The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1943-07-15

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the men who govern us and give serious
thought before we cast our ballot. Tit
only way Democracy can be made to
really work is for the people to exercise
their will ut the polls and after
electing men to office see to it they
carry out their duties in a manner to
meet the approval and best interests OF
the people.
Friend and foe of Mr.. Roosevelt agree
that his greatest weakness lies in the
fact that he cannot forget politics on
the home front. Due to this very fact
the home front Is in grave danger OF
collapse. BY now almost everyone is
aware of the fact that things at homo
are not going as they should.
The political strain in the Presidents
makeup and character Is evidenced in
his refusal to delegate power to Off
ciaIs under him; in his failure to APP
point real men of ability n character
in positions of leadership in the gov
eminent: in his efforts to break up the
two-party system in our government
and dominate the entire government
with "New Dealers" his own particular
pet; in his efforts to dictate to states
who to elect to represent them in
W~ashington; in his constant fight to
maintain SOCIAL gains" even at the ex-
pense of prosecution of the war; in his
refusal to make labor step in line with
the rest of the country and wage all
out war: in his p~itifully weak labor
policy.
George Peck, eminent writer, states
the problem this way:
Does America need a Macarthur or
armies or navies against the enemy, it
does not inquire as to his political
utilization. The one thing the nation
wants to know is, do his ability, train
ing and past performance qualify him
for that leadership.
sour generals and admirals are do
ing a mighty fine job on the battle
fronts and on the seas. Our enemies
have not yet been vanquished but we
are on the way. We know that we have
the military leadership, the fighting
forces and the equipment to defeat Hit
Ter and Hirohito, with Mussolini thrown
in for a wee bit of added measure. But
front because our leadership at home
does not measure up to the high stand
ard of our leadership abroad. Surely,
we cannot afford to leave unemployed
any great leader whose services are
sorely needed, be he New Dealer or
anti-New Dealer, Republican or Dem
ocrat, Liberal or Conservative.
"Our most vulnerable spot on the
home front is the food situation, with
its many qualifications. The President
has said that the Angel Gabriel couldn't
solve or straighten out the food tangle
Perhaps not but we know a human who
could. His qualifications are so well
would be trite TO enumerate them here"
Mr.. Peck then suggests that the Pres
ident appoint Herbert Hoover, who so
ably dealt with food problems in the
first World War, to the job of handl-
ing food on the home front.
This suggestion has already been
made to Mr.. Roosevelt by many persons.
So far he has not needed the suggest
ion and doesn't appear likely to. But
there is one thing certain. Unless Mr..
Roosevelt does change his policies at
home we are in for a bad siege. The
present bungling job on the food front
by Mr.. Roosevelt's array of experts,
professors and theorists, cannot go on
much longer without there being a
complete collapse.
1t is past time for Mr.. Roosevelt to
clean out the OPA and all the other
departments stated with reds, pinks
or anything else besides plain Amer
leans with ability and a little horse
sense. The American people are tired
of all the fooling around in Washing