Milford chronicle., 1934-09-28
Washington Snapshots

President Roosevelt meant exact
ly what he said when he told the
people his Administration would en-
gage in various experiments and
that If these failed to restore pros
perity he would try something else.
Word comes through reliable chan
nels that drastic renovation of the
New Deal is being drafted by the
President and his most intimate ad-
visers. Those who are helping re-
model the recovery craft include
Professor Moley, Louis Howe, Per-
nard Baruch, and Treasury Secre-
tary Morgenthau. They are not di-
vulging any sailing" plans, as yet.
q
Among the reasons that may be
cited as forcing early abandonment
of some present experiments is the
fact that NRA has collapsed. Whe-
ther General Johnson was the best
man available for Recovery Admin
istratOr is not as important as the
fact that he was getting action,
maintaining the confidence OF the
public, and seeking to maintain the
minimum of government supervis-
ion of industry necessary to protect
the public welfare when the inter-
nal breakdown came. AS usual in
bureaucracy, personal jealousy eau
sed the breakdown. Make no mistake
about 1.-THE Blue Eagle is drift
ing down the river"
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Much ballyhoo is being handed out
about reorganization" and about
the Presidents views" or "Gener-
al Johnson's IDEAS" or "Mr. Rich
berg's Desires" but Frank r. Kent,
writing in the Baltimore Sun, prob
ably described the situation most
accurately when he said:
THE truth about NRA is that it is
too sick to be cured But the New
Deal high command apparently
would rather die than admit this.
Ballyhooed to unmanageable pro-
portions, it began to collapse six
months ago, and is today in a very
bad mess. Failed of its objectives, |
with its personnel shot to pieces;
its more important men anxious to |
get from under. its policies lost in
the shuttle, its prestige gone and
its organization in a state of con-
fusion, appears a wreck"
&
The question, After the NRA--
WHAT" comes to the front. 1t is
known that Directors of the Nation
al Association of Manufacturers are
some valuable informa-
tion for the purpose of giving a
sound answer to this question. How
ever, the Administration may con-
tinue to reject the views of success
full business men in favor of further
advocated and directed
by the collegiate left wingers."
q
Straight dope from the inside
says the New Deal lawyers have
suddenly discovered that the Senate
authorizing the National
Labor Relations Board, and the
executive order setting
up the Board, failed to give the
Board any such authority as it pre-
tended to exercise in the House En-
SlueeIlu6 OOIpOl dliOu NdSCs NJ"
known as the majority rule" decis-
on. Some of those in the various
guessing schools" around Wash
ngton say this sudden discovery
bad something to do with the an
that Chairman Garri-
son of the Labor Relations Board is ,
to resume his work as
dean. {
q :
Forty press agents and infOrma- 1
ion directors are listed in execu-
i've departments and emergency |
Igencies in an official bulletin just \
ssued by the Government. These !
ire heads of departments, in most I
instances. Many have from three to {
dozen assistants, and at one time /
he NRA press agent had two dozen S
assistants. But Bill Lawson, the ac- '
i've head Of the NRA press depart a
nent, seeing the Blue Eagles fea- t
hers ripped by high-ranking sharp
hooters who are aiming at General .
ohnson, eased quietly out of the or c
anization into private employment. &
lie did a great job of publicizing the
grand old bird"