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The Mayor's Lame Defense Newspaper Clipping, October 25, 1944
THE SUN, BALTIMORE, WEDNESDAY MORNING, OCTOBER
SUN
of George III, for the calling of the As-
meat and grain products were less popu-
sembly to oppose the Stamp Act, and
lar in 1909. Least popular of all, the
Rumbling In A Quiet Zone
again for petitioning the King to repeal
New Englanders to the contrary not-
What The
Published Every Week Day
the duty on tea, and on numerous other
withstanding, were beans, and their
occasions, before it achieved glory by
close relatives, peas, per capita intake
PAUL
President
pealing out the adoption of the Declara-
of which was only 64 per cent. as much
Planners
Entered
at
the
Baltimore
tion of Independence.
in 1935-39. The intake of
the crack. According to the
fruits in 1909 was per cent. of what
Rates
authorities, it occurred on July 8.
Overlook
1935-39, of vegetables, 76 per
1835, when the bell was being tolled for
cent., and of dairy products, 79 per cent.
of Chief Justice Marshall How-
sum up, the department has done
By
P.
IVES
Mr. O. Hart, in his "Annals
Editorial Offices
what science often does-demonstrate
WRITER in the New York Times
of the Liberty Bell," which appeared in
factually something which all of us
commented on the paradoxical fact
pamphlet in 1915, states that this
have suspected as a matter of observa-
the outstanding defenders of the
incorrect: that in 1828 new bell had
fashioned idea
Circulation
of
tion. Our diet is not so heavy and is
the Liberty Bell and it was the
ited government privately owned
more varied now than in 1909, for the
bell that tolled for Marshall. But
economy are couple of Viennese
years have merely increased the
refugee economists named Hayek
there no question of there being
volume of consumption and accentuated
Member
the
differential trends visible in the five
Leading Britishers and leading Ameri-
the evidence of its past sad history,
years just before the war.
cans, the Times man reflects, are
attempt to put the bell back into
We are getting more vegetable pro-
bent for one version another of the
to ring would seem doubtful
teins (beans, etc.) and less meat
planned economy Nowhere in the world
proposition.
tiens, more calcium (milk, green vege-
there more enthusiastic hatred for
BALTIMORE,
WEDNESDAY,
tables) and less fats and carbohydrates
government than in the countries
His Own Man
whose heroes invented modern consti-
(meats, breads), more vitamins of
tutionalism.
The Mayor's Lame Defense
18 years in the United States
alphabetical sorts (vegetables,
And yet the explanation is not diffi-
The Mayor's defense of the "streets
Millard E. Tydings has been
fruits, etc.). The result is more titil-
one. The Viennese refugees
and bridges (Question No.
denounced as loudly and often
lating to the palate and more invigor-
against the planned economy and
the city ballot) is not convincing
member of that body. On occasion, we
ating to the body and mind.
EUROPE
omnipotent government because
This question is proposal for loan
have denounced him ourselves. The man
personal experience both.
of $3,000,000 would be used
simply refuses to follow the pattern laid
Correction
British the American plan-
for total government
variety of improvements to the city'
for him by others.
In an editorial printed on
think in their innocence that
street system. The Sun opposes it on
Looking back over the clippings has
yesterday it was stated that Senator
will be pretty much like
the ground that it is not part of busi-
brought vividly to mind the manner in
Reynolds an extreme isola-
they know and in which their
nesslike city program for improving
the drys denounced him back in
tionist, been chairman of the Senate
friends held power.
and maintaining the city street system.
the days of Volsteadism because he
Foreign Relations Committee. This was
But happens, we have just had
Mayor McKeldin, arguing for it, says:
would not yield to their pressures.
