Show it 1 v national coriat ropi cs f n p f cited AN OMNI by WILL wlliam tam KA ka washington there is a strange similarity between certain things that are area going on liquet liquidation in R russia U asia at this in russia time and phases of events right cibere in the united states so much dalike alike are these things indeed that lone one hears bears a great deal of comment ron on the circumstance most persons are familiar of course with the fact that the dictator stalin and the clique at present pr s and for the moment only that lis Is in his favor are engaged in m liquidation of traitors now 11 jui dation of opposition in russia means death at the hands of a firing squad it means putting that opposition under the ground for eternity this is accomplished in russia der stalin by the simple expedient of a so called military trial the farce that is called a trial is nothing more nor less than an exposition of charges against the accused who are without exception tortured until they confess that is to isay say a torture in jail a physical maltreatment is administered until the accused would rather have death P than an a continuation of the physical suffering I 1 this thing is resorted to in russia wherever and whenever stalin or the clique then holding his favor believes it advisable to instill some I 1 more fear into the millions which late ate placed in russia that is to say it if as always is the case with human beings stalin makes a mistake or his plans go awry somebody must be the goat in a land where the government has absolute power over life and death the easiest simplest lest way of solving the problem is ey by shooting off a few extra counter revolutionists lately the purge in russia has been directed at counter revolutionaries amongst the army officers A few newspaper correspondents and government officials have been included just to make the propaganda effective on the proletariat the mock trials and the liquidation in russia are being carried an on at this time because it is charged there are elements in russia that are seeking to bring back leon trotsky trotsky has a different type of dictatorship bythe proletariat in mind he has to hide bide out in mexico or get shot himself anyway the stalin group announces boldly that russia is going forward whatever that means and will brook no interference with its plans even if it has to shoot off all of its army officers and most of its government officials so mud ifor the russian system now in calling attention to the similarity Bimi larity of conditions 7 here I 1 have no notions of comand in in the paring them on the united states basis of the actual results I 1 want to deal with fundamentals with principles it seems to me this can be done without animosity we nye will start therefore with one small and rather insignificant matter A few weeks ago president roosevelt named stanley reed to be an associate justice of the supreme court of the united states mr reed had been solicitor general of the united states the appointment can not be criticized in any way because mr reed will lend dignity to any job he undertakes I 1 think the country is fortunate in that appointment but when mr air reed was promoted the president named robert 11 1 1 jackson ackson J to fill the vacant place well most people were rather glad to see mr jackson placed in a job where he has to do legal work instead of being a political mouthpiece their satisfaction was short lived however because who should le be named amed n to succeed mr jackson lut but professor sor thurman arnold of I 1 yale lyale university it 13 an appointment that is worse if that is possible than that which placed mr jackson in the job originally for professor arnold is not a man to breed confidence at any time particularly ticul arly is this true when it is considered that he manages a job that has to do with governmental relations with business which is to say eay that if business could have no certainty or assurance or guidance from mr jackson it will be like looking for needles in haystacks to learn what mr arnolds ideas are on business practices maybe abbe I 1 should say it will be I 1 like e chasing a very small insect that has as a habit of biting and is equipped with a voracious appetite thus we are come to the point of comparison what does it mean that jackson and arnold should be given those posts the answer is comparatively simple albeit quite significant it means that president roosevelt has taken control of the department of justice out of the hands of attorney general cummings it means that he has yielded again to the left wing the radical advisers who have managed time after time to get the presidential ear and whisper con vincin gly into it it means as well that attorney general cum cummings in g s who was at first one of the gr great eit admirers d mire rs of president roosevelt roosevel t I 1 is no longer among the presidential insiders and that he must be classed again as a democrat as distinguished from the new dealers but you ask what has that got to do with russia rossia with stalin with liquidation of counter revolute revo revolutionaries luti 0 n etc again it seems to me that the analogy is plain president roosevelt has been convinced by the radicals and long hairs that he has no great need any longer for the breed of simple sound sane thinkers or the practical politicians the advisors who are clinging to him like ivy to a wall have seen their plans go down in the crash of the depression and have to blame somebody they argue that if their plans had not had interference from such as mr cum cummings or secretary roper or the department of commerce or jim far leys practical politics surely the wishful thinkers would have succeeded they could not line up the counter revolutionaries to be shot in this country but they can destroy their political influence to carry the fundamental thought to its ultimate and logical conclusion therefore it is necessary only to explain that the great liberal group which boasts by mouth or by print has yet ever to agree among its own numbers they seldom agree to start with and they never agree at the finish it is always tile the other fellow that is to blame if my plan had been followed we would have succeeded etc and so on there is that counterpart in russia I 1 insist it proves beyond a shadow of a doubt that no one can c an define liberalism I 1 mentioned postmaster general parley farley as being on the outs with president roose farley may velt it would woul d not quit be surprising it if mr farley quit his job observers in washington know that he is pretty much disgusted by the refusal of the president to be guided by advice from the bartys national chairman chair manIt it is possible of course that mr farley will prefer to continue in the job as postmaster general and be quiet rather than expose the rupture I 1 understand he is giving that matter considerable thought these days because first of all mr farley believes in playing practical politics up to the hilt there is another rumor running around washington about mr farley it is said in many places that mr farley may decide to remain on the job so that he can be more effective in helping to restore control of the democratic party machinery to the democrats that is to say mr farley knows as every one else who understands politics knows that the new deal theories will tall fall of their own weight in in due time they will fall fail because so i many of them are contrary to hu man nature and to american eions being immensely practical mr parley farley holds that the democratic party is a party which is is a natural opposition group to the republicans public ans it will live as it ought to live and will continue to be a factor in american government long I 1 after the new deal has burned itself out mr farley therefore is anxious to lend a hand in rebuilding the democratic party for the democrats to that end it is understood by many observers there is a likely alignment between mr farley and the canny politically wise cactus jack garner the vice president undoubtedly there is a strong and growing group in the house and senate which has turned away awa y from fr om the president recent votes have shown an increasing number of democrats that are willing to stand on their own bottom A very recent illustration of this was the vote on the new deal scheme to tax corporations po owned by a small number of persons at a higher rate than those whose shares are widely owned there are thousands of these all small corporations to have kept that provision in the new tax bill would have saved the face of a small coterie of presidential advisers and even the president himself but half of the democrats joined with the republicans to kiu kill off the plan from this and other circumstances cir curn it is plain to see how the rumored farley garner alignment would be backed up by such political powers as senator pat karrison harrison of mississippi senator harrison it will be remembered rewarded for carrying new deal was buckets by having the president urge selection of senator dear A alben barkley of kentucky to be democratic leader of the senate senator barkley since has run into a fight for in his own owl state senator harrison is said tr have a following of thirty odd or more senators 0 western paver union lj |