Southern Oregon News Review, Thursday, October 24. 1946
W hite House Needs Business Basis
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President of the U. S. Has
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Analyst and Commentator.
W'NV Service. 1616 Eye Street. N.W.. J from the beginning The reason is
Washington. D. C.
simple: People who expect a deci-
WASHINGTON, D. C.—Once more I sion on an important matter won't
events bring up the so far unan- | lake it from anyone but the Presi-
dent himself.
swered problem,
h o w c a n th e p
1
M u tt K e e p C lose
White House be
put on a business
C h ec k on A id e s
basis?
A pitiful example of the break-
T h e W h ite
A
j down of the White House machinery
House executive
i was the recent Wallace ruckus.
o ffic e s are the
The President never need have been
headquarters of
■ placed in the position he was.
the biggest or­
It is not a President’s job to read
ganization in the
over every document submitted to
world. The Presi­
j him. No head of a business as big
dent of the Unit­
j as the government would dream of
ed States is the
VERSION OF NEW GERMANY . . . Baseball, favorite pastim e of
trying to do that. But somebody
American
youth, now is being placed by the younger generation of Ger­
head of this tre­
should have read both the Wallace
m ans. American troops direct youngsters in a gam e of bail In the very
mendous admin­
memorandum on foreign policy and
shadows of Nuernberg jail, where top Nazi crim inals were tried.
istrative set-up.
the Wallace speech and apprised the
Baukhage
Few people real­
President of what they contained
ize the extent of his functions, most and implied. Whether it is the Pres­
of which aren't even suggested in ident’s fault that he didn't have
the constitution, and few laws de­ properly experienced hired help, is
fine them. They have grown like another matter.
That his hired
Topsy.
help didn't function, caused the
We are reminded of the scope of damage.
the presidential duties by Willard
An explanation, if not an excuse,
Kiplinger in his "Washington Is Like has been offered in this case. The
That.” He points out that the Pres­ job of reading over public state­
ident as leader of his party runs ments of administration mem­
they were being kept from market
the party policies through the na­ bers to see that they didn't conflict P A R I S :
because of price inequities.
tional committee. Some times the was handled by the OWI during the I tai inn Pact
Citing department of agriculture
party line isn't working. You re­ war. Before that the White House
Following
a
pitched
warning from statistics, the committee said there
call the stew over meat? A meet­ machinery had always taken care
Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov were 80 m illion head of rattle
ing of Democratic party leaders, at of such matters.
That machin­
against the division of and calves on farms Jan. 1, of which
the moment when the President was ery had not been again set in mo­
the world into eastern 40 million were available for meat.
preparing to announce at a news tion when OWI ceased to function, j
and western blocs, the Despite heavy marketings this sum­
conference that he opposed remov­
The fault was not that the Presi- ;
Paris
peace conference mer, 52 million head of cattle were
ing the controls on meat prices, dent didn't prevent the Wallace-
approved
the proposed available for meat by Sept. 24-30.
passed a resolution asking Chair­ Byrnes clash, but that he was not ,
Estimating that supplies w ill be
treaty for Italy.
man Hannegan to confer with ad­ prevented from preventing it.
fully 15 per cent above require­
Because
it
consid­
ministrative officials concerning the
ered the treaty opposed ments. the committee concluded
I can think of only one sim ilar bad
removal of such controls.
to the interests of its that there would be 72.5 pounds of
mistake made by President Roose­
The President, as the top execu­ velt which parallels the Wallace
Yugoslav ally, Russia beef and veal per person from Oct.
tive, heads the executive set-up and mix-up and it was due to a similar
led the bitter fight 1, 1946, to Oct. 1, 1947. This com­
Molotov
he appoints the men who run the but not the same cause. It involved
against adoption of the pares with 60.6 pounds per capita
executive machinery. He can't talk
Championing Yugoslavia's I in the 15 year prewar base period.
the highly technical question of the pact.
to each one every day. When there public debt. An “ assistant,” sup­ cause, Molotov shouted that Russia
is friction a hot-box often develops. posed to be an expert, furnished the would not permit the western pow­ G R E E C E :
There are plenty of examples in figures on which the President based ers to dictate to the “ new Slavic Inflation-Ridden
history from Ickes and Wallace,
an important public statement. The democracies.” and reiterated Len­
With goods and "hard" money
back to Lincoln and Sev d. and eagle-eyed financial writers caught in's axiom that "a people which
scarce,
inflation is riding high in
before.
it. The "expert” was called to ac­ takes its destiny into its own hands Greece. A full meal without wine
count; he furnished new figures, is invincible."
