has been shooting At. ] am
critical Of sloppy and bumptious
administration because don't
want to zee necessary and desir-
able services Of the government
ruined By administrative incom-
petence- II the critics want to
use the election returns ~ lever
age to improve administration. the
In addition. thu Administration
"a been dow 70 force elimination
- practices bv labor. which once
IA = share-the-work purpose. but
which now only waste manpower
ana impede war production. The
low burn on that kind Of thing
would be all to the good.
But there are also some who
ore thinking that the way In now
open for = complete reaction back
70 Harding. Some Republicans
are figuring that history win re-
pat and that they can slip any
good : natured stooge into the
White House a. they did In 1870.
md elect ruooer-stamp congress
their rubber stamps. baekroom
York y going on Tor Governor
nricker Of Ohio. who has been
= 1874 They are afraid even to
take . chance on Dewey.
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