| Show THE DAILY WASHINGTON MERRY MERRY- ROUND GO Trade Trad Mark By Drew Pearson and Robert S. S Allen Authors of ot Washington Round Merry anti and Moro Moo Merry Go WASHINGTON The The of the interior interior inte lute nor is rapidly winning the name of or Honest Harold Ickes The reason for this is his eagleeye eagleeye eagle eye for graft in every item of his public works fund His chief worry in life accordi according g to one of or Ickes Ickes' good friends is that someone will steal a cigar off his public wo Honest Harold is between two horns of a dilemma One is possible scandal such as those which rocked the Harding administration The other other-is danger to the whole recovery program program program pro pro- gram because public works work s mon money y is is not being spen spent t. t Much of the delay is not directly his fault The treasury for instance has delayed in in placing placing ing funds to the account of individual projects It is a fixed rule that money cannot be spent until the treasury has put through h this book book- keeping It t should take two or three hours but it has taken two to three weeks Another r delay has been in deciding details of f contracts This was the fault of the public works work administration itself Architects Architects' plans and letting lettin contracts cause more delay This is the fault of the individual projects The res result of all this that few projects will get under way before snow flies TOUGH STOCK Madame adame Secretary Perkins tells this one on her grandfather who lived to a ripe old age He was according to Madame Perkins always always always al- al ways most particular about his shoes And at atthe atthe atthe the age of 90 he was ordering a n new pair from his shoemaker He went vent into great detail as to how he wanted them made and the durability of the leather Mr Perkins said the shoemaker looking at his aged customer those shoes will last you fifteen years ears How long do you think youre you're going to live Well U replied Grandfather Perkins not many people die after a hundred FACE SAVING Behind the terrific row over the tho labor proTis provisions provisions pro pro- visions ions of the automobile code is an interesting story It deals with a promise made by General General General Gen Gen- eral Johnson when he flew to Detroit sometime sometime sometime some some- time ago Labor people say that on that trip he bartered away their rights for a mess of pottage This is the story When N R A was first organized the automobile automobile automobile auto auto- mobile men made no move to come in They comprise one of the biggest industries of the country But they said nothing Finally Johnson worried flew to Detroit Detroi appealed to the manufacturers direct After secret conferences conferences conferences con con- and amid a great fanfare it was announced an announced an- an flounced they would sign up What That happened in these conferences labor never knew But they were suspicious And when the automobile code was made public their suspicions were confirmed It contained an outright shop open-shop provision Johnson sought to compromise labor and the tho motor magnates by an interpretation reinterpretation of section sec see tion 7 labor the right of collect collective ve bargaining or unionization But he emphatically emphatically emphatically cally denied that this had any relation to the pending code So immediately he had labor on his back The general Jeneral was on the spot Automobile men insisted that he make good the promises he gave in Detroit Labor resisted any weakening weakening weakening weak weak- ening of the sacred section 7 For a week the battle raged The master masterminds masterminds masterminds minds of N R A tried to evolve a formula that would save face for Johnson yet satisfy labor The formula never was found Labor re refused refused refused re- re fused to yield In the en end and despite the resistance of labor Johnson put the code up to Roosevelt as final arbitrator Roosevelt O. O Ks the code It contains a s small n ll but definite loophole for the auto men to resist organized labor under section 7 The Detroit motor magnates have won what the steel lumber and textile industries powerful powerful powerful pow pow- erful as they are failed to get But now that the knot-hole knot has been opened probably it willbe will willbe willbe be widened F FAREWELL ARE TO POLITICS Diplomatic dope from London is that J. J Ramsay MacDonald three times prime minister of Gre Great t Britain former fonner school teacher once ostracised as a pacifist is to be made a marquis marquisat at the next New y Ne Years Year's honors MacDonald is nearly 70 and feels that his work is done His position as a laborite in a atory atory atory tory cabinet is becoming increasingly difficult Probably he realized he was committing political suicide when he took the job sob As the thelast thelast thelast last session of the old labor cabinet filed out the laborites all stopped at the door to shake hands with Ramsay Mac To Transport Minister Minister Min Mm- ister Morrison who has been one of the outstanding out ott- standing successes in the cabinet MacDonald said I would not ask you to stay in any case Morrison You are young and have your Career ca career career ca- ca reer ahead of you I am getting on toward 70 and my career is behind me inc Good y Good luck ROUND MERRY-GO-ROUND Herr Ernst Meyer secretary to the German Gennan embassy who went on a motor trip to Hollywood Hollywood Hollywood Holly Holly- wood and other Pac Pacific ic points took with him Beards Beard's Rise of American Civilization in two volumes S Washington police raided the home of Dick Wolfe General Electric patent attorney because the shutters on his house were painted red They suspected him of communism Copyright 1933 br by United Feature Syndicate In Ine |
