Show f N National Nation Topics Interpreted In 2 at by William Bruckart national Pr Press Prue s Building Washington W wa D D. D C. C I 1 In on In the last two weeks the Ole National Capital has been under the tent Three-Ring Three Of oC a three ring three ring clr clr- Circus cus cus- U if ever cr one existed At the Capitol bulI building ln there has hns been utter ut- ut 4 Democrats Cou fought ht 4 t ter r confusion as among amon themselves and Republicans and Independents IntJe sat on the sidelines sidelines side side- lines and said sic eni cw At theother the theother other ther end of oC Penns Pennsylvania avenue a business activity has been amazing iJ The e resident President was beginning to start start to to commence to spend five Ove oJ lion dollars In between has been V t the e larg largest st hangover hangO of or Easter Enster visItors vis Is rs the thc Capital city has known In recent years cars Mr fr Roosevelt having ln complete 1 control of oC the t e largest est sum of ot money ever turned over o to one man has been running his brain at lightning speed to make good on his promise that actual spending will begin In two months He has announced that some sixty agents n of ot the government gov gov- government will participate In the spending function but roosting on 4 r top of ot the various arlous spending groups are re to be three newly created boards each responsible to his dl dl- r and each enjoined to bear down in n order that the p public works and relief relict funds In his char charge e may flow freely I hear general commendation of ot the President for selecting Frank Frnnk C. C Walker of ot Montana and New York f to to 10 head Op tip p the thc spending operations Mr Walker a lawyer Is experienced experienced In a ri big business way and Is t accepted e everywhere cry where as a man with I capacity to do the Job The fly that thatIs thatis Is floating around and threatens to get Into the ointment however howe Is the existence of oC two schools of ot tl thought ought In the administration This condition may undo the good work which h Mr Walker Is regarded as capable of ot doln doing Tl Tho dollar e spending machine will be guided first by the i President se second ond President by Mr Walker W and Will Guide third by the various vanous van vari ous agencies now in existence They are supposed to present plans and Mr Walker will willbe willbo willbo bo be expected to analyze and determine determine determine deter deter- mine their values Prof Proto Rexford Guy Tu Tugwell Tuell ell undersecretary undersecretary un- un f secretary der of oC agriculture will lia have something like nine hundred million dollars to spend In remaking the rural districts of oC the tho nation In a n aJob nob Job ob variously described ns as rural resettlement resettlement re re- settlement and other similar short titles HUes This p program contemplates expansion and Intensification of work J no t nO v no being eln done by the A Agricultural Adjustment administration and the Federal Emer Emergency ency Relief administration adminis Including attacks on the problem of ot dust storms and other types types' of soil erosion Although h Professor Pro ro fessor lessor Tugwell Tug ties has no plans com corn he Is working In the direction farmers from Crom of ot transplanting many poor land where living Is hard to more fertile fields Under his Jurisdiction Juris diction also will be ref reforestation lion and n a general of ot land uses A second agency that Is new In Inthe tho the current set setup set up provides pro for Cor development de do- of oC rural electrification The third new spending movement Is directed at nt dangerous railroad Krade crossings s. s The funds that will be set aside for Cor these latter two however bower will total tota only about one to one fourth rth as much as as' as Professor ell will spend In his orgy Other scheduled programs for ex- ex t Include Ds Assistance to clerical and professional workers workers the tho white collar I folks Loans and grants to states cities clUes and nd counties Development De or of new housing construction construction construction con con- In cities and rural districts dis and general reconditioning and remodeling of ot homes already I existing Extension and expansion of ot the Civilian C Conservation corps to a maximum of or six hundred thousand workers Further public building construe construe- i r but In a less extensive e manner than previously was attempted f I Although h the President assured ti l congress that he lie e himself would administer ad ad- t 1 minister tho the live five e et t 1 Ickes a dollar billion fund Target and succeeded In quieting criticism 4 to some extent b by y the statement official announcement of or the allotment allotment allot allot- ment board shows tho the name of ot Secretary Sec Sec- rotary Ickes as ns chairman Many Caustic darts were fired at Mr fr Ickes Ji during the two months while the works bill was held up In r if congress because members did not notI notS S like the Ickes policy polley as public v administrator Of OC course as ashe I he up set now stands Mr Walker will determine the character of or spending a and tJ Mr Ir Ickes anti and his this allotment allotment al al- al l board will determine how x much uch money each may have bare That if would seem to eliminate the causes canses r of or trouble experienced her heretofore by the members rs of ot congress and i the Ickes organization c I less ss c critics of ot the secretary have e et n t be begun ben n f to sus suspect something Mr r. r Roosevelt noOse has said In White House nOt vr press COD conferences r several times lately that he