WEEKLY LaBINE INTERNATIONAL: Tears for Finland This month the Communist par- ty's magazine in Moscow, Agitator’s Companion, pointed out that ‘‘Pres- ident Roosevelt is more and more siding with the incendiaries of war," that ‘““‘American imperialists are dreaming of world mastery,” and that American business is ‘sparing no effort . . . to save European capitalism.” This didn't jibe with the Repub- lican party's ideas or with those of America's President, though each was fighting the other over an in- ternational red herring, namely, the THE SPLITUP? Map circulating in Europe shows this navian nations planned by Russia and correct U. S. Russia's invasion of Finland. fusal to recall Laurence Steinhardt, ambassador to Moscow. made little difference: Everybody from the President down was al- ready unneutral, siding with little Finland so boldly that what few iso- The President publicly condemned Russia's aggression, but indicated He next talked about a joint Pan-American declaration rebuffing the Soviet, merely a political move to offset Republican criticism. Finally, he decided Finland's December 15 war debt payment of $234,603 ought to be turned over to RFC and expended through the American Red Cross to ing relations. for Finland. Unabashed Soviet Russia was Europe's most Bolsheviks. her invasion, the Soviet apparently league or being thrown out. Swe- ASE SAS den lized against hu i. liament, got up to speak, and a few minutes later a prom- SANDLER inent Nazi A sign? member suggested that diplomatic relations with the Soviet be broken. Italian planes were rushed to the Finns while Fascist crowds hooted the reds. But 200,000 troops in the seventh Russian army continued to fight un- abashed, puzzled, as was all the world, at how little Finland could stage such a terrific defense. Meanwhile the diplomatic fore- casters were busy. Sweden's For- eign Minister R. J. Sandler, who called the other Scandinavian for- Joseph P. Kennedy, U. S. am- bassador to Great Britain, ar- rived via transatlantic clipper for conferences which may help de- termine parts of the U. 8. for- eign policy. Al Capone, former Chicago gang lord recently released from Alcatraz, was placed under the care of Dr. Manfred S. Guttmach- er, prominent psychiatrist, Fritz Kuhn, German-American “bundsfuehrer’” convicted of stealing his organization's funds, was given 2% to § years at Sing Sing prison. Irene Castle McLaughlin, once an international dancing star, dropped her suit to divorce her sportsman husband, Maj. Fred- eric McLaughlin, eign ministers for a defense talk, heard that Nazi Germany was de- manding his resignation. This gave credence to reports that the Reich and Russia planned to conquer both Finland and Sweden and divide them as shown on a map being cir- culated around eastern Europe. (See map.) nothing unlikely about a Russian drive into the Balkans. world (which remembers how So- Finland found prised when Moscow's International treaty be mania! AGRICULTURE: Self-Sufficiency suggested a similar consummated with cit and still provide $500,000,000 more for defense, congress save elsewhere. Early to see hand- writing on the wall is the depart- ment of agriculture, which promptly announced a 50 per cent slash in cotton export subsidies. But Secre- tary Henry A. Wallace will not stand Meeting at Chicago, the Farm Bureau fed- eration heard Mr. Wallace drop a few hints of what he has in mind. The general plan: To make the farm program self-supporting to as- its permanency. Possible neans include re-enactment of proc- essing taxes (voided by the Su- preme court in 1936), the domestic allotment certificate plan, and ear- custom receipts (in- stead of only 30 per cent) for pay- ment of farm benefits. Most broad- ly hinted plan is a general manu- FEDERATION'S O'NEAL Not so certain . , . facturers’ sales tax, which he Groups like the Millers’ National fed- eration promptly called it a “‘con- sumers’' sales tax on an essential food,” but that didn't solve the prob- lem, either, At least one major agricultural figure, the Farm Bureau's Presi- Said he: self-supporting ‘‘because national prosperity is directly dependent on the welfare of the farmers.” Farmer O'Neal was less certain of his constituents’ support on an- other point, the reciprocal trade pro- gram which comes up for congres- he called it ‘‘the best approach yet made” to solve the foreign trade problem, thereby agreeing with Sec- retary of State Cordell Hull, Mr. O'Neal thereby got many a dirty look from farmers who believe the program is undermining America's agricultural independence. THE WAR: Squeeze Play 80 dull was western front war- fare that both Britain and Germany were reported shipping planes to aid the beleaguered Finns (see Interna tional). Meanwhile Britain, France and other anti-Russian members of the League of Nations sought that nation’s expulsion when the League met to hear why Finland doesn’t like to be invaded. For a time it seemed that Neville Chamberlain's battle against Hitler- ism was being held in abeyance pending outcome of Finnish hostili- ties, a possibility that became more plausible when older classes of both French and German troops were de- mobilized. But this was only part of the plan: The allies were fighting an economic war, and their most potent weapon was only then being sharpened. The weapon had two edges. French-British fleets were ordered to seize all German exports wher- ever they might be found, thus cut- ting off the Reich's supply of for- eign exchange. The other edge: A