Evening Star Newspaper, July 24, 1932, Page 13

WATERWAY FIGHT WARMS CAMPAIGN New York “Power Authority” and Administration Head- & ing for Set-to. BY WILLIAM HARD. The St. Lawrence River promises to Toll itself into one of the fiercest fights ©of the presidential campaign. The “power authority” of the State of New York brings numerous serious charges against the Hoover administra- tion in the matter of the negotiation and conclusion of the St. Lawrence seaway treaty. All five members of the “power authority” of the State of New York are appointees of Gov. Frankiin D. Roosevelt. Gov. Roosevelt gives his backing to the charges brought by them, unanimously, against the White House and the Department of State. The quarrel, therefore, is really directly between Gov. Roosevelt and President Hoover—which is to say, between the two major candidates for the presi- dency in the Fall election. This is the second of their two main quarrels so far. The first was, and i, regarding ‘“relief” by the Federal Gov- ernment in_the matter of the depres- sion. Gov. Roosevelt at Chicago differ- entiated himself from President Hoover on “relief” more deeply than on any other topic in either of the two party platforms. He maintained that “relief” by the Federal Government should be bigger and better. He specified “re- forestration” as his first suggested method of bigger and better ‘“relief.” He is expected to specify additional methods as the campaign progresses. Trivialities on Service. Close now upon the heels of “relief” as a Rooseveltian campaign issue comes the St. Lawrence. The surface is filled with a sand- storm of trivialities. The underneath of it is occupled by a strong difference in temperament. Gov. Roosevelt tends toward experimentation with the public ownership and operation of electric power. President Hoover tends away from it. That is the difference in temperament, in principle, as under- stood by the two men themselves Tronically, in practice, the difference is not so marked. The Democratic platform, adopted at Chicago, under the overwhelming immediate influence of Gov. Roosevelt and his friends, is destitute of any com- mitment of the party to the electric- power _public-ownership-and-operation idea. ‘The closest approach to it is in the entirely non-committal words: “We advocate the conservation, de- velopment, and use of the Nation's water power in the public interest.” ‘The “public interest” might mean public ownership and operation, but it might, contrariwise, mean only public regulation. On the other hand, the record of President Hoover at Boulder Dam, now Hoover Dam, in the Colorado River, is tinged with a public-ownership-and- operation outcome. ‘The dam being bullt by the Federal Gov- ernment. The power plant at the dam will be operated by a pri- vate company and by a public instru- mentality (the city of Los Angeles) jointly. The power from the power plant will go largely directly to two agencies publicly owned and operated: Namely, the power and light depart- ment of the city of Los Angeles and the metropolitan water district of Los Angeles and neighboring municipalities. Accusations and Replies. 4n practice, accordingly. the two can- didates are more separated by logic as talked than by life as lived. The accu- sations brought in the controversy against President Hoover by the friends of Gov. Roosevelt—and the replies pro- duced by President Hoover's friends— are as follows 1. President Hoover refused to see Gov. Roosevelt for a conversation re- garding New York's interest in the St. Lowrence development President Hoover's friends reply that at least a dozen other States were equally en- thusiastically in the St. Lawrence de- velopment snd that the President ne- gotiated the terms of the development treaty without special pressures from the Governors of any of them. The President saw no reason, his friends eay, for giving a unique preference to the' Governor of New York. 2. In August of last year Mr. William R. Castle, jr., Undersecretary of State, informed Gov. Roosevelt that no nego- tiations with Canada regarding the St. Lawrence were under way, whereas in this month of this year President Hoo- ver informed Gov. Roosevelt that nego- tiations with Canada regarding the St. Lawrence had been under way for three years. Why this discrepancy? The President's friends answer that both President Hoover and Undersecre- tary Castle were right. Published pub- lic documents prove that diplomatic notes between the United States and Canada began getting exchanged as far back as 1927—which is five years ago. Nevertheless, at the moment when Un- dersecretary Castle wrote his letter to Gov. Roosevelt, this exchange of diplo- matic notes had temporarily ceased. The impartial commentator might say that President Hoover's statement to Gov. Roosevelt was wholly, basically sccurate, but that Undersecretary Cas- tle’s statement should have been: “We used to have bananas. We presently shall again have bananas. I only wish to say to you that we have no bananas today.” Adequate Consultation Disputed. 3. In the course of the negotiations with Canada the State Department did not consult the representatives of the State of New York adequately. The President’s friends reply that the De- partment of State consulted the repre- sentatives of the State of New York in the Department of State Building in Washington on occasions extremely nu- merous. These consultations took place between high officials of the Depart- ment of State and individual members of the “power authority” of the State of New York and also. on several oc- casions, between cfficials of the Depart- ment of State and the total member- ship of the New York “pover author- ity Tt is admitted that the “power authority” did not get from the De- partment of State the one big agree- ment that it desired. It is maintained, however. that the ‘“power authority” had ample and repeated opportunities 1o present its wishes. 