EDITORIAL COMMENT
EDITORIAL COMMENT BADOGLIO OUT OF LINE II7E are all for fighting this war with everyone whom we can get on oar side. Like the man who was fighting the bear, we need not be too fastidious...
...sua* up a lot of Communist history...
...Technical progress, especially in the field of aviation, has reduced the limitations of tirrie and space in contact between individuals in widely separated parts of the world...
...It is to enter the cabinet aad "U...
...While thus employe...
...It is almost impossible to buy a foreign newspaper in Moscow...
...But in his interview eft October 14th Marshall Badoglio was not fighting against the Germans...
...Willkie's heart and head are in the light place when- he discusses imperialism and our owrr failures to make good on the principles and ideals of democracy in relation to some racial minorities at home...
...these are badly...
...Our military authorities could easily have toppled him .off his rickety political structure...
...We have, on the contrary, given solemn promises that the people of Italy shall be left free to select their own form of government and officials who can be trusted to carry out their will...
...The bestseller in '1918 was "Pollyanna...
...Before the first World War, an American could travel in, every European country, except Russia and Turkey, without a passport...
...The New Leader car tank of no objection to it But, as compared wfck Mr...
...Seme straight talk is due from Washington and London in Badoglio's...
...Willkie finds "as close to us as Los Angeles is to New York by the fastest trains...
...Vjce-Prisiassrt LION ELLO VBHTCRL V,re President Where the News Ends By WILLIAM HENRY CHAMBERLIN It's Not Yet One World, Mr...
...But more people could go more places without the hindrances imposed by arbitrary governments, quick to withhold visas from travelers suspected of dangerous thoughts...
...And the title frankly irritated me...
...His appointment "as Associate Justice of the United States Court of Appeals ended this chapter in his career...
...Neither Ruth Fisher.nor Burton NieSiols quoted from our statement as the New Germany Committee...
...ImVreal situation seems to be that the Russian proposals reveal a great lack of unity" amcng the United Rations, for wf»ch neither Russia neagejr...
...His whole philosophy is epitomized in these words: "We must reestablish the power in the Department of Justice to prosecute those who abuse the privileges of organized labor...
...Willkie and bis high-powered report on the universe faded out of my consciousness...
...These unions— and others—have forced employers out of business, have-prevented the use of new and cheaper materials, methods and devices and, in collusion with emploxers, have forced men to join their organizations...
...But it never in modern times placed Russians under the strict quarantine, as regards contact with foreigners and foreign ideas, that has prevailed under Stalin...
...The two bar associations «( the City of New York have timroaghly a. vestigated the slanders...
...cam be held solely responsible...
...This Mr...
...1Y ANY OTNH NAM JkJfi'H'S X*OTE:^.Tke Young Cm—mi " League tki* week 4***ohrd ami ituftui quickly reassembled and formed Tfu Awericau Youth for Democracy...
...But the effect of this technical progress up to the present time has been more than nullified by the spread, since the first World War, of totalitarian methods and practices that set up Chinese walls of dictator-imposed isolation around many countries...
...But they constitute the government in being, end they have sworn to do their part ia killing Germans...
...Portland, Oregon...
...1*HURMAN ARNOLD, In the days when he * was Assistant Attorney General, busied himself with an effort to end what he regarded as coercive and [harmful activities of labor unions...
...Inasfar as they have actually challenged the complete ineptitude of our political warfare, and the complete lack of any sound political program for the reconstruction of Germany, they have done a good thing...
...Willkie seems to imagine...
...a» is well known, stands vigorously for freedom -of com petition as the key to a successful hnjastriai -and business system...
...SUMNER WELLES ON FOREIGN POLICY IN his Foreign Policy address, the former * Under-Secretary made a substantial contribution to our national thinking...
...Marshall Badoglio and the members of his government are not the persons the average American would vote fo» if he were a citizen of Italy...
...If it ^ ? will be because it deserves to win...
...Arnold protests vigorously against "a series of Supreme Court decisions" which, ia his opinion, ended attempts of the Department of Justice to free both business aad workers from iniquitous restrictions imposed by trade union leaders...
...It is his idea that the four great powers at the heart of the United Nations should immediately organize themselves into a firm combination and "arrive jointly at a clear-cut and specific agreement . . . upon certain basic principles...
...rob us of this brave new world...
...It includes deeds of the building trades unions, musicians, teamsters...
...But I think that both my own personal record, and that of the American Friends of German Freedom, including its secretary, are clear enough in matters relating to Russia to make us safe against these silly charges that we are acting as "stooges...
...He tells us that he expects to keep an engagement with the president of "a great Central Siberian republic" to fly back over some week-end in 1945 for a day's hunting...
...In his present article, as in his...
