Evening star., 1951-12-05
By Froncis P. Douglas
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but there is a long way to go If
we are to do thorough job.
| Remedies are not simple or easy
to prescribe, he said, and "in the
final analysis the people must
help solve this problem at the
ballot box" The people, he
stated. can bring about honest
and efficient government by en-
Iphasizing in their voting that they
will not tolerate in government
either parties or men who do not
subscribe to and observe the high
est standards of ethics"
/ Senator Mcclellan was paired
III the opening NAM program
with Robert E. Wilson, chairman
Iof the board of the Standard Oil
Go. Qndiana> and national vice
president of NAM. The subject
was ethics and principles. Sem
ator Mcclellan discussed 1t as
Iapplied to government, Mr.. Will
son as applied to business.
Conditions Leading to Laxity.
| Mr.. Wilson agreed that govern
ment should be cleaned up.
Senator Mcclellan listed these
as some Of the conditions contrib
uting to laxity in public morals:
I l. Deterioration In the standards
and ideals Of the two major par
ties whose platforms are designed
to conceal and confuse rather
than inform and enlighten.
2. A lust for power which In
Educes men and parties to sacrifice
principles for victory.
8. The practice of rewarding
services to the party or to an
official by appointment of unqual-
if1ed persons to positions Of public
trust.
4. A tendency toward policies or
legislation intended to benefit and
influence politically certain minor
ity groups and classes.
S. Bigness of government, CEN
tralization Of power and waste and
extravaganza.
Strong Public Reaction.
6. Tolerating, after exposure.
gross improprieties on the part of
subordinates by their superiors.
Mr.. Wilson said public reaction
against corruption in high places
has been so strong that political
leaders. who at first seemed In
clined to overlook it, have been
goaded into long overdue action
to eliminate some Of the corrupt
individuals"
| Finding Of traitors in high
places, he said, land the recent
revelations regarding the wide
spread use Of influence and brib-
iery In the Reconstruction Finance
Corp. and the Internal Revenue
Bureau have dealt a severe blow
to our traditional confidence" in
the honesty Of Federal agencies
He criticized what he said were
Government g attacks on business.
One reason for them, he said, is
that our Federal bureaucracy
Is overrun with so-called bright
young men who are 100 per cent
Tor the planned economy. AS
part OF the studied campaign to
substitute socialism for the free
economy, they want to discredit
private business management II
they can.
Bunting Opens Session.
They use their positions to
create dissenSion between Gov
Iernment and business, to spread
fallacies regarding business and to
harass business with conflicting
regulations and litigation"
Earl Bunting, NAM managing
director. in opening the session.
set the keynote for the meeting
with an address on Faith in our
Fathers" He said there has been
what the Founding Fathers most
feared, "A constant and inhuman
expansion Of centralized power"
The directors Of the organiza-
ton approved a resolution oppos-
ling Government Intervention in
industrial safety and accident pre-
lvention work. They said it would
bring Federal inspections and lead
to Government control of en-
ployer-employe relationships.
They also called for curbs on
Federal credit which they said are
in effect hidden subsidies.