The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-07-26
New Branches of Work Necessi.
tate Appointment Of Sec
ond Cabinet
BY RODNEY BUTCHER

Waul0SCOu, July 20. - Inc new
Deal" was too big for a mere cabinet
to handle.
So they created q new group Of
powerful administrators and directors
in Washington which sometimes i.
extravagantly referred to as a super.
cabinet"
The administrators are distinct
from the Roosevelt brain trust" ir
that they are men. of practical ex.
perience and different from cabinet
members in that each has specific
job rather than q collection Of varied
activities to supervise.
They are handling billions Of dol.
lars and although they are subject tt
White House approval and In some
cases responsible to cabinet members
the total Of the powers delegated tt
them by the president contains most
Of the extraordinary emergency auth
GRITTY granted by congress.
These are the administrators and
their jobs:
INDUSTRIAL RECOVERY:
General Hugh s. johnson, so. IS AZ
energetic, plain-spoken, open ant
keen minded, studious executive WHIT
has been q soldier, lawyer, author
manufacturer and business associate
of Bernard M. Baruch. He originated
the draft plan for the war and had
executive charge Of 1t. He directed
the Army's wartime Purchase and
Supply Bureau and was on the Wal
Industries Board. Joined Baruch at
ter few years as vice president Of
the Moline Plow Company and chair
man Of the Moline Implement Com
pany. Roosevelt called him In to help
write the recovery act.
Grimly convinced that industrial
recovery can be had only from in
creased purchasing power, this ad-
ministrator exerts the broadest power
over industry ever held by one indi-
vidual, though the Industrial Recov-
cry Board Is over him. The program
is self-regulation OF industry with
federal supervision and enforcement
regulated competition, shorter work
ing hours and improved wages. CODES
Of fair competition" are now being re.
ceived from trade and industrial as.
sociations; johnson plans first to pas
on those Of the ten largest industries
ECONOMY:
Budget Director Lewis w. Douglas
80, fills an old Job but has been giver
unprecedented powers for economic.
and reorganization and has WORKED
with Roosevelt on every important
measure. He was young congress.
man with a passion for budget-bal.
ancing and Roosevelt appointed hin
to cut about 81 600, 00o, 900 from gov
ernment operating expenses. He wrot>
the economy bill which took hun.
dreds Of millions from veterans an.
government workers, is busy on {
large reorganization plan and is mott
flying department heads Of budget re-
auctions which mean the dismissal O
thousands Of workers.
He works at killing pace, i
wealthy and personally popular, tai
and wiry with sparse hair parted II
the middle, and has been q soldier
mining expert, history instructor an,
state legislator.
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AGRICULTURE:
Administrator George N. Peek, &C
Of the Agricultural Adjustment Act
Is another "Baruch man." Like John
son, he Is an alumnus of the Molin
Plow company and was on the Wa
Industries Board. In 1924 he quit bus
mess, began an active career In tn
cause OF farm relief. He was presi
dent Of the American Council Of Agri
culture and In 1928 and 1892 was Il
charge Of Democratic efforts to carr
/ the western farm states. His co-ad
minitrator Is Charles j. Brand, s.
Of Minnesota. an economist, one
chief Of the Bureau Of Markets her
and later executive secretary Of tn
National Fertilizer association.
These officials are trying to rails
crop prices by limiting production. On
der the act they can suspend anti
trust laws and fix maximum and min
mum prices in food processing an
distribution. The great farm expert