The Washington times., 1934-08-25

BUSY VACATION
IS PROMISED
PRESIDENT
Many Tough Problems Must
Be Solved During Visit
at Hyde Park Home
BY FRANKLIN C. SARTWELL
Departure of President Roose-

Departure of President Roose-
velt for his home in Hyde Park,
N. Y, today is in no sense pre-
liminary to a vacation.
While Hyde Park will become
the Summer White House in
name, it will not be so in the
sense that other vacation spots
utilized by former Presidents
have been.
Hyde Park for the next month
will be the busiest place in the
country. From it's restful confines
will emanate all the strings which
keep the country moving and the
cards of the rapidly shuffled new
deal will be dealt from them to
the players.
Scores of the players will visit
the New Dealers at Hyde Park to
receive instructions as to how
they are to play their cards. Ad-
ditional scores will visit Hyde
Park to be told the views of the
dealer on how they have played
the hands dealt them.
Outstanding among the prob
lens which the President is TAX
ing to his Summer home is the
question of the National Recovery
Administration. Although the
Chief Executive altered earlier
plans and returned to Washing
ton after attending Speaker
Rainey's funeral in the hope Of
settling this highly difficult prob
lem. he was not able to reach
final decision.
In the brief-bags which secre-
taries will carry to Hyde Park
will be the several plans which,
contending factions have ad-
vanced for the future conduct
of the ace recovery agency.
These plans embody the physi-
cal and personnel re-alignments
of the Administration, but, more
important still, they carry foot
notes as to future policy.
Present Policy Doomed
The present policy admittedly
cannot be continued without pre-
cipitating battle royal when
the President goes before Con-
gress in January and asks for
new legislation without which the
National Recovery Administration
will die.
On the other hand, the Presi-
dent cannot revise the policy
of NRA too radically without ad-
mitting that it's course hereto
fore has been erroneous. He
could not do that without deal
ing his Administration prestige
terrific blow.
So there will be a compromise
on policy just as there is to be
a compromise on personnel. This
compromise on personnel will re.
suit in the retention, at least tenn
porarily, of General Hugh John
son in some capacity. Although
retained, the General will be con-
Siderably shorn of power in the
reorganization.
Relief Offers Big Job
While the difficulties which the
President will face at Hyde Park
on the National Recovery Admin
iStration are receiving the greatest
publicity, Mr.. Roosevelt will have
to give a great deal of his atten-
ton to the relief problems which
will become acute with the winter
months.
Relief Administrator Harry Hop
kins has been abroad for six weeks,
trying to find the ultimate solu-
ton of the relief problem. He has
not succeeded in his quest.
The Relief Administrator came
back to Washington with several
ideas for handling the needy dur
ing the winter months. None of
these ideas has been approved.
Each will be studied in detail by
the President at Hyde Park.
Politics Need Attention
In addition to these problems
the President will have to give con-
siderable attention to the parti-
san political situation which is de-
veloping. The primaries soon will
be over and the President and his
political advisers will have to lay
plans for retaining Democratic
dominance in the House and Sen
ate.
Political advisers will be among
the flocks which will journey to
Hyde Park during the next month.
And no one could call it a va
cation with all these visitors to
meet and all these problems to
consider.