Ii NEWS BEHIND H I N D THE NEWS rS I tI Written m n for tor The rho Tel Telegram ra By Ra Ray Tucker v The v The ASHINGTON-The The new pump-priming pump prospects dont don't look so waterish high-waterish to economic economic eco ceo experts with special knowledge knowledge knowledge knowl knowl- edge edge of the operation of similar efforts in the past Although the president recently sidestepped the lowdown problem unabsorbed InventorIes in inventories In- In measure the failure of former farmer spend lend-and-spend experiment experimentS experiments ments ment and hint at another mis nils- fire Current inventories as as' this column exclusively reported total 21 b billion dollars as against a 1932 low of 12 billion But the discovery discovery ery cry astonishing even the economic planners is that the total leaped from 16 billion dollars' dollars worth worthin in the period 1935 38 It wa was was' during during during dur dur- ing this era that P W W A-W P A and other outpourings rings of government money were supposed to have br brought the economic recovery that cracked up last August Production Production Production Pro Pro- and reemployment reached peaks untouched since 1929 But what wha appears to have happen happen happened hap hap- pen d then is is' that factories and middlemen men and retailers simply used the federal funds to burden their shelves and d warehouses with unmovable goods The purchasing ing power prim primed d by government expenditures moved a portion but it could not keep pace with production pro pro- It may have been due due to to faulty planning by both parties parties- government and industry That's only a surmise surmise nobody nobody knows the answer but the frank fellows dont don't think its it's another pump pump They call it pump The upshot of the cott Lucas- Lucas Mike Igoe shindig in Ithe the Illinois senatorial primary will probably be a law barring federal judges district attorneys marshals and other legal officers from leaping onto the political stump with a courtroom take The affair assumed such scandalous proportions proportions proportions that even congressmen are shocked Representative Lucas sought the nomination as a Horner Horner- Courtney man while United States District Attorney Igoe was the starter Nash Kelly Farley Fancy Though Mr Lucas was given Son James Roosevelt's word that he was unobjectionable as a candidate candidate candidate can can- the federal judicial machine machine machine ma ma- chine swung into action against him Mr Igoe quit his office for forthe forthe forthe the hustings only to return to handle the Ross case that conveniently broke in his favor Democratic judges threw their robes at bailiffs as they dashed from the bench to catch a train bearing beaming them to an out- out state political hall Federal marshals marshals marshals mar mar- and assistant attorneys locked the doors of their offices Assistant Attorney General Keenan Keen- Keen ai ari an journeyed from Washington to speak at an Igoe rally In short the federal judiciary in Illinois that Illinois that is the tile Democratic Democratic Demo Demo- cratic part of it quit It-quit quit work during during dur dur- ing the primary Like the tuneful tuneful tuneful tune tune- ful round merry-go-round it broke down The Lucas people wont won't demand legislation at this session session session ses ses- ses- ses sion for obvious reasons reasons theres there's theres still an election to be considered but but wait till next year Several representatives recently canvassed their home states to discover whether there was any demand for them to run for the senate against silting sitting members up for reelection Their decision supplies the lowdown on President President President dent Roosevelt's popularity with the common folks Two of the pulse had private information that they need look for no no White House assistance if they decided to start a primary fight against fairly well behaved upper classmen F. 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R didn't warn the anxious boys that he would oppose them they were simply asked to bide their time by seeking reelection to the house So what they really wanted to discover on their canvass canvass canvass can can- vass was whether they could win in the face of presidential ference Now these men didn't kid themselves themselves-or or their buddies under such circumstances so you can lay bets on their answers None will disregard Mr Roosevelt's Roosevelt's Roosevelt's Roose Roose- velt's advice They aint gonna run for the senate And what they're whispering to their colleagues colleagues colleagues col col- col- col leagues for whatever use the latter latter latter lat lat- lat lat- ter want to make of the feed feedbox box stuff is Boys cB ys the president hasn't got a soul on his side side side- except the voters The able and popular Bill BillBray BillBray BillBray Bray recently appeared on Capitol Capitol Capitol Capi Capi- tol Hill which he does every so often When the presence of-Na- of Chairman Farleys Farley's secretary secretary secretary secre secre- tary provoked vocal curiosity especially especially especially es es- es- es as a morning newspaper had bad reported that Jim had delegates for 1940 in his pocket Bill replied with a twinkle Oh I just wandered up to see where those delegates are who has em em arld arid if we can hold em Copyright 1938 for The Telegram