be would permit no delay In getting the spending machinery In motion lie De assured the country In his radio speech the theother theother theother other night that his policy volley was to tobe tobe tobe be speed and assistance where the money will do the most good The President resident certainly has made clear that he Is s anxious to get things going goIn Newspaper r correspondents reportIng reporting report report- ing Int Capital news had a good Inu laugh h the other day at Amuses the attempt of oC the the Press Democratic national nation nation- al congressional committee to satisfy all sections of ot the country In an nn announcement made by the committee respecting Its or or- I can enn conceive of oC no better way to tell the story etory than to quote opening paragraphs from four Cour statements Issued simultaneously by the thc committee on the subject mentioned The paragraphs which follow are taken from Crom statements st which were delivered to my office In one envelope en I 1 The l The West Vest will play an Important important Im im- im part In the direction of ot the campaign of oC the Democratic national congressional committee now being organized by Chairman by-Chairman Chairman P. P O. O Drewry of ot Virginia Representative e Abe Murdock of or Beaver Benver Utah Otah has been selected as ns a alce vice chairman of ot this committee and under plans proposed will have bave general supervision super over o the campaign campaign cam cam- pal n In the West 2 ln 2 In the organization on for Cor the coming campaign n of the Democratic national congressional committee the South will play pIny a n very cry Important Important Important tant part lart Not only Is Con Congressman Congress ressman ress- ress man P P. P El H. Drewry of oC Virginia chairman chairman chair chair- man of oC this committee but he be has selected other southern congressmen congress congress- men to aid him 3 Unless 3 all signs fall the Mid Mid- Middie die West Nest will be he an Important battie battle battle bat bat- tle tie ground In the con congressional elections elec of ot next year Representative P. P P II U. Drewry of ot Virginia has bas recognized recognized reeo rec ree- o this when as chairman of or orthe the Democratic national con congressional res- res committee he aided raided In the thc election of or Con Congressman E. E B. B Crowe Ninth Indiana district as ns first vice rice chairman D of ot the Democratic national national na na- con congressional committee Representative Rep e Crowe will have ha general supervision super over Democratic campaign campaign cam cam- activities of at congressional candidates throughout the central part of or the co country 4 4 ln In the reorganization of or the Democratic national congressional committee Chairman P. P II 11 Drewry of or Virginia has sought Bought to give gl additional additional addi addi- prominence to members from the thc East Representative c William J. J Granfield of ot Massachusetts has been selected as ns one of ot the vice chairmen chairmen chairmen chair chair- men and will have general supervision supervision super super- vision Islon over o campaign n activities throughout the North and East Associated As As- with him will he be Representative William N. N Rogers of or New H Hampshire who has been named a n member of ot the executive c committee committee- Con Congressman no Rogers ers represents the district which boasts of ot Daniel Webster the great reat orator of or one hundred years ago ngo Of Ot course It t was Intended that the statements should he be distributed to correspondents from Crom the various sections of ot the thc country so that western western west west- ern newspapers would have ha been told bow how Important their section was and eastern newspapers would hn have e had Information to the effect that the eastern section was all aU Im Im- It was not an nn unusual procedure procedure pro pro- but It happened that tho the statements were distributed together er and t that at afforded the butt of ot the Joke Senator Dem Ala of ot cotton production control fame I has tins another Idea Iden Bankhead's for Cor legisla legislation t I Ion o n. n Idea This time the senator senator sen ator Is seeking to tomake tomake make It possible he be says for Cor every cry tenant farmer Carmer to become a n land It owner lie He has le legislation pending In congress to carry out his program program pro pro- gram and It appears now that It may go co through h. h It Is proposed to create another another an other owned government corporation which would have hn power to one and n half billion dollars' dollars worth of or guaranteed government bonds These bonds could be sold by tho the corporation and the proceeds used to buy land for tor present landless farmers They would become owners owners owners own own- ers In name and would have the millstone of ot that debt around their necks for tor twenty years If It t they ey sud succeeded succeeded suc suc- In earning enough h Income to pay off arT the debt In that time It 13 is true the measure would open t the e ewa wa way for tor land ownership and would make male the terms of ot ownership about as easy as ns Is possible when one borrows another's moue money Those facts however er do not remove remo the conditions which a n good many observers observers ob ob- servers hold bold are nrc bad For Instance It Is difficult to sec see how the tenant can make a living and sufficient profit to pay off ot the debt to the government Jo If It he has tins been unable to accomplish that thai same purpose with money borrowed commercially O. 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