Show t 1 S SIEN HE HEo n nHE o nd t tN l c e NATIONAL NATION N CAPITAL CAPITA Rr 1 P Carter Corter Field r Two Two groups of R Republican Re ne- e publican leaders leader wish James A A. Farley arlt would keep right on hitting g Gov Alt Alf M M. tendon Landon of ot Kansas o Th The harder the th better beUer Especially In th the e period between now and aDd the convening con can convening of the Republican convention conven tion at Cleveland One of these e Is U the Old Guard d diehard contingent the contingent the Dope boys who want to stop top Landon The They ha haarley hope Q P Farley arley and for lor that matter the vitriol penned penned Charles Michelson will keep up a barrage against the Kansas Coolidge The other group is I. composed o of men who believe Landon Is Ii going to be nominated and who white whit not particularly enthusiastic at th the e moment Intend to support him with all an their strength Their motive mothe Is le t to draw all the fire possible now rather rath er lr than have the th Democratic smear smear- smearing ing Tg machine move Into action only y after the convention In short the they thel y would like to know now just what wha t sort Ort of ammunition the Democrats s Intend to use UIO against Landon Moreover they operate on a Ulf theory ry frequently stated In connection tion with the famous Alfred 13 Eo l w Smith speech before the Liberty league Many Democrats as well a as u s Republicans believe that had this ss s speech been delivered next Octher October Octo Oct ber her Instead of last winter U it would wont d have had a tremendous effect Thus Thull they would like all olt th the e charges charge against Landon that ca con can n possibly be brought put before th the ne e public now Instead of later laier In th the e campaign The political sagacity of this hope hop e Is so 10 generally recognized that mos most t politicians and observers here we were very much surprised that Farie Farley should have referred even eYen so 80 Indirectly Indi Ind to Landon They are pa particularly par par- surprised 1 that on who writes all nil ForIe Farley's Farleys speeches should have used tilled the expression n governor of a typical prairie state Implied Sneer 0 This surprise Is not because there ther e Is II any logic In the theory that I It t might Irritate citizens of other prattle prat s 1 rte tle states statts There Is not much 1 logic gt c In pollute politics anyhow But there Is II e an nn n Implied sneer in the tho words worde which coming coating from tram a New Yorker might i easily Irritate two men In this thle pr precinct pre pre- o- o I and three women In fn that nil al 1 through the Middle 1 West West might t plant a seed now which would torta turn tort turna a few voters In close dOlle states against the New Deal I even though by bl el elton election elec tion ton day dal these seine same voters might not have hue a conscious memory o of t what It was that started them turnIng turn turn- fug Ing against Roosevelt It 11 was wal naturally unpremeditated It IhU Is the sort eort of phrase that crl creeps creep ps s I Into a well rounded sentence where e the writer or speaker Is le thinking g of the main point and does don not realize teal real ize that a subconscious thought o oI on ont t I something entirely different ha has a come to the surface But Dut there It Is la and how bow can cnn It b be ber e r retracted Meanwhile moat most Democrats an and d Republicans alike In Washington Washingto n agree that Farley U is perfectly right ugh t in assuming that London Landon li iv the ma man Franklin D. D Roosevelt will face lac lacOne e One of the prime movers In the u undercover un un- Frank O. O Lowden movement movement move move- o- o ment meat admitted 1 with some t to the writer that he did not see hn how V Landon could b be stopped lie He aa Will was ue particularly disgusted 1 with th the e covered wagon picture publicity but added Stan Man alive olivo how th the ye e folks talks eat It up I In the senate cloakrooms the of old old- timers I still till think Landon will cc not t be nominated They think the 01 Old OKI d Guard will stop him and their be best st bet Is II Senator Arthur H. H Vanden Vender berg berr But Bat It would seem leem that theare the they are overestimating the Old Guard Guar d strength Food and Drug Act Ad Mi 11 Franklin D D. Roosevelt I 1 is 1 generally regarded by friends an and d foes alike as a. a Ko-g Ko getter go-getter but ah she e has not been able so far tar to make oak e much mach of a dent In the Impasse whit which h blocks block passage of ot the food and duo drug g act in which both she and the President Pre Pres s ident are very verl much Interested pe personally per r though the President do donot dots does es not regard It as ac a political must for tor this session It may mal be that somewhere I In a Washington can be found two people people peo peo- pe pepie a pie who know knol something about the th 0 pending food and drug drua legislation n who agree as al to th the thu merits of it Its o provisions and end on what I is going to happen but It Is I. difficult to locate bent to ht tin then pi Most of those Interested a are n willing to talk on only 11 In whispers n when they speak at all on this delicate dell deli l cate Bate subject In the face of ot more spectacular ar things most news new writers have vi Ir r tatty Ignored the ct rt Yet Tet here be beIs n Is II a bill bUI of enormous Importance to every man woman and child In Ia America This Is le not an attempt t tsay to say the measure should be page rUled passed It 11 1 very difficult to determine th that thai For one thing those who think t It I Is going rain to pa paw paRi s have no Idea in 10 what form It will be when finally V enacted 1 Mrs Roosevelt for r Instance I 1 tl Is known to think that the bill ls is very ve ry weak tak eak should be strengthened greaty great- great I 11 y and most malt of It revamped Dothe Dot Dut Dothe s ahe he thinks the present