The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1946-02-22

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| sS|sS| he has lost Mr.. Tru-
mans confidence
nj. Eisenhower and may retire.
Indeed some who
have their noses to the White House
pane, suspect the old gang is groom
ing successor, Milton Eisenhower,
brother of the chief of staff. Eisen-
hover is more of New Deal politico
than the general. Certainly it is diff
ficult to see how Anderson can sur
vive. His novel price theory is con-
trary to what he does in his own
milk producing business in Albu-
querque.
MINOR OFFICIALS SAID
TO NOW RUN DEPARTMENT
There he sells what milk the mar
ket will take at the highest possible
price, and lets his surplus 60 for
whatever it will bring. The idea Of
abandoning the parity notion made
the farm bureau federation right
mad. And the opposing crowd in the
farmers union turned against him
when he named Lassiter instead Of
Hudgins to farm security.
Sic transit elear-minded new
officials. When he was in con-
gress, MIR. Anderson knew just
what to do. The Objectivity Of
his post then permitted him clar-
ity of vision. But when he took
the cabinet seat, to face the
clique which ran his department
Gas cliques of subordinates DOM
mate the top men Of all the gov.
eminent departments), he inn
mediately became involved, and
each week plunged him into
deeper involvement.
Remember how Mr. Truman came
in announcing how closely he would
work with congress. Now before his
first year is out, he is involved in
such a desperate struggle with con-
gress, he is asking people to propa-
gandize against them. The loudest
cheer for his recent message came
not from the chastised legislators,
but from Sidney Hillman of CLIO. The
confidnece of business which he en-
joyed at the outset slipped percepti-
bly, also with the rejection of his
wage compromise by both steel and
motors.
1 have rarely seen this proc
ess to fail. The human per-
sonality rarely is able to sur.
mount it. Outside of bureau
cracy, men may see clearly and
devise clear cut programs. AS
soon as they get in the seats Of
power, they fall under the spells
Of bureaucracy, adulati0n, and
the politics of the self-perpetuat-
ing old gangs = or resisting, be-
come involved in self-thwarting
struggles.
ABUNDANCE THEORY MEETS
STRONG FARM OPPOSITION
The secret of Mr.. Anderson's
troubles, however, suspect, are the
same as the reasons why the food
shortages will continue beyond an
other crop. His conflicts with the
clique and Hobbies are superficial re-
Elections of deeper cause, name
ly: farmers are afraid OF album
dance. The farm leaders think they
can easily produce too much for this
country, know they cannot sell much
abroad, and hence by nature resist
any abundance theory.
Winter wheat was hurt by
weather and much Of the seed
ing did not come up. Poultry
supplies are being drained by
the meat shortage. Eggs may
be plentiful for a little while in
the spring, but not for long.
Vegetables fiuctuate, but there
should be enough IL the weather
is favorable.
Our loan negotiator, viii Clayton,
Is a cotton minded man. The old
cotton theory was the basic inspirs-
ton of the Democratic tariff policy
| (seil Britain our cotton and provide
free importations to enable her to
pay for it), although our cotton price
has long since gone too high to en-
able the low-economied British to
use it as their base raw material.
But Clayton is reported to have gone
even beyond this basic theory in
his visions of tariff destruction in
the coming conference, and they
say. he has taken State Secretary
Byrnes along with him.