The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1945-02-08

Chalk Jesse Jones down as one of
the worlds worst losers.
And one of the most quarrelsome
boasters.
Jones seems somehow to act as if
ne held title to the job he has held.
Of course the fact is that all such
appointments are only for the period
covered by the term of office of the
appointing power All cabinets end
with the presidential term.
But this man Jones claws away at
it as if the job belonged to hinl-in
fact, as if RFC belonged to him.
Generally men who are not reap
pointed step aside and stay there.
But not Jesse Jones, the millionaire
Texan.
Whether or not Henry Wallace
finally is confirmed as Secretary Of
Commerce, Jesse Jones has made his
record and it sa7ors lot of cry baby
stuff
The wonder is that Wallace's
friends haven't taken a leaf out Of
the Jones book and climbed the
Texans frame for HIS record.
The Jones boasting of great ability
and experience is just a bit sickening.
Experience in what?
Ability to do what?
How about the rubber program and
now about aluminium
Not too many months have passed
since Jones was being panned all
over the place for NOT doing the
things necessary to help make the
nation ready for the bitter tests OF
war
Wasn't it then a case of big bust
ness interests versus the common in
terests of America?
And on which side was Jesse Jones?
The issue is. NOT whether Henry
Wallace has the capacity to take over
the Jones responsibilities. 1t is this:
WHICH PHILOSOPHY is to guide
the United States?
And it is the Henry Wallace phil
osophy that scares the daylights out
of Jesse Jones and his pals.
And the Roosevelt philosophy. Be-
cause the appointment was made By
the President, he must have wanted
that kind Of philosophy to guide the
United States lending agencies in the
years just ahead.
Jesse Jones has been an opponent
of the things for which Roosevelt
stands The bolting Texans, in the
recent campaign, surely had Jones'
sympathy and probably his support.
Surely they got no rebuke from Jones.
But the people elected Roosevelt
Not Jones; and not anybody who
thinks as he thinks about general
public policy.
However, the battle between vested
interests and public interests never
stops with an election. 1t goes on and
on and it will go on for some time to
come.
The Jones battle is one of its im-
9ortant episodes.
1t is that fact that is escaping at
.ention too generally. 1t was sound
strategy for vested interests to jump
IN Henry Wallace
That was a good way to cover their
real reason, which is a burning hatred
# everything that threatens the great
empire of privileged wealth.
Privilege has been whitfield down
yreat deal in the last twelve years.
But a lot of special power still exists
md its possessers viii battle as hard
or the last ounce as for the first
perhaps harder
1t was unfortunate that the Presi-
lent put the Wallace appointment on
he ground that he had earned it.
That helped set the stage for the
ones attack
But never forget that the rock
'ottom issue in this struggle over an
lfice is a vital part of the long, long
Iattle between public interest and
rivate interest.
1t merely happens that Jesse Jones
5 the symbol of private interest,
While Henry Wallace is the symbol
f public interest. One looks down one
Dad, the other looks down the other
Dad and the roads 80 in opposite
irections.
In such matters as this let US keep
he record straight.-CMW.
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