The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1945-06-09
WORD AND DEED

1t not even in the nature of unwarranted scoding
when Assembyman Ives Of New York says he did say
in his Hancock Hall address, that the Declaration Of In
dependence, the Constitution Of the United States and
the Bill Of Rights should be backed by corresponding
deeds.
One hundred and fifty years after the founding of
the country is high time, it seems, that should be
impatient with the lag the practical application those
great charters which understood embody pro-
fessed concepts Of democracy They fall empty
unless we support them by legislation the New York
scion said Eithel should repeal them admit that
do not mean what we say in them or we should i'm
pement them by seeing to it that FEPC becomes law
everywhere in the country Support Of fair employment
practice appears at least earnest attempt to make
democracy work 1t that cannot longer indulge
IN apathy toward our political and economic system with
out endangering its existence The growing intelligence
of the of the counrys little people, will be ask
ing embarrassing questions which later may become alarm
ing. Rotation from peace to and from back to
peace and make-shft employment and unemployment,
will not in the long be acceptable to vrie intelligent
Americans of future generations They may finally be
driven to demand other system of living unless our
present Wanted american way of life hurres its de-
velopment that every who wants work can have
job
As the ends the cyncs who were sneeringly ask
ing DO we have to have a to make jobs, will now
have chance to make good with their boastfu confidence
in peace time industry to provide full employment. If
they fail shall have another era of the New Deal with
its WPA in which the Federal government acting on be-
half of all the people must the responsibility of
providing jobs War Mobilization Director Fred NJ Vim
has boldly pointed out the probable need Federal
help with the employment problem In letter to Senator
Robert F. Wagner he wrote: History shows us that
business labor and agriculture cannot in themselves
the maintenance of high levels of production and
employment The Government, acting behalf Of all
the people, must this responsibility and take
broad enough to meet the issues Only by looking
at the economy whole and adopting national economic
policies which will actively promote and encourage the
expansion of business and the maintenance of markets
and consumer spending, can hope to achieve full
poyment But in thus supporting Government provision
Of employment adding force to the arguments of
the Socialists and Communists whose chief contention
that private enterprise" the 'capitastc system" are
doomed to failure. But it may be true that democracy
vision it has never had fair chance.
Certainly it has not had fair chance when millions
of Americans good spenders deprived of
employment by Of their skin color tremendous
home market thus has been neglected And is equally
certain that have stymied democracy by a poll tax
which disfranchises millions of colored and white Am
orleans in several southern states thus robs them of
any interest in the government And the startling fact
that time reforms up to expand democracy
they opposed by in high places who say they be-
lieve in American principles and also to uphold
them by actions they to be upheld and promot
ed otherwise they simply notices hung up be adj
mired in the national household.