Evening star., 1945-03-07

thetic to the Wallace viewpoint who
would function as his partner"
Resolutions to this effect were
telegraphed the White House and
disseminated through the radical
publicity channels. Clearly, it was
an effort to restore to Mr.. Wallace
control over the Reconstruction FL
nance Corp. and other Government
loan agencies, with which Congress
by overwhelming passage of the
George bill, had declared he was
not to be trusted.
Could Not Comply.
No better illustration of the OBJ
tuseness of the Wallace support
could have been given than this de-
mand. For, obviously, it was one
with which Mr.. Roosevelt could not
comply, In the first place, had he
nominated such a man, the Senate
unquestionably would have rejected
the nomination.
In the second place, even if he
had succeeded in getting his man
confirmed, it would have laid the
President open to a direct charge
of double-crossing Congress. And,
certainly, it would have greatly en-
bittered his relations with the Sen
ate at a time when good relations
are, perhaps, more important than
they have been since he became
President.
That he is anxious, for the sake
of the vital treaties which soon must
be laid before the Senate, to i'm
prove these relations was evidenced
by the tone and content of the
speech in which he reported to Con-
gress on the achievements of the
Yalta Conference.
The enthusiastic reception of the
Vinson nomination by the anti
Wallace Senators, including Sena-
tor Byrd of Virginia, is the best
evidence that he is not the kind of
partner" for Mr.. Wallace the lib
eral party demanded and will not
permit the vast funds of the RFC
to be manipulated to promote Mr..
Wallace's plans for remaking the
national economy along socialistic
lines.
Opposes "Coddling" Labor.
1t is true Mr.. Vinson is a friend
of the President and while in Con-
gress voted for a good bit of New
Deal legislation. But there Is moth
ing in his record in the House nor
as stabilization director to indicate
that he does not believe in the null
tiplication table or think, particu-
larly in time of war, that union
labor should be coddled and cajoled
at the expense Of the people as
whole.
On the contrary, more than any
other man in the administration, he
has stood firm against the efforts of
the labor lobbyists to break down
the bars against imitation and have
their wage increases, no matter what
the national cost.
Had it not been for Mr.. Wilson'S
firmness, the Little Steel" formula
long ago would have been thrown
in the discard. 1t is not his fault
that the labor lobby has gotten
lot it asked by going around, above
and below the formula instead of
through. When he was made sta
bilization director he was told to
hold the line" and, SO far as he
could, he has held it.
Transfers Held Unlikely.
1t recently was reported that the
technicians of the Budget Bureau
have been working for month upon
plans to transfer, by executive order,
control to the Secretary of Com
merce of four very important Gov
ernment commissions now wholly
independent-to wit, the Interstate
Commerce Commission, the Federal
Trade Commission, the Federal
Power Commission and the Securi-
ties and Exchange Commission.
Should this idea go through, it, of
course, would make Mr.. Wallace the
most powerful of all cabinet men,
bers. which is the exact reverse of
the strongly registered idea of Con-
gress as to what he should be. Even
though he only had nominal control
OF these four great commissions it
would be an astonishing proposal,
one of which it is impossible to be-
lieve the President has knowledge.
What is most astonishing both