Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1944-12-15
It's News
To Me
By O. J. Pecmd
APPOINTMENTS


Appointment E. j. stettnius William Clayton by
liberals pause and
wonder.
E. j. stettiniu former chairman of the United State
Steel Corporation and president of General Motors Clay
ton of the worlds largest cotton jobbe Appointment
of these key positions in the Fourth New Deal is not
mere promotion, but goes much deeper than that
Why would the President stettnius of the most
important jobs in his cabinet that OF secretary OF state re-
place Cordel Hull if not intended the holders
of the bags that all is well and they ahead with
their postwar plans for profits and pelf
Certainly who has been chairman and president
of two of the worlds largest corporations not going to look
at the affairs with which the department OF state deals with the
which his predecessor held After ALL he is bust
his life spent business He will
view his job not statesman; but business man.
That thought enough labor and others who view
the appointment with They can't help but
the United States Treasury since lexander HamionAndrew
Mellon, and the thought gives comfort.
ITS SIGNIFICANCE
What is the real significance behind the to place
business in the most important positions in the
government? This question troubling the mind of labor which
supported the President for his fourth Surely there
be but Interpretation that that the President
is seeking to appease big business playng politics in order to
congressional majority two from and get
ting himself ready for the conference which will follow
the
Perhaps the President playing canny game in seeking
to big business by his appointments yet the fact remains
that the appointments help but react unavoraby to
labor the secretary of state acts like business in
stead of statesman
Despite high-sounding which marked
entry into the despite all the deasm of the workers and
fathers giving blood
and lives to win this there is just bit of commercam
that is connected with wars their preudes and afermahs
Nobody going pooh the fact that when the
ends countries will begin trading with each other again. not
and ships and aircraft and other basic necessities but
in cleaners dyes machines clothing food automobiles
sewing machines and other articles of commerce.
After the there will be attempts the caels
which been suspended during the Nobody believes
that the people who have their dough stuck in stocks of COM
which have been of international cartel going
to sit back with their their and do something
to their former alliances.
what will Stetnius about it? Will say mo,
lads naughty naughty and try to stop it? Don't be
silly He only will such trade alliances but he
have just teenie finger in swinging the deals himself
C,ohf RI, hafo tbayt
WHAT ABOUT LABOR
Well, what it? What labor getting all excited
abou Don't international carteS trade agreements commercial
treaties other expedenS by the big businessmen of
the world aid labor Don't these things make jobs which
and give the workers opportunity to work? Why all
the fuss?
OF course Stenius patriotic American OF course
he wants to world OF he wants
trade and business which makes for jobs for the
workers but and this the big BUT Mr. Settnius will not
thinking about his country jobs he will be
thinking like businessman should-about profits
Yes Mr. Settnius will be thinking about business and
he thinks about he will visualize profits not Just ordinary
little profits but big boated profits will possibly
ton of highly needed commodity who blame him
for that? Certainly business secretary of state
entitled to his little wink.
Not only will Mr. Stettinus wink but he will smile He
will remember his former friends and associates who sat with
him the Board the u Steel Corporation he will
his pals at General Motors, and believe he doesn't hate
them.
So going to have business-ike administration in
the office of secretary of state big business that
Mr. Roosevelt isn't mad the big shots and bags and
that he proving letting them the ground floor for
the time boom.
Get board little men, hop you workers. here
for another ride the economic This
time you won't even get chance at the brass ring