Evening star., 1945-01-22
George Moves
|Tobar Finance
Job for Wallace
President Forwards
Nomination for
Commerce Post
(Tert OF Rooseuelt-Jones Letters
on Page A-12.)
AUBREY WILLIAMS named Rural
Electrification Administrator.
Story on Page B-1
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
A move to strip Henry A. WAL
lace of control over Federal loan
and financing agencies as Sec
retary of Commerce was started
in the Senate today by Chair
man George of the Finance Com
mittee.
Evidencing the opposition to Mr..
Wallace's nomination among South
ern Democrats and Republicans
Senator George offered legislation
to re-establish the Federal Loan
Agency as a separate and independ-
ent arm of the Government.
He acted shortly after the Senate
received President Roosevelta for
NAL nomination of Mr.. Wallace to
succeed Jesse Jones, post for which
Mr.. Jones said the former Vice
Preside mt is unsuited.
Mr.. Roosevelt's rejection of con-
gressional request that Mr.. Jones be
retained as head of the Reconstruc-
ton Finance Corp. and its subsidiary.
agencies in the event Of Mr.. WAL
lace's appointment stirred bitter re-
sentiment on Capitol Hill.
Would Set Aside Order.
Senator Georges bill, which he in
troduced without floor comment,
would set aside President Roosevelt's
executive order of 1912 transferring
the Federal Loan Agency, the Re-
construction Finance Corp. and its
subsidiary agencies to the jurisdic-
ton of the Commerce Department.
The order was issued when Mr..
Jones was both Secretary Of Com
merce and loan administrator.
The bill calls for the appointment
by the President of $4,000 ad-
ministrator to head the re-estab-
Ished agency.
Jones Accedes to Decision.
In the face of pleas from such
men as Senators Connally, Demo-
crat, of Texas, and Bailey, Demo-
crat, of North Carolina that Mr..
Jones be kept on at least in his
capacity as head of vast Federal
financing agencies, the President
called for and received the latteris
bitter but full acquiescence.
| "I must accede to your decision" !"
Mr.. Jones said in letter emphasize
ing that "I can not agree" that Mr..
wallace, until Saturday the Vice
president, would be good man for
the job.
/ Mr.. Roosevelt had written Mr..
Jones that Henry Wallace deserves
almost any service which he be-
lieves he can satisfactorily per-
form"
Campaign Work Praised.
81 told him this" the Presidents
letter continued, "at the end Of the
campaign, in which he displayed
the utmost devotion to our cause,
travelling almost necessarily and
working for the success of the
ticket in a great many parts of
the country. Though not on the
ticket himself, he gave Of his utmost
toward the victory which ensued."
Mr.. Jones interpreted this as
meaning Mr.. Roosevelt wanted to
hand out cabinet post "as a re-
ward for his support of you in the
campaign"
The Jones' Roosevelt letters, dated
January 20, Inauguration Day, were
released by the Secretary last night.
He refused to discuss them further.
Mr.. Wallace, who at first had
maintained silence, issued state
ment today in which he said he was
happy the President has named me
to a position providing for continu-
GUS activity in the public welfare"
"In the highly geared world Of
today and tomorrow, there must
be full and efficient employment
throughout the Nation" he added.
In what appeared to be a bid for