Editorial: Tonight’s address
The President makes few speeches these days, which is understandable. He is busy. His time must be husbanded. But the people are in sore need of the information and counsel and inspiration he can give them. He should have a big audience tonight.
Anything that he can report about Italy will find eager listeners. But the news from that area, as from other theaters of war, needs no presidential gilding. The country is not kicking about the progress of the war. On the other hand, it is puzzled and disturbed, and often irritated to the point of disgust, by situations here at home.
What is Mr. Roosevelt planning to do about the tug-of-war between wages and prices, which is threatening to turn into a free-for-all fight with inflation the winner?
That question, with all the tangents it involved in the way of labor troubles, food production, rationing rows, tax problems and whatnot, is vital. It deserves bold thinking and plain talking by the Chief Executive.