...He was fighting with them against oa7"Be made a speech,:against "the left," against Communism, against anyone in Italy who may want a different sort of government from that which he II furnishing...
...But we are obviously a long way from that ideal goal at the present time...
...Light metals and chemicals, cheaper houses, cheaper transportation and higher standards of living" ere in sight...
...Arnold pays a minimum of attention to coerehm from, this source...
...It is only the alliance ef Mini ted Nations' military r*e» and the universal ideal of fuee— that will move the Latins tc ftf*' with ever increasing energy ** the side of the Allies...
...Trade unions would have no reason to apply restrictive measures...
...With each company, trust or cartel working in its field, and with each trade union fighting for its members, we have got into our present situation...
...It U perfectly clear that moat Italians view them with little favor...
...When he tries, as he did ia this interview, to secure our aid to consolidate his political power, he is completely out of line He is impeding the conquest of Germany...
...His list ol union activities opposed to the public interest is long and impressive...
...ft suggested one of those glib half-truths that are sometimes more misleading than downright falsehoods...
...In these times it is a luxury to be able to get so' many top-notch writers on one paper...
...Something must be done Mr...
...But let him say or write something that gives serious, offense to the Soviet dictator and he can wait ten years or more for a possibility to repeat his global tour of 1942...
...WILLKIE conveys the impression of hav™* ing been so fascinated by the remarkable technical possibilities of air transportation that lie completely loses sight of some much less encouraging political and, moral tendencies of the present time...
...It was almost as simple to cross most European frontiers as it is to go from New York to New Jersey...
...I must confess to an ingrained skepticism as to how much a global air traveler, armed with goodwill and energy but without previous first-hand knowledge of peoples, languages and cultures, could learn about countries like Russia and China...
...This is all good...
...Elimination of the Fascists in »• Governments would serve »• as actual springboard for ousting ta» v .Nazis...
...Miss Fisher declares that our manifesto was hailed by The Dally Worker...
...There was far more of a common civilization in Europe before 1914, far more possibility for labor representatives, scientists, writers, political figures, plain unclassified citizens to get together and exchange ideas freely, even if they could not reach their destinations in high-speed airplanes...
...He is, at best, an interim official held in place by foreign power...
...Top-Note...
...858 Central Park West HENRI LAUGIERPresident ENRIQUE RAMOS...
...In the meantime, Mr Welles' address tannsues the asm with a clear and definite immediate |nnam upon which all but super-heated snsjZS eaa unite...
...Willkie might have recognized this if he had not been so breathless over his own globe-girdling experiences, that the world has been experiencing two contradictory processes during the last generation...
...To win their support for himself, rather than far Italy, he uses precisely ithe same arguments on the basis of Which Hitler rose to power in Germany...
...In urging the Washington government to move forward as rapidly as possible—and to maintain close contact with people as it moves* he was on solid ground In outlining the immediate steps toward a future world set-up...
...Both cf them suggested that we gave unqualified support to $his movement, which is absolutely untrue...
...As a matter of fact the Daily Worker, underlined our reservations, being thus very much more honest than she was...
...r** Wl LUCIE'S NEWtr* WENDELL WILLKIES St l^ntf " was a plain and appealing atmsnat'v outbid President Roosevelt for the liberal sal labor vote...
...But this particular suggestion aroused instinctive doubts and reservations...
...The devil is stfD as t» devilment—no matter what his name or fall For the dissolved and reassembled aad renamed Young Communists, with a sort ef bold and smirking frankness, promptly adepts* a ringing resolution in favor of a "sseml front" The, more these things stay th* sans, the funnier they grow...
...We cannot reach the economy of abundance which Mr...
...Then I noticed a Washington newspaperman was suggesting a cause for national thanksgiving...
...Arnold outlined an evil which lies at the heart of our business life, our work life, our dayto-day life of buying and selling and contaming the goods which we make...
...Willkie can keep his hunting appointment in Siberia if he remains in Stalin's good graces...
...For a time, Mr...
...Pollyanna," after all, was just a piece of superficial moronism that cut little ice, one way or the other, so far as our thinking on international affairs was concerned...
...Willkie returned from his trip a little breathless, mentally as well as physically, because he had been able to cover.31,000 miles in 160 hours of flying time...
...But political conditions made them even more unapproachable to the average traveler than they were in the days when difficulties of distance and communication were the main obstacles to foreign visitors...
...needed in our time...
...Writers la Oae "oper From JAN PHILLIPS To the Editor: I enjoy reading The New Leader...
...Working men and women would openly and obviously enjoy the benefits of improved materials and techniques...
...Might not a bad steer in international affairs be worse than no steer at all ? The upshot of this train of reflection was that I read "One World...
...The emphasis ell goes to what trade unions have done to .fierce business to do this or that...