error. Senator Reynolds was not
in the last three years rather impres-
This administration has conserva-
None of us has to be reminded when
chairman but member of that commit-
sive demonstration of the holes
tively taken the stand that replace
President Roosevelt himself made Sena-
tee. He still is. He is also chairman of
wistful attitude During the war
ments of existing paving should be
Tydings the object of special ven-
the United States have come near
done pay-as-you-go basis rather
the Senate Military Affairs Committee.
time in our history to state-
money. The proposed
in 1938. Mr. Roosevelt actually
Thus he has had double opportunity,
directed
economy
loan is not to be used
speaking tour of this State dur-
and in posts of great responsibility,
The suggestive thing about this
the primary campaign that year and
exert his isolationist influence.
time descent into total government
In other words, the Mayor seeks to
the Senator, by direct implica-
that the further it advanced the further
give the impression that his administra-
a "Tory Republican. And all be-
Watson Sees
to one side it pushed Miss Frances Per
tion actually has
the Senator followed his own con-
kins, Mr. Aubrey Williams, Mr. Sidney
gram for the replacement of
and refused to come to heel in
The Western Front Prospects
Hillman,
al.
paving, Let us see what this program
support of the plan.
In two dispatches from the American
might almost say that the progress
One of the most recent denunciations
front near Aachen Mr. Mark S. Watson,
of the program itself could
February, 1943, Mr. Herbert Fal-
Sunpapers military correspondent, has
charted by the cumulative distance from
across was one by the Baltimore
lin, the budget director, stated in
described the fall of that city and the
the places of control at which the New
Union for Democratic Action, formed
report to the Mayor that:
the express purpose of "preventing
wiping out of the German pocket
found themselves with each
million
Tydings from misrepresenting
around it as marking the beginning of
of
paving that should be
State after this year." And this
new phase in the operations on the
succeeded the New Dealers and
placed.
Allies' Western front and summarized
cerning a man who was last elected by
charter subscribers of The New
The cost of replacing this accumula-
the assets and liabilities of the present
of 204,000
Minnesota
Shaken
By
Shift
Of
Ball
public in the places of war-production
tion of worn-out streets would be be-
situation. The factors, as he has out
authority in the estimation of
Our own denunciations have interest
tween and $18,000,000. The
lined them, are worthy of consideration
DEWEY FLEMING
well. We denounced the Senator be-
"has done great disservice to
Representative Walter H. Judd
country large? Why, big businessmen.
not to be blamed for this accu-
of his sponsorship of the Miller-
by those who seek to follow events,
from
Page
Harold
who was of the
it that the people
named
alleged
isola-
they unfold, with some degree of en-
Stassens Said To Differ
Thye
dominated government when its prob-
mulation of neglected work. Neverthe-
Tydings Act, setting the retail prices
tionist
supporters
of
Dewey,
and
knowl
the
he is the there is the
lightenment.
specifically if the Gover
limited. had to give way
certain proprietary articles. We de-
accumulation, which must somehow be
nounced him as late as 1941 for his vote
We find. in the first place, that the
nor intended to repudiate them.
Ball in desertion to
Stassenites' Position
of government became
capture of Aachen gives us possession
and
The Mayor offered not
the amendment of the Neutrality
said
the
Gover-
responsibility for the very
of program for dealing with
of network of hard-surface roads that
the
South
Pacific,
the
nation?
though we had admit that he had
either with borrowed money or by nib-
case of sort for his stand.
of great value in speeding supplies
fairly clear, Produc-
bling away at with the of pay-as-
the front. During the lull of the past
the
the
Ball
Mr. Tydings actually thrives on
Dewey's
this
production, against
funds. Instead, he advocates
weeks we have had the opportunity
an urgent
Every time he is reelected,
loan for the building of other streets
bring up vast quantities of supplies,
(former
Gov-
discipline, exertion are only
majority is larger. This phenomenon
among them fuel and ammuni-
in this field than they
persuades us to denounce him
Rein
Aggressors
Fast:
matters.
estimated
in the hope thereby of helping
Dewey
product. heretofore been only
even Deal
tively that true pay-as-you-go system
possible. Furthermore, we have had
over the hurdles next Tuesday week.
in the pro-
By
FLEMING
never placed Aubrey Wil-
would have to allot approximately
time to bring our divisions up to full
forego this subterfuge, how-
campaign.
