Detroit evening times., 1945-07-13
WESTBROOK
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l. man administration recently
found II necessary 10 remind
their holdover subordinates TO
obey the law as written by Con-
gress and To quit rewriting law
10 suit their personal and ideo-
logical prejudices.
The same week brought the {
retirement of an important off,
Ger of the old Roosevelt regime
who, several years ago. recog-
nlzed the same abuse in the ad-
ministration of the income tax
law and warned his agents to
quit prosecuting individual citi-
Zens.
Lewis B. Schwellenbach, the
new secretary Of labor, tacitly
admitted evils which were proved
in detail by House committee
four years ago.
Paul NJ. HerZog, the new
chairman of the Labor Relations
Board. issued similar admoni-
ton 10 the staff of that lawless
bureau whose perfidies he had
an opportunity TO learn by past
association.
And the departure OF Henry
Morgenthau from the treasury
recalled his own word Of caution
TO his field agents TO take il easy
at time when they were
scourglng citizens in a malicious
prosecution of the class and DO
litical war. each Shiny catch-poll
a law unto himself.
NEITHER Schwellenbach nor
~ Herzog deserve credit for
reform.
Moreover. the fact that both
spoke lavishly OF Robert +.
Wagner Of New York, the sem I,
ator whose name is appropri-
ately attached 10 the labor re-
lations law and its lmposltions
on millions OF workers and
countless owners OF employing
industries, suggests that they
have not changed heart but
merely abandoned one political
course for another, more ex-
pedient
In general order 10 the
labor epartmen issued
through the White House a pc
-e4iiaf method of addressing MS
own Subordlnates, Schwellen-
bach said that in more than 10
year. of observation As a SEN
ator and Judge he had learned
that the Administrative branch
Of the government lnterprets
the NV IN It's own way. regard
less Of the intent of Congress.
II am not going 10 allow that
In NV department" he said
II is not necessary 20 believe
Schwellenbachs supplementary
remark that he had IN mind no
specific instances Of such arro-
CANT assumption Of the legiSla-
lative function by panoplied
Sergesnts Of the Roosevelt rule. J
uERZOG laid down for the
IL Labor Relations Board
principle Of administration that
came as a complete heresy.
He told them 10 remember
that they were servants of the
whole people of the United
States
THIS rs tf1e f1rSt TINE IN rs Px-
iStenCe that this governmental
ku klux has been regarded as
anything but posse for the
unions of the Roosevelt political
adherence with any mission but
10 promote unions. swell their
treasures and the power ot
their bosses. re-elect Roosevelt {
and advance the Communist :
revolution
Rep. Howard Smith exposed
this corruption by testimony and
the confidential records OF the
Labor Relations Board IN thor
ough report submitted 10 the
House IN l94l
The persecution of the indi-
Vldual taxpayer by Morgenthaus
men was brought TO light by
newspaper initiative so convinc-
ingly that Morgenthau. himself,
finally had TO call off the dogs.
In one instance, in the bureau
Of internal revenue in Washing
ton, a terrorIStlc band of income
tax field agents got up a round
robin pledging those who signed
II 10 get even If any Of them
ever got chance 10 put their
critic through the sausage
grinder.
In another case. an agent adj
mitted that a taxpayer return
was correct to the penny but
penaliZed him Sl9 anyway be-
cause he said he was expected TO
earn his pay that way.
When the taxpayer protested
the agent said that he could
bring his case before the board
OF tax appeals in Washington
but that this process would cost
him many times the Sl9.