Imperial Valley press., 1943-06-04
Editorials and Comment
. a CRISIS AND THE ONLY ROAD BACK
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By PAUL JENKINS


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America realized shame that this
should happen before the eyes of the
nations of the world; nations who can
point a finger of ScOrn at us and say,
Look. they preach democracy and don't
practice it they can't govern themselves,
yet want to govern the world
Congress has been floodlighted for
what it is; a spineess Reichstag that be-
trayed a great trust for three-terms of
power; former ruling body which must
pay for its sins of many years and chief
II the sin of delegating power and fail
ing to legSlate for the best interests of
the country.
All these will have far-reaching and
age-long effects.
Pride is inclined to go by the board.
Lack of confidence in our ideals and
our purposes and our leadership races
through not only the civilian populace,
but rapidly along the veins and arteries
and lymph ducts of our far-flung battle
forces, striving so hard to defend de-
mocracy which reekS of such rottenneSs
at its innermost core.
Strikes and more strikes break out here
and there as thoughtless workers and
haplass masses take advantage of the
Lewis disregard of law, and claim mem
bership in the new Special Privilege
group.
Unionism of the clean-blooded class
will needlessly suffer for the perversionS
Of different kind of unionism sired by
power politics in unholy Wedlock with
vote-bOught labor legislation.
Those who have tenaciously held to
confidence in our leadership are left with
out so much as straw to sustain their
LOYALTY.
MISGUIDED thinkers who have mistaken
a flash-in-the- pan for Sauls light on the
road to Damascus, no longer will be
fooled and no longer will truck along
hoping that this one man is right and
al the rest out of step.
Yes. the damage is done and the dam
age is deep.
But the way is clear brilliantly light
ed by the same explosion which has re-
vealed so much else for all to see.
The way we must follow is the trail
that leads back to fundamental princi
pies of government, the very precepts
which founded and built this nation.
We must fight again for a government
of Congress and laws.
We must object to delegation of legis
lative power by Congress to executives,
and use the tried and trusted method of
Congress doing the planning, and eXecu-
tiveS carrying out the instructions. 1t is
clumsier than the dictatorship idea 1t
is slower to react to forces of progress
and improvement. But it is safest and
we must insist upon it.
Government again must be responsive
TO the demands of the people. No more
must one man move out ahead and trust
to time and chance to either vindicate his
steps or cover his errors with fOrgetful-
ness.
No more may maiOrities be satisfied
with vague and underlined promises; no
more must we rush after will-o-the-Wisps
painted in golden tones; no more must
we see theory separated from experienced
fact.
No more must hOneyed phrases be per-
mitted to masquerade as reason.
No more must class be set against
class; hatreds and antagonisms fired be-
tween groups. The path of love, not en-
nifty, must be followed in social improve
ment where stability, not speed, must be
the wa> chword of the hour.
The people hencefOrth must prove by
their intelligent perception that they are
ABLE to govern themselves because
people only get the kind of government
thev deserve, They do the selecting.
This is not an easy road back.
But hone lies only that one way
We might as we'll start travelling.
Pv y IJAMS