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Show NA NATIONAL TIONAL TIONALAFFAIRS NATIONALAFFAIRS NATIONALAFFAIRSReviewed AFFAIRS AFFAIRSReVleweJ AFFAIRSReviewed Reviewed ReVleweJ by byCARTER byCARTER byCARTER CARTER FIELDNew FIELD FIELDNew New Dealers conductmg conducting conductingcampaign conductingcampaign campmgn campaign to ro aid aul aulnommatwn aidnomination nommatwn nomination nominationof nominationof of TJwmas Thomas E . Deicey Dewey Deweyas as Re- Re Republican Re Republican . - publican publlCan presldentUllcan presidentialcan presidential presldentUll candilate can candidate . didate dzdate dilate , the plot being bemg to toprctent toprctent prCtent tlie the nomination normnatwn nonunatwn of ofSenator ofSenator Senator Taft , whom theyfear they theyfear fear . . Backers BaChers Bathers of bill bzll to totake totake take profits out ofwar fwar o of f war warreally warreally really do not want the billto btll bill billto to pass , andit and it 1t probably probablywon't probablywont won't wont ' . . . Little Lutie hkelihoodof likelihoodof kel1hood likelihood of ofratlroad ofrailroad railroad ratlroad legislation leg1slatlOn at atthis atthis thzs this session sesswn ofcongress of congressWASHINGTON congress congressWASHINGTON WASHINGTON WASIDNGTON - New Dealers Dealersclose Dealersclose Dealersclose close to the White House are actu actually actually actually ally conducting conductmg a publicity earn cam earnpalgn campaign campaign palgn paign which would seem calculated calculatedto to aid the nomination nommatIon for ( or PresIdent PresIdentby Presidentby Presidentby by the Republicans Republlcans Repubbcans next year of a aman aman ajnan man President Roosevelt cordially cordiallydIslIkes cordiallydislikes cordiallydislikes dIslIkes That Tbat man is Thomas Tbomas E EDe EDewey EDewey De Dewey ey * . DeweyNot Not that this publicity campaIgn campaIgnI campaignIs I Is praising pralsmg praismg Dewey Quite the contrary con I Itrary trary It avoids anyreference any ! : reference to Deweywhatever Deweywhatever Dewey Deweywhatever whatever No DeweyI the thecampaIgn theL I ' campaign tq.kes tqkes tikes takes . theq the I Iform ' ' \q q \ [ form of trying trymg to towreck towreck toj wreck the man whois whoI who I ; is regarded as Dew Dewey Dew/ Dew Dewt Dewey t / ey s chief contenderfor contenderfor contender < tor for the RepubhcannommatIon Republican Repubhcan Republicannomination 4 4nomination nomination nommatIon SenatorRobert SenatorRobert Senator ; Robert A Taft ofOhIo ofOhio ot of otj , j OhIoU OhioIf Ohio If U any group of 10 10T 10T 10T T E Deweyor Dewey or more persons ISpolled ispolled is | polled as to the man they would wouldlIame wouldname wouldcame lIame name it If of going gomg into mto a pool on the Re RepublIcan Republican Republican publIcan nominee nommee a majority maJonty of ofthem ofthem otthem them will wall be found to be vot ng for forDewey forDewey forDewey Dewey This TbiS is by no means to say saythat saythat saythat that a majority ot of every such group groupactual groupactual groupactual actual y favors Dewey-that Dewey that Dewey - that re remams remains remains mams mains to be demonstrated by polls pollsBut pollsBut pollsBut But he is the man a majority of ofpeoplE ofpeople ofpeople peoplE ' seem to think has the edge edgeat edgeat edgeat at the present momentIf momentU moment If U the same groups are asked to toname toname toname name the man they would give see sec seeond secand second ond and place in m probabilities Senator SenatorTaft SenatorTaft SenatorTatt Taft is almost unvaryingly unvarymgly the one onenamed onenamed onenamed named This TbiS is not a matter of con conjecture con'ecture conlecture jecture 'ecture ecture ' and is not news It is as mere merely merely 1'1 11 ly ' stating statmg the foundation on .hIch hIch which whichthe . whichthe .hIchthe the activities of an important group groupof groupof groupof of New Dealers seem to be basedEvery basedEvery based basedEvery Every