draft as It came ame from the senate or the draft dratt that hat seems more In fn favor In the loose boue onse would be De better than the presser resent law Hut but another group of earnest ad ad- of reform along alon this flit line w who ho agree mostly with Uh Mrs noose noose- ells ell's Ideas think it t would be tar far b ble etter better If the present attempt to get ret le should fall altogether Their thought is le that if f no new ties law lea from the efforts of the pres- pres present eat ent nt congress It will be much easier to o get a n real law with sharp teeth th through the next session Where Where- es as s. s It If a law should be he put pot through at t this Ihle session In some lome weak form It t might be next to impossible to get through the kind of law they thel want at the next neat session section FilM Fight Complicated Complicating the fight Is I. a n bitter d between advocates of new aa ea to where the tile power of f enforcement should be lodged At present the law Jaw Is II enforced 1 bythe by bl the he Department of Agriculture In ln omelets officials there are ore not only anxious to retain their present power lower but they thel think a new and stronger law a necessity Dut there Is le a very verl strong group who while agreeing that a new lawla law lawt la I. t a necessity want Its enforcement lodged with the federal trade com coin m mission Doth Huth administrative outfits out out- flea fits ts have bave been lobbying as ee hard ss as thy they could the one to keep kp the pow pow- fr er r where It Is III at present the tho other others othero to o transfer It to the federal trade commission The food processors and the drug and nd chemical trade are sputa wide open pen as to their desires In la this dl dl- dl section some of ot their represents represents- Ives fighting on one side and aud some on in the other The nearest approach to an agreement agree ment meat as ee to prospects which can cnn be obtained by bl questioning everybody Interested Is II that rivet If It a rood food and drug drag bill passes at all the final text will be bo so 10 rewritten In conference that hat It Is Impossible for anyone anone to forecast even en a general idea of the final Anal form torm S Slap lap for Morgan Appointment of David E i to o serve acne nine aloe years peas as 88 a member of the he Tennessee valley alle authority was wasa wasn a n square kick In la the fire face tace to Dr Arhur Arthur Ar Ar- that hur E. 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A Doctor Doc Dor tor or Morgan's Morgans resignation has been tying lyIng on President Roosevelt's desk for far weeks and Doctor Morgan forgon has bu made It very verl clear dear to the President t hat that he could not work with tha that lial Rut nut the President agreed with Ideas dens about TV TVA not TVA-not not A-not not those hose of Doctor Morgan Briefly the tile difference was over fundamental policy complicated by mutual Incompatibility Neither Walther of ot the men Is famous for being able to o get ret along with collea colleagues Quite the contrary la In fact But nut It t is II the difference In fa policy not the personal characteristics of the lie two men that Is la really font tanto Doctor Morgan r regarded the whole TV TVA A as II the bl biggest demonstration demon of river control ever attempted at at- tempted empted t In the worlds world's history If It It could be demonstrated he be has lias hasfield held field that this ilia Important river tan ran be controlled particularly as tie tl to f floods the whole titer river flood and drouth situation In the United States and for that matter the worM world could be worked out Intelligently Intelli gently In la the light of that enc ence Claimed by Lilienthal It was Lilienthal who claimed I In public statements that It t was TV TVA A which had compelled the tte Georgia power anal ami electric Companies to reduce re to- duce dote their theft rates a whereupon omelets of the tho company disclosed that their rate rata reductions had started before belore T TVA TA A came caDle Into existence and oafs mode madea a rather convincing case calle to show that they hall had followed In natural sequence entirely sequence entirely aside from the fact taCt that there was no Immediate lIate threat that TV TVA A current would Invade lavale la In- vade vale their locality Doctor Morgan had several lung long conferences with the President In Inthe Inthe the few days day preceding nomination by bl the White House Itle It ItIs Itla la le generally believed by bl frIends of the rile two men that the President has haa no thought of getting the tile two too men mento to work together permanently In fact tact he lie knows knowl they have not worked 1 together at all each workIng workIng work work- Ing fog separately on his hi own Ideas of the job In n the near future though this may welt watt for obvious political reasons reasons rea rea- sons anus until aUeD election Doctor Morgan will be given a post of ot much honor bonor which will seem lItem to be bea a promotion but which will actually actual actual- ly Iy be De Intended d to give Lilienthal a II free hand to use ule TV TVA A for tor knocking knock knolk tag ing private utility rates rate down One of the suggestions Is le that Doctor Morgan may mal be put In charge of the Columbia river project There he will be forced to make mate the power development angle para para- mount Conviction that the bureau of aIr all commerce of 01 the Department ol of Commerce needs a dictator Is fa gradually grad grad- wally seeping In fa on members ot of 01 Chairman Mends Meada lead post poet woes office ant and post poet roads committee of the house bouse of representatives In ID tact feet some ome members member of the th committee agree that perhaps a dic dictator tarot In this ilia Important job might have bete saved laved a good rood many lives JostIn lost Jost lostIn In aviation a accidents In la the last lut few years C Con Ca bt |