Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1934-12-21

Pertinent Items
Champion Walkers
Interesting Women
Some Forecasts
Politics and Policies

ment are talked about in Washing
ton, here are a few paragraphs Of
casual gossip heard in the corridors
of public buildings and on the
street-corners.
Item: When the President got
back to Washington and found his
new and enlarged offices ready for
him, it was noticed by the news
paper men at the first press con-
ference that the array of Democra-
tic donkeys that used to decorate
his desk had been reduced to three.
Also, that insufficient provision
has been made by the architect of
the new White House, wing for
taking care of reporters hats and
%overcoats.
Item: There is a secret circular
staircase leading into the Presi-
dents new office, so that Cabinet
officers and others who may not
want to be observed by watchful
reporters can slip in and out unob-
served.
Item: Mrs. Paul Wilson, who
prefers to be known as Miss Fran
ces Perkins, and who is addressed as
MADAM Secretary has a private
elevator to her private office in the
new Department of Labor build
ing; also a private bath finished in
green tile.
Item: Secretary Wallace of Agri-
culture and Secretary M~orgenthau
of the Treasury are the champion
pedestrians of the Administration.
Both walk to their offices, Mr..
Wallace a good three miles every
morning.
Item:It has leaked out that the
entire Cabinet has "chipped in" to
buy a collective Christmas present
for the President. This, as one of
them remarked, is symbolic of the
spirit of cooperation which the
Administration is trying to instil.
Item: President Roosevelt, sold
some cattle and bought a couple of
mules on his Georgia farm while
vacationing. He thought the cattle
didn't bring enough and the mules
cost too much. He named the
mules "Hop" and Tug" after Re-
lief Administrator Harry Hopkins
and Undersecretary of Agriculture
Rexford Tugwell. Because" he
remarked, "the mules are SO fri
sky"
Interesting women in Federal
Jobs: Miss Lenroot, who succeeds
Grace Abbot as head of the Chill
dren's Bureau, is the daughter of a
former Wisconsin Senator and one
of the few Republicans appointed
to an important post. Miss Isabel
Du Bots of the Bureau of Naviga-
ton of the Navy, whose job is to
keep every ship supplied with good
books for the officers and "gobs"
to read. She's been doing this since
1924. Miss Bertha Neinburg, AS
sistant Director Of the Women's
Bureau in the Department OF Labor
She comes from California, has been
in Government service for ten
years, and her slogan is "More jobs
for women" Mrs. Clara M. Boyer,
also from California, labor econo-
mist, holding a newly-created Of
flee, that of assistant director OF
the Division Of Labor Standards.
Her Job is to try to get uniform
labor laws in the different states.
Accomplished: Government con-
troll of the Federal Reserve system,
quietly and without any publicity.
This practically removes the limit
on the Governments power to Dor
row, foreshadows more complete
Federal control over all banking
and all credit. 1t puts the Admin
istration in a position to block in
flation moves in Congress.
Forecasts: No "balancing'' Of the
budget for the fiscal year begin
ming next July /. General reduc-
ton in bank interest, including
savings banks. Further refunding
of Government debt at lower in
terest rates. Outlook now is for a
permanent Federal Aviation Com
mission, to handle all matters relat-
ing to flying. No more 'alphabetl-
caI' bureaus; the President thinks
the public has had enough "alpha-
bet soup" and wants to get down
to the solid course. No foreclosures
of railroads that can't pay back
money borrowed from Uncle Sam;
Government doesn't want to be-
come a railroad magnate.
Navy Department will ask for