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Nile Kinnick correspondence, December 1942-March 1943

1943-02-24: Page 09

passes a law demanding judicial settlement of disputes between labor and its bosses as well as between labor and capital, we shall have started on the right road. As long as an administration is definitely prejudiced in favor of labor regardless of the circumstances of the case, business has little opportunity to prove that it could solve the unemployment problem. In my mind any extension of gov't control in this country is particularly bad, for the simple reason that we, as a people, do not yet take pride in government positions; they are almost positions of contempt in our eyes. That psychology doesn't  augur well for the efficiency and integrity of our gov't service. The Republican party makes me so damn mad I almost give up. If they would just get together they could oust the New Deal next time, do the country immeasurable service, and set in motion a positive, productive economy, (rather than negative) once again. As things stand now Franklin will again turn the trick. Wilkie has been a good minority voice, has a long run, international viewpoint, but he is impolitic, foolishly so, in his statements, and I'm afraid he lacks something in the popular mind. Truly the next few years will be most critical. Well, I have sounded off at too great a length I fear, and with an assumed profundity all out of proportion to my experience and wisdom. Beg your tolerance, gentleman. Will be briefer and restruct the scope of my remarks next time.

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passes a law demanding judicial settlement of disputes between labor and its bosses as well as between labor and capital, we shall have started on the right road. As long as an administration is definitely prejudiced in favor of labor regardless of the circumstances of the case, business has little opportunity to prove that it could solve the unemployment problem. In my mind any extension of gov't control in this country is particularly bad, for the simple reason that we, as a people, do not yet take pride in government positions; they are almost positions of contempt in our eyes. That psychology doesn't augur well for the efficiency and integrity of our gov't service. The Republican party makes me so damn mad I almost give up. If they would just get together they could oust the New Deal next time, do the country immeasurable service, and set in motion a positive, productive economy, (rather than negative) once again. As things stand now Franklin will again turn the trick. Wilkie has been a good minority voice, has a long run, international viewpoint, but he is impolitic, foolishly so, in his statements, and I'm afraid he lacks something in the popular mind. Truly the next few years will be most critical. Well, I have sounded off at too great a length I fear, and with an assumed profundity all out of proportion to my experience and wisdom. Beg your tolerance, gentleman. Will be briefer and restruct the scope of my remarks next time.