Evening star., 1944-11-15

security legislation so as to insure
every one a happy home, Z good
education, a lucrative job, ample
recreation, adequate medical atten-
ton, adequate vacations and ade-
ouate old-age pensions.
This is Utopian, indeed, but It
nevertheless is the idea OF the
liberal" elements which had no
much to do with the fourth term
campaign. of the mandate" given
Mr.. Roosevelt by the election. with
out betraying the liberals" who
made his fight for him, he can, they
urge, do no less than put the White
House weight behind this program.
Details Swept Aside.
Such details as to where the
money is to come from or how gov
ernmental paternalism is thus to be
expanded and semblance of solv-
ency retained are swept aside as of
no concern.
Those who urge these extensions
and expenditures belong to the
school which believes that the size
Of the national debt means nothing
because I'VE owe it to ourselves"
They are opposed to any relaxing
OF the excess-profit taxes on corpo-
rations but even more opposed to not
relaxing taxes to the point of ex-
emption on the lower-bracket in
comes. To them the mere notion of
general sales tax is abhorrent and
economy sinful word used only by
the greedy rich.
Coupled with these social security
plans there must be, according to
left-wing spokesmen. further labor
legislation along closed-shop lines
plus laws to abolish all forms of
racial segregation and discrimina-
ton
Confidence that Mr. Roosevelt will
accept this program In its entirety is
based on three things-first, convic-
ton that it is what he personally
wants second, that as after every
one OF his three elections, he has
turned to the left, there is no reason
to think he will turn in the other
direction after his fourth; third,
that failure to be consistent as to his
direction this time would be re-
pudiation of the New Deal philos-
ophy and an act of bad faith toward
those who believe in him most
firmly.
AS to getting such a program
through Congress, the reliance is,
first, on the renewal of the Presi-
dents prestige due to his victory:
second, on the increase in the House
Democratic majority; third, on the
supposedly enhanced power OF the
CIO-PAC's influence in Congress.
The other view is that, instead
OF going left, Mr.. Roosevelt will
turn right. True, this view is not
held as strongly nor by as many as
the other. But reasons that are at
least plausible are presented.
For example, it is pointed out
that, while after each of his pre-
vious elections Mr. Roosevelt has
permitted the radical theorists TO
chart his course, in this, presum-
ably his last term, he can afford to
disregard the scintillating but un-
sound schemes for the alleged bene-
fit of the common man" and
adopt . conservative course, which
In the end will benefit the common
man far more than the other.
Vital to Common Man.
A stable Nation with a sound
financial structure is more vital to
the common man than to any other
and the demagogues who argue
otherwise are not his friends. In
the event of national bankruptcy it
is the common man who suffers
most.
No one knows this better than
Mr.. Roosevelt. He used to proclaim
it back in 1882 Then he denounced
deficit financing and insisted on
the basic essential of a balanced
budget.
Today, faced by an almost in
credible debt of $500 900 900 900, he
must know that this is no time for
further pouring out of Treasury
funds; that glittering schemes for
universal happiness must be post
poned until national solvency is
again assured; that rigid economy
in governmental expenditures, the
stimulation of private business and
continued heavy taxation on indi-
viduals in all the brackets is essen
tial If we are to regain our fiscal
feet and swing this stupendous
debt.
These facts constitute a doctrine
OF which Mr.. Roosevelt was once
the leading expounder. It's apph-
cation to the Nation is today ten
times more urgent than when he
preached 1t in 1882. AS to his obli-
cations to the dammit debt"
boys, there are none which should
deter him from the second course.
The CIO, the Communists and his
other group supporters were for him
because of their selfish interests,
and most Of them have been over
paid In earlier administrations
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