The Wilmington morning star., 1944-01-14
Nv ROGER BABSON

BABsON PARK, Mass, Jan. 10.
an, much interested in President
Poosevelt's plea that we forget the
New Deal until after election
oovt November. The general be-
lief is that he is saying this at the
,,roent demands of certain South
a-5 and other Democrats who fear
5ofeat. My bunch is that Winston
Cb1rchill has begged him to
rhanee his tune. Churchill is tre-
a'ondo1sly anxious for Roosevelt's
..aoIaction to Fourth Term and
has been giving him some good
economic advice.
Churchili's Cure
Poth Roosevelt and Churchill
i.now there may be terrific I'M
on7nlovment problem both in the
n9ited States and throughout the
British Commonwealth after World
Wa. II Churchill argues that the
rovernments Of these nations can
7ot than continue their present
..,,,iddle-of-the-road' policy of try
inc to please both leftists and
r.ohtists. He believes that the re-
mining soldiers will insist upon
employment, but that to give such
means either taking the present
shackles off employers and inves-
tars. or else following Russia and
aking our Industries state-owned.
There can be no halfway compro-
mise.
Naturally. President Roosevelt
does not like such advice: but he
hes great confidence in Churchill.
Roosevelt is a great compromiser
and has hoped to bring us out of
e-stWar unemployment by continu-
in to play to employers, labor
leaders and consumers. Churchill.
however. insists that such course
is suicidal. Apparently, Roosevelt
H. at The moment, taking Church
lis advice; but whether Roose-
Welt viii continue to do so after
November sixth is different queS-
ton.
POLICING THE WORLD
Another factor bothering the
New Dealers is the desire of both
tha dra ted and enlisted men to
oct back to their homes and their
old Jobs at the earliest possible
moment after Germany and-or
Japan collapses. None of our men
want to remain abroad to police
the world Furthermore. Roosevelt
is fearful of e aving t h e
policing Job to Great Britain and
Russia to do Hence, it looks just
now as if 'policing-the-world' is
out Of the window and that the
Washington bureaucrats will have
to provide jobs at home in the
United States for 100000 men
they have been planning to leave
abroad
Here is another reason that is
knocking this 'policing-the-world''
idea sky-high. The only thing nee
essary 10 prevent Germany, Jap
an and Italy from rearming is to
ration the amount of iron, coal,
oil and other essential raw materi-
ais which these countries must inn
port in order to rearm. This can
not be accomplished by treaties or
agreements as such would develop
great International bootlegging en-
jerpris which would surely lead
10 another war. Hence, the only
practical means of rationing these
raw materials would be to police
Sweden. France. Arabia. Brazil
and other neutral nations. In other
words, the victorious nations need
policing instead of the vanquished
nations
What L. S. Should Demand
My own guess is that Russia will
dominate and protect all East of
Germany: while England will DOM
mate and protect all West of Ger
many and that both England and
russia will have free access to the
North Atlantic, to the Mediterra-
mean and to the Indian Ocean.
through agreeing to protect Hol-
lahd. Belgium and France. Eng
lena will indirectly get control of
me Dutch East Indies and the
AlHcan colonies Of Belgium and
france, The United States will get
hoShng but the privilege of paying
the bills!
| do not feel badly to have the