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THE cliAton: chroni^e. .1 t ■ r- \ ■ ^ /' CLINTON^ S. ,C. AY,:SBPTEMBER 2Q, 1934 - y y ^ • V: ■/ f A ONE-MAN RULE OF THE NRA WILL BE AtoUSHED SOON worse is strictly a matter of ^^py^ion, |i)Ut much of the criticism Jev'eletl at j(Jeneral Johnson has been,'‘|ustly *or unjustly, a reaction asrainst Miss Roh- «—* ■ ~ jinson. ' Cicneral Joftnson Is Expected to Hcad Execiftive Branch Th Link Alert, encraJiic an.l a hard worker, - , / I she has become General Johnson s With Legislative and Ju^cial. In Reorganization He .^Would' very eyes and ears an<l sometimes his 'mouth. With her'unswervinjr person- -Copperate With Others In Task of Restoring Industry. Washington, Sept. 15.-.-»Public in-1 Mr. Roosevelt is not expected to form^ion coming this week from go So far as .some of these advisers Hyd€ Park House leavesr little doubt.have suggested. He is not likely to that Presideni Roosevelt has set him-(satisfy tho.se who are calling for Gen- aelf to the task of revising and re-'eral Johnson’s scalp. He feels ,that crganizing the National Recovery Ad-1 the heavy-hitting hard-talking admin- ministration. listrator has done a job of which his As he redeems his assurances al»<*"’‘n'«tration can well be proud. H4 marked C in this a^v AIVJ vviirlltil niw: il^AL PIAI-J I • f days. He gave these assura^nces to what General Johnson has done. change will ^lav^ taken place i friends that he’ knew of no i^ncy within the next sixty other American who could have done Congressional leaders with whom he iias lately been in touch, and who, al- tiioagh they exacted no promises, must have ’imparted to him thi^ fael* ing of dread at the possibility of'liav- ing to defend the present .set-up at the next session. •' ~ The PresidenLJias published but few <letail.s of the proposeii revision. It is al loyalty she has done more than any other except the general himself to make and keep the NRA a “Johnson” organization.^ Kurthermore, the general depends on her-las his most trusted adviser. Hence it, is not .so silly for those who would perpetuate themselves and ad vance; in their jobs to .stand high in her estimation. ' . What di.spositiop the reorganization will make of any of these matters is Executive IW for Johnoon ; “'“‘.'S' '“P"? He knew thnt mUtnkex in an un- wH h«*e only a l.mrted dertakini of aucli magnitude were an- "‘'"'',7' Gongreta. The avoidable, and he now appreciate, _ « « « ' « « »1A In ' - WyV/\Cf,A«fAl^ - Wmh MM that General Johnson has been will-" ' ing not only to “take the rap” for his own blunders but also to act as a buX- fer for the White House against-'inany of the “dead cats” hurled at-New Deal President Roo.sevelt hal an nounced repeatedly that the basic ideas >^1'be perpej^uated, but in what form is a (juestiim yot to be answered.' The answer may depend largely on the ability of the revi.stHl NRA to re- hardly probable that he has settled alP policies. ' # ef them. But it ik sufficienr at the! The best opinion in Washington nowio-stablish itself in. popularity, not by pre.sent, for the country generally and j is that the genei'al will head one of;®'’’y more “blue eagle'^ nr publicity for the Congressional “front m’eri”^'in| the major divisions under the NRA’s drives, but by cold, hard results trans particular, that something is to be i new “constitutional” government, done. Of further satisfaction is the i probably .the executive branch. If Mr. Roosevelt follows his present inten,- tions the general's personality and in^- fluence will remain wjth the adminis tration for some time', possibly, until C ong ress at iLs next .session develops a more’ iHH-manent contact fbetwieen the government and industry. However far the responsibilities and with (duties may be divided under the plan, each Gamafal Johnson's road can be no basy iofte.^ *'Even if his prerogatives' are clear indication that Johnson is to‘be harnesseii to work in coop eration with others. In NRA vemac- .ular, he is to be “put under a code.” Dispaches from the Summer White House state that thb>.NRA will be made into a miniature American Gov ernment. It is to have executive, leg islative and judicial -divisions, the limits and boundaries oi clearly defined. Republican critics doubtless will’ confined strictly to that of adminis- aeiae upon this as^ parody on the tration, his job at first will be lately Constitution, the last insult. of tbejone o( rabuilding. New Deal to the noble document; | For,'wliatever he can make of the lat^d iftlo the numbers 're-employed, the industries re-established on profi table-bases and the increased buying power of the people.’ Sfa^^f Musi' -; Work For Aid Applications To ’Re Investigated As All Other Cases ^fore Federal Relief Is Giv^n. stripped of its symbolism, it atmply means that control of the NRA is • i iWashington, Sept. 18.