Imperial Valley press., 1944-04-09
ERRAND BOY FOR new DEAL
STARTS A-VCTE-GETTING

All of a sudden L. S. Senator Thomas
of Utah has become all het up to see that
the white-eollar workers of the nation
get more pay. The senator has discovered
this oversight through all these years of
New Deal largess to this and that and
the other, payable out of the taxpayers
pockets, of course. That's what the Utahn
does best-tap the pot and do a bit more
centraliZlng.
1t is nothing new that Thomas makes
these sudden discoveries He is quick on
the change. And it has had its reward
now that he is errand boy for the New
Deal, at least he will enjoy that reward
as long as he can hold out bait for votes
and at that, he might have some pretty
enticing bait in this latest piece of big
heartedness. Was a time when the SEN
ator would not have had any such op-
portunity to shine thusly. He was about
the most vehement anti-third termer in
the whole country away back along in
1887 or so. In fact he was "a voice crying
in the wilderness" then as few had even
thought third term then. But he had
had another change of heart before the
time came when he could put his objec-
tions into use. He was one of the most
outstanding of the third termers in the
campaign of 1910.
Now we have no quarrel with anyone
who wants to see anyone do better. In
fact we work and occasionally we don
white collar, but we would like to see
signs some time of this senator and 9TH
ers, advocating something that does not
rafi for further raid on public funds:
But it doesn't fit into the dreams of
Thomas and others, to help round out
policies and programs wherein private
Industry can be safe in going ahead and
fmprove the lot of employees or to give
the white collared bunch a chance to go
it on their own, depending on initiative
and ability. plus unregimentation of in
dustrv TO better their condition.
The Utah senator is head of the educa
tional committee and he is trying his best
to foderolize the schools of the country,
again at the expense of the Federal jack
pot.
Our recollection is that Thomas used
to be a professor Of political economy.
Anyway he is proving that there isn't
much economv in his brand Of politics.
We must admire his sense Of timing. how
ever. It isn't such long time till cleo
ton. But it could be the white collar
! bows think he has been two-timing them
after twelve wears of withholding his
preat sympathy for their mistreatment.
Somehow these reports of reductions
in cost of living don't iibe with the way
our budget overdraft reads.
When it comes to ingenuity and using
ones bean in an emergency, its hard to
beat Yankee. Cited is the case Of the
flier dousing the fire in his Liberator
with cans of fruit juice out Of the rations
kit.
Gasoline truck drivers are being charg-
ed with leaving part of their loads in
their tanks when delivering to military
bases and then selling it to black market
dealers. They probably had worked in
a factory that made berry boxes with
false bottoms.
1t looks as if southern Democrats are
about to revive that all-around big show,
party conventions. Maybe the primary
is more democratic but it certainly did
away with bit of Simon-pure entertain
ment.
We've waited an awful long time for
this. | am nervous. Sure | am. But we