National Affairs: Brain Storm

Some administrations take office dreaming mainly of dividing the spoils, others dreaming mainly of doing great deeds. But there comes a time in every administration when dreamers fall out. Last week that time came to the Roosevelt Administration. The fact that it was caused largely by conflicting zeal among the President's followers did not dampen the rancor it produced.

Slap in Face. One afternoon a roomful of newshawks faced Secretary of Agriculture Wallace in his office with Agricultural Adjustment Administrator George Peek stony-faced at his elbow. The Secretary explained that: 1) the production...

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