Evening star., 1943-12-29

ne now mas IN Dsvlu Lawrence.
mind that the slogan win the war;
should be used during the present
war and some broad, new program
will be launched afterward.
This new program which nobody
has christened as yet, because 1t
actually hasn't been born, could
perhaps be called the Worlds New
Deal" 1t is to be built along the
same lines that motivated the in
ternal New Deal" but it is to be
in reality sort of adaptation OF
the idea to world affairs
1t is too soon to decide whether
such an ambitious program will be
wanted by the other nations unless,
of course, it is intended that Amer
lea should foot the bill Certainly
world pump priming" would be far
more expensive for America than
domestic pump printing"
The cost of the New Deal between
1888 and 1899 was about $23, 900 ,OOO,-
600 in deficits, but Notwithstanding
this enormous expenditure the peo-
pie reelected Mr.. Roosevelt in 1910.
Since then the expenses for war
have taken on almost fantastic pro-
portions. The President may be
assuming that another $23, ,0O0, 900, :
600 to rehabilitate the world in a
three or four year program would
be accepted by the American people
because certainly when the armis-
tlce comes the chances are that such
an amount or even more will re-
main unexpended out of the appro-
priations already authorized but not
spent.
Mr.. Roosevelt is we'll aware that If
he is to make any kind of a CAM
paign in 1914 he must begin now to
outline his ideas about postwar.
Those policies will involve huge
sums of money. And while the Re-
publican critics have constantly
argued about economy, Mr.. Roose-
Velt unhesitatingly commits himself
to more and more spending.
The political Importance of main
tanning high wages and a high level
of employment will, of course. be
the main reason for the World
New Deal" America will be urged to
produce for export. Either huge
sums will be loaned to foreign gov
ernments on condition that they
buy our products and our machinery
or else some method Of financing
through a world bank may be de-
viSed.
Irrespective of what effect all
this discussion may have on the
1914 campaign, reviving antagonisms
about radical legislation and abuse
of power by New Deal appointees,
1t is interesting to observe that Mr..
Roosevelt isn't retreating at all but
is boldly going forward to propose
bigger and more expensive programs
as means of preventing a return
to the unemployment or depression
conditions which arose in 1882.
Mr.. Roosevelt's fourth-term cam
paign may, indeed, be based on his
promise to maintain jobs and wages
at wartime heights. For politically
the President has never been timid
All sorts of programs for world re-
hahilitation have been studied by
the Presidents official family, and
while there is as yet no evidence
that Mr.. Roosevelt wants to 60 as
far as the implications of Vice
President Wallace's speeches, there
would appear to be no doubt about
the planning for an artificially sup
ported economy on worldwide
instead of domestic basis.
1t is most unfortunate that the
Republicans do not seem to have
developed any candidates with a
program that can compete as dra-
matically for the support of voters
who want economic security, but
maybe the Presidents hints to his
press conference this week about
the nature of the next campaign
may encourage some of the would
be nominees to state their programs
for America in the postwar world.
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