Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1934-09-26
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE.

Bernard M. Baruch denies that he
is to be head man of . policy board
or anything else within revamped
N. r, A. II, after all, he emerges
as such, he will only be enacting in
an of,cial advisory capacity the role
he has played informally behind the
scenes at various stages OF the New
Deal. Certainly no man outside the
administration has had more fire.
ouent, intimate or influential access
to President Roosevelt than the lanky,
silver haired, brainy New Yorker.
Baruch's counsel Is valued because
it is disinterested and brutally frank.
He Is no "yes man." A year ago,
when there was loose talk about his
being acting President" an admin
istrationist observed: "Baruch is the
spinach of the New Deal-wholesome,
but most Of the time damned I'm.
palatable" Baruch doubtless could
have had his pick Of any number
Of premier Government posts. He
prefers the only kind Of q LOB" he
likes-that of q private citizen avail
able for advice and information on
any subject on which he Is supposed
to possess authority.
Prof. Moley, like Mr.. Baruch, also
has the Roosevelt ear to q degree
equaled by few of the Presidents
counselors-oficial or otherwise. HIS
departure from the State Department
and the key position in the brain
trust in nowise cut Moley's lines OF
communication with the White House.
They remained unbroken. and the
editor of Today has seen almost as
much Of MIR. Roosevelt in washington,
at HYDE Park and elsewhere as Of yore.
As both Messrs. Baruch and Moiey
sat in at the birth Of N. r. A., 1t
would be logical If they were to be
brought into the reorganization pic
ture for life-saving purposes. It was
Baruch who rendered" Gen. johnson
to the President as the iron man
requisite for the initial job.
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Gen. johnson has disclosed that he
was once . 500, 000-a-year man, and
frequently limited that economic ne
cessities would eventually compel him
to revert to the status Of q private
citizen privileged to earn the kind OF
a living his talents would command.
On another occasion-that was be-
fore his recent "raise"-he intimated
that he was tired Of starving" on low
Government wages. If the tempera-
mental brigadier Is offered place In
a new N. r. A. set-up that is too OBJ
viously subordinate and decorative,
the odds are all in favor Of his chuck
ing it and going back to business. He
is not built to trot in harness that
cramps his style. The general may
wind up like Will Hays or Judge Lam
dis, as the Gear" Of some vast Ameri-
can industry looking for an execu-
tive with Q two-fisted punch.
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David Lloyd Georges gibes ut
Woodrow Wilson in the latest volume
of the little Welshman's memoirs re-
call q story told Of L. G. before the
Unite6 States entered the war. While
entertaining . distinguished American
in London, Lloyd George berated VIII
son for not declaring war on Ger
many. The American asked the Brit
ish statesman II he wasn't aware that
power to declare war was constitu-
tionally vested only in the Congress
of the United States, and not in the
President. Lloyd George shame
facedly ceased his TRADE and said he
never knew that before.
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Because Of his generalship in the
textile strike, his admirers say that
Francis j. German has been ele-
waited to the elite company Of big
leaguers Of the batting average OF
william Green, John L. Lewis and
other labor potentates. Incidentally,
the u. r. W. leader Is not the only
native Of the British Isles who has
risen 10 sminsnes and power In