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Salt Lake Telegram | 1934-04-12 | Page 4 | The Daily Washington Merry-Go-Round

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Date 1934-04-12
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Language eng
City Salt Lake City
County Salt Lake
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Article Title The Daily Washington Merry-Go-Round
Type article
Date 1934-04-12
Paper Salt Lake Telegram
Language eng
City Salt Lake City
County Salt Lake
Page 4
OCR Text lLY DI WASHINGTON Merry GO Round Round Merry Trade MarkBy Mark By DREW PEARSON and ROBERT ALLEN V The WASHINGTON big thing learned from the presidents president's fishing trip is that there is only one new dealer A lot of people were dimly conscious of this before but didn't like to admit it Now there is rio no escaping the fact The Roosevelt administration is Roosevelt There is is no ad- ad ministration And if there is one major fault with which the president can be justly charged it is that he has built up no supporting personnel which can function efficiently in his absence The position of Franklin Roosevelt in relation rela- rela lion tion to the entire scheme of government is somewhat analo analogous ous to that of General Johnsons Johnson's Johnsons Johnson's John John- sons son's to the N R A. A General Johnson is the theN theN N R A. A Up until very recently he had broken in no subordinates capable of taking his place or even of taking very much load off his ders Eliminate Johnson and the entire structure structure ture collapses One Man Machine To a. a considerable degree this is the relation of Roosevelt to the new deal It is a one man V V machine Consider for a moment the cabinet It has only two men in whom Roosevelt places any real confidence Wallace arid and Ickes Cordell Hull of state takes all major policies to the White House for decision More than any other president since Wilson Roosevelt is s his own secretary of state The same is true of the navy department The Franklin and Cousin Harry the assistant run secretary the navy The war var department up until recently played no great part in the picture Now that it has been called upon for major performance the airmails it has fallen down woefully Roosevelt h shad to take it in hand Farley Asks AdvIce The postoffice department is largely routine routine rou- rou tine but on major policy Jim Farley always trots over to the White While House Miss Perkins Perkins' labor department has become a statistical agency Labor disputes for which it was are handled by Senator Sena- Sena tot tor Wagners Wagner's labor board under the direct supervision supervision su- su of the White House Secretary Ropers Ropers' commerce department could fade out of the picture and except for forthe forthe the massive building and the fish aquarium which tourists enjoy it would never be missed Young Henr Henry M the secretary of the treasury is doing a good job but even cven on matters matters' of relative detail takes his cues from the White House Homer Cummings and his justice department depart depart- men ment are more concerned with the interpretation tion of law than with administration and are therefore quite in the same category Even I Ickes and ana Wallace Vallace upon whom the president depends more than his other cab cabi- mut take A AAA A A codes and public works projects to the White House for specific approval Prom From all of which one of two deductions is inescapable Either Roosevelt has picked poor help or else he does not trust them enough to give them real authority Frankenstein Monster l Consider in addition to this the top heavy machinery of recovery agencies which now have become more important than the regular government departments The NR A which holds the fate fale ot of industry industry indus indus- try centers direct to the White House At Atone one time Ro Roosevelt sevelt read every code before adoption tion Even now he major codes The labor board Joe Eastman's control of the railroads the R F C with loaned to banks and business the nome home loan banK board holding the fate of millions of mort gages the FE FERA R A feeding millions of unemployed the he C W A which tided the country over the winter the Federal Deposit Insurance corporation holding the fate of the banks the farm credit administration and the Tennessee valley author authority ty all report not to a cabinet but officer direct to the president Roosevelt has achieved remarkable success so far He now finds himself the center of a large and ungainly machine surrounded by the tangled skeins of newly created agencies In such a picture h can take care only of th the emergencies The details must be del delegated gated Real Test V Anti And upon how rapidly Roosevelt can gather up these scattered skeins and roll them them- up into one ball depends the success of the remainder of the administration Roosevelt lt therefore probably is at a moreS more Important crossroad than even wise he-wise as he is It is reasonably c sy to et ct away with mistakes when the nation is in a tremendous effort to pull itself out of a de- de It is another thing to get aw W y with them after the honeymoon is over leu b l Inc
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