Evening star., 1933-07-28
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE.

President Roosevelt is Oh for his SEC
ond little Summer vacation, happy as
a clam-this time In rural home haunts
in Dutchess County, N. Y.-because OF
his confidence that the recovery pro-
gram Is at length on its way and, in
the militant terms Of Gen. johnson,
that nothing can now stop it." The
President ventured into the tropical
heat Of Midsummer Washington for q
couple Of weeks solely to tighten up
the bolts in the recovery machinery and
set 1t whirring. Those torrents Of tele-
grams from all over the country which
deluged him this week convince F. D. r.
that the people have accepted his chal-
lenge-nameiy, that it Is squarely up to
them to win the war for prosperity.
With the President and his aides, Of
course, remains the responsibility for
leadership. but the actual fighting, as
In all wars, he holds, has to be done by
soldiers in the field-in the case Of the
recovery wat by the embattled citizenry
at large.
Through Washington these days
stream men and women from all over
the Union, burdened with one univer-
sal message. It Is to the effect that,
regardless Of section or political af-
nliation, the country is behind the
present national leadership 1000 per
cent. Many Of these folks from back
home report that the amazing feature
Of the situation is how politics seems
to have taken wings from peoples
gency has unified communities every
where as never before. They tell Of
yet one other phenomenon. That Is
that while plenty Of persons confess
their inability to fathom the intricacies
Of the dizzy developments taking place
In Washington under the aegis of the
Blue Eagle, their confusion gives them
no anxiety. They are satisfied to real
ize that action has at last supplanted
inaction, and are filled with childlike
faith that under the Roosevelt spur the
goal will eventually be attained.
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Gen. Hugh s. Johnson's presiden-
tial boom has been launched. The dis
tinction Of subtly and honorably sug-
gesttng the recovery administrator for
the highest place within the Nations
gift belongs to Arthur Krock, Wash
ington correspondent Of the New York
Times. Indicating that he has tossed
the generals hat Into the ring without
any collusion with johnson, Mr.. Krock
writes: Certainly the general Is not
giving any thought to the fact that,
Il he puts over his blanket code, and
it works, and N. r. A. works, many
millions Of mis- fellow citizens with votes
will be wondering, IS they emerge from
stores, and as they sweep and wash and
mend and scrub, what they can do Tor
him. They felt that way about Her
bert Hoover once for doing mobtltza-
ton job"
Unobtrusively, but one by one, Jim
Farley is taking care Of the deserving
Democrats, who, shoulder to shoulder
with him, bore the brunt Of the war
Of 1882. TWO Of them received jobs this
week as regional directors OF Secre-
tary Ickes' Public Works Admtn1stra-
ton. Edward J. Flynn, secretary OF
state Of New York and crony and
lieutenant Of Farley IN the Democratic
State organization, will have charge
In New York, New Jersey and Pennsyl-
vania. Daniel ]. Tobin, who, at Demo-
cratic national headquarters, looked
after the labor division, will be public
works boss for Illinois, Indiana,
Michigan, Ohio and Wisconsin. A
couple Of weeks ago other Far.
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Bruce Kremer Of Montana, Democratic
national executive committeeman, re-
ceived q lucrative Department Of Jus
tice appointment connected with the
consent decree" liquidation Of packing
interests, and Frank G. Walker, DEM
| ocratic National Committee treasurer,
was named Is executive omcer Of the
mper-Recovery Council Earlier In the
year Gov. Nellie Tayloe Ross Of Wyom-
iu9, vice chairman Of the National
Committee for women's activities, wa
appointed Director Of the Mint. Sunny
Jim" manifestly is m apostle Of the
theory that to those who really or
Eanise victory belong the spoils. One
Important Farley lieutenant, Arthur r
Mullen, national committeeman from
lNebraska, - still waiting for something
| to come his way. He wanted to be At
| torney General and refused . Federal
judgeship. His son y Prof Moleys a.