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Show Little Job First . President Roosevelt, In his Baltimore Balti-more speech, talked about the ambition ambi-tion of the Federal government to "control the forces of modern society." so-ciety." It would be a tremendous Job and probably would have to be done in such a hurry that the Civil Service laws would be set aside In the Interest of haste. Applicants for Jobs in this new stunt then would not necessarily have to know anything any-thing at all about society, ancient or modern. Indorsement of the district dis-trict boss back home would turn the trick. A Control of the Forces of Modern Society Project should be a gorgeous thing. In spite of doubts as to its constitutionality, however reasonable. rea-sonable. It could he called CFMS (Cuffems for shori). Apostles of entrenched en-trenched greed and benighted followers fol-lowers of the old order already have begun to sneer at it. One old man, apparently not holding fast to his dreams, wrote to an Indiana newspaper news-paper asking why It wouldn't be a good thing to put the whole thing off until we established a little control con-trol over the national budget. |