time in m the last few months monthswhen monthswhen monthswhen when a group of New Dealers would wouldbe wouldbe wouldbe be at some party or gathering gathermg where wherefrIendly wherefriendly wherefriendly frIendly newspaper men were-espe were espe wereespeclally wereespecially were - - espedally clally cially parties " , nhere where here there could be bemlxmg bemixing bemixing mlxmg mixing around and small group con conversatIons conversations conversations versatIons it has been noticed that thatwlthm thatwithin thatwithin wlthm within a few days attacks on Taft Taftwould Taftwould Taftwould would appear in m the newspapers rep represented represented represented resented by these correspondents It Ithas Ithas Ithas has happened too many times to be bea bea bea a co ncidenceNew ncidence ncidenceNeu Neu Net New ( , , Dealers , It Appears AppearsDo , Do Not Like Llle Senator Serwtor Taft TaftOne TaftOne One explanahon explanatIon of course lies Iles in inthe inthe inthe the tact fact that ot of all the men who whohave whohave whohave have been prominently prommently mentioned as asprobabIlIties asprobabilities asprobabilities probabIlIties tor for the Republlcan Republican Republlcannommat Republicannominat Republicannominal nommat nominat on Senator Taft is as beyond beyonddoubt beyonddoubt beyonddoubt doubt the one whom most ardent ardentNew ardentNew ardentNew New Dealers would dislike most to tohave tohave tohave have as President He stands four foursquare foursquare foursquare square against agamst more New DealIsms DealIsmsand Dealismsand Dealismsand and andIS is on record as cnticiz criticiz ng them themand themand themand and demanding demandmg their repeal than thanany thanany thanany any other Republ can . who .ho ho has been beenmentIoned beenmentioned beenmentioned mentIoned as having havmg a chance for forthe forthe forthe the White HouseFar HouseFar House HouseFar Far more for example than Sen SenHenry SenHenry SenHenry Henry Cabot Lodge of o ( Massachu Massachusetts Massachusetts Massachusetts setts who is inclined mclmed to be Ilberal liberal Ilberalon liberalon liberalon on many Issues Far more than thaneven thaneven thaneven even Sen Arthur H Vandenberg of ofMIchIgan ofMichigan ofMichigan MIchIgan who is probably more morepopular morepopular morepopular popular personally than almost any anyone anyone anyone one who has been mentioned mentionedWhereas mentionedWhereas mentionedWhereas Whereas Mr Dewey has stated hIs hIsposItIon hisposition hisposition posItIon on very few issues mdeed mdeedso indeedso mdeedso so far as the national picture is con concerned concerned concerned cerned He is against agamst crime and andrack"ts andrackets andrackets rack"ts rackts rackets " But so is 1S everybody ex cx except cxcept except cept the criminals crunmals and racketeersSmall racketeers racketeersSmall Small Chance for Bill Ball to toTale toTake Ta1.e Ta1e Tale . Profits Out of oj War WarWith WarWith With 50 senators pledged to the theproposed theproposed i proposed bill to take the profits out outof outof ' of war it would seem that nothmg nothing nothmgcould nothingcould nothingcould could stop its enactment Yet the theprobability theprobability theprobability probability is that it will be stopped stoppedit stoppedif if not in the senate then in the thehouse th thhouse thehouse e house The proposal has hadstrange had a astrange astrange strange history often making ap apparent apparent apparent parent fallingby progress but always falling g by the wayside in some unexpected unexpecte unexpectedmanner unexpectemanner unexpectedmanner unexpectedmannerThe d manner mannerThe The answer is simple Most of the thecongressmen th thcongressmen thecongressmen e congressmen backing backmg the measure measureor measureor or supporting supportmg it do not want it 1t to topass t tpass topass pass There are a very few smcere sinter smceresenators sintersenators smceresenators senators and representatives who whobelIeve wh whbelieve whobelieve