Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-06-14
BY GENE HOWE,
Editor the Amarillo Globe News,

BY GENE HOWE,
Editor the Amarillo Globe-NeEs,
AMARILLO, Tex, June IA P)-In
selecting so persons who are having
the most effect on the immediate
future of the Nation, as was done last
year, it cannot be said they are In
control
There has been an astonishing
change in the Presidents advisers.
The country is bewildered, but the
40 men and one woman having the
greatest influence upon it are easily
discerned.
President Franklin D. Roosevelt
who, year ago, had complete mas
tery of the Nation. now is beset and
assailed by excited minorities which
have thrown the country into con-
fusion. Roosevelt has lost much OF
his power but not his popularity.
J. Edgar Hoover Aide.
J. Edgar Hoover. director Of the
Federal Bureau of Investigation, is
close TO Roosevelt in popularity and
is his greatest aide from a political
standpoint.
President Roosevelt Is followed by
the nine horse and buggy" members
of the Supreme Court.
Instead of being dismayed by the
decisions Of the Supreme Court, many
of those most loyal to the President
feel relieved. While there Is tension
in the White House, there is relaxation
in some of the most important inner
circle, in Washington.
Roosevelt has the greatest micro
phone presence and the most amazing
news reel allure Of all time. There is
a quiet, dignified but emotional ap-
peal or pull in his voice that pene-
trates to the very depths Of the hearts
of the American people, particularly
the women.
The woman folks love him and they
constitute his strongest bloc.
Business Men Hostile.
Nine out Of 10 of the larger bust
ness men, in small cities as well as
large, are hostile. Roosevelt's greatest
danger is that he may continue to
gauge his tremendous personal popu-
larity as an Endorsement Of all his
policies. The prayer Of the American
people is for recovery.
We have the Unknown Soldier and
other unknowns, and also the I'M
known adviser.
He is the man who advised Roose-
welt to plant a shelter belt from the
- 20 Montana
This has caused more wonderment
among those who inhabit the plains
where the trees are to stop soil
erosion than anything that his been
done by the administration. 1t has
provided the plains with more jokes
than Mae West.
Close after the members Of the
Supreme Court come Huey Long and
ex-President Herbert Hoover. Longs
power is diminishing and he is being
largely offset by Hoover in his inter-
views and public addresses. Longs
voice rasps over the radio and the
women folks laugh at his pudgy face
when they see him in the motion
pictures.
COughlln Talks 100 MUCH.
Father Coughlin is a modern witch
burner, but he is making the great
mistake of talking too often and too
much and of taking sides in too many
issues.
Mrs. Roosevelt now Is not con-
suited. She is not only the life OF
the party, the Democratic party, but
of the whole Nation. She has the
vitality of q Tarzan and continues
to enjoy herself hugely. There are
some inclined to the belief that the
President is mildly henpecked, but
he isn't. He wears the pajamas.
Dr.. G. F. Warren and DR.. Felix
Frankfurther no longer have the right
to enter the White House without
knocking. Prof. Rexford Tugwell has
settled down to hard work in the
Department of Agriculture and. Incl
dentally, is making good hand. Gen.
Hugh johnson is struggling valiantly
to remain in the hmelight.
Roosevelt more and more Is calling
in such men as John Garner. who
has surmounted the vice presidency
ana NC cS1SN S~A~~Ss
chairman of the r. r. c., the hardest
working and most capable executive
in Washington; Joe Kennedy. chair
man of the S. e. c.; Frank Walker,
chairman of the National Emergency
Council; Senator Joe Robinson, Sem
ator Pat Harrison, DR.. William !.
Myers of the Farm Credit Administra-
ton, a brain truster who has not
been shelved; Mariner s. Eccles,
governor Federal Reserve Board;
Francis Biddle, chairman National
Labor Relations Board, and others Of
their type.
Closer Than Cabinet.
) They are closer to Roosevelt as
q whole than members Of the cabinet.
Postmaster General Farley has the
quickest access to the President and
Henry A Wallace, Secretary Of Agri-
culture, has the Presidents ear Is
well as his confidence. Harold L.
Ickes. Secretary Of the Interior. is 9