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Show - - l lm -m m - Wallace's Wallaces ' ' Job ProgramPacks Program [ [ Q i Packs Political TNTf TNTReorganization TNT TNTReorganization f ' Reorganization ReorganrzatlOn of Commerce Department DepartmentFirst DepartmentFirst DepartmentFirst First Step Forward in Formulation FormulationOf Of Full Employment Policy Polley . By BAUKHAGENews BAUKHAGENews BAUKHAGE BAUKHAGENews News Analyst and Commentator Commtntator ! . WND WNU Service 1616 : , fcye Jye Eye Street N"W NW N"WWashington NWWashington " I.WWashing-ton I.WWashington I.WWashing IWWashing ton . Washington - D CThe CThe C CThe The recent operating and or- or - organizatJon organization or organization - ganization ganizatJon program for or the depart department department department ment ot of commerce created very ht lit littie httle littie tle tie excitement excltement in Washington or else elsewhere elsewhere elsewhere where when It " , was as released I think thinkit thinkit thinkit it made page 15 of the New York YorkTimes YorkTimes YorkTimes Times The Times gave tave much more moreprominence moreprominence moreprominence prominence recently to another dol dotL dotLument dot.ument dotument . . ument from the pen of Henry Agard AgardWallacehis AgardWallacehis AgardWallace Wallace-his Wallace his - - his new book Sixty Milion Mil MillOn Million ] lOn ion Jobs Johs of which I shall speak speaka speaklater speaklater speaklaterCongress later ] a ter laterCongress terCongress Congress may slumber on the re reorgamzation reorganization reorganization orgamzation organization report for yet a httle little httlebut littlebut littlebut but when Washington Washmgton " , wakes akes to the thereal thereal thereal real significance slgmficance of this 10 page pageIDlffieographed pagemimeographed pagemimeographed IDlffieographed mimeographed document It will find findbetween findbetween findbetween between the lines hnes much upon which whichto whichto whichto to ponder ( Maybe that is why it itwas itwas itwas was double spaced ) To me this is a three In one m in instrumentjust mstrumentjust instrument strument-just strument just - just as its author Henry HenryWallace HenryWallace HenryWallace Wallace revealed re"ealed reealed " himself hlffiself as a athree athree athree three in m one personality when I Icalled Icalled Icalled called on him hum just yust before the pub pubhcauon publication pubhcation hcauon lication of his program his first fast ap- ap approach approach ap approach - - proach to the governmental llme lure llmehght lurelight limelight hght light since the change In admlms admmis admlmstrauon admmistration admimstration trauon tration . . . The report on . what v.hat vhat Mr Wallace Wallacein Wallacein in h s capacity as secretary of com corn commerce corncoerce cornmerce merce coerce hopes . will wall 1ll ' mean the revltahz revitahz revltahzmg revitahzing revitalizing mg ing and expanding expandmg of his depart department departmeat department ment meat envisions the metamorphosIS metamorphosisof of that somewhat turgid and impo Impo- Impotent impotent impotent - tent institution into mto a vigorous and andhuman andhuman andhuman human organization orgaDlZatlOI1 which v.mch vmch . will reach reachout reachout reachout out and touch m mdl mill l ons of indiViduals indiVidualsJust individualsgust individualsiust Just gust as the government s most virile viriledepartment viriledepartment viriledepartment department . , agriculture does Sec Secretary Secretary Secrotary retary Wallace said frankly franhly at his hispress hispress hispress press conference and also in m more moredetail moredetail moredetail detail privately to me that hethought hethought be he thought that the department of com corn commerce corncoerce cornmerce merce coerce should do for the business businessman businessman businessman man big and little bttle what the de department department department partment of agriculture agnculture does for the thefarmer thefanner thefarmer farmer fanner big and little And it will If Ifhe ifhe ifhe he has his wayActive way wayActive Active Department DepartmentSecretary's DepartmentSecretary's DepartmentSecretary's DepartmentSecretarys Secretary's Secretarys ' ' ' Goal GoalWipe GoalWipe GoalWipe Wipe out of your mind mmd if you will willtha willthat willthat tha that tone one tune tlffie time problem child of theNew the theNew theNew New Deal the agricultural adjustmint adjust adjustment adjustment ment mint administration admlDlstratlon . , . I\ow I ow Row \ ow weigh weighthe weighthe weighthe the testimony of observers inclumfng inclua inclum incluaing incluaIng ing fng anti WaUaceites Wallaceltes Wallaceites and I"thlnk Ithlnk Fthink I " think you youwill > ) OU OUwill ouwill will learn that as secretary of agrl agri agrlculture agriculture agnculture culture the author of o1 Sixty Mil MillIon Million Million lIon Jobs did a good Job lob ] ob in re reVltahzmg revitahzmg revitalizing Vltahzmg vitahzmg his departmentHow departmentHow department departmentHow How much it will cost to do as asmuch asmuch asmuch much for commerce we couldn eouldn t get getmm gethim gethim mm him to estimate estlffiate but he finally told toldus toldus toldus us that it would be less than one- one onesIXth onesixth one-sixth one sixth - - sIXth