Evening star., 1939-09-10
Brain 7 rust Declared
Out in Recognizing
ofWhite House Staff
Five Divisions Set Up;
Corcorun and Cohen
Keep Jobs, Early Says

Keep Jobs, Early Says
(FuH tert OF Presidents state
ment and executive order on
page A-12.)
BACKGROUND
Government reorganization or
ders going into effect July
transferred Budget Bureau and
some other agencies to White
House: created administrative
assistants President last Ueek
proclaimed United States neu-
trality in European Uar and a
limited national emergency to
inUoke poDers for safeguarding
neutrality and Strengthening ma
tional defense. Latest order or
ganizes augmented White House
staff for emergency pork.
BY the Associated Press.
HYDE PARK, N. Y. Sept. 9.-In
an executive order which was de-
scribed officially as tossing such
things as the old so-called brain
trust "out the window" President
Roosevelt revamped his White
House staff tonight to put it in
better shape to handle problems
arising in the time of national
emergency" as we'll as those .in-
cident to normal Government OPP
erations.
The order set up five principal
divisions: The White House Office,
the Budget Bureau, the National
Resources Planning Board, a Liai-
son Office for Personnel Manage.
ment and an Office of Government
Reports.
In addition. it provided in the
event of a national emergency, or
threat of a national emergency
for such Office for emergency
management as the President shall
determine"
In general, the order listed in de.
tail the duties of White House of.
flcials in accordance with changes
already made in the setup of the
executive Offices under plan for
Government reorganiza ton.
Wants Systematic Procedure.
Mr.. Roosevelt said it was in
tended to establish systematic pro-
cedures so that the flow Of work
will be speedy, smooth and ef-
fective"
Only after this has been ac-
complished, his statement said.
will the President have adequate
machinery for the businessllke
handling of his job
With reference to the brain
trust" a group of individuals like
Thomas Corcoran and Benjamin
Cohen, generally understood to be
key advisers to the Chief Execu-
tive, Stephen T. Early a presiden-
tial secretary, told reporters:
" 1t is out of the window for the
much heralded and celebrated crea-
lures of imagination. We have heard
and read about the brain trust.
Here's an emergency. Here's an
executive order. 1 do not see any
place for those we previously heard
about
To Keep Present Positions.
Mr.. Early said the present OFF,
cial capacities of Mr.. Corcoran,
special counsel to the Reconstruc-
ton Finance Corp; Mr.. Cohen, gen.
eral counsel to the National Power
Policy Committee, and other old un-
official advisers would not be af-
fected by the changed setup.
Mr.. Roosevelt noted in his state
ment: I'm the time of national
emergency, domestic or foreign. the
job of the President is even more
difficult.
I'm such periods it has always
been found necessary to establish
administrative machinery in addi-
ton to that required for the nor
NAL work of the Government.
Set up in a time of stress, these
special facilities sometimes have
worked at cross purposes both with
in themselves and with the regular
departments and agencies.
In order that the Nation may
not again be caught unaware, ade-
quate resources for management
should be provided in advance of
such periods Of emergency. AL
though these management facili-
ties need be brought into action only
when an emergency or serious threat
of emergency exists, they must func-
ton in an integral relationship to
the regular management arms of
the President"
Subdivisions in White House Office.
Under Government reorganiza-
tion powers granted by Congress,
the President already had brought
the Budget Bureau, the National
Emergency Council and several
minor agencies into the White
House Offices. In addition, he
named three administrative assist
ants.
Today. he disclosed how the White
House would utilize these agencies
and officials, as well as the way the
regular White House staff would
function from now on.
Three subdivisions were created
in the major division of the White
House office:
/. The secretaries to the President
Mr.. Early and Brig. Gen. E. M.
Watson-are to facilitate and MAIN
tain quick and easy communication
with the Congress, the individual
members Of the Congress, the heads
of executive departments and agen-
cies, the press, the radio and the
general public"
2. Rudolph Forster, the executive