Evening star., 1939-09-07
President Adds
Three toCabinet
For Emergency
Cormody, Jones and
Mckutt Called; U. S.
Drives Against Spies
BULLETIN,

SALEM, Greg, Sept. 7 P.
Senator Charles L. McNary,
Republican, of Oregon, Senate
minority leader, said President
Roosevelt telephoned him to-
day suggesting Congress meet
in special session September
18 to consider changes in the
neutrality law.
For the duration of the emer-
gency," President Roosevelt today
enlarged his cabinet to include the
administrators of three major New
Deal agencies, those of works, loans
and security.
Effective Immediately, the Presi-
dent asked Works Administrator
John NJ Carmody, Loan Admins
traitor Jesse H. Jones and Security
Administrator Paul v. McNutt to
attend all cabinet sessions and to
participate as cabinet officers in
formulation of Government policy
during the European war.
The first meeting Of the enlarged
cabinet will be held this afternoon,
advanced from the regular Friday
afternoon hour because Mr.. Roose-
welt plans to leave for his home in
Hyde Park, N. Y, tomorrow. He
expects to return to Washington
Sunday night.
Treasury Enlist Economists.
As the President added to mis- own
advisory personnel, the Treasury
Department, deeply concerned with
the economic ramiflcations of the
war, completed its creation of an
Emergency Advisory Council by the
appointment of Prof. Jacob Viner of
the University of Chicago and Wal
ter w. Stewart and Winfield w.
Rief1er, both of Princeton University.
All are economists e.
With the Government still ex--
ploring all details of its course un-
der existing neutrality and war time
statutes, the White House today re-
peated its previous announcement
that there are no immediate plans
for calling Congress into special
session.
The President is not considering
a date for the call of Congress"
White House Press Secretary Stephen
T. Early said. Respecting such .
call, there are no immediate plans.
I think the President is taking the
opportunity of the present interim
to make studies and explorations
after the Neutrality Act has gone
into effect.
Sabotage, Spy Drive.
Most of these studies are with
the idea of seeing what powers and
authority he has now; he is explor-
ing old acts of Congress and other
powers to see what he has to operate
with without calling Congress back
Asked whether the President still
felt special session was necessary,
Mr. Early said he could not say and
was not going into the field of
prophecy"
Meanwhile, the Justice and Treas
ury Departments moved swiftly to
Vail Oug tWO 1htldl oVCpS uCClCcu
on behalf of American neutrality
and protection of this countrys in
terests.
First of these was "comprehen-
slve and effective" drive against es-:
pionage, sabotage and neutrality law
violations to be supervised directly
by the Federal Bureau of Investiga-
ton with all local police and law en-
forcement officers asked to cooper
ate.
The second was a reorganization
of Treasury divisions handling mat
ters pertaining to our neutrality and
its immediate shifting of Coast
Guard vessels to begin in co-opera-
tion with the Navy an Atlantic sea-
board patrol for protection of Amer
ican shipping.
The Treasury dispatched four
Coast Guard cutters from the West
Coast to assist two destroyers and
(See ROOSEVELT, Page A-4)