Show INSIDE STUFF ON POLITICS FINANCE Military Dictator W Would ouId Mean llean Trouble in iu Germany WASHINGTON By Paul Mallon Manon There are clear inside signs that the he Tammany opposition to Roosevelt Roosevell has broken up If It Senator Wagner makes the nominating speech for the New Tew York governor that will mean the he battle is over Wagner Is a strong Tammany character character character char char- acter and a close friend of ot Al Smiths Smith's le He privately indicated to friends here herc several days ago that he expected to propose Roosevelt's nomination He would not do that without Tammany's O. O K although he has personally been for lor Roosevelt all aU along o e Roosevelt forces are already cheering cheer cheer- ing ng about other less important indications indi they have rc received They claim calm that Smith headquarters referred referred re re- erred one of at its Pennsylvania leaders leaders leaders lead lead- ers to the Roosevelt camp when he applied for some campaign patronage The he clear inference was that the Smith crowd expected Roosevelt would win Whether that is true or not articles and statements from the Roosevelt opposition have weakened perceptIbly percept percept- bly iby in the past few days O G 9 e A military dictatorship seems to be beIn beIn ben In n the making In Germany German That means trouble Some insiders think it t means civil war Private dispatches indicate the old gentleman Von HIndenburg is losing losing los los- osing os- os ing his stuff Army generals are supposed sup sup- posed to be guiding him They might let et him be the dictator i if they did the he dictating The constitution gives ives him the right to o assume dictatorial powers There is s no question but what the situation situation situa- situa tion ion is moving inevitably toward that end There is no other way to hold the in line All AU that creates a rarefied atmosphere atmosphere atmosphere atmos atmos- phere for the Lausanne reparations conference now only a few days o off 0 o G Ii The East Prussian frontier is dark with low hanging clouds If trouble troubles is s averted in the Polish corridor It will willa willbe be a miracle The cannot bear ear to see sec that strong arm of old Germany in Polish hands They are supposed to have quietly infested the free ree city of ot Danzig planning an up up- rising Russia will closely closey watch what goes goeson on there That is if she can take her eyes off of the Japs They have troops on her Manchurian border 9 Creation of ot an international currency currency currency cur cur- rency will be one of the big ideas ol ot the he London economic conference if it it itis itis its is s ever held The currency would be used in foreign trade financial and commercial The idea originated with the Bank for tor International Settlements at Geneva It would be the thc issuing house for such money Premier MacDonald has privately taken up the suggestion Secretary Stimson also is Inclined to favor it The left handed left ind indorsement of ot the conference here was due to the disinclination dis dEs inclination of the president and Stimson Stimson Stimson son to enter definite agreements a athis at this time Ambassador Mellon is supposed supposed supposed sup sup- posed to have led ed us too far out on another limb Stimson and MacDonald MacDonad had some soma conversations about it when Stimson was vps over there The whole world situation will Undoubtedly undoubtedly un un- have changed many times before the tho conference can be called In August or November Meanwhile the idea will wm remain in Its present nebulous state a o oVice Vice President Curtis and Senator have a feud on with newspaper newspaper- men Fess was piqued by stories Indicating he was late arriving at the senate mornings Curtis followed it up by b warning the press galleries that newspapermen would be barred it if they did not quit laughing at sena sena- tors The press gallery is divided a as to whether the warning was justi justi- fied lied Some say the newspapermen have been laughing overmuch Others say the senate has never been so funny They call caU Ray Benjamin Mr Hoovers Hoover's Whatnot He is always busy but no one can ever fineout find fine out what he is doing His office is next to the Republican national com corn Republican callers at the White House profess to be elated by bythe bythe bythe the present political situation They think congress has made a hero out of or Hoover |