Show I 1 NEWS BEHIND B E H I N D THE N NEWS E Written for 01 The Telegram 9 m By Ray Tucker 4 WASHINGTON James A. A Farley will quit national politics in preference to giving public or private support to a third term for Franklin D. D Roosevelt He ended all speculation on this attitude attitude at attitude at- at shortly before leaving on his present swing around the gaslight circuit Jim bared his Innermost feelings feel feel- feelings ings in a heart to talk with several friends He opened the colloquy with the significant query Tell me what are the new dealers saying about me these days From a blunt- blunt spoken wisher well-wisher he got his reply Well Jim they have always suspected you because they never regarded you as a anew anew anew new dealer Now they figure that you are dead set against a third term and they're of of- you ou Another equally outspoken pal added this contribution Jim youre you're caught between two fires The new dealers dont don't like you The old-fashioned old politicians do But they figure you are so loyal and hearted big-hearted that you will go along with the president if he demands another term Jims Jim's face mirrored mingled regret and resentment for a mo mo- mo- mo ment Then he exploded I dont don't believe anybody can accuse me of disloyalty to the presIdent president president dent or any other man But if I am forced to come out openly against a third term I will make the announcement and then quit politics The presidential order stripping stripping strip strip- ping the civil ae authority authority au au- authority au- au of police power over commercial commercial com corn mercial aviation has provoked a furor among the industry's top- top no and experts who have taken the trouble to read between between be be- between tween the lines for its real mean- mean Ing Although described by F. F D. D R. R as merely a routine shift it may eventually subject all nonmilitary nonmilitary nonmilitary non- non military flying to the direction of politicians S The framing of safety regulations regula regula- tion and their enforcement now rests with the authority by will of congress A similarly independent inde hide independent pendent safety board recommends recommends recommends mends changes whenever its in investigation investigation in- in of an accident reveals the need These two wo agencies have made such a fine record that there has not been a fatal accident for a year But In the new order the president turns this power over to the administrator administrator adminis adminis- who is a political appointee tee removable at the pleasure of the president He cannot oust the authority which has the same status as the Interstate commerce commission The shift also vests in the administrator administrator ad ad- all control of the rapidly expanding program for training of civilian pilots The committee commIttee com cam will wm soon recommend that the federal fedral bureau of In Investigation Investigation In- In Investigation be placed under civil service That ends a bitter battIe battle battIe bat bat- tIe tle between tw en civil service reformers reform reform- ers and F E FBI B I Chieftain J J. J Edgar Hoover who h ha has long resisted the change The individual largely responsible responsible responsible sible for the really revolutionary reform is Attorney General Rob Rob- ert H. H Jackson ackson Upon taking office he reversed the policy of predecessor Frank Murphy who had backed Mr Hoover in his complaint that the commission frequently asked him to employ communists criminals criminals' and inefficient inefficient inefficient persons Mr Jackson maintained that the one governmental governmental governmental govern govern- mental agency which should be under civil service jurisdiction was that which had such vast power over peoples people's civil liberties liber ties and personal freedom Both he lie and F. F D. D R. R scouted suggestions suggestions suggestions that the comm commission ion would urge the hiring of dangerous persons The reform will virtu virtually lly destray destroy de destroy de- de stroy stray the political power which F FBI B I officials have exercised on Capitol hill In the past Friends and relatives of congressmen were frequently placed on the F FBI B I rolls whenever it wanted larger appropriations or special favors from congress It will also free federal agents from the constant fear of summary dismissal dismissal dismissal dis dis- dis- dis missal and make them less amenable to law enforcement tactics which they dislike Senator Robert A. A Tafts Taft's campaign campaign campaign cam cam- managers profess no disappoIntment disappointment disappointment dis dis- dis- dis appointment over Tom Deweys Dewey's clean up of Arthur In the Wisconsin primary On the contrary they confide their belief that the outcome will enormously strengthen their candidates candidate's chances for the nom nom- With most of the party politIcians politicians poli poll opposing the sel selection of such an inexperienced youngster as the New York prosecutor the Taft people believe his initial success will crystallize the determination determination de de- termination to sidetrack him Before the Wisconsin affair the politicos had divided their support support support sup sup- port between Mr Taft and Mr Now it is expected that they will rally around the Ohio senator and that he will grab off state delegations where he might not have won other other- wise In fact the Taft spokesmen have privately challenged Mr Dewey to meet their hero In a to face-to-face contest in the West Virginia primary Mr Taft has kept out because he figures the states state's uninstructed delegation will be for him anyway and he sees no reason for stirring up the boys But if Mr Dewey wants to fight It out there he wilt will enter for a showdown Despite Despite Despite De De- De- De spite the Taft confidence the theS G. G S O O. P. P race is slowly settling down into a rather hysterical stop Dewey brawl President Roosevelt's triumph S In the senate battle over extension extension extension exten exten- S sion of the Hull trade treaty power has been hailed as a sign S of his control of the party and andI congress Paradoxically it really demonstrated how completely F F. F I D. D R. R has lost tou touch h with the key leaders It also reveals the Capitol Capitol Capi Capi- tol hill bill belief that Mr Hull willbe will willbe L be the 1940 nominee not Mr Roosevelt The No 1 I. and No 2 Democrats Demo Demo- S Mr Garner and Mr Farley Far Far- ley never Icy never opened their lips fo forthe for forthe the treaties The vice president secretly sabotaged them the national chairman went on a apolitical apolitical apolitical political vacation The administrations administration's administrations administration's administrations administration's adminis adminis- face was saved by a coterie of men who either suspect suspect suspect sus sus- or detest the new deal In the first category fall falI such menas menas men menas as Pat Harrison Jimmie Byrnes Bennett Champ Clark New deal haters who voted for the White House included Byrd Smith George Tydings and Bailey of North Carolina A shift in only two votes votes Clark Clark and Bailey Bailey- would have passed the Pittman amendment for senate cation The inside explanation Is that these bigwigs regard the secretary secretary secre secre- tary of state as the only nominee who can prevent wreckage of the party even f if he cannot win at the November polls To administer a rebuke t to him on this major Issue at this time W would v 0 U J 1 d have destroyed his chances It might also have ir irritated irritated irritated ir- ir F. F D. D R. R into seeking a third term So they lined up for the trade agreements But what they had in the back of their heads was a political agree agree- ment Bob Jacks Jackson was questioning a new attorney recently hired by the department of justice for foran foran foran an Important job Where asked the attorney general who never attended a law school were you educated That rha is is where did you get your law Jaw Oh replied the youngster I 1 studied under Justice Felix Frankfurter at Harvard Then commented the A. A G G. G wryly we will have to un- un educate you Copyright 1940 McClure Syndicate e |