ROOSEVELT’S CLEAN-UP

Grey River Argus, 17 July 1943, Page 5

ROOSEVELT’S CLEAN-UP

, Economic Welfare NEW HEAD APPOINTED. (Rec. 11.0.) WASHINGTON, July 15. President Roosevelt has instituted a sweeping home front reorganisa- > tion. He has relieved vice-President Wallace and Mr. Jesse Jones of the responsibility for foreign economic( warfare. Mr. Roosevelt has abolished the Bureau of Economic Warfare

He has transferred its functions, and also the functions of all of the subsidiaries dealing with foreign economic matters to the Office of Economic Warfare, which he has created under the leadership of Mr. Leo T. Crowley. Mr Crowley is at present Alien Property Custodian. Mr. Roosevelt has severely reprimanded Mr. Wallace and Mr. Jones for publicly airing the dispute concerning the purchase of foreign strategic materials. White House has made public a Presidential letter to the heads of all of the Government departments and agencies, telling them that if they disobey President Roosevelt’s previous instructions to bring interdepartmental disputes to him before airsing them in the press, he expects them to send in their resignations immediately. i Mr. Roosevelt, in identical letters to Mr. Wallace and Mr. Jones, said he had come to- the conclusion that an unfortunate, acrimonious public debate between them had made it necessary, in the public interest, to transfer their administration of Foreign Economic Affairs to other hands. He added: “Mv action is not intended to decide who is right, but to clear the deck, and get on with the war at once. This requires a fresh start with new men, unencumbered by dissention and bitteress.”