Word: peeks
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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This settled the result but not the quarrel. Next morning Messrs. Wallace and Tugwell rushed to the White House for a conference. When they left Mr. Peek arrived for lunch and a two-hour talk. Later Mr. Peek conferred with Mr. Wallace. Finally he rushed back to see the President...
...little use had Mr. Peek for their ideas that he had practically picked a separate AAA staff to avoid having to deal with the Braintrusters. Unable on his part to oust Mr. Frank, one of his most outright opponents, he had retained at his own expense Frederic Lee as his personal counsel. First result of the two factions working at cross purposes was virtual sabotage of the AAA program. The Braintrusters held up codes for packers and food distributors because they wanted stiff provisions to socialize those industries. Mr. Peek held back on crop restriction plans because he wanted more...
Rumpus. The night of Mr. Wallace's remarks to the Press the excited theorists carried their quarrel to the White House. The President tried compromise. He got Mr. Wallace, Mr. Peek, General Johnson together, decreed that all codes being negotiated by AAA should be transferred to NRA, except those for the first processors of agricultural products and for handlers thereof before the first processing. The codes thus transferred were put beyond the reach of the radical Braintrust group, but regarding the codes left behind, the Braintrusters had the victory...
...were "a better balanced income in order to give the farmers a fair share without doing injustice to the consumer. I think George and Rex see absolutely eye to eye on these objectives." Meanwhile, also, Braintrusters were intimating to the Press "off the record" that Mr. Peek had messed up the AAA. Mr. Peek was reported to have told friends that: 1) either he or Mr. Frank would have to go; 2) he would be ready to appear at any time Congress wanted to investigate the AAA, the last a threat which in view of his outspoken nature...
Pacification. The President, always calmly cheerful when confronted with such dissensions, found much difficulty in pacifying his followers. Since he was determined to back Mr. Wallace and Mr. Wallace was determined to back Messrs. Tugwell and Frank, the problem was to find a consolation prize for Mr. Peek. First suggestion was that he move over to a subordinate job in NRA. Then Mr. Tugwell suggested that he be made Minister to Czechoslovakia with a roving assignment as salesman for U. S. farm products in Europe. Both of these propositions Mr. Peek rejected. Then the President suggested he head...