Milford chronicle., 1944-11-03

he wants Seal-up loan ON ~
wheat or corn, he has to go to tn
AAA in still another office.
He goes to the ODT for a true
permit, to the OPA for a rubbe
boot permit, to the AAA for hi
lime and phosphate, to the postot
flee for his auto use stamp, to tn
selective service board about hi
hired man, and until this election
was drawing near, he went to tn
county war board to get permission
to buy machinery. He may hav
other assorted errands in town a
the OCD, the USES, the VIA, thu
DISC or the SCS.
The other night in st. Louis
told about an executive order il
which my opponent, on April 10
/ 1943, dealt with the powers of hi!
new War Food Administrator
whom he had appointed to TAKE
over the job of the Secretary o.
Agriculture in handling our criti'
cal food situation. Referring Il
both of them, he declared, they
shall each have authority to exer-
else any and all of the powers vest
ed in the other by statute or other
wise"
There it is in his own words
two men in one job.
Now, my opponent has complain
ed that | did not tell the whole
story about that executive orded.
am happy to accept the invitation.
Here's the rest of it.
Davis Resigned
That executive order created the
usual conflicts. Within two months
that war food administrator,
Chester Davis, resigned. He was
drafted to do a big job and then
prevented from doing it. Here is
what he said: Il find that l have
assumed a public responsibility
while the authority, not only over
broad food policy. but day-to-day
actions. is being exercised else
where"
So, we lost a first class man. An
other man was put in the job and
the chaos rolled on. But there is
still more to this story of two or
more men in one job. The White
House cabal had been trying to get
rid of Harry Slattery. the rural
electrification administrator. Fin
ally they offered to create new
job for him. at the same salary and
at the taxpayers expense. He was
asked to undertake a special study
of rural electrification not in Chi
ma, this time, but in war-torn
Europe in 1913.
But Mr.. Slattery stuck to his job.
So the secretary of agriculture ap-
pointed deputy administrator and
gave orders to the entire REA staff
that henceforth they should all re-
port to the administrator through
his deputy The deputy moved in
and took charge. firing people right
and left. And just at the time when
the REA should be getting ready to
do big postwar job providing
electricity to farmers, it has been
torn apart by conflict and confu-
/ sion between the usual two men in
one job.
The White House spreads cOnfu-
sion from the cabinet level nm. And
tho SECRETARY of agriculture
spreads confusion from the cabinet
level down. That's why we need a
responsible cabinet in this country.
That's why it's time for change
Fixed Responsibility
/ am resisting the temptation 10
TAX at lehsth ABOUT these thlhss;
! ime does not permit discussion OF
what happened 10 support prices IN
the hos market ana the egg mar
ket during the past year But one
thlhg is very cIear; Wheh the gov
ernment makes pledge 10 support
hog prices Tor example the farmer
ought 10 KNOW VINO Is responsible
~hether IL Is the oPA or the war
icod administrator or the director
OF economic staplilzatioh or the
seeretar! ol agriculture or VINO
me hog marker scandal Is put
aHotHer example Oh the TACT that
LOT IL years IN TINS country we
nave hau an uhhahageaDle surplus
OF promises promises ilshtly
hiaue' Sketchlly Kept OF openly Vlo-
lated.
nat Is why II Is so important 10
ieslore efficiency as well as inte-
grlty TO our government SO that
lts spoken may be trusted once
$50 Tn that end NV marty in ,ts ma
tional convention adonted a Mai
form TO which am pledged THE
unqualified hedges Of that Mat
form read in mari as follows.
"A Department of Agriculture
under nracticaI and eynerienced
administration free from regimen
tation and confnsine eovernment
and Control of farm