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sistence, more understanding Of the
technique Of social change, more ardor
| to make America over, and more sue
cess in getting his ideas adopted, than
any other individual. Prof. Tuswell
is thoroughly intent on fundamental
change. Probably DR.. Wirt's word
revolution" is not too strong for the
change that Prof. Tugwell would like
to bring to America. One who knows
well the intimate inside Of the Roose-
velt administration has written that
"in the vicinity of the White House
Prof. Tugwell is affectionately known
as 'bolshevist The brain trust
as term has never been fully under
stood by the public. 1t started with
! an accidental association between
Prof. Raymond Moley and Mr.. Roose-
| velt.
When Mr.. Roosevelt was Governor
| OF New York matter involving prison
| reform came LeIore him. Prof. Moley
at Columbia University happened to
have some information on the sub
ject. Thus the two came together, A
little later Prof. Moley introduced his
fellow teacher at Columbia, Prof. Tug
well, and also A. A. Berle.
Only Three In Trust.
Those three are really all Of the
brain trust" in any .rue sense. After
the phrase became al<lring to news
paper headline writers, any academic
person appointed to Office in the
Roosevelt administration was called a
member. While many of the pro-
fessors are radical, many are not.
Prof. George F. Warren, for example,
though he has a novel theory about
goio and prices, is, as respects social
revolution, as conservative a believer
In the orthodox doctrines associated
with private ownership of property as
any farmer is.
or the three who really composed
the original brain trust" Prof. Moley
| is out. He is out. incidentally,
through his own ineptness. The
orevity OF his official life carries some
suggestion about his ability. Here
was man appointed to public Office
and holding it under the most ia
vorable possible conditions. an init
mate personal associate of the Presi-
dent. And he was not able TO last
/ six months.
Another Of the original three. Mr..
Berle, while he was close to Mr.. Roose-
Velt during the latter's presidential
campaign, never had much influence
nor held high Office. and has not
really been much in Washington.
Prof. Tugwell is really about all that
remains of the brain trust" but
Prof. TugWell is lot. Many of the
professors. economists and other aca-
demic persons in the administration
share Prof. Tugwells ideas.
Rather more important than the
brain trust" certainly more numer-
Gus, is the group called the Prank
furter lawyers" Their intellectual
and political parent is a professor in
the Harvard Law School. Felix Frank
furter, sometimes translated in Wash
ington gossip as Happy Hot Dog"
Prof. Frankfurter has had some de-
gree OF acquaintance with Mr.. Roose-
velt for nearly 20 years. When Mr..
Roosevelt was elected President. he
asked Prof. Frankfurter to supply him
with some young lawyers to act in
the many legal posts in the admins
tration.
Generous With Offers.
Prof. Frankfurter was generous in
filling the order. More than 25 of
his young proteges are distributed
throughout the departments. Their
names are wholly unfamiliar to the
country and not we'll known in Wash
ington. But many of them occupy
what Prof. Tugwell calls strategic
positions" All are young. all are
ardent. While several would probably
live up to DR.. Wirts word revolution"
the beliefs of many go no farther
than drastic changes in the existing
social system.
They are conspicuous and eager in
the roles of drafters of legislation to
be passed by Congress, and they know
how to write measures which will
achieve the effects they wish, but at
the same time stay sufficiently close
to the Constitution to hope to get
by the Supreme Court. When it
was decided to have legislation regu-
lating stock exchanges, four of the
"Frankfurter lawyers" volunteered to
draft the bill. 1t was introduced in
Congress as written. 1t bore the names
Of the two heads of congressional COM
mittees having the bill in charge.
STEAMSHIPS.