The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1934-04-06

cot anu ulOSt up-dHu-comlnE OF
the newer men. A product of
the Harvard Law school, he once
served as secretary to the SUI
preme court sage, Justice Bran
dies got his appointment through
Felix Frankrurter, and has been
one Of the most dynamic fig
ures in the New Deal ever since.
Lands wrote the Securities Act
and q good part of the Stock
Market Control bill. He also led
the battle against General John
son In order to protect the little
fellow under the MIRA. A tree
mcndous worker, he sleeps only a
few hours on an office couch,
often does not go home for days.
JEROME FRANK, counsel for
the AAA, Is Chicago product,
former law partner or Sol Levin
son--real author of the kellogg
Pact Frank Is one OF the fight
Ing liberals who stood his ground
against the meat packers. the
tobacco trust, and the milk dis
tributors when George Peek was
on the verge of giving those out
fits almost anything they wanted.
Now that Frank has secured the
upper hand in the AAA, he has
mellowed considerably, lost some
of his fighting fire. His ideas
still play most important part
In moulding agricultural recov-
cry. His chief difficulty is I'M
Outstanding the importance of
playing ball with congressman.
PROFESSOR JAMES HAIR
VEY ROGERS of Yale is an
original member of the Money
Trust and was influential in SELL
ing Roosevelt the idea of de-
validating the dollar. Like most
professors he Is extremely SEN
sitiye to anything that is said
about him, and the thing that
hurts him most is the accusa-
ton that he was resonsible for
the Commodity Dollar. Rogers is
retiring and timid, but carried
weight In the days OF monetary
upheaval.
PROF GEORGE f.. WARREN
of Cornell is the man who. sold
Roosevelt the commodity dollar,
though he has changed his views
somewhat regarding its expedi-
ency. Warren spent most of his
life as poultry expert and once
invented q system OF holding an
electric light bulb in front of u
hen SO that 1t laid more eggs.
The only trouble was that it
killed the hen. This was Wall
Streets great weapon of ridi-
Guile against Warren when he
sold Roosevelt on buying gold.
But the birds who .scoffed then
have now come home to roost
and preen their tail feathers in
the shadow of the initiation
prosperity which resulted.
w. i. MYERS, governor of
the Farm Credit Administration,
is another Cornell professor who
Is a poultry expert. On "a
acres near Ithaca he raises TO-
900 chicks and 5000 hens.
Whether he uses the Warren
electric light method is not
known. Young Henry Morgen-
THAI, who studied at Cornell,
brought Myers into the New
Deal, appointed him as his sue
cessor on the b. c. A. Myers
wrote the original farm credit
setup and in general has done
a swell job.
DONALD RICHBERG, legal
counsel Of the MIRA, ranks as one
of tho intellectuals genuinely
close to the president. During
the campaign, Richberg virtual
policy, later helped write the Re
coyery Act and has played an
important part in its administra-
80
ton lawyer, Richberg chucked
his practice overheard to fight
Sam insult when that fugitive
ruled Chicago. AS attorney for
the Railway Brotherhoods, he
has been fighting labor's battles
ever since.
JOSEPH b. EASTMAN, fed
eral railroad co-ordinator, is in
the same category as Richberg.
For years his loud dissenting
opinions on the Interstate Com
merce Commission stood out like
the minority opinions of Justice
Holmes and Brandeis on the SUI
preme court. A sincere believer
that the only hope of the rail-
roads is government ownership,
Eastman is working IS hours O
day to keep them liquid.
f. ID. II. SUPREME
There are many other close
Roosevelt advisers, including of
course Rex Tugwell of the
original Brain Trust. But in
guaging, praising or maligning
the present re-vamped Brain
Trust, one fact stands ont more
than any other. NONE OF
THEM is PUTTING ANY IDEAS
OVER ON ROOSEVELT. THE
PRESIDENT is FORMING HIS
OWN IDEAS. HE PICKS AND
CHOOSES FROM THE VARIED
ARRAY AROUND HIM. HIS
RADICALISM is THEIR RApI-
CALISM. HIS FAULTS ARE
THEIR FAULTS. AS FAR AS
POLICY GOES, ROOSEVELT
AND THE BRAIN TRUST
PRACTICALLY ARE ONE AND
THE SAME THING.
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