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C Washington Senator of Wyoming has prepared a bill for introduction early To Control j in the new con- con Business gress that will wm set setup setup up if it becomes law a comprehensive mechanism to control and regulate some of the principal activities of business cor cor- It is a far reaching proposition proposition proposition prop prop- as it now stands and it cannot be passed off of lightly There is support for it in a number of ot quarters While It undoubtedly will viII not become law in its present form it if must be regarded as the opening wedge The Wyoming oming W senators senator's principal idea is to require businesses of an incorporated char character to take out outa a federal license If they do not comply the proposed law would deny them the right to ship goods into retail trade between states While the main theme of or the proposition proposition proposition prop prop- does not seem anything about which one should get excited it is the things that tha t can be done behind such a general requirement that must and will be examined b by congress congress congress con con- gress and the country before it takes a step of the kind advocated by Senator For example example exam exam- pie if the federal government is permitted to r require quire businesses to obtain a license or charter from Washington those businesses may maybe maybe maybe be compelled to meet all manner of requirements before such a license li license li- li cense or charter is granted In the reverse if it after they have the license li license li- li cense they fail to observe the provi provisions provisions pro pro- vi visions ions laid down either by congress or bald headed bureaucrats revocation re rc- rc- rc I vocation of the license licence is the penalty penalty penalty pen pen- alty that may be exacted It should be added that exaction of a penalty of this kind once the license provision provision provi provi- sion Sian is S established as a federal government government gov gov- right becomes a powerful weapon and the limit to which that power may be exercised is scarcely to be Core forecast cast While as I i said aid the O l legislation may not be expected to become law in its present form its terms and provisions give a hint of what can be exp expected of any legislation of a sim similar character Take Tak this provision for example Rates of pay shall be increased and h hours urs of work shall be reduced in in accordance with gains gams in the productive efficiency of the industry industry industry indus indus- try arising from increased mcchan meehan- i improvements in in technological ical i- i cal methods or from other causes to the end that employees shall have an equitable participation in the output output out out- put of industry and that employment employment employ employ- ment merit and mass mass purchasing power may keep pace with industry 0 It seems quite obvious that under such a basic statement of principles principles ples pies a business Dictatorial could easily b be b ePowers e ePowers Powers made to agree to collective bargaining bargain bargain- ing among its employees to establish establish establish lish minimum wages and to follow the dictates of some bureau or commission commission com corn mission in Washington in in actual management mant and promulgation of policies Indeed it is set forth inthe in inthe inthe the draft that the federal fed fed- eral trade commission would be authorized au au authorized authorized au- au to obtain all relevant and det detailed data as to production costs prices and profits As I see this thi sort of thing and from the views of experts with whom I have consulted I cannot escape the conclusion that such legislation legislation leg leg- simply extends to the federal federal federal fed fed- eral government dicta dictatorial orial powers over virtually all private business It means moreover that politics and politicians would be the guiding force and that if union labor leaders were in control of th the agency havin haymi hav- hav in int mi supervisory powers over busness business business busi bus ness o or 1 If communists or conservatives conservatives conservatives or any other class were were in control business would be directed in accordance with the economic views of that school of thought Since our nation frequently hands the responsibility of government control from irom one one poli political cal party to the other the implications of such legislation as this are tremendous to say the least Constitutional questions enter into this legislation and it may be that the basic basie theory advanced by the Wyoming senator will not hold at all As I understand It Senator is holding no pride of authorship as to the language of his bill but to the principles he strongly gly adheres So it is made to appear at least as I said above that this proposal constitutes an entering entering entering en en- wedge on an entirely new theory of governments government's relation to private business For that reason it is one of the most significant propositions to come forward in recent recent recent re re- re- re cent years more significant I belIeve believe believe be be- lieve than the ill fated It certainly is a proposition that tha t should be w watched closely by all