Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1935-04-26

| points of criticism about AAA policy
This so irked Mr.. Wallace that he an
nOunced abruptly that the interview
was closed
The secretary was quoted by men,
bers of the delegation as having in
quired whether the Roosevelt admins
tration had not done more for farmers
than any previous administration. He
was reported also to have said he did
not like the attitude or the spirit which
the visitors displayed in their CONVEX
sations with him. The result was that
the farm leaders went away from the
vast building housing the Department
of Agriculture with decidedly bad
taste in their mouths and the predic-
ton is heard frequently now that these
men will cause much trouble for Mr..
Wallace hereafter by telling their sto-
ries among the home folks.
think it is generally conceded that
economical and political numskulls
may be found in positions of RESPONSE
bility among farm organizations but
after all they serve as something of
leadership for groups that speak for
agriculture and when Mr.. Wallace be-
comes angered by their criticism of his
administration, serious trouble for him
lies not so far ahead Such circum-
stances as the one just mentioned usu-
ally are accepted as indicating a thin
skin on the part of public official and
that condition is nearly always fatal
it ruined Herbert Hoover
Around the halls Of congress, also,
Wallace and it is Of
CrtticlSe character to under
Wallace mine him if it con-
tinues When such
stalwart Democrats as Senator George
of Georgia describes a cabinet officer
as being unfit for the Office he holds,
the situation as regards that individual
| necessarily becomes precarious.
The controversies that are centering
around Secretary Wallace naturally
are having their reaction on his legis-
lative proposals. 1t is my understand
ing that considerable difficulty is faced
by the amendments to the adjustment
act which the secretary desires to
have passed at this session of congress.
These amendments are described by
the secretary as being designed to
strengthen the adjustment act and ac-
cord the AAA more power in enforce
/ ment. 1t seems, however, certain
bloc in congress holds the conviction
that there is already sufficient power
in Mr.. Wallace's hands and those mem
bers are growing resentful toward
proposals delegating more authority to
him.
The recent house cleaning which re-
suited in elimination of certain of the
brain trusters in the Department of
Agriculture and it's stepchild the AAA,
had a wholesome effect on relation
ship between the Department of Agri-
culture and congress as a whole, yet
in some quarters it appears, the house
cleaning did not remove all of the
stigma with which oppositionists have
stained the administrations farm poll
cies.
With reference to the house clean
ing, it should be said just here that
another move is in the making. Prof.
ReXford Guy Tugwell, the present TN.
dersecretary of agriculture, is slated
to be dehorned insofar as farm recov-
cry policies are concerned. When Pres
ident Roosevelt gets his hands on the
five billion voted in the public works
raliaf hill profoscor T,,uroll will ho
given charge of something like nine
hundred millions to spend in way
that is variously described as "scien-
tific." His job will be to sort out lands
that are productive from those that
are mediocre or without value at all
in agriculture and to find uses for
those which should not be used as farm
lands.
believe it Is not too much to say
that conditions in the MIRA and AAA
have added to the
Honeymoon general uncertainty
Is Ended concerning the polit-
ical and economic
outlook of the administration. In this
NohiSSIioi II ollOulu DC llcIllOueu CudI
the Republicans are showing signs of
life. For instance, Republican Leader
Smell took a shot at President Roose-
welt the other day that indicates a
forthcoming deluge of criticism of him
personally for the first time since he
entered the White House.
The volume of mail being received
on Capitol Hill tells it's story as we'll.
Members of the house and senate are
beginning to inquire of each other
what their political course should be In
view of the type of inquiries that are
now being received.
Through many months, the personal
charm of the President has seemed to
prevent expressions of a critical ma
ture and certainly has held off COM
plants from the business section of
the country. Certainly those who have
money invested were not being told
about future plans. 1t seems now, how
ever, that the honeymoon for which
Mr. Roosevelt asked has ended and
that henceforth it will be battle of
roo1itioc