...While we hail the lecogntts* by the United Nations of the Italian co-belligerency, we state that in Latin countries of Europe ooU the establishment or the reestablish men t of democratic repobm* can ensure the Rights of ¦** against any return of fascist pontics in any- disguise whatsoever...
...Perhaps Mr...
...If the day ever comes when freedom of speech and press and travel and residence are universally recognized as international human rights, then the promise of the phrase •'On*' World" might be on the road to realization...
...It would have been a rather naive traveler who, even before the outbreak of World War II, had tried to book a ticket for Outer Mongolia or Sinkiang or Eastern Siberia...
...I like to find reasons for optimism...
...It took a good deal more time to go places before 1914...
...JUDGE LEVY'S RECOtl TTHE attempt of Westbrook Pegler to uassr * Judge Matthew Levy has backfired so soft, spkuously that it has given a new impose to his campaign...
...He has already given us a New Deal...
...The best that Wendell Willkie can at is promise a better one...
...He is, however, pursuing his aims as an active and persuasive publicist...
...Marshall Badoglio beads the cabinet on stiff ranee...
...Or what of the case of a critic of imperialism who might desire to visit India or other countries under British Imperial control ? The refusal of visas and the banning of books are not unknown practices in the technique of imperialist rule...
...He says he learned from this trip that "the myriad millions of human beings of the Far East are as close to us as Los Angeles is to New York by the fastest trains...
...Arnold rejects one commonly recommended cure...
...What we need to do is to change the conditions—not merely make a feeble show of preventing men —both business managers and trade union leaders—from doing what it is only natural for them to do under the present set-up...
...Like the man who was fighting the bear, we need not be too fastidious about the character or opinions of our allies and eobelligerents...
...Unrestricted union domination mey...
...For, while distant lands have become theoretically more accessible through the improvement of flying technique, they have become practically less accessible to the free entrance of men and ideas because of the growth of intolerant nationalist and totalitarian ideologies...
...Browne was later prosecuted end eoenead of crime...
...On this slender basis Mr, Pegler reared a n.ighty structure in a pervertai attempt to discredit Judge Levy, The associations ef the bar invitee aPegler to submit his evidence and foone that he had nothing to say...
...i And all of the phrasei are used to* promise better »conditions to farmers and workers would, in practice, bam to be interpreted in the form of a new a*i bigger and better New Deal program...
...Arnold's philosophy and, too, beyond moat of the traditional forms of trade union activity...
...Willkie overlooked in his tour of Russia is the insulation of Russians from intellectual contacts with the outside world...
...While connected witk tab organization, he assisted in the Clearing eat of racketeers and had much to do witr, chasing up a bad situation...
...A Soviet citizen can only receive a foreign publication by special permission, rarely granted except in the case of technical and non-political books and magazines...
...They thereupon: usee a statement specifically affirming that Jadgt Levy had no connection at all with th* enmet of Mr...
...Any effective approaches to a solution must go far beyond M.r...
...Form Latin Union For Democracy To the Editor: We, political exiles from France, Italy and Spain and Americas citizens of Latin extraction and representatives of the demecrsdai -of Latin America, believe that tae aim of the people in the Lata ^countries of Europe is twofold...
...t* cHa net know, and do not yet know, whether tjie Russian proposals envisaged peace with the German Army, bat we have our apprehensions in regard to this matter and stated them...
...The reporting is inevitably superficial, but it is honest and is sometimes both interesting and amusing...
...But I laid down the book unshaken in my belief that "One World" is a mistakenly and even dangerously one-sided phrase as a summary of the present.' state of international relations...
...His government surrendered "unconditionally...
...Willkie, president Roosevelt bee one gnat advantage...
...This disgraceful at> tack was connected with Judge Levy's semes as attorney to one of the locals of the aaiet of stage employees...
...One of the things that Mr...
...He is alienating the support of the Italian people to the war effort...
...If capital were invested for the purpose of greatest possible production at the lowest possible prices, the number of jobs would increase with the growing output...
...This conclusion is a sad anti-climax...
...There is new satisfaction in reeding a newspaper...
...Furthermore, we deprecated an approach to this problem which was not a United Nations approach, and declared 4>nly a joint United" Nations appeal will carry conviction and achieve maximum strength...
...His function ia exclusively military...
...earlier court activities, Mr...
...When the devil was popular-fiontisk i The devil a monk would be...
...Arnold...
...It has some excellent features...
...It was no doubt with Russia in mind that he remarked that there can be no stability unless the great powers act "in the spirit and within the framework of the Atlantic Charter...
...OR take the "myriad millions of persons" in the Far teat whom Mr...
...For, If limitations of space and time are reduced for the rare privileged traveler with |semi-official status, the barriers that wars and revolutions and dictatorships and absolutist ideologies have reared between nations have never been so high or so insurmountable...
