Evening star., 1932-08-06


The outstanding ahhitN of former
Senator .Atlss Pomerene has proved
barrier to any attacks upon him per
Sonally in relaticn-to 10 his recent ap-
paintment by President Hoover to the
Reconstruction Finance, Corpora ton,
with the designation that he be elected
chairman OF the board. But naany
questions are being raised as,.to what
really inspired the appointment. .,
President Hoover rs recOnstructtng
the Reconstruction Finance Corpora
ton on a Democratic basis. ~ Is the COM
meFst of the Gflarlct,s Observer tinde=
pendent Dernocrat5c), which thinks the
country might have pronted more if
Republican Presidents of the past had
been less partiSan-minded in making
selection CT men for important positions
in Government ssry,cc' In this Selec-
ton President Hoover seems to have
combined good business with good poll
tics" in the. opinion. of the Lincoln
State Journal independent .Repub-
hcan). The AT 0na Mirror Gndepan-
dentJ states i.'rhij $4,000 600 600 cor
poration. the mos gigantic financial in
StitutiOn ever. conceived. is not and
should not BE- a political foot ball II
is the product Of the President. He
wants it to be a success; the Nation
hopes it will be success"
However, "rhc Presidents course in
making ex-senator Pomerene a member
of the corporation. thus giving four OF
the seven places to the Democrats" is
labeled most unusual" by the Hart
ford Daily Times independent Demo-
crat;ct. Holding that '.tne natural ex-
pectstlor wouEr be that the Republican
party should .ume responsibility for
the conduct of bureaus and depart
ments and not delegate that authority
TO the opposition" the Times contends:
THAT is not mas issn hip. 1t is COM
mon sense" The Baltimore Sun Cnde-
pendent Demolra iC) inquiries: But
does Mr. Hoover say that in all the
Republican party tEere is no man of
better training than Senator Pomerene
Tor this Office? We had not supposed
that disappearance of brains extended
from Republican statesmen to Repub-
lican authorities on bonds"
~
According to the estimate of the APP
p.eton Pos, Crescent independently, 1T
is about the cleVereSt move that has
adorned MI. Hoover's administration,
cluttered as it has been with a nisun-
derstanding of public opinion and
seeming attitude of desi;ing to do only
dull and prOssic thing" The Gin
cinnsti Times Star Republican, be-
lieves that If HoOver's purpose was to
silence all talk OF politics in connection
with the R. F. c., he could not have
made better choice" The Abilene
Reporter independent DemocraticJ
suggests: 1T .looks at first blush as II
the President has scored pretty heavily
in his selection of R. F. C. members"
The Birmingham Age-Herald tQemo-
craticI sees the President as having
won out in the little tug of war which
hes been going on b2tween himself and
Senate DEMOCRATS with regard to the
composition of the r. F. c. board"
Continuing its discussion. this paper re-
calls: Before Congress adjourned Mr..
Hoover sought a rearrangenlent which
would have served to fend OIL criticism
by making the board bipartisan
through being equally divided between
Republicans and Democrats. This Of
fer was turned down by Democratic
leaders. who mace no secret OF their
unwilinsness TO share responsibility for
The r. F. C. activities with the Presi-
dent" t--~- f-rr-
The Newport News Da Pres tDema
ooratic) hold that the President lis
passing the buck gjHs still holding it by
q string, In order that he may call it