(Continued
charge of military matters.
$1,900,000 year for the replacement
strength with replacements and to make
Their goal and has been for
by
and prefer to say, instead, that Mr.
Governor
Governor
whose
Government moves into
repairs and replacements of guns and
the
nominate
streets currently wearing out. Does
the
of
equaled only
control of urgent production it calls
has been denounced more often
Mayor McKeldin's forthcoming budget
motor equipment.
Commander
the
Pres-
the
of
to the country in the
capable of maintaining discipline
being right than for being wrong.
allot any such sum? Final budget figures
The Germans, of course, have had
Chicago, last summer.
don Economic Conference in 1933.
States
Navy.
and stimulating other men to exertion,
his own man and none can sway
the same opportunity to strengthen
their frustrated by the
Most Isolationist Action
the people of Minnesota,
point is that just as the New
are not yet released, but we do know
from his course. He holds to the
was most completely
something else
that in the preliminary estimates there
defenses, but in holding us at bay they
in displaced the New Dealers
According to this line of reason-
virtues in government. He clings
action ever taken by
and too long absent from
have had far greater losses than
ing
people
would
and in managerial men to
item of $500,000 for replacing worn-
President
national life. He gave
the promises made in Mr. Roosevelt's
not be heartbroken if Dewey were
the war-production program, so any
out streets.
have. Some of their counterattacks, ac-
defeated year. They would in-
history," he declared.
government, not
platform of 1932. He thinks we ought
anywhere which undertakes
That is all! It is barely quarter of
cording to Mr. Watson, have been un-
event as opening
that event that
know where the money is coming
necessarily costly and unjustified. But
the
their
1948.
European statesman
'You
Will'
underlying survival will call
the amount necessary, under true pay-
from before we begin to spend it. He
Dewey
were
elected,
then
nothing
Then the GOP candidate
on strong men, virile men, even ruthless
ahead
plan, to keep up with the cur-
not all. For example, their stubborn re-
would
be
renominated
in
in
Europe
but
war."
self-assigned job
men, to results. And the very fact
we ought to be prepared for war
rent deterioration of our streets.
sistance at the ports has delayed our
engaging in it. He thinks we
Republican candidate also
in the gaps" in the Roose
expanded government authority will
The Mayor's reference to pay-as-you-
supplies,
Must Fight For Dewey Now
his
opponent
of
having
of effort toward world
duce the limits on such men's drive
keep the pledge made to the Phil-
go misleading His administration has
In his second dispatch Mr. Watson
But that Senator Ball has
policy
collaboration
and the Roosevelt record
ippines to give them their freedom and
jumped
the
traces,
the
the
League
pays special attention to air warfare.
of this country
This is the simple truth which eludes
so far failed to produce any scheme for
whom
he
allied,
did more than any one man to make
over
the
peace
efforts
What no doubt will be a surprise to
under
of
Republican
the British and the American planners
dealing with the accumulation of over-
possible to keep that pledge.
stab back the Republi-
of
is the warning that the Luftwaffe
State
Charles
for unlimited government
due street replacement. And, concerning
is, in brief, simple, gallant man
can
candidate.
