The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-22

The solution first proposed by ex-Justice Jimmy Byrnes was to make Wallace's director, Milo Per- kins, an assistant Secretary of State under Cordell Hull. This would have kept Perkins, an able administrator thoroughly familiar with Economic Warfare, but put him back under the State Depart ment, where Economic Warfare was originally.
 Two years ago Secretary Hull got his Tennessee dander up when this job was transferred away from his slow-paced diplomats and he has never stopped pulling wires to get it back.
 Not many people know it, but
 in the end, it was Tom Cor
 coran who, in the present im-
 broglio, swung the Economic
 Warfare job awaN from Hull
 to Leo Crowley.
 The young brain truster, for
 merly the Presidents closest
 adviser, had been euchred out
 of his White House intimacy by
 Harry Hopkins. So this was a
 real triumph.
 Hopkins, now closest to the President, spiked Corcoran long ago; but Tommy still has a pow erful friend in Justice Byrnes, also in Ben Cohen and Leo Crowley. Thus indirectly, Cor coran was able to convint tilc White House that Economic War fare should not go back to the State Department, where it had sagged woefully, but should get fresh, new blood through Crow ley.
 NOTE: Whether it can get that fresh blood through Crowley re- mains to be seen. An Al eX- ecutive Crowley is already over burdened with Federal Deposit In- surance and Alien Property Gus todian. He had done a good job, but so did Jesse Jones before he took on too many responsibili- ties.
 HOPKINS VS WALLACE
 Final lineup of the White House inner circle on the basic question of busting Henry Wallace was a split vote-3 to 2.
 Harry Hopkins, Judge Sam Ros- enman and Byrnes all voted against the Vice President. Hop kins has always been against Wal lace, has made catty remarks about him for years. started some time ago to euchre him out of re- nomination if FDR runs for 4th term. Also Harry is a poker playing intimate of Jesse Jones.
 Siding with Wallace were Bud- get Director Harold Smith and his chief aide Wayne Coy. Smith, Republican, together with Coy, maintained that Wallace and Per- kins had done an excellent admin istrative job. Their BEW was the only new Government agency not to have it's appropriations cut by Congress, had recouped U. s. war materials abroad after about half of them were coralled by the Japs. And, according to the budget directors. BEW did not deserve to be penalized.
 In the end. FDR himself de- cided to oust Wallace. The Vice-President had submitted a memo to the White House two weeks before, telling of recent Jesse Jones delays In the pur- chase Of strategic materials. These were not delays of lS months ago. as stated In the Presidents letter, hut instances of the past few days and weeks where war materials were held up despite the constant impor- tuning Of Wallace and Perkins.
 After this memo had been on the Presidents desk for two weeks with no action. Wallace finally opened up his public blast,
 He told the President in ad- vance that he was going to make n statement. but either Roosevelt did not appreciate how strong the statement was going to be, or else Wallace got his dander up and warmed to the writing afterwards,
 At any rate, the blast caught the President of base and he was lrked.
 JUDGE vINsoN PERFORMS
 White House adviser who did tho most efficient job for the President during the JoneS-Wal- lace row was hard-hitting Judge Fred vinson. He was the man who stopped tho Congressional in- veStigation Of the dispute. Be- cause the President had okayed four letters authorizing Jesst