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essential Government functions dur
ing the war
Senator Tydings declared James
M. Lands, new director OF civilian
defense, Is an able and learned
man. but as unfit for that ofice-and
I say 1t without the slightest intent
Of being sacrilegious-as am to be
primate Of the Church Of England
in this country"
Describing an Appropriations sub
committee meeting Thursday at
which Dean Lands and an Army
ofncer testified on civilian defense
plans, Senator Tydings said the
Army of1icer knew what was need
ed; knew how to find it; had put
all his life in the service, and there
was not q member Of that commit
tee, In my opinion, who did not be-
lieve that the subordinate should be
at the top, and the top should be
the subordinate personnel In that
situation. We cannot control these
appointments, and even II . man
fails in one place, they put him IN
another place, in . higher position,
and at . better salary"
Ovs1grswn Menstresity.
The Maryland Senator praised
Senator Byrd rs having had the
vision to see long ago the need Of
eliminating "peaeetims luxuries In
the midst OF . threatened disaster to
the whole Government" Continu-
ing, Senator Tydings declared:
"It becomes more and more difn-
cult to sit silently In this chamber
in the face of undertakings through
out the Government which, In my
Judgment, are enough at times to
cause the soldier In the front line
in the Bataan Peninsula to throw
down his gun in disgust. What
are those men fighting for? They
are fighting for the preservation
Of the American way of life, and
they are fighting for the perpetua-
ton Of our democratic institutions.
That, primarily, Is the thing they
are fighting for, as I see it, and
while they are dying out there
for that Is what they are doing every
day-here ut home We are destroy
ing the very thing they give their
blood and their efforts to perpetuate.
This Government is an over
grown monStrosity from top to bot
tom, an extravagant. wasteful bu-
reaucracy in the midst Of this whole
war prosecution, and every Senator
knows it. For 10 long years this
very body has been appropriating
81, 100 900 900 year more than the
Government has been taking in,
from 1890 to 1910, long before these
tragic years were marked OF on the
calendar of time.
Remote From War Effort.
"A debt of 10000, 900, 900 was
rolled up and always the budget
was going to be balanced next year;
always there would be = 500 ,ooo,-
000, 900 income next year.
Every kind of an undertaking
was engaged in which some one who
had never had any business training
or contact with the administration
of government thought wise. The
disclosures already presented by the
Byrd Committee are shocking, but
everybody has known more or less
about them for 10 years. Even now
domestic bureaus are multiplying
and agencies are being expanded
which are remote from the conduct
of the war effort.
Il am not satisfied with the in
dustrial situation, either. I think
strikes ought to end and stay ended
until the men in the front lines
get guns which they ought to have
to defend their lives and save this
country. And I am discouraged
that there is not enough courage
In the high leadership Of this ad-
to bring that kind Of
a law into being. We are not run
ming 4 New Deal war or an
old deal war. or Democratic
war or Republican war. A
man Is not asked what his political
beliefs are when he Is drafted for
service in the Army or Navy.
Backs Willkie fer job.
Il think men like Wendell L. Will
kie, who has = fine business admin
istrative background, ought to have
4 place in this government, = place
too long denied him in my opinion
Democrat though I am, and who did
not support him-because he has
shown an intense interest in win
ming this war"
Declaring he was speaking for the
men in the front line on Bataan
the Senator added:
Thank God they do not know
as much about what Is going on rs
do. or their discouragement would
be great indeed"
He pictured 4 national debt at
the end of the war Of at least $780,
900, 900 900 or 5000 per family:
millions Of men seeking to readjust
themselves from military service or
war industries, and the Nation try
Ing to revive commerce in q bank
rupt world. Admitting there is not
much that can be done about that,
he continued:
But We can make at least this
little haven somewhat like the place
that We are telling them Is going
to be here when they return. While
this picture Is an accurate one, and
while 1t Is . dark one, every man
here knows that no real approach
or effort is being made to keep this
in such shape that there
will be . vestige OF the thing these
men are fighting to save today"
Strikes stiH Gsing On.
Asserting that the United States
vent into the war unprepared, the
Maryland Senator said he thought
when the first shot was fired that
strikes would end, but I zee now
they have not ended. And who knows
but that I days work lost In some
great airplane plant may be the dif-
ference between winning or losing
hattie. And. vet. d. we get anv