Show SEEN and HEARD around the tho National Capital By By CARTER FIELD PresIdent Roose eIt Is Ise expected e shortly after his return from II tw 1 1111 iii to appoint Mayor 1 or James M 1 CUlle of Boston to an Important pot Ko o single Ingle piece ot of patrona patronage e ehas has t mused ns as much worry orry to the and to ster General Fur F 1111 let as the Curley case mally Curley wanted to be see sec of war ar or at least navy lIe Ile told friends he hid been promised war ot content with just waiting he hCan to prepare himself for hIs expo ted red duties boning up on rIel Rn and harbor de developments time Rile alle flood control question and other phases about which n a Bostonian ml might ht not be c expected to have much fim fil t h hind 1 nd 1 knowledge no ledge But Roose eIt decIded he could not take tnIe Curley In time the cabinet 1 tun came time the word that he would be ador to Italy and agaIn Curler Curle thought It was WiS certain and 11 II Id I'd to his frIends about the e of this post It cannot be confirmed but there Is no doubt whatever h te teer er that Mussolini l preferred that the UnIted States name a Prot- Prot Protestant Protestant ambassador and that word ot of thIs d desire lre was very Informally corn com to Mr Ir Roosevelt Roo e This wJ was c It at the height of Mussolini's 1 h clah with the Vatican there were Tere rumors about the h free ree SUite State the governor go generalship general general- generalshIp shIp of the Philippines a assistant sl sec of the treasury in charge ot of public et cetera Roose Roose- welt eIt was as willing to give Curley the first but not the second or third while hIll Curley would have liked the second or third but was as not Interested In the first 1 1 hen came the queerest develop elop ment ot of aIL Out of a clear sky ShY the Pre President suddenly appointed Curley to Poland Spurns Poland Job After n a delay of several se weeks Cur Cur- lev came to Washington and told the he could not accept it it Which Is very en mysterious because the State department Md d b made inquIrIes of the PolIsh government as to whether whether er Mr Ourley Curley would be satisfactory to It and had been told that he would bE Whereas time the oldest employees ees around tile the State department do not recall that there was ns ever a case se where such an inquiry was made ot of a foreign government until after theman the theman man inquired about had said he would accept the place Carley overreached o or himself his friends dId for him In declining thIs Polish appointment There was or- or organized In Boston a Keep Curley In Boston movement It should have ha been called a Seep Keep Curley In Amer lea ioa movement tor the PresIdent tool took it literally and decided to let Mr Ir Curley serve out oot his term as mayor of Boston At the time Mr Ir Roosevelt Intended to give Curley some good dace lace as soon as his term expired but while he has never neer forgotten Mr claims nothing has turned up of the particular character that time the President believes es would be most ad advantageous for all concerned In Instance Instance stance there was the Tennessee al alley alley ley authority which Mr Ir Curley wanted want wanted ed very much but the President thought and thinks that the peculiar talents of Mr Curley should be ap- ap applied applied plied to some task which would not nottie tie tic hIm down do to details but would enable him to exercise his talents on ona B a broad scope JIm Farley was hoping against mope that Curley would be nominated for governor go of Massachusetts That would have taken the basket off hIs doorstep But the Massachusetts de- de did not seem Inclined to play Mr noose Roosevelt's elt's game any an more than It dId In the spring of 1 32 Busy With New Plans Work has already started on some phases of hat shat has been termed the social message of President Roose- Roose Roosevelt velt to the last congress Under H It R Tolley director of the planning dl di division vision ot of AAA the work has hns already been laid out out Actually It has been beens s speeded ded rather than delayed by the drouth situation In the early allocation ot of PW A funds 25 2 was turned over to the Surplus Relief corporation to be expended In revIsing the structure ot of agriculture and forestry In time the coun- coun try country and an equal sum sumas was as set asIde for tor furtherance ot of time the for us under a carefully worked out plan marginal lands These are time the abandoned farms or land which has been heen retired from agricultural uses under A crop restriction benefits Now to this sum has been added mil millions lions in the for drouth relief r lef Use USI of the money will be determined by three departments departments-Aga culture Interior and Commerce and and the varl oils ons agencies will also have asay a asay say It will affect farm farms forests fish fisheries erles eries and Indian reser It will VIII involve olve transfer or of thousands of faro fam flies from land which they should not he be farmIng and from farms which have been devi toted by bv the drouth These families will be moved to sub subsistence homesteads In happier sec sea Into communities where time the new Industry will have ha its first nation wide trial to forest lands there caretakers and game wardens will m be needed and Into grazIng re- re regions glows gions where v here government O lands will be allowed to grow grass which will be open to grazing only as the forest lands are arc open as In time of s special need such as like mee the present one Summer near great cities willbe will willbe be bunt built on