Show Johnson Given Advisory Help To Quiet Fear Capital and Lab Labor r Perturbed Over Ove Great Power Given Oiven One Individual By RODNEY DUTCHER WASHINGTON D. D C. C Roosevelt's C.-Roosevelt's Roosevelt sudden appointment of a special Industrial In recovery board followed urgent urgent urgent ur ur- gent represent representations from elements o of both capital and labor that alarmingly enormous power over the national destiny was being left In the lap o of Administrator Hugh S. S Johnson The president was going off on a vacation at the critical time when the industrial recovery act up set-up was was was' to tobe tobe be organized organize So he conceded the point naming five cabinet members the b budget d et director and General Genera Johnson to the board which board which is to coo cooperate crale with Johnson rather than supervise him Furious under cover activity Involving In key posts in jn the new cry ery administration had been In progress r ress s many days before the sign signing in of the act WIRE PULLING JOBS JOnS Although organization charts charls call cal for tor equal and lair fair representation of Industry try and labor some jobs jobs espe dally daIly those of at deputy administrators who must rule on controversies are are he the objects of widespread wire pull t i 1 t I t and intrigue Labor and the president also missed the presence of Donald R R. Chicago lawyer and arid labor liv live who was in Chicago still unable to o decide whether he could conscientiously leave the railroad unions to handle landle their wage fight and come to work with Johnson Theres There's no lack of confidence In the general The willingness of both capital cap cap- ital tal and labor to accept him and to recognize his Impartiality and good faith aith has been amazing But as the folks most concerned began to comprehend com corn the vast one-man one power he would have over industry some of them hem began to get the jitters jitter The contractors who only did a 1 1 business busine last year are naturally naturally nat nat- excited over the prospective e expenditure of for pubic pub lie He ic works within two years Some boon But many of them arc are also worried over ver probable price rises wondering how low safely the they can make advance commItments at a time when theres there's ittle disposition to sell far ahead on the he basis of existing prices ROOSEVELT'S RESPONSIBILITY Certain senators strongly urged Roosevelt to appoint a congressional advisory committee which would stay stayn on n the job during the next six vital months of the recovery program They argued that his responsibility was vas too great for any single living man that congress should be allowed to o help work the program out that he the White House should be kept advised advised ad of the sentiment of congress while it was scattered over the country coun coun- try ry and that such a committee could reduce educe chances of serious clashes be be- tween the executive and the l legisla- legisla hire ture ure later on But Roosevelt and his adv advisers ers were unimpressed LOBBYISTS ON JOB The lobbyists will sta stay on the job their numbers greatly increased by bythe bythe the he many new relations which the federal government has with Indus Indus- try ry and agriculture One r result is to stiffen tiffen local purchasing power One of the assistant lobbyists in the unsuccessful power trust battle to keep the 3 per cent electricity tax from rom being shifted from consumer to producer was receiving 50 a day plus liberal iberal expenses Copyright 1933 NEA EA Service Inc |