Evening star., 1940-04-07
Roosevelt Pleased
Al Trade hef Victory,
Rests at Hyde Park
Keeps WotchfuI Eye
On Legislative and
Political Situations
BY JOHN c. HENRY,
Star Stan Correspondent.

HYDE PARK, N. Y, April c.
Pleased at yesterdays administra-
ton victory in extension of the
Reciprocal Trade Agreements Act
for three years, President Roosevelt
arrived at his family home here
tonight for week end of rest and
exercise of his duties as a country
squire.
Even as he did so, however, there
were several matters Of more than
ordinary Importance calling for his
continuing attention during the
coming few days.
One was the forthcoming Govern
ment reorganization plan, fourth
and expected to be the final Of
such proposals, which the Chief
Executive hopes to be ready for
Congress by midweek.
Before leaving Washington this
morning for his seven-hour trip
northward, Mr.. Roosevelt conferred
at the White House with Budget
Director Harold D. Smith on this
next reorganization order, but no
authoritative information thus far
has been given as to what is con-
templated. It has been said, how
ever, that the pending plan is to
be inter-departmental in character
and several controversial sections
are expected.
Battle Seen In Congress.
Likelihood of the next order pre-
cipitating q fight on Capitol Hill
was believed increased when the
President confined the third plan
to intra-departmental transfers of
relatively uncontroversial nature.
With the reciprocal trade issue
decided. the concluding reorganiza-
ton order and proposals for amend
ment Of the National Labor Re-
lations Act remain as the most
dangerous potential trouble breeders
standing in the way of adjournment
Of Congress.
A second matter requiring that the
President maintain his usual close
contact with Washington over the
week end is the foreign situation.
With skeleton White House staff
established in nearby Poughkeepsie,
the Chief Executive arranged for i'm
mediate contact with Secretary of
State Hull If Europe's war of
nerves-particularly as 1t affects
acknowledgement nations - should
take any sudden turn for the worse.
Will Watch Politics.
Third, and perhaps most impor-
tant of all despite the seemingly
passive interest which he has dis
played thus far. is the political sit
uation; more specifically. the Tues
day primaries in Illinois and Ne
braska. Entered by friends in the
Democratic race in Illinois, Mr..
Roosevelt is An easy favorite to over
whelm Vice President Garner but
the margin of his superiority will
be scrutinized most closely for
third-term straws. Anything less
than an 8-to-1 victory will be
considered damaging from the
standpoint of those who are boosting
the President for another term.
The Nebraska vote will be Of in
terest because it offers a second
measure of the comparative
strengths of Senator Vandenberg Of
Michigan and Thomas E. Dewey,
New York district attorney, in the
Republican camp.
AS for his plans here, Mr.. Roose-
velt intends to inspect progress on
the Roosevelt Memorial Library and
to discuss with the managers of his
estate the planting of another so 900
Christmas trees. Many acres of the
family farm are planted in spruces.
His only other job here, so far as
Is known now, is to complete his re-
covery from the lingering cold and
grippe which have plagued him for
the past month. His return to
Washington is indefinite but prob
ably will be between Monday and
Wednesday.