The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-12-04
Rexford Guy TugwelI
CNew York World Telegram


 When in future years the last surviving veterans of the New Deal or the Roosevelt Era, it may then be called gather in reunion to exchange "reminiscences and recall old comrades, we've notion they will have his to say concerning of the figures of the first four years:--
 "Tugwen could take it."
 They will remember how he enlisted debonair lad of 40 filled with youthful ardor to do his bit for great cause He so obviously believed in the cause was ready to do die, that some of the veterans of earlier campaigns shook their heads with fore boding.
 It'll get him. they said
 By that some of them meant that this starry-eyed recruit would go down in the kind of battle that is waged in Washington, that he would fall victim to the political and social intrigue that is part of capital life. Washington, they said is hell on handsome heroes. Others meant something else. They figured that prominence and power would go to his head would be too much for him. And others meant some thing still different They feared he couldn't endure the long, heart-breaking struggle against deeply in trenched system against fixed habits of thought, against political processes dear to the hearts of those he must work with.
 And when all the forces who resented the phlo- sophy of the New Deal had finally converged the surprised young professor and made him their personal devil it seemed that the forebodings well justi fled Not only the Coughlins and the Hearsts, who knew better but remote manufacturers and merchants and dear old ladies winter porches had seized on him to symbolize what they feared-and, because they feared, hated-in the Roosevelt program It not nice spot for young fellow to find himself in
 But year went by and Tugwell was still on the job. Another year. a third, and finally the fourth The first and the fourth perhaps the hard est. During the second and third there seemed to spread a surprised understanding that Professor or Doctor or Rex Tugwel-the handle determined by your feeling-was neither wild man fool neither paid agent of Moscow nor a dettante in telectual; that he just competent. hardworking fellow trying to get along in confused world There was nothing annoying in his behavior, unless it his refusal to be annoyed-whch of course, can be very annoying indeed. He had his job and doing it. those who worked with him liked and res- pected him. and the man who had hired him encour- aged and stood back of him.
 Came the fourth year and political campaign. The opposition, needing personal devil very badly, had discovered that the they besmrched Roose- welt the bright and shining he appeared to the voters So they took up Tugwell again. It rather tired attempt this time but they kept it up till the late fall It must have been bit wearsome for Rex but he weathered it without losing his smile.
 Four long years, he could tell himself and they hadn't got his goat. He could take it.
 But now, it appears, he is fed up. He is going to have his revenge. He is going to answer the long, continued clamor that he is Americas arch enemy of business. He is going into business himself And we'll bet that sweet-tempered guy makes good mo- lasses.