Evening star., 1934-05-22
ROOSEVELT FOUND
MASTER Of NATION
Gene Howe, Amarillo Editor,
Picks 49 of Presidents
Chief Advisers.
BY the Associa ted Press.

States in 1890
Howe, son of Ed Howe, famous
Kansas editor, and a controversialist
who has tilted with Mary Garden and
other notables, picked 40 of the Presi-
dents chief advisers who are con-
suited at his pleasure rather than
their leisure" He called at least half
OF them Yes" men, and said There
is not one Of the remainder who can
speak for the President without first
consulting him"
Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt heads the list
of advisers which Howe. with the aid
of newspaper men in Washington,
New York, Chicago and other East
ern cities, selected after a months
survey. Howe made one trip through
the East to obtain first-hand nforma-
ton.
Gerard'S list was made up princi-
pally of bankers. financiers and big
induStrialists. Howe found that these
classes are not represented among
RoOsevelt's advisers.
The closest approach to a finan-
cier.' he said. lis Bernard Baruch.
Then there is Jesse Jones. a spec
tacular real estate operator. Jones,
who is a natural leader and tre-
mendously ambitious is reasonably
close to Roosevelt, but the President
keeps every one at a respectful dis
tance.
Louis McHenry Howe is his intel
lectual valet Jim Farley his political
strategist, whose advice is seldom
taken except regarding party organi-
ZatiOn. Vice President Garner doesn't
speak or understand the language of
most Of those who surround the Pres
ident, but is loyal.
Hugh Johnson is a bogey man who
overdid it. He takes orders from the
President. The thunder is his own,
the lightning Roosevelt's.
Rex TugWell is a Socialite, a bril- !
liant conversationalist. a dull thinker |
He has become publicity goat for the
administration. and likes it. Salvos |
hurled at him are intended for the !
President. He is headed out
Howe said he found the brain !
trust not very brainy" and Roosevelt's |
cabinet mediocre"
Three Understand Status.
lone or two OF the cabinet members
simply answer roll call" he said. !
1ueN uOIl hLOW WIldl IL Is dIl dUOul.
Cordell Hull, Henry Wallace and |
Harold Ickes stand out in the cabinet. |
They have deeper and more pro- |
found understanding of the economic /
status of this country than any three !
men in the inner circle.
If Frances Perkins were a man she |
might be a President herself
Howe places her fourth on the list !
of advisers.
Never in the history of the United |
States. not excepting the administra-
tions of George Washington and |
Woodrow Wilson. has one individual |
so completely dominated this coun-
try as does Roosevelt Howe con- |
tinued He stands next to MuSso- |
lini and Lenin. and above Stain and |
Hitler in having complete mastery of |
nation.
He seeks to travel not to the left |
nor to the right, but straight to the /
hearts of the people. If he had been |
the war President he likely would |
have out-WilSoned Wilson.
"Roosevelt's outstanding bid for |
lasting greatness is his willingness TO
change his mind. He has absorbed |
much and learned much in the year
he has been President But he must !
hear the roars OF an ungrateful and |
understanding mob. and stand |
hitched. to prove that ne has the iron !
in his soul that most of the American
people think he has"
List Compiled by Howe.
HoWe's list follows, the first 25
names in the order of their impor-
tance.
l. Mrs Eleanor Roosevelt.
9 Louis McHenry Howe, Secretary
to the President
3. Henry F. Wallace, Secretary Of |
Agriculture
Frances L. Perkins, Secretary Of !
Labor.
5. Cordell Hull. Secretary of State.
s Harold F. Ickes, Secretary of In !
terror.
T. DR.. Felix Frankfurter, Harvard !
brain truster. labor expert
8. Jesse H. Jones of Texas. chair !
man of the Reconstruction Finance !
Corporation.
9. Senator Robert Wagner of New |
York.
10 Dr. Leo Wolman of the Labor |
Advisory Board.
II. Harry L. Hopkins, administrator !
of Federal relief.
II. Lewis w. Douglas, director of !
the budget.
l3. Bernard NJ Baruch. financier. |
IA Prof. Frank w. Taussig, Har-
ward brain truSter. tariff expert.
Is. Donald Richberg, counsel for the |
N R. A.
l6 Senator James F. Byrnes OF
South Carolina.
II. Henry Morgenthau, jr, Secre- |
tary of Treasurer.
l8 Gen. Hugh S. Johnson N R. A. |
administrator
49, James NJ. Farley. Postmaster |
General.
20 Senator Joseph Robinson of Ar
kansas, floor leader.
81. Vice President John Garner.
%. Louis Brandeis, Supreme Court !
justice.
%. Benjamin Cardozo, Supreme
Court justice
"a. Ferdinand Pecora. special coun- |
SCI for the Senate Banking Commit !
tee
%. Representative Henry T. Rainey !
OF Illinois. Speaker of the House.
Homer Cummings, Attorney Gen. !
eral; Joseph B. Eastman, co-ordinator !
OF transportation: William |. Myers. |
governor of the Farm Credit Admin
1stration; Robert Fechner. director of |
c. c. c.; Daniel C. Roper, Secretary |
OF Commerce; George Dern, Secretary
of War; Claude A. Swanson Secretary
OF the Navy: David Stern, PhiIadel- |
Usher; Prof. ReXford Tugwell. Co.
lumbia University brain truster. and
Assistant Secretary of Agriculture; |
Prof. G. F. Warren of Cornell, none
tary adviser; Jerome Frank. counsel
for the A. A. A: Robert Kahn. di-
rector of housing for P. w A ; Henry |
Morgenthau. ST. former Ambassador |
of Turkey and assistant treasurer of /
the Roosevelt Campaign Committee:
Raymond Moley. former Assistant
Secretary of State now mapazine