The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1942-07-23

campaign is proceeding on q natlon-
wide scale. A Tory newspaper had the
effrontery recently to hint that the
returned soldiers would be used after
the war to keep the American people
in their place if they still wanted So
cial reforms-and make no mistake
about it, that is exactly what the
Tories intend and what they will put
over if they get the chance. They are
not kidding. But only rarely are they
so outspOken.
Economy" Tries War Cry
The Tory mind operates on the basis
of alleged public service-it clamors
for economy" in the interest of the
taxpayers" with little regard to the
value that may be obtained from gov
ernment expenditures. Years ago the
Chambers of Commerce and the manu-
facturerS' associations never had a
banquet at which some speaker did not
rise to damn the government boards
and commissions and bureaus and
when the smoke cleared away you
found out exactly what "boards and
commissions and bureaus he meant.
They were the Federal Trade Com
mission which seeks to maintain some
Semblanca of order and fair dealing
among business competitors; the WO-
mans Bureau, and the Children's
Bureau, which seek to protect the in
terests of two relatively helpless ele-
ments in our population.
The Tories lost that fight The Fed
eral Trade Commission is now so
minor an example of governmental
regulation that it is hardly II factor
any more, and the WOman'S Bureau
and Children's Bureau have established
themselves so firmly in popular esteem
that there is little use in wasting fur
ther ammunition on them. Besides, the
Tories found new targets
Three New Targets
These new targets were the National II
Youth Administration, the Civilian
Conservation Corps, and the WPA.
The SO-culled ECONOMY bloc" in Con-
gress actually an anti-labor, anti
Administration, anti-liberal bloc-car-
ried on an unremitting campaign
against these three agencies.
The economy bloc" talks economy,
but its real motive is the same one that
inspired those who fought the estab-
lishment of free public schools, who
called the first income tax "COmmun-
ISM" who for so many years carried
on the losing fight against the Woman $
Bureau and the Children's Bureau.
Doors of Opportunity Opened
A great thinker once said, You can
have democracy, or you can have great
accumulatiOns of wealth, but you can't
| have both In the same country.
| Democracy means equality of oppor-
| tunity. The income tax prevents over
powering accumulation of wealth in Il
| few hands, and thus keeps the door of
opportunity open. The Woman's Blu
reau and the thldren's Bureau wanted
To give underprivileged women and
children break The Tories didn't
want them to have 1t.
National Youth Administration and
the Civilian Conservation Corps opened
the door of opportunity to the boys
from the lower income families. NIA
converted its activities to all-out war
work much more rapidly than any in
dustry was able to do so, despite tn"
presence of great masses of superior
brains on corporate directorateS. WPA
still seeks TO make Il living possible, In
the face of wartime price rises, for
those who, for one reason or another
can't find employment in war indus
tries NlA and WPA are still on the
job but the Tories Knocked out CCt.
| 1t must end its work this year
The Tories never sleep. They never
admit defeat. But for all their per
sislence, and occasional victories, they
are fighting II losing fight.