plan for allied purchase of all ex- portable surpluses of Germany's neighbors, at prices the Reich was unable to pay. After a few days of this, German economists were not ashamed to admit the blockade was beginning to pinch. Only Rumania, under sudden pressure from Russia, refused to cut her sales to the Reich. - BUSINESS: Pledge After two days of denouncing the New Deal in convention speeches, the National Association of Manu- facturers adopted a ‘‘platform of American industry'’ which was nota- ble first because it was a consensus of U. S. industrial leadership, and second, because it was only mildly critical of the New Deal. Points: (1) to labor, the association pledged the highest income possible, a healthful environment, security, sick- ness and accident protection; (2) on collective bargaining, a defense of the worker's right to choose his own union, smattered with mild criticism of the national labor act; (3) to con- sumers, a pledge to seek greater ralue of products; (4) to investors, clear reports of stockholders and maintenance of a sufficiently strong capital structure. Overnight America learned it had a potential presidential candidate to Franklin Roosevelt, should At Princeton, N. J., a Gallup poll was 46 per cent to 54 per cent in a mythical race with the President. Significantly, most Rooseveltian sup- port came from low income and re- lief classes, but it was equally sig- nificant that the President had more than in a similar ‘trial Carefully avoiding premature commitments, the Gallup summary warned that anything can happen between now and election. Not too enthusiastic was the na- tional reception to Tom Dewey's opening campaign speech at Minne- apolis. Hinging his entire argument on a forgotten and unimportant Rooseveltian comment that ‘our in- dustrial plant is built," Candidate Dewey challenged: all it be said that new America is matured and completed and overbuilt and incap- able of further expansion and new achievements? I say no, with resentment and anger.” Wisely, he left unsaid any fons on how he would solve lems of agriculture, labor, business, finance and unemployment. But ob- servers hoped he would not be si- lent too long. ASIA: Blunder and Pressure Busily scattering diplomatic on- for viunder- candidate who popular articles in his newspaper; (2) Marshal Wu Pei-fu, China’ only honest war lord most of Wang's L feited the American friendship si had made by agreeing to pay for property damage in China. Using pressure tactics, the foreign office indicated displeasure over increased American naval strength in the Pacific, indicating that Japan may wax friendly with Russia unless the U. S. changes its tune. RELIEF: Hunger in Ohio Toledo's schools were closed and 20,000 reliefers lived on limited ra- tions. Dayton and Akron also felt the pinch. In Cleveland, where 16,- 000 were even deprived of the white flour and apples formerly given them, somebody noticed that gar- bage collections were smaller. Part MAYOR BURTON Ohio's unhappiest man. of this problem was dumped in the lap of Gov. John W. Bricker, who promptly dumped it right back. When New York's Mayor Fiorella LaGuardia asked him to take care of the ‘‘starving people,’ the gov- ernor suggested that he clean up his own back yard. In Washington, WPA Administrator F. C. Harring- ton denied the governor's accusa- tion that Cleveland's acute problem “is due at least in part to political manipulation of WPA." The most unhappy man in Ohio was Cleveland's Mayor Harold H. Burton, who got a blunt refusal when he asked the governor to call a special legislative session to deal with the relief problem. The final blow came when his city council de manded that he restore "full re- lief” immediately to single persons and childless couples, who were cut oft “so that children might eat.” Moaned the mayor: “If anyone can tell me where to get the money, I'd like to know." WASHINGTON. — Subcommittees of the house committee on appropri- ations have started consideration of the various bills through which money is supplied each year for run- ning the federal government. Among the first measures was that appropriating money for the so- called independent offices. These are the agencies that operate at loose ends, so to speak, run their | own shows, make rules and regula- | tions which have the full force of | regular laws and otherwise conduct themselves as they see fit, The head men of each of these | units of government—and there are 46 listed in the one appropriation bill—are named by the President of the United They are not elected by the people. The nearest | approach to direct responsibility to the citizens is that appointment of | the head men must be confirmed | by the senate. Senate considera- tion, however, is limited only to the top executives. Scores of policy- | making officials beneath the first | rank are picked without taxpayers | having any sort of say-so. It is well to recall just here that each of these agencies was legally created by congress. That is, laws were passed which established the several boards, bureaus, commis- gions, administrations or whatever other names they have. Many of us believe there are too many of them, that the federal government | is messing around in too many dif- ferent field Yet, the fact remains that these agencies do exist and consideration of them and their pow- ers seems timely since the appro- | priations to run them are being ex- | amined now. The laws by which these agencies | were created are, in general, suf- | ficiently