Show e e National Topics Interpreted by William Bruckart Tho Washington The patronage dam at last has bas broken With Wit congress out of or the tho way the theAt theAt theAt At the l. l administration has Pie Counter begun to I serve erve the pl pia In a big way But Washington observers have noted something new In In the pie pie- dispensIng system now being employed em- em emi i The Tho breaking of the dam dum dumI I that held up appointments while congress was made to do the biddIng bidding bidding bid bid- ding of the tho President and that created created created cre cre- such n a terrible traffic Jam around the pie counter has bas shown that being a Democrat In the government government government gov gov- service means little more than being a Republican Insofar as priority for tor reappointment Is con con- The flood that came after the dam broke has bas washed out about as many Democrats as ns Republicans It is h always to be expected that the winning political party will put its own men in n. n I have heard no complaint corn com com complaint plaint about that course because it has happened so many times in our history that it is taken for granted From what I have been able to see and to hear President Roosevelt Roose noose Roosevelt velt cannot be blamed for the ruthless ruthless ruthless ruth ruth- less character of the dismissals except except except ex ex- Indirectly He has gone so far Car even as to say that some three or four thousand postmasters now serving under commissions by President President President dent Hoover will be a allowed owed to remain remain remain re re- re- re main on their Jobs until their commissions commissions commissions com com- missions expire This has caused a howl among tho the clique that appears appears ap pears to be bent on grinding Its own axes be because ause they want those Jobs and unless the President stands firm they are are going to get them The Treasury seems to be affected less than other departments Secretary Secretary Secretary Secre Secre- tary Woodin l has as picked mos most of his people according to well Informed Individuals but he has bas had to accept accept accept ac ac- ac- ac OD one or two men to whom senators senators senators sena sena- tors were Indebted The treasury secretary has run Into some difficulties I am told because because because be be- cause he insists on having Investigations investigations gatlon made of men whose appointments appointments appoint appoint- ments meats are recommended ed to him He was reported to have made a Democratic Democratic Democratic Demo Demo- cratic senator very angry because he would not name the senators senator's candidate candidate candidate candi candi- date as an nn Internal revenue collector In n one ne state state without t the prerequisite e of an nn investigation But the investigation Investigation investigation was made Just the same Tho The President and his advisers have played a brilliant hand In the now new deal eal In their maneuvers at creating creating creating cre cre- new Jobs out of old ones Take the farm legislation put Into the hands of at Secretary Wallace of ot the Department of Agriculture It Is s made to appear that the handling of the so-called so price parity law which Is the old domestic allotment plan In a a. new suit and tho the other new farm aid laws will require something something something some some- thing like staff workers throughout the countr country The farm Carm loan and the home loan loaD machinery two separate organizations will provide provide provide pro pro- vide Jobs running Into the thou thou- sands The legislation that Is supposed supposed supposed sup sup- posed to prevent sky blue-sky securities from being sold to an unsuspecting public likewise will enable the appointment appointment ap ap- ap- ap of f many more moe and last but not least the public construction administration and the industrial recovery administration are two more agencies offering berths by the score to deserving supporters of the I Roosevelt ticket It Is fair to say that many of the underlings the clerks rles and supportIng supportIng supporting support support- Ing cast In the several new agencies agencIes agencies agen agen- cies are arc being named from lists of ot those who have lost their Jobs In Inthe inthe inthe the face of economy econom which Lewis Douglas director of the budget Is taking so seriously But Dut as far as asI asI asI I have bave been able to learn there Is lJ no dearth In Jobs that can enn be bo and andare andare are being filled purely on a political basis The bard hardest est job the politicians politicians clans hn have ve It appears Is In sorting out the right applicants to recommend recommend recommend mend among those thousands they have been receiving while Mr Ir Roosevelt elt kept the pie closet locked Without wasting any time the administration has op opened ned the spigot on the tank of mil mil- Speeding lions to speed In- In Recovery recovery t through h ro u ugh g h use of public money In construction The Thelast Thelast last congress voted a total of for public construction construction construe construe- tion It will be recalled and now the machinery to use these funds has been set In motion It takes time to get government machinery ready even to spend mone money but the haste with which tho operations have been started Is looked upon here as commendable although only public highway building and the fixIng fixing fixing fix fix- ing up of army posts and national cemeteries are Involved In the first moves Out of or the gigantic fund has been set aside and allocated to the use of the tho various states