waste lan land Camps and recreation fields will m be set up along highways These e find and others are min minor or features In the plan but are be behe he hewed cd to be essential to Its popularity Ity Ind to pi 0 food for the manY thousands or of families ho will UJ be cared for iNo I No More Wastage Was age Much time the larger larg r portIon of tho money will be used for larger larer arras of lands which are C esen cn now being prepared for retirement with Ith options being token by AAA agents Some such uch projects are already laid out in blueprints bused ed on the expectation that the par pur chases can be made legal con of oC the laud land These sill be bethe time the big forest and grazing preserves es the sets sects of new sources of garlic and wild life liCe administered by bv local state and federal agencIes 1 a Is admit that the millions mil al ready allocated for this purpose Is only the begInnIng But these ex- ex expenditures wIll take the place of the dole and relief pa payments ments which oth otherwIse have e to be made Every L cent It Is asserted will go to men either In pas for land or In work in preparing time the tracts for time the new plan In the future It Is clammed claimed these projects will be in large part self self- sustaIning Some even en think they will bring In to the govern govern- government meat ment for under the new plans there will be no more 0 wastage of time the pub lie domaIn The re- re remains remains mains from Crom the old loss dl and Is to be added to tremendously bs b time the retirement ot of marginal lands will swill be beI administered It Is contended for the benefit of the people us 15 n a whole and Ith a viers tle to creating new values for taxation I I i I I It Is expected that ate game and fish preserves erves operated by little tel fel fellows lows may be one outcome while a business of renting grazing lands may maybe maybe be another In clearIng his desk in inI j I preparation for his vacation trIp PresIdent Roosevelt talked at length J with Ith advIsers about hIs ideas on thIs m j bIg subject lle He Is more enthusiastic I about it than about many things which have ha had more ne head bead headlines lines Projects May Lapse To that seventh ponder onder ot of the world a man resIgnIng a government go job Secretary and Public Works Ad Ickes has added another another- the city that does not bother to take a 8 free gift of federal l money Only there isn't Int just one In fact fact there are so many that Ickes has started an im investigation atlon to find out what It Is aU all about Of course It wasn't strIctly a tree free gift I It was a contribution of nearly a thIrd of labor and materIal costs on onI I approved cd projects nut But n a ten fe weeks ago Ickes notified clUes cities and other governmental units I that unless they started construction pronto on some projects time the allotments al- al allotments would be cancelled I Incidentally If they all lapsed the government would Sl e saw a t i Nearly one quarter ot of nil all the prof projects approved ed under time the public works program are In danger of lapsIng un- un under under der this recent ultimatum I It is b not as though the go government had looked about about and suggested a lot lotof I of projects to cities counties etc sa saying Ing to them that if the would start these particular projects the federal treasury would pay 30 cents out ot of e every ery dollar spent for labor and materIals D Den Cven en In that case one I mIght e expect such pressure from the local merchants Ious anxious for these e- e etra e- e eI etra I tra dollars to be circulatIng In their communities that It would be hard for Cor the city fathers father or county com com- commissioners missioners to say No It nut But all these cases In danger of lapsing lapsIn are ones which involved cd a great deal of trouble to the local au to obtain the approval or of Secretary Ickes staff The cities and orI I counties had to submit the project It- It itself self That had to meet approval al on the part of the federal officials Zhen Ihen they had to submit legal proof that they could under borrow theIr state thIs laws additional money Then they had to convince con financial c I that the project was economically I Time and Trouble All of which to took oJ tIme and trouble and caused considerable anxiety for forthe forthe the local officials In some cases all this required numerous trips to Washington by bv time the concerned and often ID theIr staying Ing for days on end at Washington hotels I I I 1 I Once approved ell the gO as ready not only to ad ance as a free e gift 30 cents of every dollar expended tot for labor and material but to loan the balance of the money to the local gov- gov government ov- ov at 4 per cent Interest In a few Instances cities which had their allotments approved tool took the 30 per cent In federal cash but Instead of borro Ing time the re rest t of the money from Uncle Sam made arrangements to borrow It locally sometimes nt at low lower lower er Interest rates nut But the these e were only communities naturally which had ex- ex exceptionally good credit lt Ins by Secretary Ickes force has disclosed th t it most of the theca ca cases e here the local communities are permitting their allotments to lapse result from local control contro er arising after the allotment had been obtained tys AI ot of course pol pel enters Into every local There will be this group for It and that group against It partially on the tho thereal real merits and demerits ot of the tho pro pro- proposal proposal and partially for other reasons I Copyright ht |