Show ti r y y r 1 i il f y y 1 l 9 I ua Washington Thero There has bas been ranch much discussion lately concerning the liquidation of or Spending the dozens of ot Must Stop Now New Deal emergency emergency emergency emer emer- gency agencies It ItIs Itla la Is a 11 discussion that Is timely because because be be- cause first Mr Ir Roosevelt In his plans for tor the forthcoming government government govern govern- ment budget budet contemplates a shrinkage shrink age In the vast outlays represented In the emer emergency ency agencies and second second sec see ond It is A II matter of ot political Import Im im- port Whether Mr Roosevelt Is re reelected reelected re- re elected or or whether there thero should be bea ben a n Republican succeed him in the White House in January 1937 somebody must clean up the wreckage wreckage wreck wreck- a age e of ot the alphabetical soup which soup which Is what nil nU of ot these various agencies eventually must become They cannot cannot can cnn not go on an nn end must be had to the tIle expenditures and that will con con- the operations of or these agen ngen- cles Gies and further something In the way of ot permanency for tor agencies that may be kept must be worked out It Is one of ot the real problems of government Those who have been In Was Washington any length of ot time Ume recognize that it Is much easier casler to establish oft a government go bureau and populate It with bureaucrats of ot a apolitical apolitical political hue than It Is 18 to put an end to the agency and send the political political po po- patronage ge bo boys s 's back home It Is really an nn old story to observers ers here hero and I believe all oU of ot them recognize how difficult If It not dangerous dangerous dan dan- erous It Is going to be to dynamite the alphabetical agencies out of ex ex- Some of or them undoubtedly have sene served and are serving a useful pur pur- pos pose Undoubtedly some o of them were nce needed ed long before Mr Roosevelt Roosevelt Roose noose velt brought his Ne New Deal to Wash Wash- I Jn ington ton Instead of ot that fact making I the wrecking Job easier casler It makes the Job joh more difficult It Is very hard bard to convince plum pickers that their Job Is a temporary one even though they were so Informed when wilen they were appointed It Is more dIm dIm- dim cult c lt to convince that type of or In- In that their agency Is not Important oil or that It Is of less consequence than a 0 neighboring agency bearIn bearing another set of or alphabetical alphabetical alpha alpha- letters In addition the tilt plum II urn pickers erS er'S have lune their patronage backers at atthe the capi tal The representatives and amI senators senators senators sena sena- tors interested In building up their own political machines back home naturally put people In the political jobs who will bo he most helpful In assisting that particular representative tive the or senator to be re Thus It becomes rather obvious that even If It Mr Ir Roosevelt seriously tries to liquidate the various arious alphabetical alphabetical alpha alpha- bureaus boards hoards commissions commissions commissions commis commis- and antl administrations he lie has a n sized man task on his hands If H by byc c chance a n Republican should he be elected and Mr Roosevelt retired to private life he too will find himself criticized cajoled and und threatened when he seeks to squeeze the water out of this structure known n as government which was expanded so much In Mr Roosevelt's Roose Hoose- velt's plans to meet the emergency Frankly I believe bellevo It will take the full four years of ot the next nett Presidents President's Presidents President's dents dent's term to un un- Long scat gent all of ot the ex ex- Hard Task cess ces's Job holders n a and n d eliminate from the government all of the surplus surplus sur sur- pi plus u. u alphabetical agencies In the cry overy very n nature ture of ot tJ ln it cannot be bev done v done more quickly The answer lies In la the fact that these n agencies em- em bark upon pro programs that mac cannot be halted The government becomes committed to certain propositions prop prop- and except In war time most of or them must be he e executed So how v ever you OU examine the situation Uncle Sam is well hooked To illustrate how tow difficult Is the Job of ot getting rid of or a n government agency after it is once established one need not go further than the late Jato Six or seven se months have ha elapsed since the thu Supreme court unanimously clipped the wings s of ot the tho famed Blue mue Eu Eagle lc That decision decision de de- de- de did the work of or wrecking INCA r us completely us as a bombshell can wreck a n boat hoat when a direct hit hitIs hitis Is 8 BCD scored red But Dut whether you realize It or or not we still sUIl have In Washington Wash ington an un or organization of al almost almost al al- most 2500 employees It Is true that number Is probably only about of or the total number on the pay roll 1011 when general Down Crack Johnson was at nt the hel helm and guiding the flight of or the Blue nIne El Eagle jj but It was assumed at least that th the Supreme court decIsion decision de de- made payments for the NUA pay par roll Illegal at the same time However er it has happened that the administration has bas found round money some place with which to pay regiment of ot employees who as ns far faras farns ns os most observers in Washington can cnn ascertain have very ery little constructive con coo e work to do The or organization ha has no official status except such stich as os Is 18 given It by 1 Mr lr Roosevelt's