Inthe in inthe the tho building of roads and has been marked for use uso in reconditioning reconditioning reconditioning re re- re- re conditioning army posts and national na na- cemeteries Expenditure of ot those t funds of ot course will make Jobs sobs which Is the prime purpose of ot the program but there are men In high places who are unable to reconcile reconcile recon recon- cile cUo thu course Obligation of ot these funds was permitted after atter July 1 so BO that there ought to be bo a considerable considerable consider consider- able ablo boom In road construction throughout the country in the next nen few rew months In making malting the funds available to the tho states state the federal government laid down several conditions to Insure Insure insure In In- sure that they would not b bo used i to overbuild one section while another another another an an- anI I other part of ot the state remained without new highways Further I the states are required to spend at least C 50 O per cent of their total share share- within the confines of cities clUes and towns for there Is where the gr greatest greatest great great- test t- t est amount of unemployment exists Another requirement Is that secondary secondary secondary second second- ary roads farm to market to market systems and highways of that character may mayb maybe maybe b be constructed with 25 23 per ver cent of the states state's total while the other 25 per cent may be expended upon completion completion com com- of the federal highway SJ'S tem The point of all this Is that the federal government is determined determined determined deter deter- mined to enforce a distribution of ot the tho funds to as many areas arens as ns pos pos- sible This serves the purpose of ot providing the work as near as may maybe maybe maybe be to the unemployed cd and prevents hogging of available construction by any section The government also put Its finger on tho tile methods to be used It Is saying to each of ot the states that no convict labor may be used that the contractors must pay wages that permit of a n decent and comfortable living standard and that workers may not be kept on the Job longer than 30 hours bours per week II In order that the maximum number of ot workers workers workers work work- ers may have havo Jobs This principle Is regarded as ns especially Important because It establishes the six-hour six day and the five day five day week for the first time on a large scale How Howlong Howlong Howlong long It can be maintained Is now a matter of pure conjecture but It will r remain maln as the principle on all federal grants to states for highway building during the expenditure of thew thes funds fends The allocation of ot the fund by states Is as follows Alabama Alabama Alabama Ala- Ala bama Allocation A Arizona r i Z o 0 n a by States Arkansas 0 G- G V C a n 1 I- I fornia C Colorado lorado Conne Connecticut Delaware Delaware Dela Dela- ware Florida Georgia Idaho 19 Illinois Indiana Indiana Indiana In In- diana Iowa Iown 1035 CCO I Kansas ansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine 33 Maryland 3 W Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri 1 Montana 1 7 Nebraska Nevada Nevada Nevada Ne Ne- vada 15 Now New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico 35 New Y York North Carolina j North Dakota 18 Ohio Oklahoma 9 Oregon Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Penn Penn- sylvania 1004 Rhode thode Island South Carolina S. S Tennessee Texas 2 U Utah al Vermont VIrginia Virginia Virginia Vir VIr- ginia Washington 6 G- G West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming District t of t C Columbia and Hawaii While most of us believe there has been a n depression on throughout through through- out the country T Tourists none of us would it to be betrue betrue betrue true 1 If the sole yardstick for tor measuring business conditions was the tourist travel through the national Capitol buildIng buildIng building build- build Ing In Washington Although accurate accurate accurate ac ac- ac- ac curate figures are not available the the corps of or guides who lead visitors visitors vis vis- through the great building on Capitol hill tell teU that they have havo had hadI I what they call a big year thus farTo far To To the uninitiated It Is plain to see that thousands of persons are making a visit to Washington this I year for tor there has bas been a n steady stream of ot visitors passing through i those long corridors day after day dayi i In an almost unending procession I The TIle same Is 18 true of the tho Washington Washing Washing- ton monument that tall obelisk ranging feet In the air as a amark amark amark mark of ot the reverence held for the father of his country Passing by bytho byI bythe tho the monument almost any time during during during dur dur- I ing the day one can see Bee a n familiar sl sight ht a queue of tourists awaiting their turn to ride to the top A few tew nights ago some of the folks In the treasury had occasion to work lato into and In the course of ot the evening one of the tho colored messen messengers ers was asked to visit an office for tor a file of papers the regular regular regular regu regu- lar occupant of that having gone home The messenger went but came camo back hack soon sll saying he could not get In An investigation revealed the tho office was unlocked Some further inquiry elicited the Information from the messenger that two years ago ap official had died at his deck and the tho messenger messenger messen messen- ger maintained he ho had since observed observed ob ob- ob served ghosts In tho the office I 1933 1999 rn Union |