Evening star., 1938-07-06
PRESIDENT TALKS
REORGANIZATION
Expected to Point Up Issue
in Speeches on Cross
Country Tour.
Py the Associated Press.

Py the Associated Press.
President Roosevelt's assertion that
the country wants-and will eet-a
Government reorganization law indi-
Gated today he might point up the
issue during his cross-country speak
ing tour.
Preparing to leave tomorrow night
on his transcontinental speaking tour
Mr.. Roosevelt arranged . series oi
cleanup" conferences today.
The Presidents heavy calling list
was designed to leave him free to BE-
gin preparation tomorrow Of the first
of his addresses.
The first speech of the trip will be
made at Marietta, Ohio, Friday morn
ing at . celebration commemoratine
the opening OF the Northwest.
Senators Are Notified.
The White House said today that
Mr.. Roosevelt's itinerary, 20 far ~ II
has been completed, has been tele-
graphed to al Senators and Cover
nors in States through which he Will
pass.
The telegrams, it was said. have
not been invitations to hoard tn
presidential train, but mersiy has(
carried information about train stops
Thus, recipients Of the messages car
either visit the train Or stay away
as they choose.
The President started his appoint
ment list with Secretary Ickes, pre-
sumably for flnal conference on
the lending-spending program.
Other callers included A. +. Whit.
ney railway labor leader; Stewart NC
Donald and Nathan Straus, HOUSING
omcials; Secretary Morsenthau and
Daniel w. Bell, acting Budget director,
Acabinet meeting was scheduled fos
this afternoon. -~'
The President told reporters late
yesterday that the executive branch
OF the Government should be put on
a business basis, that the people want
1t done, and that 1t Il only . matter
of working out details to accomplish it.
A new measure is expected to be
presented to the 1899 Congress, prob
ably combining features of the bill
passed by the Senate last spring and
the one shelved by the House after q
d-fought battle.
Senator Byrd, Democrat, of virginia.
who opposed the administrations re-
organization program, agreed today
that some sort Of measure probably
would be enacted next year.
Every one is in favor Of Govern.
ment reorganization" he said. The
differences arise over methods"
Senator Byrd and some of his COL
leagues had contended that the ad-
ministration bill took powers from
Congress and gave them to the Presi-
dent. They fought in vain for q
provision that Congress must ratify
and consultations Of Federal agencies.
Mr.. Roosevelt conferred yesterday
with members Of the Brownlow com.
mittee, which originated the admins
tration's reorganization program in
1887. Committee members said they
merely had discussed the general
problem.
Sees Principles Favored.
The President told his press con-
ference that many Congressmen who
voted to pigeonhole the reorganization
bill had favored 80 per cent Of ita
principles and opposed 10 per cent
Of its details. The people, he declared,
do not want to wait another 40 years
for action.
Many who heard the President's
comments thought they carried 4 clear
hint that he would focus attention on
the issue during his Western trip
which starts tomorrow night.
It has been the contention Of ad-
ministration leaders that many votera
who protested against enactment Of
the bill last spring were not familiar
With its provisions.
During the congressional debatl
Senators and Representative received
scores Of telegrams contendins the
measure would make the Preddent 4
dictator. Mr.. Roosevelt took occasion
1T the time to deny hs had any dicta-
torial aspirations,