Evening star., 1933-06-16

and to the absence of any provision for
the control of imports. Some of these
objections bore fruit. The licensing
clause was modified and an import
control clause was added, and Mr..
Lund, in behalf of his organization, an
ncunces his approval of the bill as en-
acted.
Joseph B. Eastman of the Interstate
Commerce Commission, long noted for
his vigorously dissenting opinions, espe-
c1ally on questions Of railroad finance,
Is to take over the job Of Federal CO.
ordinator Of transportation, created un-
der the emergency railroad bill signed
this week by the President. Just how
much Mr.. Eastman will be able to &C
complish under the extremely limited
powers which the bill in its final form
confers remains to be seen. The labor
clause, written into the bill by Congress
at the behest of the Railroad Brother
hood, provides that consultations must
not deprive railroad workers Of their
jobs, and consultations without reduc-
tion in operating personnel may be of
very little account. Mr.. Eastman Wig
orously opposed the ''hamstringing" Of
the consolidation authority with this
labor amendment. But his protest was
unayailing. The railroad bill repeals
the recapture clause and brings rail-
road holding companies under the juris-
diction Of the I. c. c., so it will not
nave been In vain, even If it does not
promote railroad consolidation.
Other Presidents have had one. some
times two, and infrequently three
homes of their own, but, so far as the
record goes, none Of Mr.. Roosevelt's
predecessors at the White House has
had as many as four establishments of
his own; and Franklin D. has four
his New York City town house, his an
ceStral and magnificent country manor
at Hyde Park, the Little White House"
at Warm Springs, Ga, and the COW
cottage on Campobello Island, in the
Bay OF Fundy, on the Canadian side of
the international boundary line. Right
now the eyes of the country are turned
toward Campobello, where Mr.. Roose-
velt will pass at least one night at the
conclusion OF his Maine coast yachting
cruise.
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1t is small wonder that with such a
variety OF homes OF his own the Presi-
dent has evinced no interest in prof
fers Of Summer White Houses for presi-
Dental use. incidentally, Mr.. Roose-
velt turned thumbs down on the Rapi-
dan camp in Virginia, where Mr..
Hoover loved to seclude himself and
fish, and upon the house atop Mount
Weather, in West Virginia, Government
owned, which was proposed as an off,
cial Summer residence for the President
during the Coolidge administration
One look at both places was enough for
Mr.. Roosevelt.
The National Screw Thread Com
mission, abolished by the Presidents
reorganization orders, seems scarcely to
deserve the characterization "a costly,
unnecessary bureau" It may be unnec-
essary, but the commission itself has
cost the Government hardly q penny.
Its memberships, even including its sec
retary, are Army and Navy officers and
Bureau of Standards officials, and their
commission membership gives them an
extra title but no extra pay. The work
carried on under the commissions di-
rection will go on as before under De-
partment of Commerce direction The
job is to bring about a Standardization
of the threads on bolts, nuts and screws
so that, irrespective of their brand and
origin of manufacture. they may be
interchangeable. 1t was a carryover of
wartime measures. Its abolition now
will at least do away with the butt of
many journalistic Jest.
Copyright, 1889