C h ie f E x e c u tiv e ’s
now costs more than $4 and second­
was wrong again and caught again.
The Russian bloc's objections to hand clothing sells at $150 to $200
T a sk N e v e r E nds
The President was forced to make the treaty centered against estab­ and shoes at $30
The President issues “ executive a second public correction.
lishment of a strong, neutral gov­
As in all inflation-ridden countries,
orders” —which someone has to
The duties of a President are sim­ ernor for the key port of Trieste, and the dollar commands a premium in
w rite tor him but which have the ply too great for any one man. So creation of a new Italo-Yugoslav
national exchange. While the offi­
force of law — and the President
Presidents have always had person­ border.
cial rate is 500 drachmas to the dol­
must see that they are properly in­
al advisors, some times they were
lar, speculators offer as much as
A
strong
governor
would
deprive
terpreted. Again there is trouble if given an office, some times they
6,500 drachmas for a dollar. By sell­
these decrees tread on congression­ had no official title—like Colonel the mixed Italian-Yugoslav popula­ ing dollars, then reconverting their
tion of its self-rule, Molotov declared
al prerogatives.
House in the Wilson regime. To­ in calling for a powerful constitu­ drachmas to U. S. currency again,
He has to get bills which he fa­ day we hear little about presidential ent assembly. An alliance of Italian Americans can make a pretty profit.
vors passed. Frequently he writes “ administrative assistants” but we
Indicative of the Greek govern­
Yugoslav Communists would have
the first drafts of such bills with the hear a great deal about a group of given the Reds control of the stra­ ment's desire for "hard” money,
help of his legal advisors. He is "advisors” who have failed to func­ tegic city.
employees of the American embas­
expected, if necessary, to “ put the tion properly in spite of the fact that
sy who are paid in gold flown from
heat on” to get them through con­ unlike the executive assistants they
the U. S. receive 17,000 drachmas
gress. This means a lot of work lack authority. These advisors are M E A T :
per dollar. This is three times the
in conference with congressional too "close” to the President. And P redict Plenty
ordinary official rate.
leaders on the phone and through they have been criticized by other
Because there is no food rationing
In pressing the administration to
his personal agents.
A tactless members of the administration for
decontrol livestock, the beef indus­ or price control over staple items,
agent can easily upset the apple­ standing between department heads,
try advisory committee declared Greek white collar workers paid on
cart. Remember how Tommy Cor­ the congressional and party leaders.
that there were sufficient cattl* in fixed salaries are especially hit. To
coran used to get under the skin of They are all old, close, personal
the country to meet the require­ procure essentials, they must deal
congress? Many others, well inten- friends of the President. They are
ments of the next 12 months but in the black market, make connec­
tioned and otherwise, who came and inexperienced in government.
tions with government or business
went, might be named.
officials, or sell personal belongings
Whether President Truman's little
The President has to make up the circle of “ cronies” has helped or
to obtain sufficient money for pur-
budget, with the help of the budget hindered him is beside the question.
I chases.
director. I f the director makes mis­ No one can dispute the fact that
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takes or asks for too much or too they were chosen because of their
little , it is the White House that takes loyalty rather than because of their
Production Hon us
the rap. This involves billions.
experience. The question is wheth­
In addressing the American Man-
He appoints the Justices of the Su­ er presidential duties, as they exist
j agement association in Boston, F,
preme court and federal judges. A today, can be delegated even to a
I D. Newbury, vice president of West-
bad choice may be fatal, and yet well-trained, highly capable staff.
