Evening star., 1949-06-19

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organization
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aided BY calseE agrnx ia. SssG.a
study psacr~ vase pspst rx3atsos-
kasfss. held eaafegwrosa Aaa srxk
80 aesvAcsa paass understanding
and voluntary acceptance az sata
rsclaeAes as sessla EasttlrTs llss as-
sired high leNv1s al ~osts0n q
ACTIVITY In addition. tfasw wxss.ai
se standby plants to Ma~eE spst
eT general Unemployment IRE
Government wesalG advance .araa
In keep aReto-dAtr kl beast sis~
900 600 aop worth ef har Fvxaetal
public s0tka pisns n wSsaad asa
fliAnce The migration og lAse by
loan syairm.
Whether this ADDS up ta q
: 'conItnlie,d economy ts<fMrss
sosnes hai efl definition and slsu-
point TIE Fessrla Al Government
would rot exert contgul IN the
Communist OF Fa~4Sl Ssase TIE
aim wes4ld b. ens mlahl AaY. 30
control the atmosphere ln which
traditional American capitalism
functions. 10 enable u to continue
10 function Whether business
would be mere az less tree Is a
subject fas debate la the lass
analysis II miSht prove ar AGA.
deEtaie question.
Rather Obscure Group
A recent article In the respon.
sihle United SlAiea News and
Watid Report look q rather dim
view os planning ard planners.
The CRISIS atmosphere .s dlkAp-
peaFlng In Washington. II kasd,
In beth domestic and foreign af-
fairs, ard without q cflssA, plan-
neTs are assigned 10 back seats"
That gets 81 the fundamental
Faif Dealers thesis prepare naw.
while Ne have the chance, and
there won't be another cFlals
There are some surprising
things about the n!ns FaIt Deal
ers. One IA that they arc - few
IN number. another that they are
relatively obscure. . third that
they have emerged since The
death Of President Rooseeeli in
le4s, They may have absorbed
some Of the New Deal political
philosophy. but they wera not O
major part of IL.
Mr.. Truman has no combined
idea men and executives al tha
stature Of Harry Hopkins. sam
uel Roarnmars. A, A. BeTis. RAY
fno1d Mnies. the Corchean Cohen
team. Rsxfnsd Guy Tnewuli and
Henry A. Wallace. q situation
viewed by many Republicans and
conservative Democratic a. q
happy oas. But whether thsae
men we're hated or admired in
the sos, their names we're known
In every household In the land
These Roosevelt advisers. also,
we're In frequent contac. with the
President. Most OF the Pair Deal
ers are not puhiie figures snd
never see Mr.. Truman. Their
function is 10 germinats ideas n
theif working councils. not TO
make policy. The bes, FrsuitA of
tbetY thinking are brought 20 tbs
attention Of the President The
final decision and responsibility
are Mr., Trumans
The common denusntnator ~
the Faif Dealers may be- expressed
I'm terma ai three outstanding
characteristics Each man has
ideas relating 10 the economic
scens ~ n whole is In q position
to do something positive about
them and has courage.
Some Lead by DefauIt
Probably most Of ttpTEn wouif
indorte the sdea Of the welfare
state ~ defined recently by Henry
Steele commaRsT. the historian.
in an article In the Nsw Yofk
Times. Prof. commaEsT wrote:
Historically. what the welfare
state undertakes u to give real
equality Of opportunity 10 far ss
that Ia poskibie. 10 us6srmlns
monopoly. 10 ecaaiixs actual bur
dsns. 10 safeguard the cosntnoa
wealth Ia natural and hamsn
resources.
III attempts 70 dn this by Fsga-
laslnw economy. by planning fer
economic and social Development,
By protesting fneu and women tn
their eivii raRhts. By safegsaFding
the health and lnssllt9sros ~ the
people. Whatever tina may BE-.
II In not socialism
N should he said that affns 81
The Pair Dealers hare assumed
ieadernaip By default Anonx
those wbo otherwise raaxi.' have
hnen ia tl1s group are Fren VITO
have found ts1e pressure a. of5esal
dtitsss too great. wtso hare beet,
III aud xtso Amply have iaeerd
ore Of the three esaxntaal QUALITIES,
In thas easegnsy wosfia be Tsaae1ed
A4&EEE R&gEAA8NEA ~ %P1 ssf@3F ~
Department. Secrssagy Ks1s. ua"
osraeerasarv Oscar /. CHAPMAN
and Assistant Secretary WaiaAsH
Z. wasnx. Th0nasa G. Bssasasa.
ir.. Acting Assistant SECRETARY of
commrscs Tor Prwwaxn assd oe-
uaestsc cummxgre. John ~ Ns1ss~
mar, assistant 90 tsse Prwaasaefst.
Willard L. TTs0rp, Assistant hMesT~
tagy of state fer Eennansr AGssfs:
Evan caagur cammtaasnnFs ei sass
pussaa al IAhnT Gtmtastars. ard
urdegmessaary cf ffe Tfsassssy
K6wasd n, Fuaey. r.
There are sMsa Rstas af uss
gusesnmsn8 In which sas Far
fa~assrs have no vetSs ~ al.
IAst<a a q sos&i ioMs IN ina re-
sfees are tks cnsnm~ses. Treas
usy. Jussaes. fAbow ara sasss n's.
rarfmena stlse Pax nestFss ass
sdsnssse6sy weak tn tfs taxsAEn
swsdl, ffss Interstate Casnnssts.
securities and Kxessnxs ard Fsd-