Evening star., 1934-06-26
A Lot of Jobs,


The end of the list of important
Government officials dealing in new
ways with a great mass of activities
of the American people. appointed by
President Roosevelt is nowhere in
sight. He returned to Washington
today after a week spent in New Eng
land and New York, confronted with
the task of selecting-if he has
not already done so-the members of
the new, independent commission to
regulate stock exchanges and also to
administer the securities act. On top
of that he must select the members
of the newly authorized commission
which is to regulate all kinds of COM
munications, including radio, tele-
phone and telegraph. The board
that is to administer the provisions
of the new housing act and possibly
the board authorized by Congress
when in its closing days it put
through the substitute for the Wag-
ner labor bill also may be appointed.
In addition the President must con-
slider the appointment of members of
the new board to be set up under the
railroad labor act, which was showed
through Congress at the eleventh
hour.
Here in itself is huge task. The
President doubtless has been giving
the matter consideration, knowing
that after laws are passed men must
be selected to enforce them. Many
recommendations for appointment to
these commissions and boards have
been laid before him. His main job
is to pick men who are well qualified
to fill the Offices. Obviously many of
the candidates for these positions will
be disappointed. The President must
act in making his selections, very
largely, upon the advice of his friends
to whom he has delegated the job
of looking into the qualifications of
possible appointess.
No one can say with certainty just
what will be the effect of the oper-
alton of the new stock exchange regu-
lation law. There have been dire
predictions that the proposed regu-
lation will wreck the commerce OF
the country. But that has come from
men who have strongly opposed any
governmental regulation of the ex-
changes. 1t is important, however,
that the new regulatory commission
shall be of such ability that the new
law will be given its best administra-
tion-men who must blaze new trails
in dealing with business. Originally
it had been planned to place the con-
troll of the stock exchange regula-
tion in the hands of the Federal Trade
Commission. But this aroused an
tagonism in some quarters and the
plan was abandoned. Since that time,
however, it has been hinted that the
President might take one or more
officials from the Trade Commission
to become members of the new regu-
latcry commission.
The President has insisted that
brains, not politics. must govern, in
the selection of officials to serve in
Washington. His statement, made
recently in his address in New Haven,
will doubtless be scanned again by
the politicians in both the old major
political parties when the names of
the appointees to the new commits
sions and boards are announced. Is
the so-called brain trust to have it's
ranks augmented, or will appoint
ments of more practical character
be in order? Whoever may be Sc
lected, it is obvious that the Chief
Executive has in his gift today a lot
of Government jobs that pay we'll.
jobs for which lot of men are de-
sirous