Show SEEN SEEN HEARD HEARD around the National Capital r D By CARTER FIELD irr w ii I Democratic gray have not yet recovered from Ilic tie shock of President Roosevelt's pronouncement in favor of ot direct and ship subsidy The Dem Dem- party has hili been on record against ship subsidy since Its oldest can remember In fact tact It to hate blue the popular side of ot the I iK Isitt ii for tor it lied had the Republicans In That Is fa why the 1111 who always alwa's favored ship sub sub- SUb 1 sidles disguised them under the term mall subventions This later Inter be- be became came moll mall contracts at which point It b lit bl en came mo ridiculous for tor the ship lines were not paid for tor carrying the mall but because they could carr carry It It-In It In short for tor military reasons with a small economic flavor added about encouraging encouraging aging exports President Wilson who had much ranch the tho same Ideas about private profits that President Roosevelt t holds was I early com converted cried to the necessity of an American Amer Amer- ican Icon merchant marine for tor national dc nce and economic reasons lie He talked of ot a department stores store's permitting permit ting hug Its deliveries to be made by a competitor as Illustrating the absurdity absurdity absurd absurd- ity lIy of fit this country's country expecting to got get gota geta a square deal In foreign trade It if its exports were carried In foreign ships Hut tut to hit at private profit he proposed pro Iro posed government ownership of the shipping lines to be subsidized Roosevelt swings back to ship subsidies sub sub- but sugar coats the pill pili for tor the theold theold theold old line antl anti by hitting bitting air mall subsidies at the same time The White House position boiled d down wn ii is that ocean lines still stilt need government fo subsidy because of ot higher rates of ot pay etc whereas aviation bits bas passed the swaddling clothes stage Air ir Mail Mall Problem In view of President Roosevelt's rank Jfrank admission In announcing cancellation cancellation cancel cancel- lation n of ot the air mall mail contracts that be he and Postmaster General Farley and other advisers had not yet ret made up their minds whether the government hould should operate the air mall mail permanently permanent permanent-o ly hi or whether at nt the end of the emergency emergency emer mer gency ency the business should hould revert to private contract It Is la rather surprising surprising ing how little sentiment for tor public operation operation op op- has developed For various reasons members of ot the house bouse and senate who normally are very strong for tor any form torm or phase of action by the government shrink from the idea of ot the governments government's operating planes for tor carrying the maiL mall mallOne One reason of course Is III that unless the government should decide to go gothe gothe gothe the whole hog there would be an absurd absurd ab ab- surd urd duplication of facilities Thus If the government should haul the mailin man mall mallIn manIn In Its planes but should not carry passengers pas pas- stingers Ingers or express then presumably private airplane companies would continue continue continue con con- to handle the passenger and express express ex ex- ex- ex press business while the government would haul the mall mail Chairman Mend Mead of the house post postoffice office committee figured that If it the Post rost Office department paid ld the arm army the precise cost of operating sufficient planes lanes to handle the mall mail the tile cost to the government would be bo moro more more than twice the cost to the tile government go even under tinder the absurdly high hIgh In In the view of ot Mr Mead and most government officials of ot- cost cost of ot the payments under the contracts just cancelled According to Mr Mead the cost to the government it if the post paid the precise cost of ot handling would be a year whereas the cost to the government under the contracts Just cancelled was only a artIl year r. r Lindbergh Episode Gossip Is rampant here as ns to the cause of ot the extreme Irritation nt at the White House against Col Charles A. A Lindbergh resulting In n the slap at the colonel by Maj Stephen T Early one of ot the Presidents President's secretaries Three stories are ure going the rounds two of which are a matter malter of ot record Dud and the third a report the truth of ot which has not been officially confirmed The unconfirmed and most Interesting Interest ing report reTort Is that Colonel Lindbergh was vas invited by President Roosevelt Hoose to come to Washington and head the army mall carrying activities the invitation In- In Italian being extended immediately after the President abrogated the air airmail mall mail contracts The first story dates back to the 1032 campaign In which Lindbergh championed the losing cause of Herbert Herbert Herbert Her Her- bert Hoover Hoo The second Is that while Colonel Lindbergh was WIlS In Russia an nn appeal was made to him by tho the administration tion to an make address over the radio to the American people in n behalf of lI ItA Lindbergh sent back word to General General Gen Gen- eral Johnsons Johnson's office that he did not feel teel be knew enough about VILA tomake to tomake tomake make a speech on that subject To those who knew Lindbergh well enough to call him Slim this was typical It reminded them of the day be was wai to set out on his mak history ing flight to Paris back in May 1027 1927 Representatives of ot a certain cigarette company told him they would pay him If It on his landing in Paris Iaria his first words were werl Give me a blank with vilh the name of the cigarette in fn the blank Lindy Undy Shocked Lindy listened In amazement The figure gure offered seemed like Uke a alot alot alot lot of money moneT He ne realized of ot course a that the cigarette company was wai not gambling rambling much If It he did not reach Paris Pari It bad had lost nothing If It he be did succeed the Ule ad would be worth probably probably ably a lot more money than that Most Mont of all he realized that It would co