specific to define their jurisdiction. The thing that causes trouble for the country, however, is | one little paragraph that was in- cluded in each bill by which the particular agency was given life. | That paragraph reads, in effect: authority is hereby given for the | promulgation of such rules and reg- | ulations as the agency deems neces- | sary for administration of this act. | Makes Many Little Dictators Instead of One Big One That one section | f the OO wer that even States. ‘hat is the rub. of law gives to federal go the m not ft it seems safe enough, these nment p trained On the surface since the law's | terms are definite, but what the pro- | vision actually does is to hand over | to groups of unelected officials the | right to say what congress meant in the language written into law. | And, most important of all, when congress began to delegate such authority years and years ago, it | began to build up within the federal | government a form of dictatorship. The condition differs from the dic- | tatorship of Hitler and Stalin only | in the fact that there are dozens of little dictators instead of one big dictator. In the one appropriations bill which 1 mentioned, there may be even a thousand little dictators ~if one considers all of the head men, the bureau chiefs, the divi sion officials, the hard boiled law- yers who think their job is to per- secute rather than enforce laws. I am quite sure that the above paragraph does not fully set forth all of the possibilities. The outline thus given, however, ought to be sufficient to awaken citizens to the Yess ©@ii > late of authority to various the government. It calls attention to the sad fact that nothing at all has been done within gation the most dangerous trend in official administration. Perhaps, 1 ought to qualify the statement that nothing at all has been done within the government. years ago out of which it was hoped there would be some corrective program emerge. A committee was named and, as far as I have been able to run down the facts, it man- aged to hold a few meetings. The story is that the meetings became so earnest on one or two occasions that mention was made of the pur- poses of the committee. But they were soon forgotten and the com- mittee gradually succumbed to creeping paralysis. Delegation of New Power to Executive Officers Goes On Through all of the years, there- fore, there has continued to be a delegation of new power to execu- tive officers of the federal govern- ment. It is nearly as bad in the state governments, Moreover, through all of the years, officials of these agencies—being human-have continued to reach for and obtain, more power than was ever intended to be in their hands. There is no mushroom that can grow faster than a federal agency, once it gets in proper soil and temperature. It is well to remember, also, that there * are many types of mushrooms that are poisonous, All of this brings us to what the American Bar association is trying to do. It brings to the front seat efforts made by a special commit- tee of the association by way of get- ting legislation through congress to fence in these boys and girls on pub- lic payrolls so that the rank and file of citizens have a chance. The special committee is headed by Col. O. R. McGuire, who lately resigned as an attorney in the Gen- eral Accounting office. Colonel Mc- Guire saw the black death approach- es of the government of our republican form of govern- ment unless drastic medicine is given. I am not prepared to say that the nel McGuire almost gressional committees is the proper corrective gure. There have been loopholes found in it, plenty of There has been opposition to it from among members of the na- tional law . Doubtless, other weak spots will be found. But it must not be said that the principle of checking the vicious trend is wrong; and it see to be an op- portune time for real work to be The American Bar associa- tion is big enough, its members have brains enough, its membership has power enough, to force something through congress, Whether it is the McGuire bill as it stands, a modifica- tion of that or a completely rewrit- ten measure, the bar association had me the public. Lawyers Objects of Barbed Darts From the President The American Bar association and jected to barbed darts from Presi dent Roosevelt. On one pretext or in the seats of lawyers’ pants ever since he entered the White House. that criticism al- ways has been based in the Presi- dent's belief that lawyers were not working in the public interest. Here, , is a fine op- as the asso- body meets early as 1940 is a ational why, I k, does not the bar association get usy? Why not demand of the can- didates for the house of representa- i the senate a pledge that fives and they act on some legislation that elections, tive form chinery? And in connection with what may be done in seeking a solution for the problem, I want to suggest a rather simple method. Let congress create a joint committee of representatives and senators who would be empow- ered to pass upon all of these rules and regulations that are issued in the countless offices of government. Not only the 46 independent teach- ers’ pets, but all arms of the fed- eral government having the right to set up enforcement powers. It long has been regarded as a prerogative of congress to inquire into the operations of the executive branch of the government. Con- gress has been jealous of that pre- rogative, as it should be. 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