various executive orders It has no 00 authority Any Any- T H thing It does docs or says has no more fo force e than a zephyr Yet th thousands of or dollars are being paid Its workers workers workers work work- ers on the first and fifteenth of ot every mouth mouth and and there is no sign that thc these 1 payments ments will he e ended soon For another example let iet us go goback goback back buck to the war days In order to successfully prosecute Americas America's part In la the World war the government government govern govern- ment took over and operated d the railroads A gigantic I organization was built bunt up here in n Washington and representatives 0 of the tle railroad administration were scattered far farand farand farand and wide throughout the country Commitments Co were made tha continue continue con con- even to this day Credit Inthe Inthe in inthe the form of ot government loans was extended to the rail lines and several several several sev sev- eral hundred million dollars Hollars of ot that amount remains uncollected to this day And with withal aI after 18 years ears we still stilt have a railroad tI administration tion operating In Washington at government go expense Another wartime agency shout about which little JUle Is 18 heart heard but which still sUU is in existence Is the War Finance corporation It floated bonds bons nud and made loans to private Interests and Ind those commitments have ha forced orcet retention retentIon retention re re- of ot a skeleton organization that probably must be continued for several years yet before the job of or liquidation Is complete We have ha had evidence lately of ot othow how efforts are Initiated to maintain main tain tamn these ngen- ngen Thumbs Thumb even en when on N RA they are legally dead Recently in Washington there was held a 0 much ballyhooed meeting to which some three thousand representatives of business interests were invited It was as called by George L L. Berry Derry the top man in what is left of the nA l structure The purpose was to find out what business wanted In the way of or a 0 revived re r Business did not want NItA revived and the meeting turned out to be a genuine flop nop There was nothing like three thousand representatives In attendance attendance attendance attend attend- ance and the meeting Itself gave ave a good goon many persons the Impression of ot being staged for the benefit of ot the American Federation of ot Labor to which the old catered Mr Berry until lately the head of ot otone one of the large union labor organizations organizations did not convince convInce- business that It nee needed etI more governmental go f Interference Indeed Inee If Ir business went away convinced of or anything be beyond ond the fact at that Mr Ir Berrys Berry's meeting was a flop Hop It left lect Washington Washing Washing- ton with a deep feeling that It did not want NHA in any form nor did It want any uny other governmental o u agency ei c messing around aroun with Its efforts efforts ef eC- ef- ef forts orts to get back on Its feet The circumstance Illustrates better better bet bet- ter than any anything thin I know how parac parasitic parasitic para para- a agencies In the government seek secle to perpetuate themselves One must realize In considering such a D. condition that all of those employees ees o obviously want to keep their jO Jobs 9 In the case of ot the attempted revival revival re re- re- re vival vhal of ot the thc political factor Is Important Mr Roosevelt said It will be remembered that when NnA was organized It must be regarded as something of an nn experiment and antI that If It the experiment failed to work he would be admitting defeat for or one of ot his earlier pct pet projects rl right ht In the face of oC a Presidential campaign Politicians do not like to make admissions of this kind It will be he recalled as well that after the Supreme court held the business codes nt of Business n t to be b- b o I Fights Fight Back and the justness cod codes e s were the vitals of the NnA structure structure structure ture there was much pressure exerted exerted ex ex- on congress from the White WhiteHouse WhiteHouse WhiteHouse House for reconstruction of ot some sort of ot a program to succeed NUA Business did not want it any more then than it docs does now and It fought back while the Ie legislation was pend pend- In ing The result was that congress passed u n law permitting lines Jines of ot commerce and industry to organize and frame rume theIr own voluntary codes Jurls Jurisdiction of ot these codes was placed in the Fe Federal Trade com com- mission That agency was supposed to work worle In operation co-operation with business business business busi busi- ness nu and to exercise a n Judicial function don tion In lu determining when the codes cotIes were verc properly within existing lawn against monopoly The Trade commission In the last lost year has hns blossomed forth as ns a rather sound agency agency- In Its consultations consulta consulta- lions with business an and I believe merits the respect which business generally has for It But with all of or that respect and antI the knowledge e that the Trade commission tries to tobe tobe tobe be fair air only five Dve lines JInes of ot I Industry have presented codea of ot fair practice practice practice tice for tor commission approval The details of the tho futile attempt to life lICe back Into the Blue mue BlueEagle BlueEagle Eagle Engle have been at nt this length to show what nhat hat the future holds In the way of or barnacles ODour on OD our structure of or government JO e We Western ern Newspaper p per Union |