The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1940-04-25
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1t is not too much to say that the
little group Of New Dealers who run
things in Washington are in a state
Of fury over the passage by the House
of the Walter-Logan bill and the pros
meet Of its passage in the Senate. If
a way can be found to prevent the
latter, it will be done.
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Already they are marshaling every
Administration resource to that end.
The President, though he says he has
not read the bill, has declared against
it. The journalistic refectors are do
inc their smearing best and the heat
is being put on Administrator Sena-
tors in a way not attempted before
this session. The truth is that the So
called elmer circle" seethes with re-
sentiment over this bill. The reason is
clear-it more directly hits these
Young intellectual liberals" as they
like to call themselves, who exert so
much influence through their close
ness to the President, than any other
Congressional proposal that can be
recalled.
Almost from the beginning Of the
Roosevelt regime the studied strategy
of the well-known firm of Corcoran
and Cohen has been to acquire power
through the manipulation and control
of the principal New Deal boards and
commissions affected by the bill, and
which have become so large and vital
part of the Government. Working
through the President, they have put
men of their own selection in key
positions on and under such agencies
as the Securities and Exchange Com
mission, the National Labor Rela-
tons Board, the Federal Power Com
mission, the Federal Communications
Commission and others. Whenever a
vacancy occurred on an old board or
a new board was created, Mr.. Cor
coran and Mr.. Cohen promptly were
on hand with a recommendation SO
consistently have these been adopted
that it has come to be recognized as
established custom.
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Just a few days ago correspondents
in close touch with the White House
and extremely friendly to the Messrs.
Corcoran and Cohen announced that
the President would not fill the va
cancy on the SEC caused by the resig-
nation of Mr.. Matthews until Mr..
Corcoran returned from his wedding
trip. That Mr.. Corcoran would name
the new commissioner was taken as a
matter of course The extent to which
Mr. Corcoran and his partner have
consolidated their influence in these
boards and the extent to which the
boards have become the Government
is not appreciated by the general pub
lie, but it is appreciated by every
informed person in Washington. The
Walter-Logan bill will restrict the
power of these boards, and that will
lessen the power of the young gentle
men who Systematically have been
packing them with their friends.
1t will do this by providing for
judicial review by the courts Of the
acts and decisions of these boards
which appear based on unfair or
illegal procedure. 1t will protect indi-
viduals from arbitrary and prejudiced
disregard of their rights. 1t will enable
man who has been treated unjustly
and without proper hearing or con-
slderation Of the facts to appeal to
the courts-if he can prove injustice
IN brief, it will end the exercise by
these boards of absolute, unrestricted,
unchecked and unrestrained power.
This is exactly the sort Of power
they have been-and are now-wield-