The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1933-12-01

TO inquire out Wndt was the cause VI
the recent drastic
The Big treasury reorganiza-
Puzzle ton. The changes
came so quickly and
without any warning note that 1t was
move amounting to lightning from a
clear sky. And now the observers
here are trying to figure out its mean
ing In the fullest sense.
] watched the country's leading
newspapers closely for several days
after the President announced that
Secretary Woodin was going on long
leave of absence in search of health,
that Dean Acheson was resigning as
undersecretary, and that Henry Nor
genthau, Jr., was being moved over
as undersecretary of the treasury,
from the post of governor Of the farm
credit administration. Being under
secretary, he Immediately became act
ing secretary when Mr.. Woodin left
for Arizona In his search for health.
The newspapers were at wide vari-
ance on their views. Some of them
held, editorially and in their news col
umns, that infiationists had taken the
treasury under their wing and that we
mistake that Germany made on her
currency. Others took the position that
Mr.. Woodin was not ives" man and
that Mr.. AchesOn was not In sympathy
with the various maneuvers to which
Mr.. Roosevelt was lending his support,
and that the President simply cleaned
house.
Whatever the reason was, it remains
as much of secret as ever. The one
thing upon which Washington observ-
ers seem to agree and the feeling was
reflected in many large newspapers,
was that Mr. Acheson was the goat"
Mr.. Roosevelt wanted Mr.. Morgenthau
in the treasury and wanted him to run
the place while Mr.. Woodin was away.
and the only way to accomplish it was
to get rid of Mr.. lAcheson. That GER
tainly happened. 1 have heard consid-
cradle criticism of the removal Of Mr..
Acheson as tending to add to the con-
fusion already existing.
The President, In announcing the
changes, said 1t was necessary to have
a man of more experience in the treas
ury than Mr.. Acheson since Mr.. Wood
in was going to be absent. Mr.. Ache.
and the secretary's job while the Sec
rotary was i'll last summer and fall,
and Mr. Morgenthau has been gov
ernor of the farm credit administra-
ton with no other financial training
according to the best information I
can get.
The President is seeking to develop
the governments work relief program
SO that it will be OPP
Make Millions Grating on it's most
of Jobs extensive scale coin
cident with what 10
logically expected to be the peak of
unemployment this winter. His pro-
gram to add S4OO,OOO,OOO to the public
works funds and take idle persons off
the relief rolls for those jobs is well
under way. 1t no doubt will make
several million jobs available for a
short time at least.
1t is the Presidents thought that
where persons have been on relief
rolls, they will gladly take job and
work regularly if they are paid a lit
tie more than the relief doles they
were receiving. He contends that peo-
pie prefer work generally to being fed
on a charity basis. And as far as ]
can learn, no one disputes the idea.
Certainly, the person who is working
and is being paid for it regains self
respect which so many times Is lost
when charitable organizations have to
care for him and his family.
There is one aspect of the program
for making work, however, that seems
to have been generally overlooked.
The proposition contemplates wide de-
velopment of roads and highways In
all parts of the nation. State road
supervisors are going to make and, in
deed, are now making, plans and list
ing projects in the numerous counties
where work of worthwhile nature
can be done. This plan places the
jobs close to the source Of need, right
in the locality where men are out of
jobs. have no doubt that there will
be much waste and the roads in the
end are likely to be looked upon as
expensive, but there are occasions
where the end justifies the means. In
this case, the end desired is to provide
jobs and food and clothing for unem-
ployed.
While we are discussing the prob
lens of the new deal, it seems peril
nent to call attention to how advance
ment of science In commerce and In
dustry add problems with which the
professors must cope. For example,
the bureau of fisheries Of the Depart.
ment of Commerce has just discov.
cred a way to make oysters shuck
themselves. There are thousands OF
men, and women, too, who annually
add to their incomes by shocking oys.
tiers along the rivers and at the ports
where the oyster boats come In. The
discovery of method for self-shuck-
ing of oysters will throw a good many
of them out of jobs this winter, II the
plan works as the bureau says 1t win.
Here Is the way the method works
The oyster shell is tapped gently with
hammer and then dropped to the
floor. 1t is then placed In chemical
solution for about ten minutes, after
which the oyster is "dopey" and the
shell opens. There is nothing left to
do but lift out the flesh which is ready
for service or canning or other mer-
chandising.
When the discovery was announced,
a wise-cracking newspaper correspond