Evening star., 1944-11-20

did SUFFICIENT number of voters tc
give Mr.. Roosevelt a large electora
majority, thus extending his LEASE
for four more years.
The changes which some of his
very strong supporters are now urg.
ing are in his cabinet. Mr.. Dewey
urged these, too, but not the same
changes nor for the same reasons.
For example, the first change
which Mr.. Dewey said he would
make involved the removal of Mr.
Ickes from his position as Secre-
tary of the Interior. He regarded
Mr.. Ickes as an obnoxious, vituper-
ative, warped old man who should
be the first to go. But that isn't
the idea of the administrationists
now calling for cabinet changes
They think Mr.. Ickes is nice. They
seem to think he should be the
last to go.
Aim at Hull and Jones.
Those they want to get rid of,
primarily, are Secretary of State
Hull and Secretary of Commerce
Jones. On this they are fairly
unanimous and only a little less
so concerning Secretary of Labor
Frances Perkins, though the rea-
sons they advance for dropping the
Messers. Hull and Jones are quite
different from those for dropping
the lady.
1t should be understood that this
movement for Cabinet changes
comes exclusively from the more
advanced New Dealers who believe
in the New Deal philosophy and
consider the election meant that
large majority of the people want
that philosophy extended and con-
tinued.
Many who voted for Mr.. Roosevelt
solely because they did not want to
risk changing the Commander in
Chief before the war is over will
dissent from that notion. Never
theless, it is strongly held by the
more articulate New Deal journal
istic and political spokesmen, which
is one reason they are so anxious
to get rid of Mr.. Hull and Mr..
Jones. BY the Inner circle neither
has ever been regarded as true
New Dealer"
They are the conservatives of the
Cabinet and, as such, it is argued,
have no place in the fourth-term
administration.
This, of course, sweeps aside the
fact that Mr.. Hull and Mr.. Jones
are the two outstanding members
of the Presidents official family,
more highly regarded throughout
the country, more esteemed and re-
spected in Congress, and just as
loyal to Mr.. Roosevelt.
In particular, Mr.. Hull's conduct
Of the State Department, his high
character and answering princi-
Piles have been an asset to the
Roosevelt administration and were
an asset in the recent campaign.
Yet, the advanced thinkers want
to throw them out not only because
they are conservative but because
they want to insure a place for
Vice President Wallace, who still
remains their hero. Mr.. Roosevelt
has indicated that he will have an
important post for Mr. Wallace,
but his liberal friends seem set up
on the Secretary of Stateship.
Those in best position to know
are convinced-first, that, unless his
health should compel him to resign,
Mr.. Hull will continue to serve in
his present position; second, that
should he resign, Mr.. James F.
Byrnes, rather than Mr. Wallace,
would succeed him. This would suit
the liberals not at all, in that they
regard Mr.. Byrnes as much the same
kind of Democrat as Mr.. Hull and
Mr.. Jones.
CIatter Continues.
So the clatter for Mr. Wallace as
Secretary of State continues but the
chances of its becoming effective do
not seem great. AS to Madame Per-
kins, the drive against her comes
largely from friends of insiders who
want her job: chief among them is
Mr.. Daniel Tobin, head of the team
sters' union.
The name of Mr. Sidney Hillman
is not mentioned in this connection,
not because it is denied that he has
priority over any other labor man
but because it is too small a place
for Mr.. Hillman AS head of the
CLOS Political Action Committee,
Mr.. Hillman will WELD more influ-
ence and be of greater Importance
than in any cabinet post That is
the argument and, perhaps, it is a
sound one.s
At any rate, the liberal" elements
are now concentrating on these
three changes. 1t may be they will
succeed; but there are several rea-
sons for being skeptical. One is the
well known reluctance of the Presi-
dent to make changes. In the case