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In the early 90s OOs I wl wlah wish h he hePlere hewere hewere Plere were here now to witness wllnLss anothpr another anothprWashingtonian anotherWashingtonian anotherVahlngtonlan Washingtonian ( * doing a HercuILan Herculean HercuILanlob Herculeanlob Herculeanob lob | which he hope hopes * to finish nish by Sep September September Seplember tember 1I II 1 I 1I I refer to Secretary Schwellen SchwellenDecks SchwellenBach Decks ach whole ottignnient assignment Is i * to put putthe putthe putthe the department departnlent of labor in order He HeIan HeIan Hel Ian n t going goinll to have pave to do much clean cleanlog cleanIng cleanIng log Ing out but he has ha * been tidying up upso upto .0 0 so . that he can bring back under hisaegis his hisaegi hisiegl aegi aegis . most of a score of prodigal prodigalagencies prodigalagencies prodigalkgencies agencies all having to do with la laor lator lal tor ) > or which xe He be tcattcred scattered allover all over the theDistrict theDistrict theDl District trlct of Columbia and points points110rth pointsaorth pointsaorth 110rth aorth andtest and 'vest vest 'vestMost ' \test test Vest testMost VestMost \ Most of the labors of Hercules Herculeswere Herculeswere Herculesurere were dec.t dect decidedly decidrtdly . hdly < thankless ones and andwere andtvere were " , ere given liven him for spite because hl5 his hl5ttepmother hisstepmother hl hltepmother < tepmother ttepmother stepmother ( , . 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' ) Schwellenbachhim Schwellenbach Schwellenbachhim him for spite pite It waa was wa given to him himby himby himby by bis his hi * old friend Harry Truman Trumanbecause Trumanbecause Trumanbecause because the thIS President believed that thatUke thattike thatlike Uke tike Hercules Schwellenbach could coulddeUver coulddeliver coulddeliver deUver deliver He wai was a popular hard hardworking hardworking hardworking working senator He was a popular popularhard popularhard popularhard hard working judge The requests of ofgoddesses ofgoddesses ofgoddesses goddesses and presidents are com corn commandll cornwandd cornmands mandll wandd so the judge laid aside his hisrobe hisrobe hisrobe robe , rolled up hi his * sleeve sleeves * and and.tarted andstarted andttarted .tarted tarted started . InThe inThe in inThe The ftrst first Ar t thing he found out when whenbe whenbe whenbe be reached the palatial 'stables stables 'stableson * ' stableson stableson on Constitution avenue was that tak taklog taking takIng log ing care of administrative matters matterswould matterswould matterswould would keep any labor secretary as asbusy asbusy asbusy busy as all Augeas should have been beenwith beenwith beenwith with his bls 3 I S : 000 oxen No wonder no- no nobody nobody no nobody - body quite dared to try to corral the the20 20 some agencies rightly under the theauthority theauthority theauthority authority of the department To ad administer administer administer minister them would under und.r undr . the thepresent thepresent thepresent present set up be an Impossible ImpossibleJob impossiblejob Impossiblejob Job And so they grew up with their theirown theirown theirown own public relations departments departmentstheir departmentstheir departmenttheir * their own statistical services and Ie le Iegal legal Iegal gal advisors separate entitles all allgoing allgoing allgoing going their own sweet If It sometimes sometimesconflicting sometimesconflicting sometimesconflicting conflicting waySo way waySo So the first th'ng thng ' that Schwellen Schwellenbach Schwellenbach Schwellenbach bach did was to get together a small smallgroup smallgroup smallgroup group who knew the departn ent ant entwho antwho entwho who knew organization organiatlon % andho andwho and \\ho ho who whoknew \ whoknew hoknew knew Washington to ftnd nnd find nndout findout out If Ifsomething ifsomething Ifsomething something couldn t be d ne to knitthe knit knitthe knitthe the functions of the department departmentmore departmentmore departmentmore more closely together togeth'r togethr ( ' so the hE-ad hE ad head hEadman headman headman - man wouldn t have to sl sign sln n nil all the thetravel thetravel thetravel travel orders and decide decidevl \vl vl wi \ ether etherthere etherthere etherthere there was enough Ice In the Iced Icedtea icedtea Icedtea tea In the cafeteria and attend att'ni attni atteni ( ' to toother toother toother other trivia which mit.ht mitht mlbht might . 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- pledge pledgeand pledgeand pledgeand and various wartime restrictions restrictionshave restrictionshave restrictionhave * have virtually suspended The pub pub11c pubHe pubUc 11c He is I * getting very Irritated with vlo vlolations vlolatlons violatlons I lations latlons of the no strike pledge and andwhat andwhat andwhat what many feel to tQ be union demands demandswhich demandswhich demandwhich * which whether or not they appear appearfair appearfair appearfair fair as between labor and manage manage- management management management - - ment do bo not take the consumer Into Intoconsldera intoconsideration intoconsideration intoconsiderationMuch consldera consideration tlon considerationMuch Muchof Much of the antagonism is due to tothe tothe tothe the feeling feeUng of the men who resented resentedstrikes resentedstrikes resentedstrikes strikes while they were in the serv servIce service servIce Ice Schwellenbach managed to tosmooth tosmooth tosmooth smooth Out one of the toughest vet veterans veterans veterana erans versus unions troubles the thecountry thecountry thecountry country ever witnessed bock back In his hishome hishome hihome * home itate state of Washington Washmgton Washtngton after the thelast thelast thelast last war He admit admits * there Is i * no nodoubt nodoubt nodoubt doubt that such antagonism exists existsnow existsnow existnow * now We may as well face it he hesays hesays hesays says But he thinks thlnks he can handle itOne it itOne One habl habit t which Schwellenbach Schwellenbachwants Schwellenbachwants Schwellenbachwants wants to break up and It Is assumed as assumed assumed sumed the President want wants * him to tobreak tobreak tobreak break breakup up Is having labor disputes disputesleap disputesleap disputesleap leap frog right Into the lap of the theWhite theWhite theWhite White House Some of ot the old line linelabor linelabor linelabor labor department official officials * used to towrithe towrithe towrithe writhe every time a long hot tele telegram telegram telegram gram went out such as some 01 of 01those ofthose ofthose those addressed addresaed to John Lewis Lewil while whilethe whilethe whilethe the coalstrike cool coal strike was going on wl\1ch wl 1ch which wl1chwere whichwere whichwere \ were signed by President Roosevelt Rooseveltbut Rooseveltbut Rooseveltbut but dictated by the War Labor Laborboard Laborboard Laborboard board board , . , which labor and managemenl management managemenlhad managementhad managemenfhad had snubbed These old timers tellthat felt feltthat feltthat that many of the questions could couldhave couldhave couldhave have been becn settled w th the ma machlnery machinery machlnery chlnery chinery which already existed with within within withIn in the department departmentOt departmentOf Ot Of course the War Labor board boardwhich boardwhich boardwhich which has had all the t tigks Isks com corn compllcated cornplicated cornplicated pllcated plicated by the war to perform will willHe willtie willile He tie w th lh V J DayVows Day DayVows Vows VOW . 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