Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1943-02-26
Washing Dig
Changes Scheduled for
Mdnpower Commission
English System Seen as Successful Model;
McNutt Unable to Obtain Efficient and
Experienced Force of Experts.
By BAUKHAGE
NeiUs Analyst and Commentator.

JkHAGE
nd Commentator.
plan was announced whereby Miss
Perkins was to be transferred to the
head of the Federal Security admin
istration; McNutt would go to inte-
rior and Secretary of Interior Ickes
would head the labor department.
Ickes' Refusal
That scheme fell through because
1ckes didn't want to make the shift.
The result is that McNutt has been
left to struggle with a problem for
which some of his most sympathetic
critics say he is not fitted. He has
been unable to obtain an efficient
and experienced staff-some posts
are still vacant-others are said to
lack the technical knowledge neces-
sary to McNutt or anyone in his po-
sition. Such expert assistance would
be available in the labor department
for even those who speak least re-
specially of Madame Secretary"
admit that she has built up an ex-
cellent force of experts in her de-
partment.
AS one veteran of the labor front
said to me: eff the war lasts long
enough, we may establish a work.
able and efficient system like the
British. Look for at least one more
makeshift experiment. Meanwhile,
let's hope we can muddle through"
That was the state of things up
until February 2, 1913. Then came
the announcement of the list of mon
deferrable jobs" The cynical may
still look upon it as a "make-shift
experiment. April we'll know
whether McNutt has cracked the
hardest nut in Washington or wheth-
er we still have to muddle through.
Nazi Communicates
Indicate New Status
When Hitler failed to appear or
even to speak to his unseen audience
on the tenth anniversary of his &C.
cession to power, it was only natural
that many people felt that this was
part OF the peace offensive which
it was known the Reich was prepar-
ing. The Unconditional surrender
conference" at Casablanca was sup
posed to have pretty well quashed
the Nazi peace drive but apparently
the Reich still has hopes.
Wher l learned that Goering and
not Hitler was delivering the grafton
of the day, two pictures flashed
wildly into my mind-one I wit
messed personally in September,
1889, from the Press Gallery of
Reichstag and the other was de-
scribed to me. The latter is said
to have taken place in the famous
hunting lodge of Goering, outside of
Berlin. A millionaire American
manufacturer sat with him. 1t was
not long before Pearl Harbor. The
American had a peace drive of his
own. He outlined it to Goering. It
was this: Get rid of Hitler, set up
more liberal government, agree to
get out of France if England will
make peace.
The man to do the job, Goering.
The fee, one million dollars.
According to my informant, Goer-
ing was willing but the scheme was
never put through.
Names Goering, Hess
The other scene was the occasion
OF Hltler's announcement that he
had invaded Poland. 1t was then
that he declared that he was going
to the front and that if anything
happened to him, he had decided
that his successor would be his air.
marshal, who sat at the Reichstag
presidents desk, respondent in one
OF his musical comedy uniforms.
And, said the fuehrer, if anything
happened to Goering, Hess would be
the second choice. The solemn and
lanky Hess, dressed in the brown
uniform of the party, rose and
saluted as had the grinning Goering.
Hess, when things didn't 90 ac-
cording to his wishes, painted his
toenails, and took wings for England.
There has been comment in Wash
ington lately over the different tone
in the official communicates issued
by the German high command. Ex-
perts say they seem to indicate that
the generals have taken over.
Recently it was rumored that Hit
Ter had fired his Intuition which
he said directed his military strategy
and he was letting the professionals
run the army. 1t is just possible
that Hitler will some day meet the
same fate of the intuition which he
so unkindly purged. Even the most
thickheaded Nazi could hardly oe-
lieve that the Allies would ever
make peace with a government with
Hitler at the head.