Show i- i iNSIDE y STUFF Politics AND Finance Copyright McClure Newspaper Syndicate 1 W WASHINGTON AS INGTON By fly Paul Pau Mallon 1 The evidence du dug du- up b by the heel beet boys boS In conr congress ss shows that thai Commerce Secretary Roper ap api i before the tariff commission lL a as' as E attorney for 11 Cuban sugar E 1 companies less Jess than two weeks Be Before be bet t fore he was appointed to the cabinet There here he argued that the present Is so excessive It no longer long opert oper- oper t s to affect arced prices lie He advocated an anI I I. I Allotment plan for Cuban imports T The e boys have stored up this am am- J for tor use if and when the tariff tar tu lit iff commission recommends a reduction reduction reduce tion of the existing tariff a There is no authoritative Information Informs Informs- lion tion yet as as to what the tho commission will do Its recommendation will be besent besent sent to President R Roosevelt shortly The general ral assumption amon among the thc knowing knowing- sugar lobbies lobbies' is that a a change chance In the existing Cuban con con- will be bc s suggested sug It is pos pos- sible the Roper allotment plan will be Indorsed A A Roper appeared cd- cd February 20 be- be ore the commission He listed the 11 Cuban companies he represented The Theist w was s headed by the Cuba Cane Products Inc With him was a local attorney attorney Ellwood W. W Among Ropers Roper's conclusions were the following It It is perfectly clear that the domestic do do- industry Ow docs not need further fur fur- ther tariff protection prot against Cuba r The present tari thrift tariff in fact is so excessive excessive excessive sive that it no longer op operates rates to affect af at af- af feet e t the price of sugar The facts fads compel a material lessening lessening lese les les- les of the tariff discrimination against her Cuban sugar in the American market If U the domestic sugar industry is isto to be saved some proper method must be devised to control the output I of the Philippine Islands and arid our other other oth oth- er island possessions and Puerto Rico so that the urge to sell below a normal nor nor- mal mat market price will vill cease to exist A tOA sane allotment nt of the American Ameri Amen can market among sugar producers who supply it is necessary with j 2 proper restrictions on the unlimited I. I production in itt the Philippines and P Puerto erto Rico r To uTo follow the Buy American policy pol pal icy to its natural and possible conclusion I. I sion is not only to defeat the m major jor program of needed public policy but f also to carry our people in their thinking and in their attitude to rIdiculous ridiculous ridiculous ridi- ridi culous extremes such extremes such as Buy Washington Washington Wash- Wash if ington then Buy a Certain Block in Wa Washington Wahington hington then Buy a Certain St re in Washington t a S a These prying s sugar congressmen have also learned that the Cuban ambassador Dr Don Oscar B. B Cintas was a business asso associate late of ot Treasury c Secretary ry Woodin Their Information is that Dr Cintas was a director in subsidiaries of Woodin's company compan American Car and Foundry All Allot ii of which probably probably would not m make ke two whoops of difference on the administrations administration's sugar policy polley Sonic Some of the fairest federal judges juds-es today were formerly connected as ati attorney at at- i torney with various interests or years ears One in particular was associated associated with a a. western railroad Since he be has been on the bench that railroad has lived t to rue rue the da day he ever found out about its business And in this case Roper and Woodin I- I will have nothing to do with the sugar tariff The program whereby the tariff commission might have been transferred to Ropers Roper's department has been abandoned o e ei i Yet the congressmen will if gored f on the sugar tariff make plenty of I 1 whoopee with their information I i Continued on Pan Page Three IN INS INSIDE S ID I'D E EY STUFF Y Continued Prom m PUS Pall One Their obvious purpose Is to embar embarrass embarrass rass the administration out of doing anything g a about out sugar They probably will fail but they will have plenty of fun while they are arc at it There is little or r no politics involved In collection of the evidence Republic Republicans lic riI probably will take the initiative initiative initia initia- tive in the attack They will have at least the tacit support of Democrats from rom sugar producing g areas 0 Woodin has never n ler let It be known but he made the h greatest personal sacrifice sac say of Any man In th the government Ue ne has now severed levered every business connection he had shad with outside in In- It c cost st him a pretty penny to part with wUI some om of his hi holdings at A a time Few other men would IL In fact fad many refused to do so 10 Roper also atlO made much more mone money outside the government than I he does no now but bat he ho did not make anywhere near the sacrifice that Woodin did didA A certain politician la Is laughing at all aU the grief of the successful successful successful suc suc- cabinet candidates now He was mentioned for a a. cabinet Job but did not get rd it Instead he decided to practice law here among amorie his Democratic Democratic Demo Demo- cratic friends He probably will make more money year this than the whole cabinet put together r. r To show you how budget balancing is Isra a a tight rope walking act after all consider the case case of the city dwellers' dwellers mortgage bill It appropriates no money from