The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1943-03-18
THE GREAT
GAME OF
POLITICS E.
EY FRANK Z. KENT
Ey FRANK r. KENT
by The Baltimore Sun and
reprinted in The Republican by per-
mission.
The Worst MIDDLE OF All
Washington, March /;

progress Of the 1913 tax bill and have
read the distorted and confused state
ments with which for weeks the press
has been flooded, without being deep
Iy concerned over the situation. 1t is
no eyaggeration to say that in the
history Of the country no vital prob !
lem has ever been handled with
more appalling inadoquacy.
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Words ought no longer to be
minced about this business. Far too
much is at stake 1t is elemental to
say that the soundncss Of the Federal
finances is a basic essential not only
for the preservation Of the American
economic system after the war but for
the success Of our arms in the war.
If, through initiation, or through a
fabby and faced tax program, or
through botched and bungled fiscal
policy, or through the failure Of a
bond issue, or by any other means, the
money with which we are waging this
struggle becomes further debased and
degraded, the consequences will DC
such as no sane citizen can contem-
plate with calm.
Yet. these consequences are being
risked by the utter lack Of courage,
character, knowledge and ability
with which the Administration is
managing the financial end Of the
war. 1t has badly muddled the man
power situation, the food situation,
the labor situation and the price-con-
troll situation. There is little dispute
about these. Most persons. even in
side, concede that in all these agen-
cies things are in a bad way and reor-
ganization both as to personnel and
policy is needed. But, Of all the mud
dies the fiscal muddle is the worst and
the most dangerous.
M#a
1t is a simple statement Of fact TO
sa, tbo+ !, fscoI ,,,ot+ors tho p,ns;-
dent has supplied no leadership what
ever Last year in his message to
CONGRESS- he asked for nine additional
billion in taxes and this year he asked
sixteen additional billion. And there
he stops Neither from him nor from
the Treasury has come a sound clear,
adeouate program for raising the
money Ac+ralIv ovcent for his mega
tive and unheInfuI comments at his
Friday nress conferences. the Presi-
don't annaars to have FORGOTTEN the
fiscal nroblems altogether He is deep-
" interested in military and naval
s+ra+apv. he has evinced concern over
+bo mannowor middle bv amounting
y sneciaI committee Of advisers to
Gently sent +o the CONGRESS- p complex
and cIondv nrooram fo, the extension
Of tho Fodo,aI Security system TO
take care Of EVERYDAY from birth to
death
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