a belIeve that it would be a good goodthIng go goth goodthing thIng th ing but most of them know kn'Ow ' that thatactually tha thaactually thatactually t actually it would do little to pre prevent prevent prevent vent the country getting gettmg into war warand warand warand and its presence on the statute books book booksdurmg bookduring booksduring s durmg during the period immediately pre preceding preceding preceding ceding our entry into war would be belittle b blittle belittle e little short of a catastrophe catastropheLet Let us assume that the bill be became b bcame became e came law as the present demon demonstratIon demo demostration demonstration n stratIon of strength among senators senator senatorswould senatorwould senatorswould s mightFrom mighFrom would indicate that It readily mIght migh t From the day war was declared declaredany declaredany declaredany any corporation which made any anyprofits an anprofits anyprofits y profits from supplying supplymg war maten mater matenals materals matenals i als to the government would be betaxed b btaxed betaxed e taxed virtually 100 per cent of those thoseprofits thus thusprofits thoseprofits e profits So there would be no selfish selfishreason selfis selfisreason selfishreason h reason for any manufacturer to de- de desIre dc dcsire de-Eire de Eire - - ' sIre to get the country into mto war That Tbat is the real object of tha the thalegIslatIon thelegislation thalegislation legIslatIon Its backersant backers \\ant ant want w \ ant to stop stopthe stopthe stopthe the machinations by which the wIck wIcked wicked wicked ed munitions muniUons makers Involve the theworld theworld world orld in suffering suffcrmg destruction and anddea.th anddeath anddearth dea.th death death . just in order to make theIr theIro theirown theirown o own n filthy profits The Tbe public is isvery isvery isvery very well ell sold on this tins idea There Therehave Therehave Therehave have been lots Jots ot of plays movies mOV1es and andpropaganda andpropaganda andpropaganda propaganda putting it over Tbere There Tberehas Therehas Therehas has never been anything anythmg approach approaching approachlag approaching ing lag a sane consideration of the ques questlon question question questionBut tlon tion tlonBut tionBut But now let us assume that the thesteel thesteel thesteel steel makers of this country clearly clearlysee clearlysee clearlysee see that the United States is bound boundto boundto boundto to be involved mvolved in a major \ war ar Un Under Under Under der normal circumstances everyone everyoneof every one oneof oneof of them with the war and navy de department department department partment experts prodding proddmg them at atevery atevery atevery every turn would begin gettIng gettIngready gettingready gettingready ready Before v . war ar was declared declaredunless declaredunless declaredunless unless it came with terrific sudden suddenness suddenness suddenness ness their plants would be ready to tostart tostart tostart start turning turnmg out munitions and gunsof guns gunsof gunsof of the precise type needed nceded by the thearmy thearmy thearmy army and navy United Umted States Navy Jlfade Blade BladeGood MadeGood Good Shotomg Showmg Showing Showingin in World War WarAs WarAs As a matter of fact fact , , the Umtea Unitea UmteaStates UniteaStates UnitedStates States navy made a very good show showmg showing showing mg ing in the World war while Frank Frank1m FrankIm Frank1m 1m Im D Roosevelt was assistant sec secretary secretary secretary retary because Sam McGowan the thepaymaster thepaymaster thepaymaster paymaster general gcneral of ot the navy got gotaway gotaway gotaway away with murder in placing placmg or orders orders ' ders before the war declaratIon declaration.That declarationThat . . . ' That is why the navy was fixed so somuch somuch somuch much better than the army and andwhy andwhy .hy hy why . it was so much less crItIcIzedBut criticizedBut criticized criticizedBut But under