Evening star., 1944-06-27

lasting. This is too great an under
taking for petty politics; for name
calling or for Matchmaking. There
is no place among us for malcon.
tents. We are in no mood for torch
light jubilation. Whether we win
as party is of less Importance to
us than whether we win as a people
There has been progress in every
decade of American history. Prog
ress is an American habit. We do
not propose to deny the progress
that has been made during the last
decade. Neither do we aim to re-
peal 1t. Whatever its sources, If il
is good, we will acknowledge it, If
1t is sound. we will build on 1t. If
it is forward-looking, We will make
use Of 1t as we go forward from here.
Neither do we aim to turn the
clock back and make an issue of
every administration mistake in the
past II years We are less con-
cerned about these past errors than
about the direction in which for
the future we are going.
Scores Capitalization.
We believe the New Deal is lead
ing us away from representative
government. We believe that its
centralization of power In the nu-
merous bureaus at Washington will
eventually destroy freedom as
Americans have always understood
it-freedom in the home, freedom
of individual opportunity In busi-
ness and employment, freedom to
govern ourselves locally.
We believe the New Deal is
destroying the two-party system.
The New Deal is no longer the
Democratic party. It is an incon-
gruous clique within that party. It
retains its power by patronizing and
holding together incompatible
groups. It talks Of idealism and
seeks its votes from the most cor
rupt political machines in the
country. The leaders of It's inner
circle are not representatives of the
people. They are the personal
agents of one man. Their appoint
ments to public Office are not made
on the basis of efficiency or public
approval, but on the basis of loyalty
to the clique. Under their rule, the
Constitution has been short
circuited. The cabinet has ceased
to be voice and has become an
echo.
"Circumvent Congress"
Congress, wherever possible, has
been circumvented by executive de-
cree. Both Congress and the judi
ciary have been intimidated and
bludgeOned to make them servile.
Over all of this-and over all of us
| is the ominous. gargantuam figure
lof an arrogant. power-intoxicated
bureaucracy. Nowhere in its vast
domain has 1t been satisfied with
merely one bureaucrat, if by hook or
crook desks could be found for two.
These bureaucrats of the New Deal
tell the farmer what to SOW and
when to reap - sometimes without
regard for either the seeds or the
season. They require him to work
in the fields all day and keep books
for the Government all night.
These same bureaucrats tell the
worker what union he shall join,
what dues he shall pay. and to
whom he must pay them. They
soon will tell the worker where he
can work and where he cannot
work. Then the workers Of America
will be q long way down the road
toward that kind Of government
which our Nation is now resisting
with all its power.
These bureaucrats cucumber the
small businessman with a multi
plicity of rules, regulations, orders
and DEGREES which entagle him,
stifle his business and darken his
future. They move in-like politi-
cal commissars-to watch over the
shoulders of our industrialists-to
say what, where and how industry
can produce.
They have threatened our free
press. They have intimidated our
free radio. They are using every
device and excuse to insinuate them
selves into control over the public
schools of our States. They have
injected a low grade of politics into
the administration of relief and
social welfare.
Bypass State Governments.
They have by-passed the govern
ments of the States in an effort to
destroy State effectiveness and COM
pei the people to rely solely upon
the New Deal clique at Washington
for the solution of all their problems.
For years they have deprived en-
tire regions of representation in the
policy making agencies of the Fed
eral Government.
To perpetuate themselves In DOW
er, the New Deal clique has always
capitalized upon some crisis. It
has always had the indispensable
man-the same man-for each sue
ceeding crisis. The first time it was
the depression. The second time it
was the recession. Last time it was
to keep us out of war. This time
ut will be to achieve peace. The
next time-who knows what crisis
1t will be? That there will be one
and that the indispensable man will
still be indispensable, we can rely
upon the New Deal clique to assert.
The New Deal came to power with
song on its lips: Happy Days Are
Here Again" That song is ended.
Even the melody does not linger on.
Now we are being conditioned for a
new song: Don't Change Horses in
the Middle of a Stream" That
melody isn't likely to linger either.
For IL long years we have been
in the middle of, the stream. We
are not amphibious. We want to
get across We want to feel dry and
solid ground under our feet again.
The life of a nation Is a success
sion of crises. War and peace and
economic and social adjustments