Evening star., 1934-12-01
Roosevelt Confers With
Hopkins and Richberg
on Policies.
MESSAGE TO CONGRESS
WILL REVEAL PROGRAM
Secretary Ickes to Report Over
Week End-Morgenthau Sched-
uled to Arrive Monday.
BY J. RUSSELL YOUNG,
Staff Correspondent OF The Star.

WARM SPRINGS, Ga, December /
The coming today of Harry L. Hop
kins, relief administrator, and Donald
Richberg, co-ordinator in chief Of
the New Deals recovery drive. to the
Little White House" on the slopes OF
Pine Mountain is looked upon as in
tensifying President Roosevelt's clost
study of the administration genera!
national policy.
This is particularly applicable tc
that part of the administration polio;
regarding the reshaping of relief plans.
Both Administration Hopkins and Co.
ordlnator Richberg are conceded to bi
Mr.. Roosevelt's closest advisers upon
matters relating to the relief portion
of his general program for recovery.
Silent on Relief Plans.
Although President Roosevelt ha;
been giving no end of thought anc
study to relief policies, especially since
coming to his Georgia retreat tive
weeks ago, he is maintaining strict
silence regarding his thoughts or his
ideas for new or altered policies. He
has spoken freely, both off and on the
record, about power and housing, but
when asked about relief he declinei
to answer. He generally replies tc
such questions something to the effect
that You will learn all about it wheI
I send my annual message to the nex'
Congress on January g." He FIRE.
quently adds something to the effec;
that anything you write before tha;
date will no doubt be wrong.
Another arrival at the Little White
House" today will be Frank c. Walker
OF New York. former chief co-ordina-
tor and formerly treasurer of the
Democratic National Committee. Soon
to follow will be Secretary of Interior
Ickes, Postmaster General James A.
Farley and DR.. Rexford Guy Tugwell.
Undersecretary Of Agriculture, who
still occupies position in the fore
rank of the Presidents so-called
brain trust" Dr. Tugwell spent three
days with the President last week, but
1t is presumed that the President
wanted him to sit in during his fur
ther conferences regarding his gen.
eral national policy.
Morgenthau Due Monday.
On Monday Henry Morgenthau. Sec
retary of the Treasury, will arrive here
for conference.
Looking over this group the fact
stands out that it is a regular brain
trust" reunion.
There is reason to know that Ad-
ministrator Hopkins is being consulted
by President Roosevelt not merely as
relief administrator. but as a known
authority on housing problems. Hous-
ing. which is looked upon as being
closely linked with relief, has been one
Of Mr.. Hopkins studies. Because of
all this there is reason to feel certain
that he will have a prominent if not
leading role in the Presidents new
low-coSt housing program.
The problems of business recovery.
the N. r. A. and matters relating to
the coordination policy of the admin
iStration will be discussed at length
between the President and Mr.. Rich
berg. 1t is understood that he has
brought with him to Warm Springs a
tentative drafr of legislation providing
for the continuation on greatly modi-
fled lines of the NJ R. A. after its
present temporary structure expires
by law next June.
Outlined Plans In Speech.
In speech a few nights ago in
New York Mr.. Richberg outlined a
part of his plan for the N r. A., based
principally on flexibility, in attacking
the problems of vastly varying in
dustries, and preservation of section
IA guaranteeing labor's right to or
ganize
The President had a rather easy
day yesterday so far as conferences
and work were concerned. But even
in his leisure moments he was con-
fronted with problems not associated
with the Nation or the Government
which he heads, but with his 1,75O-
acre farm few miles from this place
He has about 40 head of beef cat
tie on his farm which he is anxious
to dispose of as soon as possible, but
is confronted with a price for cattle
so ridiculously low that even he can
not figure anything but loss.
When asked If he was going to
complain to the administration about
the low price for beef cattle, the
President laughingly remarked that
he was afraid it would do no good.
To work out these farm problems
the President motored to his farm
yesterday afternoon and spent more
than an hour with Otis Moore, his