The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-10-10
Washington
Merry-Go-
Round
BY DREW PEARSON and
ROBERT =. ALLEN

w soIini trying to gobble up
Ethiopia has nothing on Harry
Hopkins. Here is what the WPA
boss has to do to make work for
100000 unemployed before No
vember 1:
He must find Jobs for-2,373, 766.
This will require placements at
the weekly rate of-559640.
Or. every day he must find work
for approXimately-85
So far, WPA estimates that 1.l26,-
234 idle have been given employ
ment under the S4.00O,O000O0 pro-
gram. OF these. $50 $40 are CCC
recruits, 1883 have been placed by
other agencies and ASP, 739 owe their
jobs to the WPA.
This is the net result Of an entire
summer of effort The figures paint
a graphic picture of just what Hop
kinS is up against if he is to full
fill his oft-repeated assurance. In
the next three weeks he must put
more men to work per week than he
has put to work during the entire
last three months.
Privately. WPA executives admit
the imposSibility of making good
Hopkins cockv goal They say he
will be lucky If 3.500OOO are at work
by January two months later.
TINE President had his eye on the
L darkening international situa-
ton when he appointed Gen. Malin
D. Craig Chief of staff
In making the appointment
Roosevelt passed over the recon-
mendation of retiring Gen. Douglas
Macarthur, who favored Gen.
George A. Simonds, now Deputy
Chief of Staff
Because of age. SimOnds could
have served only two and one-half
years. This corresponds with the
time Macarthur expects to serve in
the Philippines, and would have left
an opening for him to crafty his
cherished ambition of serving two
terms as Chief of Staff
The man whom Roosevelt picked
instead is not only brilliant
strategist and executive, but he also
is a scholar with a wide grasp of
world affairs. In intellectual stat
ure Craig ranks with Gen. TaSker
H. Bliss. U. S. representative on the
Supreme War Council and member
of President Wilson's peace delega-
ton.
Gen Craig is tall, trim. has the
carriage of an athlete. AS a West
Point cadet he was a spectacular
football and baseball star; as a
cavalry officer he was an ace polo
player. His face is lean, StudiouS.
lighted by clear, friendly blue eyes.
There is nothing of the martinez
about Craig. He is a leader Of men,
not a driver He has a particular
genius for developing high morale.
AS commander Of Fit. Riley, the
cavalry's world famous service
school. he abolished the traditional
ride EN- kill EN-" system of
training and substituted a modern
curriculum.
Gen. Craig is army born and bred.
His grandfather and father we're
dIillN O1litG bllC IOl lljtl a SCllCA al
in the Civil War. His brother and
only son are officers. His wife is the
daughter Of Gen. Charles A Wood
ruff.
Note-Neither Gen. Simonds nor
Gen. Craig, the two men who we're
in line for Chief of staff, belong to
the Macarthur clique in the War
Department.
A QUIET study by the Commerce
I \ Department has unearthed the
fact that American manufacturers
of office machinery have linked up
with Krupp's, Germany'S giant mu-
nitions firm.
The National Cash Register Co.
and Remington Rand have
made deals with Krupp to manu-
facture their products in Germany,
using the American patents.
The Commerce Department is
anything but enthusiastic about
this, because it reduces factory pro-
duction in this country, thereby in
creaseS U. S. unemployment Also,
O11lCG IIIdCI4IilCIy lids IOIlS USGH one
of the few specialized lines which
the United States could sell abroad.
However, Commerce Department
officials are chuckling to them
selves over the fact that the Amer
lean companies are having great
difficulty getting their money out of
Germany.
Hjalmar Schacht, economic die
tator of the Reich, will not permit
stable monetary shipments across
the border.
Il n
INTELLECTUAL diversion Of Gen.
i Craig, new Chief of Staff, is
reading detective stories. Craig is
fond of dogs and has a Norwegian
elkhound, believed to be the only
one Of its kind in the country. ..
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