Evening star., 1949-05-01
President Held Locking
Any Sense of Direction
Poor Adviser Blamed for Relsssss
Thas Collide With E~<h Othsw
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soEeec upca IA rSs maAny sfa ecntrssa
there has ever aewn . t1ns wArm ssswsa~
mental wasacrr ln sae e0rsaas8 es euene@ 10
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w~ are eesnx and waes~ ws asv scanxs In
formed and eesaehrd rasr sns II hard -
gis~ &c as@rnai1*e answer 20 usasr qases-
Iona
The ~saoraee Ia 30 hwaN1ls LIRE cthsy ear
~ nsasarxhsy 10 sustain tar shaste taAl
In domestic asA4rs the esx .AG.sgnaeai aad
cTossps2srsos~s that today east asw wELssc4sf
preo~csn, Very Little 81 wnAs se<s en- n
Washington makes sase Scsns o4 10
literally incredible Dagtng TIE Roosevelt
regime there we're ~ rnes teTrksS eaa-
fusion. vsoleni criticism and widespread
alarm over soms al the thanss proposed
However. 81 least ,As Roosevelt aorssess4s
policies al went IN the sane direction.
Whether o. no; yoa liked the direction.
a. any rate you knsw the ~aY they pointed
This 10 nss true O. the Truman aaninla4a-
tioa. MOI oniy 10 parts q the Truman pse-
gram SO very much farther Ia the left than
anything sponsored hy hts sacs~dtnEsy Aefttsh
predecessor but etheF rayts OF u 80 uatwh
farther 10 the right than that gentleman
would have dreamed q, Eesng In asi1~v
words Mr. RooSrvs3t consistently rotnsra IN
one direction Nj Truman points tn tws
dlametFicAliy different directions SEINE az
his major proposals SONS left clash head
on with others going Ftghi The results az
course, are not far from chaos The admin
istrAtlon Is bereft not only al = srnSe ef d..
rectlon but q srnse Of balance The eess a-
Mst.ation OF this state OF affairs ia In ttSs
way in which the gigantic White Aeuse "~rl-
fA Ak~fa
Commissions recommendations 10 which no
Is completely committed and for the adoption
Of which he has repeatedly called,
Reconciiins these contrasting attitudes
with reason Ia q tough lob indeed Fur ex-
ample the President fsvofs the Hoover re-
port which would abolish. consolidate and
reorganise the hundreds Of overlapping and
duplicating agencies. boards, bureaus and
commissions. II would reduce the terribly
swollen Federal establishment 10 manage
able proportions, eliminate waste. tnerssss
efficiency and simultaneously save more than
So 900 900 900 annually Almost everybody
is for that except the labor union bosses, the
extreme left-winsers the Federal joehold-
ers and their sponsoring members az Con-
gress Opposition can hardly be defended
except on the lowest political and patrnns
age planes and the President 10 for II 100
per cent
Yet. II the Congress should pass a. he de-
mands, I'D his bill expanding the social se-
eurity laws NO as 10 take In some 20 900 ooa
more benenciaries a. his bill for COM
pulsory health insurance under Federal su-
persision: -, his bill to pay enlarged and
extended subsidies directly out Of the Treas
ury 10 the subsidized farmers. tsb his bill
srandioseiy called the Economy stahslisation
Act OF i0<s under which Government con-
troll over and participation In private indus
try would be greatly increased. taA hia so
called point A--the Bold New PLAINLY
which this Government proposes 10 develop
and stimulate industry and agriculture in
the backward areas" OF the world--tf even
half OF these measures should become law,
obviously It would be ridiculous to adopt the
Hoover recommendations For. those prcsi-
Dental welfare" proposals immedia ;sly. and
as great cost, would create vastly more
boards bureaus commissions and joohoid.
ers than the Hoover Commission plans 10
abolish. eliminate consolidate and reduce
Yet the facts - here stated are not svea
denied
But an even more absurd contradiction 10
IN the above noted Bold New Plan" sen.
orally known AZ point T." First administIa-
ton mention OF this was In the Truman
inaugural address In which q program for ths
"undeveloped countries" and backward
areas" OF the world was outlined. Ths idea
was, through American money. materials ard
technique TO raise substantially the stand
ards OF living In the "undeveloped eoun-
tries and backward areas" OF the world.
It was scheme 30 vague and visionary that
the hearts OF the true liberals everywhere
were eiadened and their heads began 70 TEEN
with sugasstions-ali OF them costy-hy
which these splendid ohjectives might b
achieved.
Those Of q practical fssme OF mind
regarded the whole thing ~ . uandioas
gesture. Even after the Economic and Social
Council Of the United Nations had been
prodded into = resolution OF approval and
the ECA had set up colonial development
division" II was not taken serioasly. Some
thing like $40 ooo. 900 or 100000 900 may bs
spent in surveys studies and research" No
one thinks anything Siil be actually done
and the real interest Ia In who FIRST sold Mr..
Truman this idea and where II originated.
Al TO the latter. Henry Haxliit recently
revealed the astonishing fact that 1t came
directly from q book called '-Tshran. Our
Path In War and Peace" written fss years
ago by Earl Bfowder then officially head Of
the American branch Of the Communist
Party. The quotations which Mr.. HaniitI
presents In News Week" seem 10 sustain his
charge and do rather nafse those who try 20
understand how an administration which
inveighs against communism - an evil thing
can 20 enthusiastically espouse ~ idea
plagiarised from O communlst written book
However. this Ia no more dtfncul. 10 undsY.
stand than many other OF the administrstioa.
contradictions In the domestic held-sucn
as--to give another example. 10 request fer
q four billion dollar tar increase and tn-
sistsnce upon the necessity of . bsianced
budget, while. simultaneously. sfsoeatins
measures. wholly unrelated 10 foreign poliey.
which world increase expenditures by faY
more than that sum. Probably, tho expiana-
tion Of MI these conflicts and confusion ia
In the character and csiic~r Of ths Truman
advtsera No President eser had o greater
need for good ones #@