Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-03-08
NEWS
BEHIND
THE NEWS
-ByPaul
Malon


WASHINGTON. March s.
w The political news usually
works itself into a screaming
bahble Of nonsense in a cam
palgn year but. this time, II is
Starting that way a sitter for
truth and genuineneSS in issues
must find himself already in diff
hculty.
For a prime instance. Vice
President Wallace campaigned
loudly through the West against
the wolves of Wall Street. He
and other leftwing or pro-
fessedly liberal spokesman,
working their way out through
the country, also have joined in
hue and cry against domestic
+ aSciStS" and international
bankers" Apparently. they
want MIR RooSevelt'S campaign
founded on that ground.
~
THE ground is sand. First
Il thought likely 90 occur 10
any voter is that, il there are
now wolves in Wall Street, the
administration is responsible for
them The prime promise OF
the New Deal, upon its inaugu-
ration II years ago. was to
chase the money changers from
that temple. A law was passed
and the Securities Exchange
Commission was set up to do
that Job.
Not until Wallace implied
these efforts had been a failure
has any one else suggested the
administration has not been
controlling the wolves.
60 ALSO with the -"iaterns-
- tional bankers" and the
"t'aSCiStS." The international
hariSerS nave NOT rloated any
loans in this war but, if they
had. the administration would
be responsible.
The truth is the only impor-
-tant international banker IN this
war has been Treasury Secre-
tary Morgenthau, who has
loaned and leased. in behalf of
his administration, the public
moneys run nm < into I'M
told billions. 'fhe Ch rye
clearly then. cannot hold even
q drop of water as far as | can
learn and is purely phonetic if
not phonY.
1t has been bolstered some by
zISN5sg ahat-3aaeh ..sa,s aaeS7 d
government official is a Nor
gan man. implying that the
old banking house which for
-merlXA lloated= fereign4eans- and
conducted International affairs,
retains its political significance.
pUT these are all government
~ men. like LndcrSecreIarA- of
State StettiniuS and Undersec-
rotary of War Patterson, except
Willkie. the Republican.
The contention that a schem-
ing group in this country is
Fascist" seems Just as sandy
If you analyze it. FaScism is an
Italian governmental method
that / have never heard any one
advocate for this country. It
calls for the representation of
class groups in government
through their unionization in
'fasces." a scheme peculiar 10
ltaly-and now dead even there.
THE accusation is generally
Il leVeled against men IN this
country who might accurately he
called conservative, isolationiSt,
or. perhaps. many other things.
But are they "FaScists - If
they were, the pretended point
of the accusation would he they
advocate a dictatorship for this
country.
Why then are they not called
which terms represent live die
tatorShip of either the left or
right variety? AS currently
used, the word seems to have
-heen- taken lran4- tAe- Commit
mist language. where il is used
to describe all opponents, even
Democrats.
Even so. if there are real
live FaSciStS loose in this coun-
try, the administration is re-
Sponslbie.
Clearly then is not the false
propaganda ground being Of
fered Mr. Roosevelt by his left
wingers not only sand, but
QulCksand for him?
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