Detroit evening times., 1946-01-09
FAIR
ENOUGH
By Westbrook
Pegier

y
selfishness and self-importance
of the Selfless protectors of the
common man, we are learning
astounding facts of their con-
duct in contrast to the preach
ing of the New Deal.
We have learned that PreSi-
dent Roosevelt used his infiu-
cnce TO promote a loan of $780,
600 for his son Elliott, and then
engineered a coup by which the
lender was whipSawed out Of
his collateral with the Presi-
dent, himself as the receiver
and tranSmitter of the GER
tlficates.
We have learned that he pro-
cured the RF'C TO buy up a
baronial estate adjoining his
own, operating through three
holding corporations, ostensibly
To acquire an experimental sta
ton for the department of agri-
culture but actually 10 provide
that undesirable" neighbors
should not move in next door
Only after security" was no
longer 10 be invoked. we learned
that a household garrison of 300
soldiers was maintained at Hyde
Park and provided with dis
tlnctiVe uniform. 10 patrol and
guard the President private
II premises, and when he hap
pcned to be in residence, 10
protect his person.
NOW il can be revealed also
y that during the time when
that docile. gullible dolt. the
common man. was drawing a
gasoline ration of two and one
half gallons of iuw-grddg fuet
week for the family car, when
spies were noting the license
numbers Of cars parked at the
movies. when even ScrVlcemen
on leave were warned not 10 use
their little supply on frivolous
errands
During those days. Henry
Morge then secretary Of
the treasury, had a Lockheed
LodeStar and. before that.
Lockheed Twelve. the property
OF the Coast Guard and manned
by Coast Guard officers and
blue Jackets. all at public eX-
pense. 10 fly him from Washing
ton TO his home AT Beacon, near
the Roosevelt estate. and fetch
him back 10 his office.
Mr. Morgenthau l. retlccnt
regarding the actual number Of
such flights
He really doesn't know how
many times he whipped up from
Washington in 50 minutes 10
rest a little AZ his home while
civilians below crowded into
buses or slept or perched on suit
cases in the aiSleS Of day
coaches. and ration boards re-
fused extra allowances Of fuel
for sick civilians 20 visit their
doctors.
His only impression Is that
the number of trips was not
too many
MIR. MORGENTHAUS first
vi response was that he used
Coast Guard plane at times
on Official business, largely on
war bond trips. but he conceded
that ne did use the ship "occa-
sionally" 10 fly 10 the airport
AZ New IIaCkcnSack 10 visit his
/ home.
Il really had no other way 10
get home. he said and added
that he thought a government
officer was entitled 10 such viS-
/ IT'S. revealing. again. that feel
| inC Of prcCiouSncSS which Har-
old lCkeS betrayed when he eN-
planned that he put himself
away in the Naval hospital in
Washington. at purely noml-
nal expense. and without the
slightest legal right because
the civilian hospitals IN Wash
lngton were oVcrCroWded and
not good enough for him.
Meanwhile. hundreds of thou
sands Of government employees
in Washington. 10 say nothing
of the many other millions
elsewhere. also wished they
might 20 home but, not being
princes and princesSeS Of prlvi-
lcCe. either couldn't make II Al
all or made II the hard way
Mr.. Morgenthau says these
ships were not assigned eNciu-
Sivcly 10 him but that he could
use them If they were not other
wise engaged.
Other informantS disagree,
insisting that first the Lockheed
Twelve and then the LodcStar
were set aside for his exclusive
use. with crews standing by at
all times 10 fly him, and that
the cost 10 the taxpayers was
about $4,000 month.
The LodeStar used about 800
gallons on each round trip.
INASMUCH as Mr. Morcen-
Il thau served about II years
in the cabinet, a permanent Job
as such matters are reCkoned, IL
might have been appropriate TO
make Washington his home.
He interposeS that the Wash
ington climate IS not always
comfortable. 4 point that may
be granted only with the stp-
usation that 1t is equally un-
pleasant 10 those who cannot
escape merely by causing a Sec
rotary 10 lift a phone and con-