Show THE DAILY WASHINGTON MERRY MERRY- ROUND MERRY GO ROUND GO-ROUND ROUND Trade Mark By Dy Drew Pearson and Robert S. S Allen Authors ot of Round Merry and More Mora Oo Merry WASHINGTON WASHINGTON Those Those returning from the London conference say that the mountaineer jaw of Secretary Cordell Hull is set like that of his Tennessee father re reputed to have taken ten years to get his man man Hulls Hull's man mart in this case is Professor Baymond Raymond Raymond Ray Bay mond Moley Molcy his assistant secretary of state Many things contributed to Hulls Hull's ire against Moley but the latest one to leak out is the story of the London stabilization negotiations Moley newly arrived in L London sailed into the conversations with vim He conferred with wit the the gold old bloc countries over their plan of to to prevent fluctuation of currencies currencies and and approved it At one of these conferences he called up Hull on the telephone telephone telephone tele tele- phone Will Vill yo you u come over to No 10 Downing street and initial this stabilization agreement Mr Secretary he asked What stab stabilization agreement ement replied Hull Huil I III have no authority to approve a stabilization stabilization stabilization sta sta- agreement Oh its it's all right said Moley I III have havethe havethe the thc O. O K of or the president The conference waited for two days for that 0 O. K The French finance minister postponed his IllS return to France The delegates stayed up nights Even Moley got nervous Finally the message e came Jt It was the most bluntly worded rebuff received by any any recent international conference So Cordell Hull is returning determined to find out who is is to be secretary of state state state-he he or Moley C S S Jim Farley hugely enjoyed Senator Hue Huey Hucy Longs Long's hurried trip to Washington to see who had kicked over his patronage fences Roosevelt's Roosevelt's Roose Roose- velt's big amiable chief patronage dispenser not only has the kingfish worried but also mystified Huey has been laying all his patronage troubles to Colonel John Sullivan prominent New Orleans sportsman politician and bitter Long anti-Long leader But Farley Fancy told Huey Hucy he was all wet that while Farley Fancy and Sullivan were warm friends and good brother Elks Far- Far Jew lew was not getting his patronage advice from Sullivan Then who is it Huey demanded a secret replied Parley Farley grinning from car ear to ear S C S SA A bitter undercover war is taking place be between between between be- be tween career diplomats and the politicians for forthe forthe forthe the choice political plums in the diplomatic service Jim Farley is leading one faction Billy Phillips acting secretary of state the other Recently the battle raged around the American American Amerlean Amer Amer- ican lean minister to Farley Fancy wanted the appointment of Julia Woodruff Wheelock New York widow Phillips wanted Charlie Wilson a career man who had been ousted from Rumania when Roosevelt appointed a of Senator Sheppard to that post Finally Phillips won von Wilson Vilson got got- the job More recently the fight has been over the ambassadorship to Chile Farley Fancy has put forward forward forward for for- ward Braden son of the copper king heavy contributor to the Democratic campaign fund Phillips has put forward George T. T Sum- Sum merlin career diplomat of Rayville La now minister to Venezuela has spent his life in n the service has a colorless record seldom does anything for fear of making mistakes But Braden's ap appointment appointment appointment ap- ap I is resented by many Chileans because because be because be- be cause of the big copper interests his father hadin hadin had hadin in Chile Neither one is a brilliant appointment S S S Dr James W. W Doran head of the bureau of industrial alcohol is having many callers these days seeking approval of formulas and methods for quick aging of whisky The impending re repeal repeal repeal re- re peal of the amendment has set distillers on a world-wide world search for a solution of the problem of aging without age So far Doran has had no formula submitted that equals the old centuries-old process of aging in iii the wood Discussing the matter the other day he recalled an incident in the early da days s 's of his revenue service We had a case of m down in in the Appalachian mountains Doran The issue was over the age of liquor One old mountaineer was called as a witness by the defense de defense de- de tell the difference as a man who could between green and aged whisky The government government government gov gov- counsel asked him what was the oldest liquor he had ever drunk It I Well answered the old fellow once T Iha I ha had l some liquor that was three weeks old The treasury has very quietly instituted some sweeping changes in its procedure in re reopening reopening re- re opening closed and restricted banks Until recently the initiative for such action was up to bank officials The comptroller of the currency waited in his Washington office until plans were submitted Then he would act There was some progress in in rehabilitating the thousands of frozen banks but it was slow and not very promising Billions of depositors depositors' depositors depositors' de depositors depositors' de- de money were tied up with no immediate immediate imme immediate imme- imme diate prospect of its being released for many months The president decided that speed was need need need- ed The frozen billions if put into circulation circulation tion lion would aid enormously his recovery plans Also there was widespread criticism over the way the closed banks were being handled bythe bythe by bythe the treasury So orders secretly went out from the White While House several weeks ago to step on it Now the treasury not the bank officials is is s the initiative in the proceedings S 5 5 Bishop Cannon got a lesson in manners the theother theother theother other day when he appeared in the District of Columbia supreme court for arraignment on charges of violating the federal corrupt practices practices practices tices act He undertook to read a newspaper er during the legal proceedings and the presiding judge directed the bailiff to call Cannon to order which he did with considerable blunt- blunt nes ness COp Copyright 1933 United Features Syndicate Inc |