The Washington times., 1933-02-23
RA|NEY CLAIMS
HIGH TARIFF
To FALL
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for a worldwide change of tar.
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for a worldwide change of tar
iff policy.
CALLS 1T ENCOURAGING
This attitude of the Cana
dian premier is the most en-
cOuraging thing 1 have heard.
1t also indicates Canada is not
satisfied with, the Empire pref
erences resulting from the OF
tawa treaties"
Rainey said he informed the
Canadian representative he could
not say whether the Roosevelt
Administration would take the
initiative, but that he expected
it would encourage a lowering of
trade barriers.
The new Cabinet was put un-
der the political microscope on
Capitol Hill today by the politi-
clans Of both parties, as they
sought to guage from the per-
sonnel some indication of the
future policies of the incoming
Democratic administration.
Republicans for the most part
frankly, although privately, de-
clared they did not consider it
"a strong Cabinet" such as the
seriousness of the times would
seem to require. They pointed
to the absence of "big names"
and commented upon the exclu-
sion of old-line Democratic lead
erS.
Some Are Critical
Democrats viewed the list with
mingled feelings. Some of the
party leaders, apparently not
consulted by the President-elect
and ranked thereby, were in
clined to be critical.
The inclusion of three erst-
while Republicans in the new
Cabinet-Woodin in the Treas
ury, Ickes in Interior and Wal
lace in Agriculture-was some
thing of a pill for the staunch
partisans to swallow. They had
expected that Mr.. Roosevelt
would properly recognize the
Republican-InSurgent support he
received during the campaign by
according one Cabinet post to
that element, but three was
considered a good many.
1t was also commented upon
extensively that the new Cabinet
contains not one official who by
any stretch of the imagination
could be considered "close" to
Alfred E. Smith. The Smith fac
tion in the party seems to have
been entirely overlooked in the
makeup of the Cabinet.
On the contrary, the list con-
tains several who have been and
are avoWedly anti-Smith.
Roper Fought Smith
Roper, who rose from a con-
gressional clerkship to become
something of a power in the
party, was a consistent opponent
of Smiths in 1924 and 1928. He
was one of that little coterie of
McAdoo lie derS in Madison
Square Garden eight years ago
who fought to the bitter end.
In Houston, four years later, he
still fought against Smiths nom
ination.
Roper is an uncompromising
dry. His selection is considered
due to the influence of William
G. McAdoo, who threw the Cali
fornia and Texas delegations to
Roosevelt at a critical period in
the Chicago convention.
Senators Hull, walsh and
Swanson, named for State, JUS
tice and Navy, as we'll as ex-
Governor George H. Dern of
Utah, also were opposed to Smith
in the last three Democratic ma
tional conventions in which he
was a candidate.
Dern, according to Capitol Hill
gossip, was originally slated for
the Interior post, but West Coast
opposition to him resulted in his
being shifted to the War Depatr-
ment. The opposition is said to
have arisen because of his op-
position to the Boulder Dam
project, Coast interests wanting
someone in the Interior Depart
ment, which SuperviSeS Boulder
Dam, more sympathetic with the
project.
Viewed as whole, the Capt.
tai was inclined to regard the
Cabinet as having q distinctly