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u f* CT"HE opinions of the writers on this page are their own, not Power Abuse The Parade necessarily The Star’s. Such opinions are presented in We, the An American Capital The Star’s effort to give all sides of questions of interest to its People readers, although such opinions may be contradictory among Is Laid to themselves ana directly opposed to The Star's. Wallace Heat New Deal Liberals You Should Dinner Parley on Fate of Wage-Hour Bill Discloses Ignores Applied by to of Wearin. W.P.A. Personnel of Roosevelt’s ’General Staff.’ for Him to Come Aid Know By JAY FRANKLIN. By JOSEPH ALSOP and ROBERT KINTNER. Observations same week end that the White House cracked down on Gov. Mar- shrewd which bore Its first fruit In the House vote on strategy Washington tin of Oregon, in his race for renomination, New Deal liberals began G. W. Holland Works Comments on was conceived one several weeks ago. Hopkins the wage-hour bill evening to the heat on of Henry A. Wallace to his moat put Secretary Agriculture The time was shortly before the President’s departure for In latter's THEcome to the help of Representative Otha D. Wearin the to Conserve U. S. Race in Iowa Are recent the the dinner table of a powerful official; as Patron Saint of the in THE fishing trip; place, Cupid May Be Regarded battle with Senator Gillette for the Democratic senatorial nomination the occasion, a meeting of the President’s general staff. of Crude Oil. Criticized. Iowa. Supply J Tlie meeting was initiated by James Roosevelt, acting, as usual, New Deal as Ickes Follows Tradition. For the New Dealers there can be but one choice: Wearin. Gillette is not de- in- DELIA PYNCHON. as his father’s personal representative. The President had concededly honest, but has voted against major New Deal measures, By By DAWD LAWRENCE. the FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE. temDer. Ci. u. r. leaders izown r-asi, cided just how to cut through the strange tangle in which wage- By cluding the original triple A. His associations are conservative and his , Government’* chief "hot* are reached insist that Quoddy’s primary purpose sad things happening hour measure was then involved. Some decision had to be as If Dan Cupid, that Ir- record at Washington not calculated to stir the pulse of a reformer. oil” man, next to Secretary all the and use to date have been political. over the world where before he left Washington. And, through young Roosevelt, resistible upsetter of the best Wearin is younger, more liberal, better qualified for the job, but to a large Ickes, Is George West Holland. the From this point of view, they admit democracy is being debauched, President had given plenary authority to make the decision to laid plans of mice and men, extent an unknown quantity in Iowa and national politics. He has the THEIt is his job as director of the because it con- THEREbut it is cause for genuine in as the it’s paid dividends, an of New Deal liberals and the sym- of the men around the table. LOOKSmight go down history support of influential group young ] ’etroleum Conservation Division lament and regret that here in the New Cer- verted a traditionally Republican to him over Gillette re- with Of an accretion of such small is made. But for us, patron saint of the Deal. pathy of the White House. However, put against ] nterior Department to co-operate incidents, history into Democratic United States an of abuse Roosevelt administration is county territory. a I he to waste In the example this the incident has more than a historical interest. To the tainly the quires push. States prevent pro- at moment, was on power should be found in the ad- con- Some $6,363,000 spent Quoddy auction or crua© (of who runs the Gov- the marrylng-est regime of the That can be two men: The President or the simple question, 'AND TELL' / the War When work push given by only uilllldbil&UUIl U1 tempo rary era. by Department. Roosevelt feels that if oil, to bring about ernment? the Capital’s whisper- HARRY L Ad- Secretary of Agriculture. Mr. apparently any relief funds. That TO The White House was stopped, the National Youth In ing galleries give 50 "inside” but one in the Government gives help to Wearin, it should be Henry Wal- uniformity a hu- "S BEAR % has ministration established a school at State lawa and supposedly answers. family Itself himself. Mr. Wallace feels that the wisest contradictory In the quiet /-*> DOWN MJ has lace of Iowa apparently manltarian OK. THE r set the Eastport, which, to April, 1938, to dinner of the President’s general ON merry course for himself personally