The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-11-27
Washington
Merry-Go-
Round
BY DREW PEARSON and
ROBERT 5. ALLEN.

XXTASHINGTON. Nov. 27.-Ths
w inner Administration scram-
bic for Big Jim Farleys poStmas-
terShip-whch he is slated 10 rel}n-
quiSh shortly after the first of the
year-becomes more tense with each
passing day
Latest account has Atty. Sen.
Homer Cummings and Frank Muir
ply. United States High Commits
sioner for the Philippines, maneu-
vering for the place
Murphy has written a close friend
indicating that he had hopes of
taking FarleyS post. Word of this
got to Cummings ear, He wrote a
letter to Murphy, the substance Of
which was:
AS you know. was originally
slated for the Philippine Islands.
Circumstances interviewed and I was
made Attorney General. I would
like to make a change now and have
in mind seeking the place soon to be
vacated by Jim Farley. I wonder #
you would object to my recommend
ing your name to the President as
my succeSSSor?"
Cummings plan IS a not unlikely
possibility. There is much in its
favor 1t would enable the PreSi-
dent to eliminate him from the Jus
tice where Cummings
has Jared Sadly-without being
forced to take the drastic step of
ousting him from the Cabinet.
Murphy, young, ambitious. and
with an element of crusading fer
vor, would be a marked New Deal
improvement as Attorney General.
In addition there is the fact that he
is a Catholic. The President has
made it clear that he wants to re-
tain one Catholic in his Official
family, and with Farley's departure
there will be none.
business colleagues of Edward
- F. Hutton lost no time in dis
aSsociating themselves from his
proposal that industry band to-
gether in a lobby and gang
the New Deal.
Twenty-four hours after publica-
ton of this call to arms, Colby M.
Chester, president of the General
Foods Corp, of which Hutton is
chairman, wrote a personal letter to
Secretary Dan Roper.
Chester informed the Commerce
Department head that Hutton was
talking only for himself. that he
Chester and other officials Of the
firm were attending to business and
not meddling in political affairs.
Hutton owes his rise to his mar
rage to Marjorie Post. a breakfast
food heireSS. He is an uncle of Bar
bara Hutton, famous as a collector
of foreign titles, once Princess
Mdivani, now Countess HaugWitz
Hardenberg Reventlow. Hutton for
! merly owned the worlds largest
yacht, the TuSsar, built in Germany
at the depth of the depression.
The laVishly appointed craft, is,
| however, no longer in his possession.
1t went to his wife in a property
settlement when they were divorced
last year.
u
TWO significant reports were re-
Il ceived recently at the White
House.
One was the general report that
business is booming. that electric
lty output is at a new high, that
automobile sales are the highest in
five years that steel production IS
up and dividends are at flush tide.
The other report-this one conf
dential-was laid before the PreSi-
dent by his uncle. Frederic A. Della
no. who is head of the National Re-
| sources Board.
This report, titled "Wastage Of
Human Resources" listed among
other things the following:
100000 youths of working age
without jobs
100000 adult illiterates in the
country.
100000 vocational misf1ts,"
workers who have small chance
for jobs.
100000 persons injured an
nually in preVentable industrial
accidents.
Over 100000 sent to jail eacn
year for violent crimes.
Between three and four million
children totally without schooling.
Over 100000 exceptionally tai
ented children lacking opportunity
for full development of their gifts.
Less than one-fourth of Ameri-
can children receiving the mini
mum health service, yearly ex-
animation, vaccination and diph-
liberia immunization.
The Resources Board refrainS
from drawing moral from these
figures. 1t merely suggests that the
disclosures support its view that fur
ther research in these fields is de-
sirable.
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