Evening star., 1934-01-02
A.REORGAN|zED
WITH SHIFTS Of 100
Eight Departments Go in Out
growth of Split of Peek
and Wallace.
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transferred into other departments of
the Government, A. A. A. officials said
the reorganization had not resulted in
any wholesale discharge of employees.
Two to Aid Christgau.
Peek already has reported to the
President on foreign trade possibilities
and changes necessary in existing poll
cieS in order to secure maximum export
trade. The belief is current that Presl-
dent Roosevelt may seek drastic re-
visions of the American tariff policy
and establishment of an import quota
system to enable him to secure trade
benefits with foreign nations through
trading of advantages.
Christgau will be aided by Jesse w.
Tapp of Henderson, KY. former head
of the general crops section. who will
assist in directing marketing agreements
and such codes of fair competition not
transferred to the N r. A, and D. P.
Trent, director of agricultural extension
in Oklahoma. who will assist in the
production adjustment programs for
wheat, cotton, corn, hogs dairying and
other farm products now under way or
being considered.
Tolley will be assigned to working out
an alignment of production adjustment
plans. Davis said, and will correlate &C
tivitieS of the Farm Administration
with those of other branches of the
Department of Agriculture.
other Changes Made.
The processing and marketing division
will be merged with the production di-
vision in the new commodities division
under ChriStgau.
Mai. Robert M. Littlejohn, loaned by
the Army to be head of the special COM
modities section, will return to his
former duties. Other changes include
the transfer Of j. E. Dalton, formerly
chief economist of the Code Analysis
Committee, to assist Tapp in admins
tering codes retained in the Farm Ad-
ministration; resignation of D. S.
Murphy. former head of the processing
and marketing section, to take a COM
mercial position; transfer of George
Carlson, former head of the license and
enforcement section, together with sew
eral assistants, to N. r. A, and transfer
OF R. H Fielder, chief of the fisheries
section, to either the Department of
Commerce or N. r. A.
H E Willingham. former head of the
beverage control section, was transfer
red to the Federal Alcohol Control Ad-
miniStration to become assistant to
Joseph M Choate, administrator. and
Ray Miller, former chief of the export
section. was lent to the Alcohol Ad-
ministration.
]. D. Dole, chief of the discontinued
foods section, will remain in the Farm
Administration for a time until codes
concerning foods which are retained
there are Strengthened out, after which
he may go to the N r. A.
Previously Gen. w. L westervelt.
former assistant to Peek, resigned to go
back to his former job in Chicago, and
Mai. C. w. Dunning resigned to take
over new work with N. r. A. in the
foods section.
Johnston Keeps Place.
Glenn McHugh and Wayne Taylor,
special assistants to Peek, have been
working with him in drawing up his
report en- export trade. and will ac-
company him in his new work on the
Export Committee.
Oscar Johnston of Scott, Miss, will
continue as manager Of the cotton pro-
ducers' pool and will administer other
matters connected with the general cot
ton program and advise the admins
tration on financial problems.
Ward M. Buckles of Spokane, Wash,
was appointed director of the Finance
Division, and H. P Seidemann. formerly
in charge of the office of coordination,
was named special assistant to Davis.
T. Weed Harvey of Fairmount, Ind,
was appointed assistant to Davis in
charge of business management. and
William A. Byrd. jr., of Baltimore, for
mer assistant in the General Crops Sec