Evening star., 1934-09-11
Administrator Is Expected
to Assume Executive Role,
With Judicial and LegiSIa-
tive Board Checks.
ADDITIONAL PARLEYS
TO PERFECT SYSTEM
Roosevelt and Recovery Chief
Agree on Plan After Lengthy
Conference - Equal Authority
Contemplated for Agencies.
Farley and Ely to Call Today.
BY J. RUSSELL YOUNG,
STAFF Correspondent of The Star

HYDE PARK, N. Y, September II.
Plans for recognizing the N. r. A.
which have been agreed to by Presi-
dent Roosevelt call for the end Of
the present one-man rule of that
major recovery agency. and provide
for its operation by three departments,
somewhat similar to the executive,
judicial and legislative branches Of
the Federal Government. The pri-
mary object, now being whipped into
shape by the President, is to eliminate
the overlapping of authority and
functions, which is known to be seri-
ously interfering with the successful
operation of this big agency.
This was made known here today
officially, following the conference
between the President and Gen. Hugh
Johnson, recovery administrator, who
arrived early last evening and did
not depart until about IL today.
Gen. johnson few here in an
amphibian plane that landed him of
the dock of the Poughkeepsie Yacht
Club. He was hurried to Hyde Park,
a few miles away, in a White House
car. Miss Frances M. Robinson, his
personal assistant, who accompanied
him on the fight, was driven to hotel
in Poughkeepsie.
Johnson's Reaction Hidden.
The President and the fiery re-
covery administrator began TO talk
business Immediately after dinner and
worked until about midnight. They
resumed their discussion of the re-
organization plans after breakfast this
morning, continuing up until the time
of the generals departure.
Both the President and the general
are known to have been well pleased
with the progress they made. Whether
or not the latter, who has been in
more or less serious conflict with a
group of the Presidents advisers
headed by Donald Richberg, was en-
tirely happy over the proposed three
department rule for his agency could
not be learned. He was whisked
away from the White House as hastily
as he landed, and he did not have an
opportunity to talk with newspaper
representatives.
The hint given here was that he
must have agreed to turning the op-
Grafton of the N. r. A. to the three
departments inaSmuch as it was said
definitely in behatlf of the President
that as a result of this conference,
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is assumed Gen. johnson also agreed
to become the head of one of the
three proposed departments, presuma-
bly, the administrative branch.
Czar Rule Gone.
In this event he has virtually signed
his abdication as the one-man car Of
American business. No longer will
he be the cracker down" on business
No longer will his voice be the last
word in the operation of the national
recovery act.
Regardless of Gen. Johnson's acqui-
esence, only time can tell whether
he will remain long in this new posi-
ton of reduced authority.
During their conference the Presi-
dent and johnson gave careful atten-
ton to defining the authority and
functions of the proposed three de-
partments.
Stephen T. Early, assistant secre-
tary to the President, in defining the
functions of these three departments,
explained that the set.up will be:
The legislative branch will have to
do strictly with matters of policy.
The administrative branch will have
charge Of the executive work.
The judicial branch will settle labor
disputes, code conflicts, etc.
Each branch is intended to have
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