The Washington times., 1935-04-08
WRATH REUSED
BY DENIAL Of
PATRONAGE
Sweeping Victory in Chicago
EmboIdens Group to Assail
The Presidents Aide

the stage this week, and which
may trouble the President, is q
sort of "razzing" which, 1t is
understood, Chicago members OF
CONGRESS are preparing for Harold
IckeS, Secretary Of the Interior
and PWA Administrator.
Mr.. Ickes is a Chicagoan. He
has not treated the Chicago mem
bers Of Congress the way they
wanted to be treated. They have
not been consulted about the
huge PWA contracts.
Mr.. Ickes, who furnished the
money for Mr.. Hopkins CWA
work, claims that he found poll.
tics, graft, inefficiency connected
with the CWA activities IN COOK
county, Illinois, most Of which Is
Chicago. -
Chicago members Of Congress
were more interested IN seeing
who got the jobs and the con
tracts, than in the efficiency
angle.
Ickes Fights Politicians
Mr.. Ickes has had different
views. He has been at war with
Chicago politicians most OF nls
life and carried the war into the
PWA administration.
His habit of ignoring Cook
county politicians has been gan
and norwood to the Democrats
out there, but they contained them
selves until the other day Wnen
Chicago gave Mayor Ed keley
the largest Democratic. majority
ever handed any city candidate
in the country in all history. Mr.
Kelley received something like o
Seven.to-one vote. It makes the
Chicago Democratic machine the
most important in the country
With that chalked up to their
credit, the Chicago delegation y
now going to import Q good OLD
Chicago custom to washington
and "give Mr.. 1ckeS q ride"-so
it is rumored. This will occur, II
the schedule is followed, about
the time President Roosevelt is
expected to announce Mr.. 1ckes
part in administering the new
work-relief fund. Mr.. Ickes will
be asked to respect Chicago
Democrats wishes in dishing out
the pie.
Along with this story goes the
rumor that the Chicago members
are going to produce o report
which Mr.. Ickes sent to the Sen
ate in response to Senator Longs
resolution asking what informa-
ton Mr.. IckeS had dug up on
various people and things con-
nected with the administration.
Secretary IckeS, who has been
a center of controversy IN the Az.
miniStration for q long time, will
not be without defenders.
Many q member Of Congress
who doesn't like the Ickes' freez-
ing manner toward politics, be-
lives in the Ickes honesty in
handling public funds. II the
projected rumpus occurs, 1t is
understood that. If necessary, the
Presidents support will be with
his Secretary Of the Interior.
Internati0nal News Service
Government agencies which will
have charge of the spending Of
the 1880 million dollars provided
by Congress in the work-relief bill
marked time today awaiting Of
1icial authorization from President
Roosevelt on who's who and what's
what in handling Of the funds.
Even earmarking by Congress OF
certain funds for certain activities
left overlapping features which
only a presidential order can clear.
While three items in the bill
are clear, and it is almost GER
tain they will be administered by
existing agencies, four call for
either spit-upS among various
agencies or creation of q central
authority to handle them.
Department officials believe
Mr.. Roosevelt, in addition per-
f1apS to naming a central author
ity to help him supervise the ex-
penditures, may divide the money
as follows:
Director Fechner, 500 million
dollars for CCC.
Mr.. Hopkins, $50 million dol
lars direct relief; 300 million dol
lars for white collar" program.
UnderSecretary of Agriculture