Evening star., 1933-02-17
Country Is Prepared to Let
Roosevelt Control Changes

Apparently, unprecedented sentiment
exists throughout the country as to the
advisability Of giving Mr.. Roosevelt full
control of Government reorganization
when he becomes President. A few COM
ments emphasize the danger Of dicta-
torial powers, but the emergency Is held
by many to justify Capitalization of au-
thority. 1t is believed that political
complications make it impossible for
Congress to take the necessary action.
This seems to be one of those occa-
sions," in the opinion Of the Birming-
ham Age-Herald, when the national
wellbeing can best be promoted through
the concentration Of power In the hands
of an Executive held to an account
ability which cannot otherwise be en-
forced" The Providence Bulletin ex-
claims: "Let him have the powerl The
isville Courier journal declares that the
public wants action and the only way
1t can get it is through stronger Execu-
tive authority" while the Newark Eve
ming News, referring to it as IAN
amazing surrender of power" adds that
''it is also necessary one" and that "the
job must be delivered to responsible
hands capable of executing it."
THE granting of wide powers to Mr..
Roosevelt" says the Lincoln State Jour-
nal, may be the solution to the situa-
tion. II it is, 1t is best that action be
taken. But if 1t Is the solution, then
Congress has admitted and proved that
it is vastly overrated and so organized
as to be too cumbersome and unwieldy
to function under pressure" The San
Francisco Chronicle draws the conclu-
sion: Congress knows in this instance
that 1t, by its own action, never would
reorganiZe the departments. 1t Is only
fair to say that Congress cannot do it.
All its members are under too many po-
litical obligations and under too much
pressure to do fair and square job in
volving so many Of their friends. Yet
the public pressure that this Job be
done Is now very great"
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Necessity for concentration Of power
as a means Of effective action is empha-
sized by the Texarkana Gazette, the
Hartford Daily Times and the Des
Moines Regi-tar. The Charleston Is. CD
Evening Post defends the theory on the
ground that Inc proposal Is that Con-
gress employ the President to do for it
what 1t realizes it cannot well do for
itself" The Springfield (Mass.) Union
Roosevelt to do something for his coun-
try, which Is likely to pray that he
will have the force and courage to do
it," The Buffalo Evening News recog-
nizes q belief that ''the incoming Presi-
dent should not be handicapped by lack
Of authority, as President Hoover has
BEEN" The Cleveland News concludes:
THE proposal to make it possible for
the President, subject to limited veto
powers by Congress, to place on busi-
ness basis the widely scattered and often
overlapping minor departments and to
save probably minimum of $165, ,000,-
900 in governmental costs each year is
surely sound one. It is an Executive
prerogative that should have been
granted sooner"
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Greater certainty of action. with the
transfer of power from Congress Is at
tested by the Philadelphia Evening Bull
letin, the Boston Transcript, the Nash
vile Banner and the Omaha World
Herald. The Roanoke World-News
states: "If Mr.. Roosevelt acts with vigor,
II he A4s the AZ deep at-tha roots cf