of the cost of one day s war warat warat warat at V E Day By a series senes of calcula calculatlOns calculations calculations tlOns tions we arrived at the figure of 40 40million . { 40million O Omllhon mllhon million dollars Since Smce the commerce commercedepartment commercedepartment commercedepartment department spent about 121 mlIhon million mlIhondollars milliondollars milliondollars dollars last year Mr Wallace s schanes schanges schanges chanes changes : would make a total cost for forms forhis torhis ms his revitalized revltahzed department of 161 161million 161million 161million million dollarsThose dollarsThose dollars dollarsThose Those who cry economy WlII will WlIIshudder willshudder willshudder shudder at that figure but they will willhear willhear willhear , hear this answer If business busmess bIg bIgand bigand bigand and little wants help similar to that thatainch thatwhich 'mch mch ainch " ' agriculture demands and gets getsit getsit getsIt it will cost something The depart department departmint department ment mint of agriculture agnculture cost approxi approximately approximately approximately mately 769 million dollars to run last lastyear lastyear lastyear year and the farmers fanners wouldn t tv tcant twant v . cant ant it to do lessThere lessThere less lessThere There will also be another explan explanat explanat at on of the figures which will at- at attempt attempt at attempt - - tempt to show that part of the ex expanslon expansion expansion panslon pansion of the reorganized reorgaruzed depart department departmeat department ment meat is really contraction contraction , , ald apd and { that thatbrings thatbrings thatbrings brings us to the second integer ofthe ofthe of the three in m one composition of Mr MrWallace MrWallace MrWallace Wallace s plan The plan Is more morethan morethan morethan than a blueprint bluepnnt for changes In a asmgle asingle asingle smgle single governmental institution institutlon . . It Itis Itis ItIs is definitely defirutely defimtely a part of President Tru Truman Truman Truman I itIs it1s man s reorganization reoreal1lzatlon plan which WhlCh it 1s is fair to assume would bring brmg back backunder backunder backunder , under the commerce rooftree the horde thehorde of agencies and commissIOns commissIOnswhich commissionswhich commissionswhich which have to do with industry and business businessAnd andbusiness andbusinessAnd And now we come to part three of ofthe ofthe ofthe the tn to parbble partible function funcbon of the tbe Wal Wa ] lace Wallace program It is by his own implication ownimplication a part of his recipe for torfuH forfull full fullemployment employment included mcluded In his book book hisbook , . Sixty Million M1l11on Jobs and men tlon tion mention mentlon of that brings me to an ex exammatlon examinatran exanimation ammatlon aminatran of Mr Wallace himself himselfI I sa d that like the of program re reorgamzatlon reorganization reorganization orgamzatlon organization tor for his department Mr MrWallace Wallace sDemed s emed tnpartitent tripartitent to me When meWhen Icalled I called upon him he came down camedown the great cavernous room roomwhch roomwi roomwhich whch wi torhis forhis ich Herbert Hoover planned for his successor and we sat in chairs chairsabout chairsabout chairsabout about a little table that made a hos L , I , pitable pltable oasis in the midst ol of the thedesert thedesert thsdesert desert vastness of high walls and andlofty andlofty andlofty lofty ceilingA ceiling cellmg ceilingA A Presidential Presldentral PresidentialGhost PresidentialGhost \Ghost Ghost \ \ Ghost EmergesI Emerges { \ I had really come to see Henry HenryWallace HenryWallace HenryWallace Wallace the author of Clxty sixty : < ? ixty Mil Milhon Million Million hon lion Jobs which had Just gust ] ust been re reported reported reported ported a best seller seIler in m two New NewYork NewYork NewYork York stores We discoursed at some somelength somelength somelength length on that opus and gradually I Ifound Ifound Ifound found myself also talking taIkmg to Henry HenryWallace HenryWallace HenryWallace Wallace secretary of commerce commercefor commercefor commercefor for as I suggested earl er en many a astrand astrand astrand strand from Sixty Million Milhon Jobs Jobsmay Jobsmay Jobsmay may be discovered in the . warp arp and andwoof andwoof andwoof woof of the department reorgaruza reorganiza reorgaruzatlon reorganization reorgamzation tlon tion planAs planAs plan planAs , As the conversation moved from frombook frombook frombook book to report and back to book bookagam bookagain bookagain agam again never getting gettmg far from the thetheme thetheme thetheme theme of full employment I thought thoughtI I could make out an ectoplasmic ectoplasmicform ectoplasmicform ectoplasmicform form arising from " , what hat had been beenup beenup beenup up until then my two part . , , author authorsecretary authorsecretary authorsecretary secretary host . . The third being bemg al although although although though not yet completely mate materlamed materialized matenahzed rlamed rialized little httIe by little became becametranslucently becametranslucently becametranslucently translucently visible to the naked nakedeye nakedeye nakedeye eye This party of the third part I Ithought Ithought Ithought