Their
only
Frank B. Kellogg
lusty
salvos
how bland and mother-
current maintenance, it is only perpetu-
preparing to stage a comeback. The
and
intricacies of political maneuvering
Henry
Go
the limited government with
ating the bad practices of preceding
Germans, it appears, have been 'hus-
the
are familiar,
may sometimes escape him and, on occa
that,
banding their combat planes and vet-
school observ-
Conscious Of Ball Move
administrations. His administration gives
The planners think that they can
sion, he may not grasp all the remote
not the slightest indication of intention
pilots for new blow and, in spite
spoke
knock down the limits government
implications of some special panacea
one
during
establish program.
of our constant bombing of the Reich,
forward by the more devious of his
entirely
Senator's
the
local
without affecting the temper of govern-
In the absence of any such indication,
have succeeded in maintaining construc-
consulted of old
by
the
defection
ment or the quality of the men in gov
But in dealing with the fun-
here.
than
junior
The Sun must repeat: Vote "no" on
tion of new planes. Two new jet and
Republican
That is view of truly morbid
damentals he tower of strength and
embarrassed by it. Denuncia
Question No. 11.
rocket propelled Messerschmitts recent-
statements are flying thick
was
manifest
the country, as well as the Maryland
discussed
the planned economy will not be
ly have made their appearance, and
Free State, would be the poorer with-
Miss Frances Perkins. will
do not yet know how effective they will
people
are
mad
To Mend, Or Not To Mend,
him.
highly
the
evening
intro-
and
the
who differ from private busi-
be in forcing us to change our air
the
Harold E. Stassen, wife
the
supporter
of
only by being more vehement,
The Liberty Bell
May the voters give him, November
tactics.
former
the most thumping majority he has yet
and
Ball
and
former
Gover
aggressive, more ruthless in ratio
One Conley, a Cleveland con-
Our combat planes, now based on the
responsibilities of total govern-
sulting engineer, has aroused new in
received!
Continent, are closer to the field of
bigger than those of any private
Is Popular
loud
the Liberty Bell by asserting
operations; and because of the territory
Ball
business.
Senator
popular
this
response.
could be made to ring again
Nowadays A Better
they have lost, the Germans cannot de-
State of the group
he
would
Republicans
succeeded
President
Fight For Senate
Joseph Stalin. Try to think of
the crack. On the other hand,
And A Much More Varied Table
tect when or where our planes will
converting this formerly isola-
his
terms comprehensible from
Cooke, an
The Department of Agriculture has
strike until they have crossed the Ger-
'Advance Consent' Seen
experience. Is Mr. Stalin
custodian
of
the
studying the eating habits of the
border other hand, our
on
that
issue,
that be let alone. So far
population with interesting re
must be dispersed over a far
Stassen
thought
about
Oct.
Aubrey jumbo-
years
by
action,
or
he
Joseph
project to administer? Or
neither of the Presidential candi
It notes, for instance, on a pre-
than existed during the
vote.
about
it.
close
for
Stalin management man of pri-
expressed an opinion, and what
liminary basis, that civilian food con-
Normandy.
contention
is
that
his
certain
would
not
mordial toughness running the biggest
shall be done with the bell has not yet
following
thing
sumption will be seven per cent. above
he had knowledge of
proposal that
Through their withdrawals both in
enterprise human history?
doubtful
proportions.
a campaign issue.
Terrific Ovation
seems obvious. Take,
pre-war average for the five years
the east and the west the Germans have
he
derives
his
strength
the
other
evidence
that
these
the bell might make good issue,
and if you figure in the armed
probably
instance, not Tom Girdler, not Eugene
shortened their own front and their
party
here.
Now.
the of contem-
for raises the question of whether
who are heavy eaters, then over-
lines of communications. But, at the
he
himself
off
to on experimenting or whether to
per capita consumption is 11 per
time, they have permitted a dan-
that is unlikely to
of
attitude
businessmen, because the hard-
position to turn the tide of the
the
front
est-boiled of the modern figures is list.
return to the known and tried. It would
over the pre-war years.
concentration of our manpower
singlehandedly.
