New Britain Herald Newspaper, November 8, 1928, Page 3

POLITICS NOT 50 VERY EFFICIENT At Least That Is Opinion of John Raskob (Copyright, 1928, NEA Service, Inc.) New York, Nov. 8—Comparison of the relative efficiency of a politi- cal campaign with that of a big cor- poration’s high pressure sales cam- paign gives the Hon. John J. Ras- kob the shudders. The democratic national chair. man, who left his high post as millionaire-maker for General Mo. tors to handle the campaign of his friend, Alfred E. Smith, sometimes speculates as to what would happen to a business concern which sus- pended all production, advertising and sales effort except for three months every four years. He suspects that a Chevrolet auto- mobile, left outdoors on a November night in 1924 and untouched until the late summer of 1928, might be found slightly rusty and difficult to operate. Or, for that matter, any other kind of a car. Chairman Raskob sees no rea- son why a political party should be treated like that. Especially if it happens to be licked in an elec- tion, it should be nourished with tender care, with proper attention to strengthening its sinews. Inefficiency Inevitable “One expects to find some fin- efficiency in politics and a certain amount of it probably is inevita- ble,” he told me just before the election. “But the most glaring example of our lack of efficiency is that we allow a political organization to lie practically dormant over such a long period of time in which so much valuable work might be done, “I see no reason why we can't function right through the whole four years." Raskob said that the problems of political party in action and those of a large corporation were eontirely different, although hé ad- mitted a certain rough perallel. “In business,’ he explained, *we have to determine the people’s de- sire for the kind of goods we are selling and then sell them through an organization of men and wo- men. “We get a group together to produce and sell; then we manu- facture and cater to the taste of the prospective buyer, “But in a political organization we have to sell our own ideas as 1o the best methods of promoting the welfare and well being of the people to whom we are trying to sell. “It a political organization fails 1o sell its ideas to the people it is because a majority has offered sales resistance to an excellent program, or because it has not had the best program or for some other complication of reasons. Fundamental Difference “It seems to me that the funda- niental difference between operat- ing & business organization and a political organization is that the one is able to gauge public senti- ment and public desire in advance of its campaign and then to pro- duce accordingly while still able to act promptly in " the light of subsequent experience; Wwhereas the other must set forth its prin- ciples and convictions and stand or fall on its efforts to convince the American people of their effi- cacy and integrity.” The chairman then briefly dis- cussed political efficiency. The writer suggested that Raskob would be Democratic national chairman for the ‘next few ycars and would thus have the opportu- nity to put his conviction about continuous political effort into practice. But Raskob smiled a noncommittal smile, He belleves, however, sort of a skeleton organization hould be maintained on the job 0 keep tabs on every political in- cident and situation and gather i, material for the next attack. Na-| { tional chairmen, he thinks, shollldi { be busy in time of peace as well as in time of w HUNDREDS FLEE STREAM OF LAVA Townspeople Rumning From' Eruption of Mt. Etna that some molten stream of lava, like a hun- gry dragon at their backs to spur them on, hundreds of persons today were fleeing from the region around the eastern base of Mount Etna. Their household belongings were thrown on any makeshift vehicle to get them out of the advancing column of fire. Barnyard animals straggled along with the people who were abandoning their fields and homes to the molten stream, which advanced at a rate of more than 100 yards an hour. Lands Fertile ‘The most fertile and intensively cultivated land in Sicily was being consumed by the lava. Houses were being destroyed and trees burned. Great clouds of steam rose as the heat reached the vats of the dis- tilleries which produce citric acid. The blazing, sulphurous current swept away & monument to the war dead which was to have been in- augurated Sunday at Mascali. The principal church of the town also fell prey to the lava. ‘The railway line between Messina and Catania was in grave danger. The situation was regarded as criti- cal since normal facilities linking central Bicily with the coast are few. The authorities thought that if a large quantity of lava collected along the rallroads it would remain incandescent for a long time and the work of repair would be delayed. All extra rolling stock was being re- moved rapidly. The electric lighting plant supplv- ing current to the provinces of Catania and Syracuse was en- dangered. 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