Show r O JI 4 f 51 e I President Maintains Maintains y l 1 e New Deal Policies PolIcies A Yea Year End End r-End Check Shows Some Change of I 1 Faces aces but N Not of of Any Principles Intimates Remain in High Posts J i By BAUKHAGE News Analyst and Commentator I Service 1616 Eye Street NW Washington D. D C. C I Sufficient time has elapsed since President Truman went Into the White White House to warrant a year-end year I Inventory of his reconstituted federal federal federal fed fed- eral setup and the result adds up to to many changes in personalities i but little switch of fundamental tal pollI poli poll des cies I In its numerical aspect the I I changes wrought by the President suggest more of ot a shakeup than actually has taken place for there 11 still are many Intimates Intimates- of In high positions some of them promoted promoted promoted pro pro- by Mr 1 Truman James F. F F. F Byrnes secretary of ot I state and top man In the Truman cabinet was lifted out of the relative relative rela rela- I tive obscurity of a career senator from the southland by Mr Roose Roose- velt He came within reach of his I present eminence under the guidance guidance guidance guid guid- ance of the late President who apI appointed ap ap- I pointed him to the United States I Supreme court made him war mo- mo and economic stabilizer and andI I took fook him to International conferences conferences confer confer- I which built him to the point I where he was a natural for tor the I state portfolio when Edward R. R Stet- Stet I Jr was moved out by political political ical party considerations Byrnes was schooled In the Roosevelt ways end and he be continues along those paths I I Henry probably would have remained as secretary of treasury had the President who appointed appointed ap ap- ap- ap pointed him lived on But while he was more a B personal friend he was less a political associate of ot Mr Roosevelt than was Fred Vinson the present secretary And again It was who brought Vinson to the forefront made forefront made him a federal Judge then took him Wm Into the White WhiteHouse WhiteHouse House se to share By Byrnes' Byrnes multiple functions and burdens He had littlemore lIttlemore little littlemore more than passing acquaintance I with Truman and his present post was a promotion for fora a Roosevelt man Robert E. E Hannegan postmaster general was slated for that office before Mr Roosevelt passed away It is political custom to award that plum to the winning party's national committee chairman whether the I Democrats or the Republicans wi win Robert Patterson secretary of war came In during the Roosevelt administration as assistant to Henry Henryn L. L Stimson creating a team of Republicans Republicans Re Re- publicans In the top spots of ot the de de- de- de He was advanced by President Truman when Mr Stimson Stimson son retired although there were strong representations made to the White House on behalf of other candidates candidates can can- practically all of them Democrats Original Roosevelt cabinet members mem mem- bars bers b rs retained by l Mr Truman are James V. V Forrestal In navy Henry A. A Wallace In to commerce and Harold Harold Har Har- old L. L Ickes In Interior Anderson Took Off Heat Hea on an Food I Clinton P P. Anderson the secretary secretary secretary secre secre- tary of agriculture won WhiteHouse White WhiteHouse WhiteHouse House entree during Roosevelt days by taking the heat off the adminis adminis- administration administration with a food Investigation Labor Labor Labor La La- bor Secretary Lewis B. B bach bath has been described as more New Deal than Roosevelt Continuing It was President Roosevelt who brought Tom C. C Clark the present attorney general Into government service placing him In hi line for the advancement which Mr Truman gave him Paul Paw V. V McNutt who left recently to became become become be be- come came high commissioner in hi the Phil Phil- PhilIppine Philippine Islands was originally a Roosevelt appointee Even in the intimate surroundings of the White House will be found several hold hold overs overs notably scholarly scholarly schol schol- arly arty William D D. D Hassett a presidential secretary whose typewriter has turned out many of the lyrical speeches delivered by the late President PresIdent President Pres Pres- ident and whose skill can be detected detect detect- ed by Washington newsmen In hi Mr I Truman's more formal addresses J J. J A. A Krug remained at the head of ot the War Production board until It went out of ot existence although the new President was often critical of ot when he was presiding over the senate committee which bore his name Almost every move made by Mr Truman in hi organizing his official family had underlying It a s record of Roosevelt association There has been only one notable discernible L departure from the administrative status quo so far as fundamentals