Mrs
Earlier
in comparison with
be nice if the bell were to ring again,
Even more interesting is the evidence
lost rich sources of supply and have
Indeed,
most
believe
the
day
she
had
called
upon
the
guys who put up the original
and, for all anyone can say, the great
disclosed by the department on long-
made the Reich more vulnerable to air
the
effect
of
his
desertion-
and Mrs. Dewey at
and pushed the first railroads
advances in scientific knowledge and
Mr. Watson reiterates the warn-
whether large or be
hotel.
changes in the foods eaten. The
The former Governor's wife
continent.
greater outside the State
the
voters
welding technique might turn the trick.
study goes back to 1909, which is just
ing that we cannot count upon revolt
terrific ovation when
of those tough old guys.
within.
On the other hand, the past record
the time Mother and Dad, or
introduced from her
inside Germany and that victory de-
The inevitable conclusion of the
procedure
for
send-
the sovereignty's control of the
of the bell discourages experimentation.
Grandma and Grandpa (depending on
that
Minnesota
the labor- the conti-
upon the application of force that
on the
the
doubtful
State.
now
more
unpre-
The Liberty Bell was cast in London in
of the contemporary reader) set
will crush the Gernian army.
senior
Senator,
Henrik
Equip not with puny plant
dictable
than
result
future
former
guard two or even coal iron
1751 by one Thomas Lister and appears
housekeeping. The results are given
But the great imponderable is the
explosion.
been identified with
to have been under a jinx from the
of an index figure with the years
weather. Mr. Watson holds that a
Wife
Roosevelt
with merger of the Secret
Stassen's
circles.
Governor
Dewey
the FBI on the model of the
start. Arrived in Philadelphia in 1752.
Significant evidence of the eager-
taken to represent normal per
through would be possible at calculated
the
Stassen
organization
Dewey Nearly Mobbed
Balance whatever Christian
it cracked while being tested. Two local
consumption, or 100.
such as we made in Normandy;
shoulder to wheel
Governor
Dewey
was
nearly
Dewey included
admirers
Labor Force Declines
manitarianism there may be in his soul
craftsmen, Messrs. Pass and Stow, vol-
basis, the food undergoing the
provided, however, the ground is suf
indoctrination over life-
duct former Governor's
his
unteered to recast it and make it less
change in dietary position was
ficiently dry to enable our tanks to
during Dewey visit to this
Somehow
the
1,000,000 In Month
the idea that religion is
brittle by adding 1 1/2 ounces of Ameri-
maneuver. That is not true now and
hotel
he
opiate
of
the
people.
potatoes. In 1909 people ate 44 per cent.
midafternoon she came to
escort
Washington,
When the British and American left-
to every pound of its weight
potatoes per capita than they did
telling when it will be
pushed
enter
the
labor force
But the tone of the recast bell was
September Paul McNutt
wingers have put that picture together,
1935-39. Next was grain products,
The inevitable conclusion after read
outside began close
Manpower Commissioner,
be little nearer true under
unpleasant to the delicate ears of the
bread. Compared with 1935-39
these two dispatches is that though
hers
and few
today. He described
of the total state for which they
Philadelphians that Messrs. Pass and
per cent. more grain prod-
now poised to strike, the order
secret.
stage
to do the job over again.
do so must wait more favorable con-
she
his
production
1909. In 1909 the per capita con-
won'
like
it.
They
won't
like
time
the
bell
to
be
all
the
Governor
on
the
audi-
pulled
him
through
industries.
appeared
of meat was 19 per cent. above
like
any
better
than
ditions. Meanwhile, the Germans must
McNutt
said
the
loss
tolled for the death of
1935-39.
be given no rest from attacks by air on
in
Madison,
Wis.
Governor
the
fancy
represents
students
Hayek
and
von
Mises,
who
rung "with glorious and joy.
might
have
been
the homeland or from threats of ad-
of
the
crowd
at
the
outset
quit
vacation
one
version
of
it
per-
expected,
the
the
Victor
Johnson.
clangor" honor of the accession
have
potatoes,
the
battle
line.
of
"bold
and
housewives.
sonally.
displaced
act
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