Evening star., 1952-12-25
The Political Mill ..
Votes Through Economy
Will Be Aim of 6. O..
Eisenhower's Men Con Try
Opposite Of Spend and Elect
The Political Mill
By Gould Lincoln

Save money and get votes. The new
Republican administration under PreSi-
dent-elect Eisenhower will have an op-
portunity to test the virtue of such
program. It's the reverse of the Santa
Claus idea, which helped to keep the
Democrats in power for 20 years. A
cynical remark, attributed to the late
Harry Hopkins after the Roosevelt ad-
ministration had been in operation for
several years, declared: "Well tax and
tax. spend and spend, and elect and
elect" Mr.. Hopkins denial of author
ship never killed the story. Taxes
mounted, expenditures-by the Govern
ment-infiated, and the votes rolled in.
With public debt around $267 bill
lion, higher tax rate than ever before
and accompanying high prices, cutting
the value Of the dollar to shreds, the
American voters may have finally be-
come acclimated to the idea of reducing
taxes, cutting expenditures and saving
money. The Republicans have claimed
they could do all these things-if given
the chance. Gen. Eisenhower is sur
rounding himself with cabinet capable
OF giving the country business admin
istration. These advisers head the great
agencies of Government which provide
the services and do the spending. II
there are to be cuts in the budget. the
cuts can start with them.
The new cabinet personnel includes
Charles E. Wilson, head of General Mo-
tors, as Secretary of Defense, who be-
cause OF the need for building I'D the
national defense and the Korean war.
will be responsible for the expenditure
OF the major slice of all Government
appropriations. Gen. Eisenhower, with
the advice no doubt Of Mr.. Wilson, has
given him three well-equipped business
men-Weu equipped by experience-to
head the Departments of the Army.
Navy and Air Force.
Lawyer With Experience.
For Secretary of State Gen. Eisen-
hover has selected lawyer who knows
lot about business as well as foreign
affairs-John Foster Dulles. Mr.. Dulles
advice on spending for foreign aid
should be valuable.
AS Secretary of the Treasury, Gen. Eli
senhoWer will have another successful
businessman, George M. Humphrey. In
financial matters. too, former Senator
Sinclair Weeks of Massachusetts, is
well versed. Arthur E. Summerfield
OF Michigan, who is to take over the
running OF the Governments huge mail.
carrying business, made his mark as a
successful businessman long before he
turned his hand to State and national
politics. Attorney General-designate
Herbert Brownell, Ezra Taft Benson of
Utah, prospective Secretary of Agri-
CllItlIros Martin D -
who is to head the Department of Labor.
and Gov. Mckay of Oregon, Secretary
OF the Interior. all successful men, are
quite capable OF economical administra-
ton of their agencies.
The Eisenhower cabinet is not without
political savvy-but it's main emphasis
is on good business administration.
Brownen and Summerfield both have
served as chairman of the Republican
National Committee-the latter still
holds that office, though he is soon to
give it up. Gov. Mckay made his mark
as political leader in his own State.
He is familiar with the problems of the
great West. And the new President will
have at his right hand-as an assistant
Gov. Sherman Adams of New Hamp-
shire.
Comparison With Roosevelt Cabinet.
Twenty years ago, the late President
Franklin D. Roosevelt and the Demo-
Gratis took over the administration of
the Government. It was the last change
IN party control of the Federal Govern
ment. The Roosevelt cabinet included
two men, picked from the Senate, Hull
OF Tennessee, Secretary of State, and
Swanson of Virginia, Secretary of the
Navy. 1t included Homer Cummings.
Connecticut lawyer and leading poll
tician, as Attorney General; Daniel C..
Roper Of South Carolina, also involved
in politics, as Secretary of Commerce,
and James A. Farley of New York, chair
man of the Democratic National Com
mittee. William Hartman Woodin of
New York was Secretary of the Treasury,
who had served on commission ap-
pointed by Roosevelt-then Governor
to revise the State banking laws. Harold
1ckes Of Illinois, former progressive
Republican, interested in reform poll
tics, was Secretary of the Interior; Henry
A. Wallace Of Iowa, also a former Re-
publican, Secretary of Agriculture:
George H. Dern of Utah, Secretary of
War, and Francis Perkins, a social
worker in New York, Secretary of Labor.
The Republicans insist that the in
coming cabinet does not suffer by COM
parison with that of the first Roosevelt
administration.