go and that was the appointment of John W. W Snyder as chief chic of the office office of of- fice flee of war mobilization and recon version Snyder was a friend and military buddy of the President for fora a quarter of a century But WashIngton Washington Wash Wash- Washington ington hears that the director director director tor Is being sidetracked that the President Is taking counsel with Secretary Vinson on subjects that rightly fall Into Snyders Snyder's bailiwick and that a resignation has been offered of of- There Is nothing In the Truman appointments' appointments to Indicate whether the President Is turning to the right or the left of ot center using center using as center Mr Truman is franker franke r than most public figures and com corn commentators commentators he says he frankly doesn't know what center Is Imagines hes he's about the same as his la late te chief chie Opinion Is growing In the capital capita 1 that the the- the government Is reconverting reconverting reconverting reconvert ing too rapidly and that the force of speed without direction will have hav e harmful results Except for a few generalized generalize d thrusts the White House has shown no disposition to come to grips wi withe with th the wage wage price dilemma hasn't at attempted of at tempted to develop a comprehensive e program to eliminate the clement element o of f chance and In the opinion of critIcal critical critical crit crit- ical congressmen is simply trusting trustin g that things somehow will work ou out t all right in the end If U left to their own devices There is a striking example of th the e haphazard system which has been n followed and that is the retention of OPA while permitting the National National National Na Na- War Labor board to go virtually virtually vir vii out of existence exercised exercised exercised exer exer- a fair degree of control over wage and salary levels and with h wages the largest single item o of ot i production costs there Is today n no o agency effectively operating in that tha t field Both management and labor labo r agree the Presidents President's radioed speech on the subject clarified almost al almost almost al- al most nothing The result has been t to cut the ground from beneath OPA i In ln n its efforts to maintain price ceilings Another example Is the War Pr Production Production Pro Pro- board which was permitted to go out of existence on November November November Novem Novem- ber 3 Odds and ends fell to th the e newly created Civilian Production administration but there is today n no raw materials allocation plan and an d efforts are being made to create ou out t of export licensing a means b by which domestic Industry might have Its needs fulfilled The theory i is s that refusal of export licenses fo for needed civilian materials will back those commodities onto the market here But Its effort upon restoration restoration restoration restora restora- tion of foreign trade is making congress congress congress con con- gress unhappy There still are agencies In Washington Washington WashIngton Wash Wash- Ington winding up the business of o f World War I and it seems entirely y fy possible that history will repeat after after after aft aft- er World War II is officially over That day will be fixed by President Truman unless he tarries too lon long g and congress steps in to do the job Dissolution of the Office of War Information Information Information In In- formation may supply an insight t Into what happens when bureaus which came into existence since Pearl Harbor cease cease to exist Except Except Except Ex Ex- Ex- Ex for changes in the top positions position s and discarding of the domestic c branch which always was a minor mino r part of the operation OWl seems tobe to tobe be a very live corpse Blanketed in into the state department depart depart- department ment may be upwards of ot OWl OW I They will continue an and d expand a worldwide plan of information Information Information mation dedicated to the purpose o of f teaching other nations more about abou t this country its people their aspirations their accomplishments About Abou t 2000 more have gone into the bureau bureau bu reau of the budget to continue their r present assignment which Is publication pub cation of the United States government govern ment manual Closing of the domestic domestic domestic do do- branch actually affected fewer few fewer er than jobs in Washington Larger actually than OWls OWl's foreign foreign foreign for for- eign branch will the bethe Informational Information Information- al 31 office of ot the state department for tor fo r I It will Include also the public rela rela- relations ho s section of the office of ot co co- of Inter-American Inter afIa affairs which beams eams Its material to po points south of the Rio Grande and which heretofore functioned independently en tl y of OWl |