coat t thim him nothing to say lay the magic words word that would put In his jeans jean nut lint I dont don't smoke was his answer And the cigarette mens men's argument that this made no difference he difference he could smoke one cigarette for tor couldn't he lie etc malle made no difference ne just didn't take the proposition Lots of people drew the conclusion from this story printed at nt the time that Undy Lindy was an tobacco anti-tobacco ic Resolutions solutions by antl cigarette anti cigarette BOc- BOc ates praising him were passed lie He began hegan to get pretty prett sick of ot a type of ot publicity which sot seemed to him to be making him a goody goody goody So o he went out of his way to smoke a few tew cigarettes In front of cameramen cameramen camera camera- men and th that t particular annoyance stopped Rut hut the curious part of the present episode seems to be that for tor the first time lime since Inauguration the White WhiteHouse Whitehouse House publicity machine backfired The whole Lindbergh thing was Will a mis mis- take For or Instance riveting attention on It by hy having administration leaders leader block Its printing In the Congressional Record resulting In an adjournment of ot the house because It could not tunc- tunc tion lion Just which one of ot the reasons Is the thereal thereal thereal real irritant at the White House e so far tAr faras faras as 88 Colonel Lindbergh is concerned is not being disclosed and will not be Rut ut it Is evident to those thole who have been admiring one of ot the best publicity publicity publicity pub pub- machines ever on display In n the National Capital that whatever caused the Irritation was a distinct liability In that It resulted In a blunder Public reactions judged judge by White WhiteHouse Whitehouse House mall mail mall mail at Capitol Hill letters letters let let- to newspapers and radio discussions discus seem to be rather evenly divided divid divid- ed eeL Rut But ut this Is the first time any expression expression ex ex- of sentiment has not run at least ten to one otie for tor the White no House use useide side ide I Fear Big Bie Cotton Crop Republican leaders are perking up for tor a variety of ot reasons but always with the reservation that while this and that have now become b come the people have not realized It yet For example example- the farm situation Actually government efforts to restrict restrict re re- strict crops have not been crown crowned d with on anything thing like what might be called success The Tho cotton situation Is that the crop was almost as ns large as some experts think it would have been had the government taken no action This is open to dispute of course It all nil depends on whether the lower prices which presumably would have prevailed had the government kept Its It hands off ott would have been as effective Live tive as ns government payments to farmers farm tarm- ers era to plow crops under There U Is no authority that can answer that Question question Ques ques- tion lion to ever everybody's body's sa satisfaction But Rut more disturbing Is the fear tear that the cotton crop next year will be a humdinger that that there will be wholesale wholesale whole whole- sale cheating with the connivance ance of county agents and agents end that as a result all the kings king's horses and all nil the kings king's men n will not be able ablo to hold the price up l liven Even eu the United States treasury critics point out would not be strong enough for tor that unless the war clouds should blacken up sufficiently to provide provide pro pro- vide a war demand for tor cotton cottonn Which Is not at all Impossible Leaving Leafing out this war complication the remainder of ot the situation Is just this The plan of the new dealers may not be working satisfactorily It probably will not work without some drastic changes of ot a nature which atthe atthe at nt the moment no ono one Is s able to figure Rut nut the farmers In the cotton belt seem selm pretty pleased about It all aiL And when the answer Is made that they are Democrats anyhow the further point Is made that the big mall mail order houses are tickled to death with the tho new farm policy polley The money paid to the farmers was passed along to th them m to a n considerable degree and with great grent celerity The same with the tile automobile au au- manufacturers and the steel and rubber men nUll anti a host of ot others who supply them For lor they benefited very ery quickly front from the stream of government government government gov gov- checks pouring from Washington WashIngton Wash Wash- I ington throughout the farm tarro country Question of Politics Politic I I So while economically the thing may maybe maybe maybe be nil all wrong wrong the the Republicans admit a n little sadly there sadly-there there Is not much use talking about It yet jet t Walt Wait till the taxes begin to bite In they say grimly Then John Taxpayer er will have something to say say Rut nut old timers old timers have seen elections lost because fortuitous circumstances made It Impossible for tor the orators and editors of ot the losing side even en to mention mention men men- tion lion certain Issues For Joor example the two paramount Issues ot of the WIG 1010 campaign campaign campaign cam cam- were barred to ever every Republican lican orator In the state of ot Ohio Speakers from other states were met metat metat metat at the state line told toM they must not I I I mention them as it would embarrass I I the Republican congressmen running for tor re election Result Ohio went Democratic Had it gone Republican nobody exCEpt except except ex ex- a casual historian would have cured cared how California went in that famous famous fa ta- election Moral loran Are the Republicans getting getting get get- et ting themselves in the same fix Was there more logic than was appreciated here when Uncle Joe Grundy refused to permit the 0 G. G O. O I P. P district convention convention convention conven conven- tion even to name a candidate for tor the house In a district which had gone more than Republican In the face tace of the Roosevelt landslide S |