Detroit evening times., 1944-12-21


DUT the queerest of all new
~ goings-on is the antl-ad-
ministration revolt of the
Guffey-Pepper New Dealers, re-
sisting Mr.. Roosevelt's APP
pointees to the Stettinius re-
gime in the state department.
The reVoIters are the ones
who claimed, for IL previous
New Deal years, that anyone
was practically a Fascist for
questioning Mr.. Roosevelt on
anything.
A Republican who has
watched the progress of their
unnatural conduct from across
the aisle surmises they are try
ing to convince Mr.. r. they won
the election him. and he
must do as they say.
doubt the full implication of
this analysis as the men in
volved are not Borahs, lone
wolves or of a strongly inde-
pendent character.
Joe Guffey is a 69-year-old
professional politician whose BIZ
ography in the Congressional
Directory (where congressman
generally set forth all the
glorieS of their careers for con-
Stituents to see) is tersely this:
Joseph +. Guffey, Democrat,
Pittsburgh, Pa, unmarried"
lust as his record is unmarried
- by marriage, it is also un-
marred by any opposition TO
CIO. Obviously Mr.. Guffey is
not burning with anything in
side for the future world. To
characterize him, l would say
he is wholly at the service Of
CIO, to burn as il burns, to
flicker as il flickers--snd moth
ing else. That is where the
votes are in Pennsylvania, or at
least Guffey'S votes.
The 44-year-eld Pepper is
different proposition. This Flo
ridian reflects no glow from
Florida. but mostly things from
the newspaper PM in New York.
This fire does not burn or
glow but erupts like volcano.
To say that il has a definite line
or destination would require
clairvoyance. 1t just throws
rocks. lava and tongues of fire
in the air amid impenetrable
clouds of sulphurous smoke.
For instance. il and Pepper
were bitter about Churchill
when he tried TO stop the Com
muniSts in Greece. Yet they
were just as bitter when he did
the opposite and gave in to the
Communists in Poland To say
they are half Communists (as
many people do is to state the
matter too mildly, and inaccu-
rately.
True, I judge they would
rather have a Communist regime
than a bankers or British regime
in Greece or anywhere. But,
they do not hate riches, only
certain riches.
A MONG the state department
"A appointeeS none is very rich.
except Will Clayton. You might
Surmise Clayton does not have
the proper revulsion against his
money, but then neither does
Ickes, whom they love, and
whose million or more never
caused him the slightest nausea.
Nor is their theology of the
world any easier TO define.
For years they have claimed
the Roosevelt foreign policy was
the mark of true international
ism and true liberalism. but
they always hated Mr.. Hull.
League of Nations International
ist. who made the policy. Now
they are opposing Senate con-
frmation of the six internation-
ahsts who are on their own side
of the fence. yet a few days
earlier they approved StettiniuS.
who recommended these men,
although he is probably about
as rich as Mr.. Roosevelt.
One thing they think they are
clear on is their cause OF the
common man." but their stands
generally favor the common
man in the Go unions, more
than the common man in the
AFL or the commonest man of
all outside their small radical
group. / do not think they know
what they want.
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