the proposed law any anysteel anysteel anysteel steel manufacturer who spent a pen penny penfly penny ny fly on the chance that the UnIted UnItedI UnItedStates UnitedStates UnitedStates I States might get into mto the war would wouldbe wouldbe wouldbe be a traitor to his stockholders even evenIf evenif evenif If he had shown a patriotic spiritWhy spirit spiritWhy9 I IWhy Why9 Why ' Because there would not be beI bea bea bea I a chance of his making any money moneyfor moneyfor moneytor for his stockholders and there would wouldbe wouldbe I Ibe be the cold certainty certamty that that , , in addl adds addstwa addition ! tIon twa to not making makmg any money dur durmg during during mg ing the war period he would durI run runinto runinto runinto I into severe losses immediately alter after afterthe afterthe ; the war perIodTbe periodThe period periodThe The Tbe history of every munit ons onsmakIng onsmaking onsmaking makIng enterprise in private hands handshas handshas handshas has been that it made big profits profitsdurmg profitsduring profitsduring durmg during the war and then took ter terrlfic terrifle ternfic rlfic rifle losses after alter the war what wlth with wlthcancelled withcancelled withcancelled cancelled orders urused unused mventorles inventories mventorlesI mventorlesand inventoriesand inventoriesand I and unneeded expansions of plant plant'I plantSo plantSo ' SO they just wouldn tAnswer tAnswer t tAnswer 'I I 'ISO Answer Government monopoly of ofthe ofthe ofthe the mun tions trons manufacturing manufacturmg bUSI buss bUSI'ness bussness business 'ness ness ' ness if it the law passes And the thearmy thearmy 1 1army army and na\y na y nary \ don t like lake that They Theyfear Theyfear Theyfear fear congress would never be liberal liberalenough liberalenough liberalenough enough in advance to have the na natIon nation nation tIon properly preparedUnlikely prepared preparedUnlikely Unlikely Unbkely to Be Railroad RailroadLegislation RailroadLegislation LegIslatIOn at This TIns Session SessionIt It is very unlikely that there w 11 11I 11be 11be 11be I be any ra railroad road legislation at thIS thISseSSIOn thissession thissession seSSIOn of congress Congress has hasbeen hasbeen hasbeen been tussling tusslmg with legislation to put putthe putthe putthe the railroads raIlroad " back on the track to tofinancIal tofinancial tofinancial financIal stability almost contmu continu contmuously continuously continuously ously for the last 20 years TheIr TheIrcondItIOn Theircondition Theircondition condItIOn has been worse v.orse vorse . instead of ofbetter ofbetter ofbetter better and no laws will wall be enacted enactedthIS enactedthis enactedthis thIS session which can be of any Sig sag Sigmficant sagnificant signiflcant mficant nificant benefit to them without the theprospect theprospect theprospect prospect of a larger volume of traf traftic trafdo trafflc tic do The very best that congress can cando cando cando do is to help the roads take better betteradvantage betteradvantage betteradvantage advantage of more business busmess when It Itcomes itcomes itconies itconiesThe comes comesThe The problem resolves itself Itsel ! into mto an anattempt anattempt anattempt attempt to put a better face on the theplam theplain theplain plam plain fact that the public demands demandsseveral demandsseveral demandsseveral several transportation services but butrefuses butrefuses butrefuses refuses and probably is actually un unab'e unable unable ab'e abe able ' certainly certamly at times to support supportthem supportthem supportthem them all adequately - raIlroads raIlroadstrucks railroadstrucks railroadstrucks trucks busses inland mland and mter inter mtercoastal intercoastal intercoastal coastal waterways pipe lines Imes luxes and andaIr andair andair aIr lines Imes lanes What the public as a shIp shIpper shipper shipper per won t pay has been met to some someextent someextent someextent extent by subsidies but with the idea ideamore ideamore |