and, perhaps, for the administration is regulations, agency of Gov- PAPA WAGE | with the cost $353,000. the trans- staff, a concrete and authentic -7^ pace, to keep hands off and not risk the loss of prestige which might prevent ernment should second matrimo- * * * * ! in Inter- answer may be found. BILL/1 follow backing the wrong horse. In addition, there 1s the fact that a portation be managed by a nial ventures of At the recent Sixth Conference of state commerce of * * * * split in the Iowa democracy might lead to a defeat this fall and a man who has Daughter Anna Teachers of International Law and “hot oil," oil that The staff members are: divided delegation at the Democratic National Convention in 1940. I frankly become and Son Related Subjects in Washington, held j Is and Harry L. Hopkins, the obscure Elliott, produced political In his last year's wed- in Joint session with the American sold beyond the social worker who rose with Roose- Evidence is multiplying that Henry Wallace. If not trying for the behavior is some- Son Society of International Law, a reso- ^ ding of production allo- velt. The President listens to him nomination in 1940, is playing presidential politics with all stops out. thing so shocking Franklin D., Jr., lution was adopted acclaiming a cated under State more orten than to any other, and is personally more auacnea to nim. There’s nothing wrong In this; it’s been done before and by men just as that it would and next month's branch of the State Department of laws. He is serious, intensely partisan, imbued with a sense of public service, big as the Secretary of Agriculture. For example, a member of Mr. Wal- be difficult to nuptials of Son which Secretary Hull invites the The con- but almost malignant in his dislike cf New Deal opponents. He is the lace's secretariat called on Senator Gillette and assured him that "H. A.” proper find a parallel in John. Attorney American public to make increasing servation of the doyen of the New Deal left wing, was not backing Wearin, while another member of his staff called on all the years of Oeneral-d e s i g- use—the division of research and Nation's oil sup- Harold L. the administration hatchet man. whose angry Senator Herring of Iowa with a request for the Iowa delegation in 1940. Director Holland. Ickes, n a t e Thomas J. Praise of its work coupled political intrigue Frederic W. Wile. publication. plies and reserves David Lawrence. are a chief New Deal enemies. From the It w-as even said that Mr. Wallace went to the White House with a request in the National adjectives weapon against Walsh was the the name of its chief. Dr. Cyril Wynne, me President is s a matter or vital interest, pre-, of Illinois liberalism, he has risen, by chance and an amazing of that the refrain from indorsing Wearin, but this authoritatively Capital. purlieus first of the New Dealers to taKe a with that of Assistant Secretary 'ention of Interstate of "hot it is no secret that when Wearin called on Wallace to shipments power hunger, to be one of the most influential men in Washington. Assistant Sec- State S. who has denied. Certainly, bride—in March, 1933. George Messersmith, ill" Is more than For the last two or three years, It cabi- announce his the of him and perhaps Important He is the New Deal left wing’s only real and trusted ally in the of War H. the division’s activities candidacy, Secretary Agriculture discouraged has been asserted foes of the New retary Harry Woodring given -special he of bootleg liquor. OH by net. He was not at the but he was invited. has refrained from throwing any support to the New Deal side in Iowa prevention present dinner, married Helen Coolidge in July, 1933. support. In his private time Dr. the Deal that Harry Hopkins was using State las been credited with winning B. Keenan, assistant to the General. Under the Assistant Secretary of State Francis Wynne is professor of history of the politics. the relief administration to the Joseph Attorney * * * * Vorld War. Without an adequate sup- help in genial exterior of the sort of politician one sees in droves at race tracks, B. Sayre, a widower, remarried Supreme Court in the post-graduate national defense un- Roosevelt regime stay in office, but It is this which has New Deal sore. ply of oil, would, New Deal have school of the got the liberals They claim that he conceals much kindliness and good sense. His rise in the June, 1937. Cabinet weddings Columbus University ler modern be there was no evidence that the Works once Wallace saw the ”1940'’ over his he conditions, impossible, of Grace School magic numerals shoulder, turned has been slow.