Show Round Merry By DREW PEARSON and ROBERT S. S ALLEN WASHINGTON WASHINGTON-No No one around the White WhiteHouse WhiteHouse Whitehouse House is saying much about it but the presidents president's presidents president's presidents president's dents dent's feeling toward Chamberlain Mussolini and Hitler is a degree less than warm luke-warm these days His feeling for Hitler and Mussolini has been frigid for a good many months but the lowered temperature toward Chamberlain comes of his belief belie that the prime minister lent himself to the perversion of Roosevelt's proposal of a general general general gen gen- eral European conference so that it degenerated ed into a secret sell-out sell of small democracies Th Though ugh it was not made public at the time Roosevelt's proposal to Hitler telegraphed just Before Defore the Munich conference envisaged a meeting of eight or more powers including Russia Russia Russia Rus Rus- sia and Czechoslovakia two countries vitally concerned This idea was communicated to Chamberlain Chamber Chamber- lain and to Mussolini and it Was as understood that Chamberlain approved it Instead he in the twisting of Roosevelt's proposal into a power four-power private deal Simple Tastes Answer of a prominent foreign diplomat stationed in Washington when asked if he knew Hitler Yes I am acquainted with him He is a aman aman aman man of simple tastes He is easily satisfied satisfied satisfied-if if he can have everything he wants Wallaces Wallace's Reshuffle What most people missed in connection with Secretary Wallaces Wallace's reshuffle of the agriculture department was that it fits into the pattern of the reorganization bill and indicates the White WhiteHouse WhiteHouse WhiteHouse House intention of pushing that bill to passage One of the first principles of the Brownlow report report basis basis of the reorganization bill was bill was that private lands should come under agriculture agriculture agriculture under interior ture and public lands In the Wallace reshuffle all activities directly direct direct- ly y related to the farmer have been nailed down beyond chance of transfer to his cabinet colleague colleague colleague col col- col- col league Harold Ickes But other functions of the department have been left flapping in the breeze For example no provision for the forest forest forest for for- est service has been made in the new plan despite the historic fight between agriculture and interior over its control This service is not connected with private farm lands but with public lands F. 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A Silcox chief of the forest service has long resisted transfer to the interior department department department depart depart- ment and last year declined Secretary Ickes' Ickes offer of an assistant if he would switch allegiance Now it looks as if the Silcox agency is fated for transfer anyway The same is true of public roads in in which Wallace has no active interest Still another agency left out is the pure food and drugs administration administration administration ad ad- ministration an orphan child of the department Wallace stands ready to sacrifice an orphan or two but the A A A has been safely folded into the family bosom and its name written down in the family Bible Agricultural Conference The day after reorganization was announced a group of agriculture officials were exchanging ing banter about the confusion it caused and saying they didn't know what agency they were attached to Remarked Mordecai Ezekiel who is is economic economic eco ceo adviser to Wallace although paid by the theA theA theA know what Im I'm A A A I dont don't even agency being detached from Convert This will be a big shock to business and to toA toA toA A F of L moguls who have been whetting their knives to cut up the Wagner labor relations act at the next congress Senator Ed Burke their most aggressive spokesman has changed his mind about the whole idea He is against it now Burkes Burke's conversion is the result of a vacation trip to England where he made a hand first-hand study of labor-employer labor relations Now he is u telling friends that he was all wrong about the evils of collective bargaining that he will make no move to tamper with the Wagner act Collective bargaining teems to have worked out excellently in England the Nebraskan ex ex- ex plains Employers told me that strong unions meant discipline and responsibility among their workers I still think there ought to be some revision revision revision re re- vision of the Wagner act but I now feel that whatever changes are proposed should come from the sponsor of the measure Senator Wag Wag- ner ncr I dont don't contemplate offering any amend amend- ments Television Although it hasn't struck a pub public blow as asyet asyet asyet yet the antimonopoly probe already is 15 producing producing producing ing the scenes results Fearful of the committees committee's investigation into patent manipulations two leading radio manufacturers manufacturers mapu- mapu manu manu- ar are their plants day and night turning out ui television f i sets t to be put on on sale for this years year's Christmas trade This is two years ahe ahead d of the time they had originally planned to place the sets on the market Naturally the corporations will not attribute attribute attrib attrib- ute site to the trust anti-trust probe their sudden zeal zealin zealin in releasing television to the general public Nevertheless that is the real reason Knowing that the justice Ustice and commerce departments and the federal trade commission are making a sweeping investigation of patent monopolies the companies are jumping the gun to avoid embarrassing em- em disclosures Copyright 1938 fo for foz The Telegram r tI-rr tI ks k s. t i. i e i. i |