Evening star., 1932-08-06
Pomerene for Relief Work
Is Subject Of Lively Debate

back should it prove to be of value"
The Spartanburg Herald (Democratic)
views the selection as "an act so gen.
erous that it recalls the story Of the
Trojan horse The Milwaukee Jour-
nal independently advises that "a
Harding or a Coolidge would have
known that there are times when the
best politics of all is not to play
politics.
What were some of the criticisms
that had already been directed at the
oorpo, ,ation? Some of them were Voic-
ing the SusPieion that the tremendous
used, for campaign purposesWtf1at is
to say, that the Republican campaign
would be financed out of loans made
b. the corporation" asserts the Provi-
dence Evening Bulletin Independently,
as it declares mo such contingency can
be assumed now with control in the
hands Of the opposing party" The
Gary Post Tribune independently con-
tends: There may have been some
justified criticism of the corporations
loan to Gen. Dawes bank, but even
that is very doubtful. The failure Of
a bank of that size might have set us
back many months in our struggle out
OF this economic situation The Buf-
fa!o Evening News independent Re-
publican) is satisfied that the President
has removed any possible warrant for
attTiouting to the r. F. c. partisan
ship of the Republican stripe at least"
And the Roanoke World-NewS Demo-
cratic) thinks President Hoover has
quite obviously acted to forestall future
criticism of the Reconstruction Finance
Corporation and its policies by Demo-
cratic members of Congress. constantly
seeking some pretext on which to at
tack the present administration"
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OF Mr. Pomerene the New York Sun
independently says: He has sur
vived numerous political battles and
has done the prosecuting where Gov
ernment interests required. He should
know how to steer the Reconstruction
Finance Corporation clear of favoritism
and unnecessary waste" The tribute
of the Lima News independently to
the apPointee is that "he seems to have
established himself as en evtrnn'elv
useful citizen for Uncle Sam to call
en- when there Is a hard lob of wOIx
to be done" To the Columbia S. c
Record independent Democraticl Nh
Pomerene's acceptance is an e?ra-..
of the fact that the task will be at
least honestly handled, although ha is
opinion is echoed by the Houston Po~t-
Dispatch (Democratic) The Akron
Beacon Journal independent Repub-
1canD declares Mr. Pomerene has
many qualifications for the place"
while the. Hamilton (Ohiol Evening
Journal independent Demoeratic) is
sure that the whole Nation has the
fullest confidence in former Senator
Pomerene, and at this particular phase
of our business life confidence Is most
essential it asserts, a thought also
expressed. by the Charleston (W. Va
Daily Mail independent Republican,.
The Minneapolis journal dndepend-
ent Republican, sees as the greatest
value in the appointment the advan-
tage gained by the country at large
the advantage of having the Recon-
struction Finance Corporation in a
position to do business with delibera-
ton and businesslike prudence. unhar-
ried by yawping politicians, eager TO
criticize its every loan as an act OF
fayoritisIn" This thought Is echoed
by the Haverhill Evening Gazette Cin-
oependent Republican, when 1t de-
elares: The p>opFe are more inter-
ested in having the corporation in
capable hands than they are in the
partisan afiliation Of its directors"