, 1935-06-18

Duct - E1ukl JOLlIlbOu CdIlLOb
bear to quit the washington scene
where he thundered and gloried as
the curator Of the Blue Eagle. He
has made several moves to cut back
into the national picture. though
he denies IL.
His latest was to ask support for
appointment 10 the job OF counsel
In the "A. L. and T. invetigation.
Friends thought 1t significant that
he did not seek the post until DON
aid Richberg was favorably men
toned for 1t. Mr.. johnson privately
accuses Richberg Of stabbing him
in the back when the two controlled
NRA policies. On the night the
headlines proposed Mr.. Richberg for
this important inquiry General
johnson got busy On his own behalf.
Mr.. RooSevelt's private advisers
have begged him to get rid OF both
men. Both r able in particular
fields. but their rivalry bodies no
good for any man they both serve.
The New Deal suffers enough EN-
barrasSment frqn family feuds
without perpetuating this duel on
its doorstep. according TO the Pres
ident's long-headed friends.
Quarrel Secretary Ickes has
quietly revived his movement TO
strip the Department OF Agriculture
OF control Of birds. forests. soil ero-
sion and other conservation pro-
jects. The quarrel seemed settled
long ago. but the relentless Mr..
IckeS won't let us. He never does
Mr.. Ickes is slowly pushing his
bill to transfer the Forestry Ser
vice. the Biological Survey and the
Soil Erosion Bureau from Agricul-
ture TO Interior. In a recent ap-
pearance before a congressional
committee he scoffed mt certain az
ricultural activities. He declared
that Secretary Wallace and his ex-
peTts were taking In territory which
belonged TO him.
Secret reports Of the testimony
caused CONSERVATION at the Depart
ment OF Agriculture. They head
that Mr.. Ickes said their depart
ment should become only q "re-
search department" whose chief
function should be the distribution
OF information and seeds to farm
ers. What bothered the Wallacers
most was that Mr.. Ickes said the
President favored his bill. A serious
mixup Is In the making.
Excessive - Wallace'S ScountS in
siSt that Mr.. Ickes has modified
his famed OPU in this quarrel
They say they have discovered at
least one instance where Louis Gla~
Wis used his agents to check UP on
anti Ickes activities by the agri-
cultural boys. There have been
similar but improved reports that
the Secretary OF the Interior keeps
a sharp eye on some Of his col
leagues.
Mr.. Wallace may give Mr.. Ickes
a harder battle than some OF the
more swashbuckling figures Harold
has downed. The Secretary OF AZ
riculture is a patient, quiet-spoken
fellow. He never lets up on ideas
any more than Mr.. Ickes does on
rivals. He speaks out as bluntly as
any member Of the cabinet when
sufficiently riled. AS editor OF Q
farm newspaper he attacked the
administrations agricultural policies
while his father was Secretary OF
Agriculture.
"A man can take on 80 many
enemies. and no more. Maybe MI
Ickes better leave the birds. the
trees and the drifting dust to Henry
Controls President Roosevelt
has apparently backed away from
his tentative suggestion for consti-
tutional revision. But ne Is sill
testing public sentiment, although
the first reaction was bitterly criti-
cal. Republican ~strategists are ca
ger to make II the major issue next
year.
Three men close 10 the Chief
Executive are keeping alive the is
me They are Chief Braintruster
Tuewell. James and Elliott Roose-
Welt. The two sons remarks have
been generously reported. but the
more sensational statements Of Mr.
Tlgwell have had little notice. he
goes even further than the preSl-
dent. who did not commit himself
definitely to a constitutional
amendment. Says Mr.. Tugwell 70
his audiences:
Your country in the years Just
ahead will be deciding In what sense
OF the word II is a nation; eno
whether IL shall control the exploit
tation of human beings and OF ma
tural resources, or whether II shall
succumb to the anarchic economic
forces which are loosed In the alb
sence OF those controls" He de-
clares that reorientation OF the gov
eminent to modern forces Is more
important than the preservation
OF q fiction"
Chart - In the next depression
and for the balance Of this one
the federal government will know
what kind OF projects provide the