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Assistant Secretary Tugwell of the Agricultural Department, who in some respects is the leading exponent of industrial revolution, has so far injected his views into the policies involved in drafting and administering food codes that George N. Peek, agricultural adjustment administrator, rebelled and let it be known that he wouldn't stay any longer of the dispute were not settled at once...
Secretary Wallace and the President have had many long consultations about how to patch up the differences. These were not altogether personal either, for Mr. Tugwell represents one school of thought and Mr. Peek quite another. The latter, by the way, got his experience in the agricultural implement business and Mr. Tugwell has been Professor of Economics in Columbia...
Originally it was believed that the codes that referred to agricultural products could be handled apart from the NRA. General Hugh Johnson and George Peek are old friends. It was assumed there would be harmony on general principles. But Mr. Peek found considerable interference from Mr. Tugwell...
...reliably reported that Mr. Peek served an ultimatum to the effect that unless Mr. Tugwell was taken out of the agricultural building he himself would resign. This may be an exaggeration, of course, of the way Mr. peek feels about it, but there is no doubt that friction has developed, and that Mr. Roosevelt has the task of bringing about harmony...
...published reports today stated that there was a controversy between the left and right wings of the Roosevelt administration, and while the is true to a certain extent, it does not describe the fundamental differences of approach and temperament involved it the Tugwell-Peek dispute. It is handly fair to say that there is a cleavage between conservatism and radicalism to the ranks of the Roosevelt administration. The President himself is still the arbiter of principles and polices, but the may also have to become an umpire a between personnel