( inghouse Electric corporation, ad-
one person can’t know the personal
They can, is the answer, IF such a
| vanced a new formula for keeping
history of every likely candidate. In staff is not blocked by higher au­
. postwar wages and prices within
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this sense the President forms the thorities who, from motives of love,
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legal thinking of his era.
hate, politics, religion, tempera­
Newbury’s plan calls for main-
He is not only his own and his ment, taste or previous condition of
j taining basic wage and salary rates
-party’s but also the nation’s chief servitude, use such authority, oth­
at their 'present level and payment
publicity man. A slip of the tongue er than in the public good.
i to employees of additional income
not only can lose an election, but
in proportion to increased volume
also could start a war. I f war
j of production, ability to pay and ef­
Telephone
calls
at
the
rate
of
four
»comes, he has to run it, for the
ficiency of the individual organiza­
strategy in the field is based on a minute asking answers to radio
tion.
quiz
questions
were
reported
de­
broad objectives decided at home.
Stating that the proposal could not
I t was by no means merely m ili­ stroying the morale of a Brooklyn
] be called a profit-sharing plan, he
library.
From
now
on
the
line
is
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tary opinion which decided when
said that the bonus payments would
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quizzy.
and where the invasion of Europe
be considered as part of operating
WAR ORPHAN . . . Striking a costs, with employees entitled to the
took place.
The President has a new “ Sacred
pose of an American child movie
maximum a company could afford
These are only a few of the things
actor, 2-year-old Valdcmar Gauko
to pay. Terming the plan highly
a President has to think about. We Cow.” The winged ruminant as it
is one of 21 German war orphans
flexible, Newbury said that an en­
have omitted mention of many m i­ browses in the Washington airport
arriving in United States to be
terprise could easily readjust its
nor but time-consuming matters puts the other big transport planes
in the calf-class.
placed in foster homes.
wages i f business declined.
such as whether the architectural
beauty of the White House shall be
altered with a new wing, or where
some visiting potentate shall sit at
the table. A ll full of dynamite.
It was the death of Woodrow Wil­
son which brought the presidential
workload to public attention. He
WASHINGTON.—Our national in­
I t said industrial production, as tional income, the bureau said the
died, as much from overwork as
from his disappointment over repu­ come w ill climb to a peak of 175 measured by the Federal Reserve net income of agriculture may be
diation of the League of Nations. billion dollars in 1947 but w ill start board index, may average as much reduced as much as 10 to 15 per cent
Serious study of the problem of fu r­ tapering off toward the end of that as 10 per cent higher than this year from 1946,
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nishing a means to lighten the presi­ year, according to a prediction of and close to 85 per cent above the
The farm income forecast is based
dential burden began shortly there­ the Bureau of Agricultural Eco­ 1935-39 average. This prediction was
on: (1) the premise that consum­
after, but it was not until 1939 that nomics.
hedged with the provision that pro­ ers w ill devote a larger part of their
a specific plan was drawn up and :
duction is not retarded by major buying power to industrial goods
The
predicted
income
would
rep­
submitted to congress. Among oth- !
labor-management disputes.
which have been in short supply and
er suggestions for various depart- j resent an increase of six per cent
over
this
year’s
estimated
165
bil­
The bureau looks, however, for less to food; (2) higher farm pro­
mental reorganizations, the plan !
created a presidential staff of "ex- ' lion dollars, which is highest on rec­ omewhat of a decline in industrial duction costs.
ord to date.
¡»roduction in the latter part of the
ecutive assistants.”
Income of non-agricultural labor,
ear, as a backlog of consumer de­
The
bureau's
1947
estimates
wer
About all the public knows about
on the other hand, is expected to
contained
in
a
report
prepared
fot
mand
for
industrial
products
be­
this corps of assistants is that they
Increase 10 per cent next year, the
are supposed to possess a "passion the agriculture department’s outlooi; comes more nearly satisfied. Such
bureau said, reflecting higher em­
conference
of
farm
officials.
Th<
fo r anonymity.” The other thing I
a downturn in production would be
about them, which isn't usually ad­ bureau said a high level of domestir i cflected in lower incomes of work­ ployment in the m ajor part of the
year and higher wages. The bureau
mitted, is that they have never func- I industrial activity and relatively ful', ers in affected industries.
said unemployment is expected to
tloned properly. That, at least, is I employment in most of 1947 w ill con­
Farm Income Drops.
be somewhat heavier in 1947 than
the private opinion of one insider i tribute substantially to higher con
While forecasting the rise in na­ at present
who has watched them come and go ! sumer incomes.
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