Show INSIDE STUFF STUFF- By PAUL MALLON WASHINGTON WASHINGTON Dec 27 Now 27 NOW that thatIS IS inta Claus has c gone ne it may be per per- ible to disclose that the thc Christeve Christ Christ- M eve greetings exchanged by i IV rs and Johnson were exactly heavenly They Ibey were inspired by exigencies Su 4 ordinary political politeness long ong ng brethren of the new deal and andU j U 8 by someone with a aIt ami are mi re It Inside telephone who was Abut Vint at Johnson Johnson- able to tell both TC Spat boys what the exigencies ex ex- of politeness p In the new deal arc k rt it u is just lust as well the greetings v ete e exchanged between j fi hb bug rg and Johnson by Each one still knows what the thc othe other abo l jm If It these tl Ur 1 em reduced to writing each cah sue the other fo for libIl tot bat happened app ned was vas that Mr Ri Rich Rich- bI b- b k berg rf I 2 h s been stories stories' that h t be nal Johnson Is supposed d Jo to have n tellin telling ot off the record These erba aros arns are not the kind hInd on h libel suits are usually based fe They m reflect merely ely reflect personal opinion o of an for or another had no direct t j f. f hat hatas was as in Johnsons Johnson's book 1 know that Johnsons Johnson's Were u ci ere Usually expressed ed in a blue l I ade a matter of official b Ion they might be Ous CUs He hoped to keep his warning conf conn i nUal u. There re w were c three copies of his let let- Darning warning against publication of 5 e original ginal went to the thc maga- maga editor lt r who probably did not I Ve re 1 t out The u second went to 10 the me El d Usher of Johnsons Johnson's book The I Was kept by Mr rc under and key ot three ds copies fell felt into the of or I newspapermen and that is Continued on PUt Pare Two INSIDE STUFF Continued from trout Paso Pace One the w way wy the story tory got ot out It was th the best possible kind of oC publicity for th the Johnson book 0 S What General Johnson friends friend really real believe i is Given that Mr Blame BUme for Ouster Rot got ot Johnson out o of Of or Johnson the N R A. A They say that is the basis ba ba- ba sis for Johnsons Johnson's feeling In a wa way thc they arc right Mr Rich Rich- berg berg- found the N R A too confining for himself and Johnson just before President Roosevelt started on his hisHaw Haw Hawaiian cruise last summer He thought the Generals General's tactics were detrimental to success of or the N R AA A A. A lot lol of people agreed with him It was shortly after Mr Roosevelt's return from Hawaii that Johnson left eft Of course the impetus of Mr influence played a part in Johnsons Johnson's withdrawal Whether there was anything else eIse isa is Js isa a matter matler for argument but no one will c care re to start it as no no accusations have been made and probably none will be e. e 0 a aThe The N R A is Js showing occasional inner signs Igns of being just as hard hard- boiled oiled as ever The board has been somewhat careful care care- ful ul about imposing codes on recalcitrant trant rant big industries which still have no codes but has shown three unnoticed unno unno- iced flashes lashes of fire lire lately The maindi main di difference from the old days das appears to o be that thal th the board is being close close- lipped about its down crack blows and loud mouthed loud mouthed about its moderate steps This is a reversal of the technique a a a aThe The picturesque general himself could not have been more in the cotton gar gar- Johnson Could ment code case casc Not Vot Have Hac Shown Shoun When g gar a r m men e n t lore More Authority m mak a k er ers s resisted the hour 36 w week k the he board adopted a rule banishing from rom the code authority any anyone one w who o odid did not cooperate That e effectively banished the thc code authority itself Similar Similarly the board trampled all allover over vcr the Lumber Code authority it if ordered a hearing on controversial price nce fixing provisions over the protest protest pro- pro test cst of the code authority and then knocked out price fixing Thirdly a hearing was ordered on the he boot and shoe code when the thc board oard noted that many factories were moving to small towns The bo board rd suspected that code provisions permitted permitted per per- lower wages in small towns In the era each of these steps would have been blown up into a headlined sensation by the skilled publicity staff a. a The worlds world's championship medal for or passing hat ing goes to the new Texas governor James V. V Allred Alired without a question When Allred went down to Relief Administrator ator Hopkins' Hopkins office the theother theother other ther day to see about Texas relief money noncy he took off his hat and a dime dropped out At least a newsman insists in in- he noticed the dime next to the governors governor's hat when the governor stooped ov over r to pick both up Fortunately only the newsman was present resent at the time and Hopkins has not ot heard about it it so 50 Texas will probably ably bly get her relief money Two separate suspicions may be directed di di- against Allred Alit Either he had hadeen been een out on Pennsylvania avenue imitating imi imi- tating a blind man or else he had just come com from seeing Mr Ickes about bout P W WA A funds for tor Texas Copyright i 1934 for the he Telegram |