MEfiRWOUND kj YjN OREW PAfON WASHINGTON QUIETEST IN YEARS The District of Columbia looks more like a peacetime capital this summer than in many years. . . . For the first time since the war, the house is now planning a long recess. . . . This reflects increased congressional congres-sional confidence in the new White House set-up, also the fact that many a legislator yearns for home. . . . The dollar-a-year men and brass hats who planned to check out after Germany's defeat haven't started their exodus. Instead they've been joined by hundreds of business men who've moved in to get their reconversion headaches unsnarled. . . . Thousands of returning officers and enlisted men from Europe have added to the housing and feeding problem. Parking spaces along the Potomac are crowded on hot nights with G.I. Joes and G.I. Janes and government workers searching for a cool breeze. Washington is more peaceful, but still jammed. j Adding to the crush are the Truman Tru-man boys who have descended on Washington. . . . They fall into three categories: (1) The Missouri boys, friends of Truman and Bob Hanne-gan Hanne-gan looking for jobs, patronage, and juicy political plums. ... (2) The Pauley boys from Southern California Califor-nia friends of former Democratic Treasurer Ed Pauley who've rushed into town to climb on the gravy train. They're brash and crude for the most part, have little respect for the taxpayers' money, and already have their eyes on the gilded dome of the capital. . . . Third group are the "Battery K" men. These are the World War I vets who saw service with Harry Truman in 1917 and 1918. Most are satisfied with a brief "hello" and a handshake from their hero. Others cling to the wrought iron gates of the White House, think that their comradeship with the new chief executive is a guarantee of a soft government job. Truman Heyday Truman's own aides In the White House are still impressed by their new surroundings. . . . Some feel that Truman's ris gives them a blank check to use bis power for their own ends. . . . One youthful aid has been bragging about having Truman's Tru-man's political enemies shadowed, shad-owed, their wires tapped. . . . Truman, a sworn enemy of wire-tapping when in the senate, will probably clip their wings soon. . . . Most powerful man in the Truman entourage is chubby, cigar-smoking Brig. Gen. Harry Vaughan, one of the "Battery K" boys, who buzzes considerable advice into his chief's ear, but now finds it being accepted with less frequency. fre-quency. . . . The hangers-on are still having a field day around the White House. Center of administration power has partly shifted from the White House to the second floor of the Mayflower May-flower hotel, where Bob Hannegan holds forth in Democratic headquarters. headquar-ters. . . . Judge Welburn Mayock, the committee's new general counsel, coun-sel, uses the office to lobby for California Cali-fornia oil interests. . . . George Kil-liom, Kil-liom, the new treasurer of the national na-tional committee, who has been using a meat-ax to collect money for the committee from business men may find himself chopped down soon. . . . One ardent Democratic supporter of many years' standing hearing about Killiom's tactics, said, 'He'll collect so much money we'll lose in '48. Everyone he taps for $5,000 will feel like contributing contribut-ing twice as much to the Republicans Republi-cans to boot the Pauley crowd out." Meanwhile little is happening to set the stage for Democratic victories in the congressional elections next year. . . . Hannegan is already in hot water with labor, particularly the CIO, which he has been studiously studi-ously ignoring. Labor leaders, who poured out millions to help Roosevelt Roose-velt last year, claim they can't even get a glass of water from the Democrats Demo-crats when it comes to bucking oppressive op-pressive legislation in congress, and are now making threats to move over to the GOP camp. Republicans Harmonious. Farther up Connecticut avenue at Republican headquarters things are harmonious. . . . The Republicans are sitting back, are quietly laying the groundwork for a high-powered congressional race next November. . . . What they need most of all are some issues. . . . GOPsters, including in-cluding Chairman Herbert Brown-ell, Brown-ell, are confident they'll find plenty in a few months, are hoping that Truman stubs a few toes politically soon. . . . Republican .Chairman Brownell has a million dollars to spend on the elections. . . . Truman's cabinet changes thus far have been extremely popular. . . . Tall, scholarly new Labor Secretary Sec-retary Schwellenbach has made scores of friends for his department, has infused new life among its weary employees, has made an A-l impression on congress. . . Ex-Congressman Clint Anderson has the hottest job in the new administration ad-ministration trying to straighten out the tangled food mess as secretary of agriculture. . . . Anderson is a great red-tape shearer, has already made big improvements, and is no pushover for lobbyists.