citizens V S Affairs of the heart are all right privately our American Depart Depart- Department Department ment merit of S State t at e Mixing in holds but it r l' re- re e Love Lone Affairs serves the right to horn Into any love that involves an American foreign foreign for for- eign service officer It is all per- per fe open and above board The TheD D Department of ot State has put its conclusions into inlo writing into an official om- om cial ciUI regulation re and hereafter no foreign service officer can marry an ani alien while he is In the foreign service unless he gets get the consent of father State department 1 It is Immensely Interesting but not significant in an international way that the State departments department's or- or der concerning International mar mar-i should have been l gated during the heat of the British constitutional crisis over King Edwards Edward's Edwards Edward's Ed Ed- Ed wards ward's determination to marry the American born Wallis Warfield I Simpson It simply happened toj to 1 come along at the same time but since all the world loves a lover I in Washington one hears reference to lo the Simpson-Edward Simpson affair mentioned men men- mentioned men men-i many times in the same sarno I breath with the State department I decree This obtains because nearly all of our foreign service people have have relations or friends in the national na na- naj j capital and the decree forbidding for for- for 1 bidding inte international national marriages sets set I many tongues to wagging But ut the State department ruling i ought to be treated with utmost utmost seriousness and sincerity It is important im im- im- im It is necessary to stretch the imagination a great way in ordel order order or or- der del to assume that international onal marriages of the type banned by bythe bythe bythe the State department would shake an empire after the manner manner of international marriages among royalty roy roy- alt alty On the other hand it seems to tome tome tome me to be quite fair lair to say that International In- In international international in in- marriages marriage among official official cial represent a nation can very easily prove embarrassing to the government by wh which ch the foreign for for- eign ign service officer receives ere creden creden- den den- In I. fact there ate are instances instances- on record where such marriages have proved to be serious obstacles obstacles- in the settlement of disputes between between be be- between tween governments i iThen Then it must be considered that there is is' is isa a genuine in possibility of 1 war in Europe in few h next few w years A tre tragedy is being prepared prepared prepared pre pre- pared there While obviously any has th the governmental decision that of keeping keepin lovers apart arouses antagonism a sympathetic feeling among all ill with wih tender hearts in this circumstance the rule ruie seems veil justified In addition to following following following follow follow- ing the lead of ot other nations on the point our State department has banned these international marriages marriages mar mar- largely in order to lo keep our na nation tion fi- fi free fie e from any possible entanglements entanglements entanglements en en- in event of that European European European Eu Eu- tragedy that looms like red fire on th the horizon of the future Marriages 1 heretofore contracted of course cour e will vill not be disturbed by bj the new ban but elimination of that source of potential difficulty for the future is regarded as likely likely- to b be valuable I have heard criticism of at the State departments department's order on the ground that affairs of the heart are private a affairs which affairs indeed they are But it must be remembered that where an individual accepts accepts' the rights prerogatives and privIleges privileges privileges of official position he accepts at th the same time certain definite responsibilities In the case of a 1 foreign service officer his acceptance accept accept- an ance anee e of the government title makes him at once and the same time a apart apart part of that government In a most peculiar way Because foreigners donot donot donot do do- not understand our government any better than we understand foreign governments when an American foreign service officer speaks h hei het speaks actually as the tho American government One need not amplify this further than to say therefore one of that officials official's responsibilities I is to carry out policy National policy policy pol pot icy can be arranged only at its proper sources namely the President Pres Pres- President ident and the Department of State So while budding romances maybe may be blighted heartaches hes may arise soft lights In the eyes of men and andt maidens may be dimmed by the cruel and cold words of official regulations regu regu- lations It needs must be said that the welfare of ot ota a great nation must supersede the personal desires of a a a. lonely man for a mate Thus where any of our American American- diplomats or consular officers hereafter here here- tread liteS li after feel they cannot highway without the accompaniment of a foreign born princess of at their dreams they simply will have to to resign from their jobs and bring the I lady home I 0 Western Newspaper Union |