4. The State Department and the President refused to agree with the “power authority” of New York on the subject of the total amount of money to be paid by New York for the water power part of the St. Lawrence develop- ment project. Inquiry shows that this charge against the State Department and the President is literally, precise completely true. Question of Payments. ‘The Piesident’s friends admit its truth and say: The President has no legal right. and today has none, to fix the contribution to be made by New York to the total costs of the St. Lawrence double de- velopment of power and of navigation The President does not insist. and does not even suggest, that the development of power in the St. Lawrence shail be by a private company. He is entirely content that it shall be by a public company owned by New York State. He has not been authorized. however. by the Congress to determine the alloca- tion of total St. Lawrence costs between the Federal Government and New York State. He has not attempted to hold that New York should pay a large sum He has not attempted to hold that New York should pay a small sum. He has left. and is now leaving, the whole maiter of the allocation of costs to the only ¢ that has any legal constitu- tlonal jurisdiciion oves it: the Congress. The uncomfortable part of the con- troversy for the President is that his THE SUNDAY AMERICAN WOMANHOOD HELD HOPE FOR GOOD GOVERNMENT Mrs. Alvin T. Hert Believes Woman Voter Capable of Remaking Nation. Republican Leader Finds Brains, Tact and Common Sense Political Needs. BY the Associated Press. CHICAGO, July 23.—Mrs. Alvin T. Hert, big business woman, feminist, and Eouucun. believes American woman- 0od is the Nation's greatest hope for | good government. ! As vice chairman of the Republican National Committee, Mrs. Hert is di- recting the campaign to bring out the woman vote for her party. She has been active in Republican politics for 11 years and since 1921 has directed | the large business interests founded by her late husband. “The woman voter,” said the Ken- tucky blue grass soclal leader, “is a new kind of citizen. You can't sway her with slogans or torchlight parades. Neither does she follow blindly in the voting footsteps of her husband or father. She relies on her own common sense to tell her how to vote. “That'’s why women are the hope of our Government.” Discussing politics as a fleld of femi- nine endeavor, Mrs. Hert said women | were needed in American Government, and the opportunities for success were as good or better than in any other type of career. “T've told hundreds of college girls. she said, “that a successful worker for good government needs nothing more than does a business executive—brains MRS. ALVIN T. HERT. and tact comping first. Combine those | two qualities with honesty, frankness, and common sense, and theyll bring you success at most any job. ‘The part mapped out for Mrs. Hert in this campaign is & definite one; her job is to talk to people—all kinds of people. The boast of her friends is that the tall, patrician Southern woman is as much at home with the small town housewife as the metropolitan social leader. With her coworker. Mrs. Ellis A. | Yost of Huntington, W. Va. also en- | sconsed behind a wide desk at Republi- can headquarters in the Palmer House, Mrs. Hert began organizing Republican clubs two years ago. They went through 30 States, and formed what observers have called the strongest poli- tical organization developed in years. failure to substitute himself for Con- gress in accelerating Gov. Roosevelt's public power policy in New York ex- oses him to Senator Norris' claim that e is “the agent of the power trust.” The uncomfortable part of it for Gov. Roosevelt is that when he comes be- fore the Congress to try to get it to name a small sum for New York's con- tribution to the St. Lawrence naviga- tion and power development, he will encounter the Western States, and they will then and there try to diminish their own payments for the navigation works in the river by obliging New York to pay a large sum for the power works. That last point. indeed, is the solid money oot of this whole shimmering flower of presidential politics. (Copyright, 1932.) ROBINSON PREDICTS | ROOSEVELT TO WIN| Arkansan Also Forecasts Election of Democratic Con- gress. By the Associated Press. LITTLE ROCK, Ark., July 23 —Elec- | tion of Franklin D. Roosevelt and John | N. Garner and a Democratic Ccngress | as well was predicted today by Senator Robinson of Arkansas, the Democratic leader in the Senate. | “The chances of success do not de- pend entirely, or even in large part,| upon the unpopularity of the Hoover Administration,” he said In a statement. | “Admittedly, there has been a signal faflure on the part of the Republican party to carry out the platform promises of the campaign of 1928. b “The Democrats have a program that | should inspire confidence. It is. mani- | festly in the interest of the general pub- | lic and will challenge the support of | every one who is anxious for a change in the control of our national go\ern-’ ment. “Both Gov. Roosevelt and -Speaker | Garner have had broad experience in governmental affairs and entertain sound views on the problems with which the next administration must deal.” FIVE BODIES RECOVERED | Believed Total of Drownings in Pontiac Lake Storm. PONTIAC, Mich., July 23 (P).—With five bodies recovered from Pontiac Lake, | where a sudden windstorm Thursday overturned boats of fishermen, officials | who have been dragging the lake today said they believed ail the missing had been accounted for, ‘Two bodies were recovered this morn- ing, two were brought to the surface Iast night, and another previously had been found. At first it was belleved 10 | persons had drowned. | ‘The victims were Willlam Burnowski, Detrott boxer; Mr. and Mrs. Green Scales, Pontiac; Albert Maybury and Mrs. Ethel' McKinley. ‘were colored. The latter four YOUNG CONFERS WITH RODSEVELT Foreign and Domestic Affairs Discussed—King Among Other Callers. By the Associxted Press HYDE PARK, N. Y. July 23—Gov. Roosevelt today discussed with Owen D. Young foreign and domestic affairs, particularly the relationship of America to world economic problems. ‘They were in conference at Krum EIl- bow for an hour and a half. Neither would shed much light on their con- versation. “We just talked facts, trends and needs,” said the nominee. Other callers were W. Averill Harri- man, railroad executive; Miss Jane Addams, organizer of Hull House, in| Chicago: Miss Lillian Wald of the Henry Street Settlement, New York; Senator William H. King of Utah and Henry S. Hooker of New York, formerly Roose- velt's law partner. Hooker said he was a Republican, but “there will be & lot of us to support Roosevelt.” Regarding the support of Wall Street. he said. “Wall Street will come around all right when they know Mr. Roosevelt.” ‘The Governor said he expected to re- turn to Albany tomorrow night. TOWNS TAKE HOLIDAY Bank Depositors Asked to Leave Accounts 3 Years. 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