Salt Lake Telegram | 1935-05-02 | Page 20 | Ickes Slighted in Relief Setup

ICKES SLIGHTED IN RELIEF SETUP By Dy RAY TUCKER Copyright 1935 for forThe The Telegram WASHINGTON May 2 It 2 It looks like curtains for Har Harold ld Ickes star of the new deal drama up to now His role in spending the thc OG designed no to end the depression appears to be minor minoL- President Roo Roosevelt evelt tried hard to placate all his prima donnas bu but everybody on the inside knows that Frank Walker and Harry Hopkins will run the relief how Chow Heres Here's how it will work out Walker will scrutinize all projects and submit them to the president-and president the allotment board headed by Ickes The president has made it clear that Walker will recommend nd and its it's Us a 3 safe are bet the Walker approved plans I will get the boards board's o o. o k nine tim times S out out of ten Ickes has only one vote o on this man 22 agency and he has hac many agencies amo among his asso associates The They think he has soared oared too high and spread himself too much Next Hopkins takes lakes charge in his Inimitable wa way He hates red tape as much as Ickes dotes on St St. Hapkins Hap kins will supervise construction purchase purchase pur chase materials fix wages hire workers work work- ers and keep things moving Mr Roosevelt expects ts him to duplicate his record of or employing CW CW C CW W A workers in a few months Thus Walker will plan Hopkins will perform perform perform per per- form and Ickes Ides will growl However Ickes ma may fool Jool the side- side trackers yet et His experience as public public pub pub- lic works administrator gives him an advantage over rivals on on the allotment allotment allot allot- ment board Nobody will wiH be as well in discussion ion of projects that come before his body He may blowup blowup blow blowup up some ome of or the thc recommendations recommendations' Confusion over th the function Junction of the work relief agencies has already played into his hands hand Political delegations delegations delegations dele dele- have congregated at the capita capital capi capi- ta tal to beg a slice o of the fund Many Man interviewed Ickes as they did in P P W A days Some brought new projects but man many simply relived revived re re- t rived lived proposals he rejected long tong ago When told to present resent their requests to Walker they baldly raided Ickes' Ickes files They demanded their papers back asking for the legal financial and engineering data which accompanied their original requests for ap ap- ap Then they walked down the street to work on Walker Walk One delegation dragged in a power and navigation scheme schem which has been turned down by their own state engineers engineers engineers en en- army engineers the federal power commission and Ickes But they still hope to crawl under the tent of the new public works show how The They wont won't if it Ickes sees them first