the treasury and therefore takes no bite out of ot the budget The bill says the R. R F. F C. C is isto to give give the treasury to start the job It neglects to say the only place the R. R F. F C C. C can get any money Is also from the treas treas- ury The process therefore will be for forthe forthe forthe the R. R F. F C C. C to obtain the money by issuing 3 2 1 per per percent cent debentures to the treasury Then it will give the money back to th the treasury Which proves there ore are more ways of skinning a ar cat than by throwing bricks at it it Walters of f Idaho will be first assistant assistant assistant as as- interior secretary The mail mall received by congressmen indicates the Roosevelt popularity out in n the country is holding up strong Jn despite espite the recent farm break in the senate The present state of affairs indicates Mr Roosevelt will be able to get nearly nearly near ly anything he from congress and the people for the remainder of the the Th only change has been seen that more pointed inquiries are b icing being ing re received elved about some some phases of the program Anyone Any one who takes most of f these government jobs nowadays nowadays nowadays now now- has no snap The small salaries salaries salaries sal sal- aries are down to the bone and the rush of business keeps most of the executives at their d desks until late te at nights Woodin suffered from boils last week but managed to keep Icon congress con con congress gress from knowing h he w was s' s ulrie vulnerable able A confidential C authoritative opinion from Berlin is that Hitler will not last his four years out Someone will wm pull the chair out from under him but no noone one yet knows who NEW NEWYORK YORK By James McMullin One of the thc first steps in the aggressive aggressive aggressive ag ag- ag- ag drive to start shortly will be bethe the refunding of government government gov gov- bond issues now outstanding through the sale of bonds in small smaIl denominations de de- nominations to private investors That will sharply reduce the government holdings of banks and leave them free to absorb new issues without strain Another important measure in prospect prospect pros pros- is hold holdup up the prices of government obligations no matter matter matter mat mat- ter how many new securities are is is- sued It will entail an order lorder to the federal reserve reserve banks to redeem any lany government bond or note i In cash at par regardless of its interest rate This will strengthen to tomake make government issues equivalent to cash The self-liquidating self r limitation on public works will be aban abandoned and appointment of a special administrator tor to cut red tape and speed action is likely As usual Al AI Smiths Smith's name is mentioned mentioned out but that is only a guess Projects for which plans are already drawn will be favored in order to get getmen getmen getmen men at work as as quickly as possible The program is likely to include national national national na na- elimination of grade crossings New York City alone has public projects already laid out which would call for a billion dollar outlay They include include in in- clude elude a 8 new sewer system n and several several sev sev- eral tunnels and express highways They wont won't get the billion but a siz sizable able slice slice-of itis is indicated a aOn a. a On the industrial side the efforts will be bG to key industries as self contained cooperative units units' for planned production Operation of antitrust laws laws- could be suspended b by executive order ordera a The motive behind all this Is the conviction now conviction now shared by many leading New New- Yorkers Yorkers that that business will not recover fast enough of its own initiative to cure cure unemployment conditions before they reach an open crisis There h have ve been many local converts to this idea in recent weeks The recent raid on the dollar collar Is traced here directly to the statement by Premier Bennett Dennett of Canada that ho he was going to discuss International devaluation of gold rold not of the dol dollar dollar dol dol- lar tar specifically at Washington Washington- with the inference that Mr Roosevelt Roosevelt Roose Roose- velt was not unsympathetic to the Idea As Asfar far as NewYork New York knows the Inference was all aU wet C Canadas Canada's woodpile Ethiopian Is not hard to find Canadian obligations aggregating are are payable In American dollars during 1933 Devaluation Devaluation Devaluation De De- valuation would make the payment p much less painful The sensational upswing ups in rubber prices on April 12 was brought broucht about by a w well ll disguised but frantic German German German Ger Ger- man buying campaign Rubber is one of the raw materials of ot extreme importance importance im im- to the German national de de- tense Somebody in tho the war office discovered discovered discovered dis dis- dis- dis covered that there were were were-no no stocks at hand in neutral countries It was decided to do something immediately immediately im im- mediately as next week may find Germany completely isolated o Inside banking reports from South America deal with the placing of heavy orders there them with the frigo frigo- for tinned meat moat to be sent to the French army the Italian govern govern- government ment and other continental countries to been en in inthe the past a asure sure sign of war afoot Consensus of opinion here Is that everything else faili failing g Judge Gerard rimy may reconsider his reported re j rejection Argentina of and decide that there is no place like home for getting away from |