The Washington times., 1934-12-29
SET.
To PUT AN END
To RUMORS
Message Expected to Upset
Many Reports, Offer New,
Constructive Plans
By EARL GOODWIN


There probably will be a dra.
matte surprise in the message
President Roosevelt will deliver to
Congress on January 4. Against
a background Of printed rumors
the stage is being set for a brief
message that will crackle with
constructive thought.
All prophecies that the Govern.
ment is going to put to work on
Government jobs everyone now
on cash relief will be proved to
be false.
The probability is that there
will be a proposal which no one
has yet mentioned in the thou.
sands of words which have been
written in representation of the
next step in the New Deal. The
President has been silently work.
ing on some such idea, it is now
believed. He has sworn his closest
friends to secrecy; he has kept his
Cabinet and his council from
talking. Day by day the country
has been prepared for the light
ming flash now expected from the
White House.
Favors Private. Capital
From what Donald Richberg,
Emergency Council chief, said at
Cleveland yesterday. there will be
no nationwide 1900 million dol.
lar public work program to re-
place the cash relief. The Presi.
dent is expected to favor work re-
lief where possible, in program
in which everyone on relief will be
put to work; but the Administra-
ton has not yet reversed itself on
the policy of looking to private
capital and private initiative to
continue the march of recovery
which the Presidents advisers say
is now under way.
The Administration is hopeful
of a real expansion in the auto.
mobile industry and in all indus
tries requiring heavy goods"
such as steel. For that reason 1t
seems obvious that the policies
outlined in the message will not
hamper business recovery.
Another field for recovery, the
leaders point out.
is in the mines and factories where
as Federal Housing Administrator
Moffett explains, millions Of
workers and billions of dollars
could be employed in replacing OBJ
solete equipment.
Done With Dole.
The problem before the Presi-
dent, it is now known, is to bring
about the employment of about
five million workers in the very
near future. Private industry will
have to step in with a vast pro-
gram of public work.
The President, it can be stated
with authority, is at the end OF
his patience with the dole, but he
will give business its chance to
take its natural position as EN-.
ployers of labor.
While the President is working
on his message, there still re"
mains the mystery of the report
which industrial leaders of the
country made up at White Sui"
phur Springs. Va, and tried to
get before him through their
emissary C. B. AmeS. of the
Texas Co. That report repre-
sented the solid thought of many
of the leading manufacturers and
other business leaders, such as
John J. Raskob. once in the van
in the Democratic party.
The strong impression has been
given at the White House that
the report had not been read up
to a late hour. In fact. one or
two of the Presidents aids have
laughed at the report.
Business Men Mystified
Business men, such as officials
of the United States Chamber
of Commerce profess to be mys-
titled by the White House atti-
tude. They suspect that at least
Cabinet officers have read the
text Of the report as published
in newspapers: and they believe
the President knowc the purport
of the document.
Their feeling is that the Presi-
dent simply does not want to be
put i'll the position Of appearing
to be advised by Big Business
what to say in the message; and
that the message itself will con-
tain evidences that the White
Sulphur Springs report has been
read. incidentally they claim
that their attitude is much more
friendly to this Administration
than it was 18 months ago.
The, bonus remains fascinat-
ing puzzle, Not even the close
watchers on Capitol Hill agree on
the strength of the bonus advo-
Gates. There is no unanimity of
opinion on the statement that the
Congress can override a presiden-
tial veto.
The President has given no evi.
dence of a change in his views.
The general belief is that he will
oppose immediate payment Of the
bonus.
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