The Washington times., 1938-03-31


cism made of him in Congress
yesterday.
"He knows the President of
the United States gets on the
front page" said Smell. HE
was angry at criticism directed
at him yesterday and at what is
going on. He made the state
ment to distract attention.
BANKHEAD PRAISES
mo President in history ever
before got newspaper men up in
the middle of the night in their
shirttails to tell them he did
not want to be a dictator"
Speaker Bankhead of the House
however, asserted Mr.. Roosevelt''
letter will clear up misconceptior
and misapprehension.
"It expresses very candidly
and courageously his attitude
and state of mind on the whole
reorganization problem" said
Bankhead. II think it will clear
up in the minds of a good many
people considerable misconcep-
ton and Misrepresentation about
the exercise of the power that
would be given the President
under the reorganization bill"
WALsH's VIEWS
"No one questions the Presi-
dents sincerity in disclalmlng
any desire to make himself a
dictator, but this is rot the issue
presented in the reorganization
bill" said Senator Walsh CD
Massachusetts,, who made the
unsuccessful motion in the Sen
ate to send the bill back to COM
mittee.
"The issue between the Presi-
dent and the Congress relates
solely to the preservation intact
of the duties defined in the Con-
stitution to be performed by the
three independent branches OF
our Government.
'"The reorganization bill dele
gated to the Executive absolute
legislative functions without
even leaving to the Congress
the power of veto," Walsh
added.
"GROWING DISTRUST"
Representative Martin (RO
Massachusetts,, asserted "the CHIEF
Significance of the statement o1
the President is an appreciation
of the growing distrust on the part
Of the people"
st think the Presidents state
ment ought to satisfy anybody
who is in favor Of Government
reorganization" said Democratic
Leader Rayburn.
Chairman Cochran CD, Mis-
souri,, of the House reorganization
committee, said:
ANY one who has any conf
dence in the President, if he had
the least doubt, ought to be
satisfied now as to his position"
TABER WONDERS
Representative Taber R), New
York, member of the reorganiza
ton committee, said:
"That letter sounds like it was
written in the right time-after
dark.
IT wonder why he has tried,
through the scheme he has here
tofore foStered, to obtain delega-
ton Of power and why he adVo-
Gates this reorganization bill
which will give absolute power
over departments and Jobs OF
every Civil Service employe-n
he doesn't want to be a dicta-
tor?"
"That statement, said Repre-
sentative Clifford (RO, Massa-
chusetts, "is an utterly amazing
piece of personal propaganda
which the sleeping gentlemen
Of the press were called out OF
their beds to receive and broad
cast. I trust he means every
word of that statement. We re-
call that the President frequently
changes his mind"
BENEFICIAL EFFECT
Senate Majority Leader Bark
ley, Of Kentucky, said:
Everyone who knows Presi-
dent Roosevelt knows he is sin
eere. I think his statement
will have a beneficial effect"
In noting the Presidents state
xnent was given to the press aftel
midnight last night, Senator
Townsend (RJ of Delaware, com
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