Evening star., 1933-06-12

In his eleventh-hour message to
Congress late last Saturday the Presl-
dent wrote: please let me tell you very
simply and frankly that in transmitting
this executive order at this late hour
in the special session have no thought
Of taking what might be considered an
advantage of Congress" Nevertheless,
the Presidents action upset the con-
gressional apple cart at the very moment
when successful adjournment OF his
first session of his first Congress was
at hand. Mr.. Roosevelt, along with
everything else, is held to be smart
politician. In this instance he was,
perhaps, too smart. 1t looked as If his
departmental reorganization order is
sued and transmitted to Congress, under
the existing circumstances was the
proverbial straw which broke the
camel's back 1.-The submission of this
message is the crowning travesty in a
week which has made a perfect farce
of representative government" said
Senator Reed. Some Democratic Sen
ators were similarly cauStic IN their
private comment. I'VE are being driven
with all the force of juggernaut into
an adjournment" thundered Hiram
Johnson of California. Mr.. Roosevelt,
for reasons best known to himself, was
determined that Congress should and
must adjourn Saturday night, but the
fates proved contrary.
The Senate Saturday, along with its
other troubles, struggled with the big
gest batch of presidential nominations
in its history. Messengers from the
White House, bringing new series of
appointments, fluttered down like Au-
fJ,p tn
or two debating confirmation of Walter
Newton. the Hoover secretary, for
place on the Home Loan Board, but
ratified most of the other appointments
without second glance. Names of ma
tional prominence on the various lists
Of appointments were few and far be-
tween. Ex-senator John j. Blaine of
Wisconsin, lame duck Republican Pro-
gressive, got a place on the r. F. c.
board. Basil Manley, widely known for
his pitiless attacks on the power trust
and kindred big business, was given a
place on the Federal Power Commission.
John H. Fahey, former president of the
United States Chamber of Commerce,
prominent Massachusetts, publisher and
Roosevelt Democrat, was named to the
Home Loan Bank Board. Another Bav
Slater, Frederick H. Taber, identified
with cooperative banks in his home
State, was named to the r. F. c. Friends
Of both men are under the impression
that Mr.. Roosevelt, in the eleventh-hour
haste and confusion, made a slip of the
pen, and that Taber had been intended
for the Home Loan Board and Fahey
for the r. F. C.
Lincoln MacVeagh, named as Minis
ter to Greece, comes of a long diplo-
matte line. His father was Ambassador
to Japan; his grandfather Minister to
Turkey and Ambassador to Italy He is
of the same family as Franklin Mac
Veagh, Republican Secretary of the
Treasury in the Taft administration.
William E. Dodd, another university
professor-and historian-named as
Ambassador to Germany, is a surprise
appointment. Many prominent Roose-
veltians had cast covetous eyes on this
premier diplomatic plum. Prof Dodd
the close of the Civil War. He OBJ
tanned his Phi. D. at Leipzig and has
specialized in Germany history. He
speaks German fiuently. He makes his
home in Chicago and made the ac-
quaintance of the President at the Chi
cago convention.
In the space of 60 minutes last Sat-
urday the House okayed and passed the
fourth deficiency bill of the present
session, appropriating $3,459, ,480 ,908.44.
So far as the House was concerned this
was appropriating money at the rate of
sixty million dollars minute-one mil
lion dollars for every tick of the clock.
There was hardly time to read the bill,
much less to discuss it. The Appro-
priations Committee had written the
bill Saturday forenoon. Had the Sem
ate not broken up in row, it would
have probably spent even less time on
this bill than did the House. With the
single exception Of one wartime Army
appropriation bill, the present deficiency
bill is the largest appropriation bill in
the history of this or any other country
The administration denies RaDuhliran