...We insisted that "the revolt, such as-envisaged in the* manifesto, would-logically be oniy the first Stage in the profound social "changes inside Germany which are essential prerequisites to despec racy end lasting pejace...
...Here was surely a mighty forward stride in our national capacity for thought...
...AH right...
...Lpt u well qualified for the position ef Sapient Court Justice...
...He evidently hopes to have the governments of the United States, Britain and Russia use food as a weapon to keep reactionaries in power...
...But his only ease is more prosecution such as we have had for a generation...
...The devil a monk was ha Which ancient jingle, it seems so us...
...LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Niebuhr Group Restates Position On Moscow Free German Committee from REINHOLD NIEBUHR To the Editor: - Two attacks have recently appeared against me and the American Friends ef German Freedom in the columns of The New Leader in regard to our position on the Free Germany Committee established in Russia...
...Thurman Arnold's only way of averting this tragedy is suggested in his last sentence...
...Browne "From the point of view of legal atkiitj and experience," their formal statement continued, "and the standing at the bar rttrr his public service and Other activities hi tun city have wen him, we regard Mr...
...he spoke with refreshing concreteness...
...What we need now is a new sort of industrial statesmanship...
...1. Destruction of the Nazis...
...The fact that reaching such a declaration involves difficulties was as clear to him as to anyone...
...To ther November issue of the CosmopoHtan he contributes > carefully reasoned article entitled Labor Against Itself Mr...
...Theoretically, these remote parts of the world had become more accessible because of the possibilities of airplane transportation...
...The twofold aia is in fact only one aim...
...The situation is bad...
...he attended a national convention of At organization and at the opening of his unarm paid the customary compliments to the presiding officer, George E. Browne...
...Willkie F)R a long time I could not bring myself to read Wendell Willkie's "One World...
...To this end we have formed » Latin Union for Democracy aa* Fveedom with headquarter...
...To wipe out the Nazis ane not the Fascists in the Governmeeti would mean to prevent tse revival of Latin civiliaatior and would deny the Latin peopie* the Rights of Man...
...A new technological, age lies before us...
...Trade unions, like financial and industrial organizations, have striven to protect their members through restrictions on activities which threatened them...
...Until that state of affairs is restored, the improvement of mechanical means of communication is of vastly leas importance than Mr...
...1LABOR AGAINST ITSELF...
...This freedom.hga, been chiefly interfered with by financial and industrial combinations in restraint of trade, of prices, of application of new and better industrial techniques...
...it »¦* be accomplished simultaneous...
...Willkie, under extremely exceptional circumstances, could fly around it in one hundred and sixty hours...
...When the devil was leftish...
...The Tsarist regime was far from living up to John Stuart Mill's standards of liberty...
...He is doubtless right ia leyiiJ* his fellow Republicans that this is thei/eS road to success in 1844...
...As the trade unions go deeper and deeper into politics, they must produce the men and the ideas to solve such problems as this one which Thurman Arnold has outlined and left hanging in the air...
...But wasn't "One World," with its easy suggestion that the world was really unified, a kind of "Pollyanna" in more serious costume...
...I believe that cooperation in war and in peace with Russia is a basic essential of both victory and a stable peace . But I am not willing to assume in working out our difficult adjustments, that either Russia is always right and we are always wrong, or that everything that Russia does is completely wrong...
...And under present conditions, it . is not only superficial, it is positively- harmful and misleading to suggest that the world f* "one" because Mr...
...2. Elimination of the Ftsciftt 4n the Governments of th« lads European countries...
...The truth of the 'matter is, and Mr...
...The bestseller in 1943 was "One World...
...Fee the time being this Badoglio crowd it left at the head of the Italians as they tarn vith us against the Germans...
...The Allies," said the ex-Fascist Marshall, "must help us in the press and in propaganda so that Communism does not stand a chance...
...We have never expressed any'approval of him or of his policies...
...determine . ,. fiscal, financial and unsafe tional policies...
...AMR...
...Whether any such four-power understanding is at all possible depends, of course, upon the outcome of the parleys now taking place in Moscow...
...These leaders, thus allowed a free field, have, he thinks, gone to such lengths that the entire union movement is threatened by adverse public opinion...
...He should be taught a sharp lesson—and quickly...
...Willkie offers to take Labor into govpn, meat...
...And the moral, of course, is the old one...
...As Roosevelt 1Z slspped toward the right in order net to sat too far ahead of the political leaders, Wlsfi has danced skillfully toward the left it ontT to get closer to the people It is a perfsttb bonest and laudable maneuver...
...direction...
...He objects to government control of unions for the reason that it would involve control of business...
...Arnold envisions without a completely different approach...
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