—Officials of henJle feddrfl-irelief administration said new order, President Roosevelt feels [today able-bodied textile strikers that General* Johnson deserves ’ the [would h^e to work fo^ relief pay- be divided, that administration, policy* chance, not from’ a sense of charity, I ments lil^ any other. applicant for det^rminatoin and adjudication of jdi^^ bitt -fjrofn, the belief that his acepm-V’*!-' putes arising out of code enforc^meHAplnliments far outweigh his mistakes; They reported ^plications from ar,e no longer to be the functions of land that the Ne;^ Deal^can UI afford j strikers had. been rtceived by relief one man. - jto sacrifice sucTi a driving force., organizations in every sUte affectW If General Johnson remains with| None of this is meant to infer that the organization, and it appears now'General Johnson has failed at his that he will, he must do things that he | task. If he is culpable, it is for over- Imb been''unwilling or unable tq do i doing hi»job. From a year ago and hefbre, among them to share respon-itep(i^i|^ate in the Winter he was aibility and tp take more impenional^v&^«Bingly acclaimed the man of advice from those associated with him^he Hour.^ His popularity was second tefniine if actuak need exists,” ex in task of restoring America'h in-j only to that of the President. He rep-1 plained one official in close tpuch with J—situation.. j “Where relief-^jobs ard available Which needy strikers can fill the ap- by the textile walkout and that these applications were receiving exactly the same treatment accorded ordinary relief _ryquests. ' “T^ application of etrikei^ is be ing invested like all other cases to de- dustry. ' restefadj^tion. ^ He appeared to be ' Effect of Criticiam on Staff J^araiv^mewhere. The Washington opinion is tha^ gf |fa« Amly after he got somewhere President Roosevelt could not have that the weight of criticism changed selected a more propitious time to act."'“He pbuld not organize to hold . what Within the Recovery Administration I he had accomplisjied.'^ He branched here in Washington “pep” has given [out in every direction. He became plicants are being required to work for their relief budget like anybody else,” he said. Officials said protests of discrimi- way to doldrums, and there is hardly confused in the mechanisms he him- a one of t^. hundreds of employees i self agtup. Wba does n^ wonder what is to hapj[^A^ ^ne of the criticisms was "that he to him. It is difficult to imagihe itHrould nijt stick to thelportciCS ,he had otherwise when these men and women If nunciafed. Hecould^ not or would imte every day the tenor of outsidej^ot. delegate responsibility and the crisisifi^or the agency. jawasoing of responsibilities created [ Ref. officials insisted they, continue The country’s public appraisal of present conditions. The * NRA ther.^ woi'king 2 or 3 days a week' ration against ^.strikers «were due to misunderstanding. It was related that a'group of tex tile workers who had been on relief rolls prior to the strike wanted to be freed for fulltime picket duty but re- the NRA is diges.ted every day and | became and remains now a personal passed arouhd the offices by a clip-1 organization of Genei*al Johnson.' ping bureau organized at the outset] Whether the task was too large of for that specific purpose. Aside from-l General'Johnson made too many mis- Federal relief l^ders asserted they did hot anticipate a large increase in relief costs. this outside attack arS inside bicker ings and suspicions breeding both iqwn_ petty jalousies and upon the Intk of definite policy in dealing with the multiplicity of problems w the organization has taken unto itsel The straightening out of this m die ^ no one-man task-' Even if were, it would be least of all the ta of * man who, however uniTitenti<^n ly, has contributed so much to the' ditipn as has General-Johnson. 'Rie Proaident has- been told this by some of his cio^t advisers, to whom his dedsion to 4M4e |he, authoritiM and TRAFFIC ACCIDENT ttk.. the result is the same I'^must RUH-',CAR EXPOSED IN .be reorganized, and it is a tribute to the general thatj President Roosevelt has taken so largely of his r.organ!-]. of the Air Likely One' of the elements in the sltua Laurens, Sept." ^5.—Confiscation of a truck and 20 cases of whiskey was rc ux utc ciriiiciii,j% iii me s^affic accidont todly ion ds ^he"di^g "ili'rt “‘p’oleHl ^ eneral Johnson's^ trusted a.^^.4.ant,' M. Robinson. ! Princeton road near the Charlie Wil- „ liams place, five miles west of the' ay be’ termed, pro-Rohinron, Procej^ded toward and anti-Robinson factions in some secUons of the NRA. * rum-laden car is in posse^ssion of; - Thia covfld not be put down as down-j Columbus L. Owens;, right filly wene Miss Robin.son’s in- • . ^fo^Ol^tbiHtum <die adasiaiftfi^onmuenee the Organitatioii not so ^al. 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