NEWS BEHIND THE NEWS Written for The- Telegram By Ray Tucker By IRA BENNETT Vic Ray Tucker WASHINGTON Members of congress are just awaking to th importance of a resolution that slid through the other day, directing direct-ing the judiciary committee to investigate the "administration of Justice" throughout the United States. Chairhian Sumners of the judiciary judi-ciary committee is basking in popularity pop-ularity on account of his remarkable remark-able speech remonstrating against putting members on the spot for or against the president's supreme court plan. When he advised a sweeping investigation of th judicial ju-dicial system his colleagues took it for granted that th Inquiry would be made solely in the public pub-lic interest, and without snooping into the private life or motives of federal judges. But now they aren't so sure. The origin of this resolution is mysterious. It gives th committee com-mittee enormous powers which could be misused to Intimidate judges. When a auspicious member mem-ber asked if the committee could probe into alleged misconduct and weigh the prejudices and motivea of judges. Chairman Sumners replied: re-plied: "I think th committee haa such authority, but I do not want it advertised too much until wa can get going." American Jews in making Palestine Pal-estine the Jewish homeland are wondering whether the United States will consent to the mutilation mutila-tion of that country and the concentration con-centration of Jews In a little corner cor-ner smaller than Delaware. Senator Sen-ator Copeland brought out th fact that an Anglo-American treaty requires the consent of th United States before the Palestine mandate can be changed. The British plan is to five th Arabs most of Pslestin. This would mollify th Moslem areaa thereabout and make British suzerainty over Arabian lsnds an easier job. Britain will go through the motions mo-tions of obtaining th consent of th League of Nations to the proposed pro-posed change. Since Britain haa often told the League of Nationa what to do, no difficulty is apprehended. ap-prehended. The public ia not informed in-formed as to whether the consent of the United States has been requested. re-quested. Great considerations in other directions, not fully disclosed, have caused American policy to dovetail with British aima in such ' minor matters as th manipulation of mandated areas. Minority protests had no weight in the matter of helium gas legislation. legis-lation. The bill gives the government govern-ment a monopoly of thia natural resource, as against Stat ownership, owner-ship, and authorizea th president to furnish the gas to foreign governments. gov-ernments. The minority insisted that thie might lead to use of an American war material by a future fu-ture enemy. Peacetime use of the gas would be mainly in buoying dirigibles lik th late Hinden-burg. Hinden-burg. Army experts agree that helium he-lium is a war material of first importance. It would be included in th list of embargoed materiala under the neutrality act. If foreign for-eign governments wish to acquire a supply of this gas, they must do it before they begin war. With such a aupply they wouldn't be bothered by an.American ban on f exports. But nations that ar alow might be caught napping in which case they would protest violently against alleged American Amer-ican unneutrality when denied the gas. With all the talk of foreign war, many men in congress think it's time to shut off exports of pure war material, without waiting for the exploaion of war. When Tammanylte Sena tor Wagner thrust the antllynching bill before the aenate, his Tarn-manyit Tarn-manyit colleague. Senator Copeland, Cope-land, atood ready with a series of speeches calculated to impress upon Harlem negroes that he deserved de-served to be elected mayor of New York City. Th antilynching bill was promised to northern negroes by politicians aa a reward for support sup-port of th new deal Southern opposition was quick snd effective. If th antilynching bill had not been postponed till next winter, important legislation would have died th death. At the moment when southern statesmen states-men were ready to accept federal dictation over crops in order to obtain cotton loans, they drew th line against federal dictation in the crime field and war supported sup-ported by many northerners. In both houses of congress, the political nature of the antilynching anti-lynching bill is openly recognized. It is a handy club to hold over th south, but in private both pros and antia jokingly agree that northern negroes will never get that reward. re-ward. Hop wilted and flew from many a despairing breast when ' Hugo Black won the supreme court nomination. Th flock of anglers waa very large. Some of them thought they had a nibble, such ss an extra bright smile from F. D. R., an encouraging note from some powerful legislator, a hint that the president was looking look-ing into their records, or something some-thing even less tangible. Bob Jackson, ambitious young lawyer who declared lawyers were not necessary on the supreme bench; Kim Landis, Lindley Garrison, Gar-rison, Stanley Reed, Frank Murphy, Sam Rosenman, Bill Denman. Sam Bratton, Don Rich-berg. Rich-berg. Florence Allen, Bob and Phil La Follette these and others to the tune of 90 or more failed to get a bite. Maybe Bob La Follette was an exception. The story goes thst on that week-end trip down the river the place was offered to Bob and that he declined and then suggested sug-gested Senator Black. Th idea was not only to get a true new dealer, but to get him confirmed hence a senator. With all the uproar and opening open-ing of sores recently closed, confirmation con-firmation of Senator Black waa conceded, but only after a bitter fight involving many factors. Behind the supreme court controversy con-troversy is a long row of squabbles squab-bles between congress factions and the president. Summing it all up, the furore is recognized as a determined effort by old-line Democrats to break the president's presi-dent's grip upon their party. Anybody Any-body nominated by the president would have been attacked by on faction or another. A conservative conserva-tive like Cordell Hull would have been assailed by new dealers and perhapa by labor leaders. How far th Black nomination might complicate legislation and delay adjournment was a burning question. Opponents of his wagea and hours bill were infuriated. Labor represented by both John L. Lewis and William Green tightened its lines and brought pressure upon nous members. Capitol corridor wisecr a c k : "Wait for the harmony dinner that the eight old men will give to Justice Black." ... A congressman congress-man warns against poisons in new drugs to relieve pain, obesity, baldness. , . . Control of marketing market-ing crops, not crop control itself, is one of th panaceas pressed in congress. ... A plan is broached to enlarge social security laws so aa to prevent apread of disease. Copyright, 193T, for The Telegram.