, 1935-09-10
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BY Ray Tucker

BY Ray Tucker
FricttOn-Dont be surprised IL
Harold Ickes hops in an airplane
Tor Hyde Park one OF these days
and hands President Roosevelt his
resignation as PWA administrator.
The erstwhile strong man" Of the
cabinet has been completely side
tracked by Harry Hopkins in the
handling OF work relief funds.
You can't obtain the figures ut
either office but In the last few
Seeks Mr.. Hopkins has thrown out
$500 PWA projects totaling about
$500. 900 1000. SO far Mr.. Ickes has
received only sl20.O00.0)0 from the
four billion appropriation. Mr..
Hopkins won't listen 10 Ickes' re-
quests for money for hospitals,
schools, tunnels, bridges. power
plants. They don't put enough peo-
pie 70 work. He has blocked 46 pro-
jects In Ickes' own state OF Illinois
and rs in his Iowa birth state. It
is too late TO revise these applica-
tons so that they can be approved
before the September II deadline
liked by the President.
The political squawks are becom-
ing family audible. Cities and states
which have spent money In prepar-
ing blueprintS and holding bond
issue elections charge that they have
been double-croSsed. Labor. which
gets the prevailing wage under the
-ckes plan and only a subsistence
allowance under boondoggling, is
rearing up again. Delegations Of
Governors, senators and mayors who
complain to Mr.. Ickes r politely
referred to the other Harry.
Cases-The Ickes : Hopkins con-
~tToversy Is a serious question to the
people back home. Here's how IL
strikes several communities In
North Dakota:
When the school In Palermo
burned down the children were
shifted TO inadequate structures,
Mr.. Ickes favored the towns appli-
cation for a loan for a new school
(the people voted TO pay $50
~themselveS) but 10 has been turned
down by Mr.. Hopkins on the ground
that relief labor for the project Is
unavailable. In neighboring ham,
lets, however, he Is furnishing funds
fer bird SanctuarieS and golf
courses.
In the town OF Bow Bells CWA
:eliefers built a swimming pool but
the application for a sewer and
water system was rejected. SO the
youngsters can swim for two months
mM ~AaA@wwN AA#E g. AnN
months. Water imported into Bow
Bells in tanks Is distributed through
an improvised system built by FERA
workers. But the pipes r so poorly
constructed. according to an un-
official protest. that travelling men
won't battle IN the water, let alone
drink II" 1t gives Bow Bells-and Mr..
Hopkins bad name.
Taxes - President RooSevelt's
breathing spell" message 10 bust
ness was no surprise TO his close
associates.
The Chief Executive, who has an
excellent historical background,
frequently recalls that the great
.inanciers fought the Federal Re-
Serve System and then embraced II
lie often refers to the way in which
Wal Street has become resigned
10. II not enthusiastic about. the
Securities Exchange legislation as
administered by Chairman Ken
nedv. Even the utilities. with the
exception OF two chains which the
administration would like TO put
out OF business. are beginning 70
cooperate with iva and REA. The
| bant-ers have swallowed the recent
revision OF the banking system
without choking. These things con-
vince him that business ian carry
On Under the New Deal at the same
old stand.
Orient-It now develops that the
famous textile report has pleased
robody. Which explains Secretary
Ropev's statement In his congra-
tLlatory letter to the cabinet COM
r1!ttee that You did as well as you
could under the circumstances"
New England manufacturers. who
forced the official investigation
with their complaints against the
processing tax and Japanese i'm
parts, are boycotting the commit
tees proposals. They refuse To
adoDt the suRres''7n that they tax
themselves TO Lee \ or buy out un-
etO1omic producing units In their
victory. AS a result. the report that
We to solve all the problems OF
this harassed industry becomes
jusu another public document.
The committees only recon-
incubation pleasing to the industry
was the proposal that we negotiate
o Gentlem ans agreement with japan
on imports OF cheap textiles. But
Free Trader Hull is taking his time
about that. and he has the support
Of the president, who once laughed
off complaints that oriental CON-
Letition was a serious menace tc
domestic manufactures.
Cloture-Elliott Roosevelt's deci-
sion to quit Texas politics revive:
a question which important demo-
cratic politicians don't like to dis
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