Evening star., 1933-02-06
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE.

Prominence of State Governors al
the Roosevelt Inauguration will have
more than formal significance. 1t will
be symbol Of the incoming Presidents
intention to establish a closer working
connection between the White House
and the chief executives of the States
than has ever hitherto existed. To
this observer, at Albany last Summer
Gov. Roosevelt impaired his views on
that subject. He expressed himself
with some vehemence about President
Hoover's studied neglect" of the Gov
ernors, coupling that thought with the
view that II there had been something
approaching liaison between the Fed
eral and State Governments, matters
might have been remedied in various
directions during the depression era
Gov. Roosevelt believed, in particular
that 1t might have been possible to
cope with unemployment relief had
Washington not stood so aloof from
the States. Evidently he intends a
| new deal on this score, too. Former
Director of the Mint Ray Baker is in
charge Of the reception Of Governors
at the Inauguration.
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During his four years as Governor
| Of New York, ''F. D. r." used the radio
at regular intervals to commune with
the people of the Empire State, follow
| ing practice first instituted by A
Smith when he was enthroned al
Albany. On various vital occasions
when the Legislature opposed their pro-
grams, the respective Governors went
straight to the citizenry over the air
and generally contrived to arouse public
opinion sufficiently to carry theil
points. The President-elect has giver
no intimation that he plans to convert
broadcasting studio, as he did the
Executive Mansion at Albany. but, with
the experience he's had with the all
as a political ally, it wouldn't be sur
prising If he takes to it habitually al
Washington. AS the country discovered
during the campaign, the Governor has
a pleasing radio STYLE" Out in the
corn belt they at first didn't like his
Harvard pronunciation of farmer as
"fah-mah," but it didn't seem to count
against him on election day.
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| Senator Hiram Bingham of Connect
cut Is undergoing the same experience
with his Socialist son Alfred, who re-
Gently advocated revolution before the
Yale Socialist Club, as Stanley Baldwin
| of Great Britain has had with his heir
| Oliver r. Baldwin. The former prime
minister, as all the world knows, Is q
rock-ribbed Conservative, a Tory oi
Tories. His son joined the British
Labor party after serving as soldier
in France and three years ago was
elected to the House of Commons ir
the landslide that gave Labor contro
of the government for the second time
cialist propaganda" among his "recrea-
tions," in a British Who's Who auto
biography.
President Hoover, who will broadcast
to the country probably for the last time
In his present capacity when he deliver.
February 13, thinks his severest radio
critic is his granddaughter. Peggy Anr
Hoover When the President was al
Palo Alto over election time last No
vember, that pert and pretty young
lady said: "Granddaddy, you broadcast
SC often, but you never once have ended
up by saying, Good night, Peggy
Ann"
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William Green's inclusion in the
Roosevelt cabinet as Secretary OF Labol
If that is to be-will signify severa
things. First Of all, 1t would mean thai
the respective partisans of Francis Per-
kins of New York (the President
elects first choice and Dan Tobin
president Of the Teamsters' Union
Staged hllch q leud that the GoveTnol