wage rates. Had Jersey Standard reduced its profits by still higher wages, capital accumulation would have suffered, the present oil shortage would have been much worse, and the consumers would have been that much poorer.
It cannot be said that Mr. Flynn is hostile to Roosevelt. On the contrary, it seems to me, he gives his subject the benefit of every doubt. The picture which emerges is not, as many would suppose, that of a powerful and ruthless mind carrying out systematically a comprehensive plan of evil. It is rather the character of a cunning and feckless child whose indulgence of his own whims is checked by no moral restraint. He had no plan, no goal other than his own amusement. Though perfectly ruthless, as delinquent children are ruthless, he was interested only in enjoying his perfect plaything, a whole nation. It perhaps never occurred to him that the marvelous toy was not his to use.
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