thought I recognized recogmzed as Henry Wal Wallace Wallace Wallace lace presidential candidate (1948 1948 (1948or (1948or ( (1948or 1948or (1948orit ( or ' -it it 'It at - least 1952)Perhaps 1952)Perhaps 1952) 1952 1952)Perhaps ) Perhaps I a . would .ould ould ould not have beheved believed behevedmy believedmy believedmy my e eyes ees } ) es if it had not been for a astatement astatement astatement statement . which v.hlch vhlch a stout supporter supporterof of Mr Wallace had made to meSIXty meSixty me meSixty Sixty Milhon Mllhon Million Jobs comes pretty prettynear prettynear prettynear near to being bemg just about the best bestpohtlcal bestpolitical bestpolitical pohtlcal political platform the Democratic Democraticparty Democraticparty Democraticparty party can run on in the next eIec elec election eIectlon election tlon tion tlonIn tionIn | In one place Author Wallace saysThere saysThere says saysThere There are a te-v te v few fe - . , ot of course who whothink " , whothink ho hothink think that any government servant servantwho servantvbo who \ , ho uses the phrase full employ employment employment employment ment is engaged in m some deep dark darkplot darkplot darkplot plot But they are the exceptions exceptionsthat exceptionsthat exceptionsthat that prove the people s sanity samty and andsoundness andsoundness andsoundness soundness as a wholeSenator wholeSenator whole wholeSenator Senator McClellan might be con cons cons s dered one of the exceptions from fromhis fromhis fromhis his remarks in m the debate on the thefull thefull thefull full employment b 11 II ll He said that thatthe thatthe thatthe the measure "ays ays .ays " . - > ays a great deal dealand dealand dealand and actually actualJy means nothing nothmg except exceptto to create an erroneous impress lffiprE'SS lffiprESS ' on mthe m mthe inthe the minds mmds of the people He later laterdescnbed laterdescribed laterdescribed descnbed described it as soft soap'Sixty soap soap'Sixty 'Sixty Sixty 'Slxty Slxty ' ' Million Jobs Jobs'Draws JobsDraws ' Draws Commendations Commendatrons CommendatronsWhatever CommendationsWhatever CommendationsWhatever Whatever the lawmakers think thinkthe thinkthe thinkthe the reviewers certainly are full of ofpraise ofpraise ofpraise praise for Wallace s book The Nev New NewYork NewYork . York Times Tlffies Tunes calls it a thoughtful thoughtfuland thoughtfuland thoughtfuland and thought provoking provokmg wscusslOn discussion discussionof wscusslOnof of American pohtical polItical economy and andthe andthe andthe the Saturday Review of Literature Literatureagreemg Literatureagreeing Literatureagreeing agreemg agreeing agreemgIth \ with \\Ith Ith the Times adds thatmore thatmore that thatmore more than any recent work on oneconomics oneconomics oneconomics economics or politics polltlcs it can serve serveas serveas serveas as a moral testament and mtel intel mtellectual intellectual intellectual lectual guide in m the eventful d1ffi diffi d1fficult difficult difficult cult days aheadThe aheadThe ahead aheadThe The work appeared first in a busl busy buslness busyness business ness letter sheet s ze with paper papercover papercover papercover cover it followed in m orthodox orthodo . book bookform bookform bookform form Later the author hopes he hetold hetold hetold told me that it will be printed in m a acheap acheap acheap cheap pocket size editIOnWhen editionWhen edition editionWhen When Mr Wallace said that I Ithought Ithought Ithought thought I caught his ectoplasmic ectoplasmictriplet ectoplasmictriplet ectoplasmictriplet triplet nodd ng emphatic approval approvalwhile approvalwhile approvalwhile while ghostly lips hps formed the words wordsfor wordsfor wordsfor for every voter s pocketMuch pocketMuch pocket pocketMuch Muchwater Much water will wIII pass beneath the thePotomac thePotomac thePotomae Potomac bridges bndges between now and and1948 1948 or 1952 We have with us at atpresent atpresent atpresent present a conservative congress and andthe andthe andthe the political polltlcal veterans say that no nomatter nomatter nomatter matter which way the wind may blow mayblow abroad it is blowing blomng to tl tI U e eright eright eright right on Capitol hill and they add addhopefully addhopefully addhopefully hopefully perhaps not too leftward leftwardat leftwardI at the other end of Pennsylvarua Pennsylvania Pennsylvaruaavenue Pennsylvaniaavenue Pennsylvaniaavenue PennsylvaniaavenueSecretary avenue avenueSecretary Secretary author candidate canwdate Wal Wallace Wallace lace s full employment program re reqUires requires requires qUires much more legislation than thanthe thanthe thanthe the full employment bill That IS ISonly isonly isonly only the first step The expansion expansionand expansionand expansionand and re orientation of his and other otherdepartments otherdepartments otherdepartments departments will be required Then Thenthere there Thenthere will be special taxa taxation tlon there therewill therewill therewill will be at least the blue printing prlntmg of ofpubhc ofpublic ofpublic pubhc public works there will have to be bea bea bea foreignloans foreignloansthe a settled policy pro\ pro proiiding proIdmg proiding \ Idmg iding tor for foreign loans-the loans the - the Bretton Woods program programand programand programand and other |