| Show THE DAILY WASHINGTON M MERRY ROUND MERRY RRY ROUND GO GO ROUND Trade Mark By Drew Pearson and Robert S. S Allen Authors of Washington Round Merry and Tier Mon Merry Oo WASHINGTON WASHINGTON Capital 1 Capital bootleggers are going ahead as if the return of legal liquor were not just around the corner They figure that repeal is not going to make very much difference Who is going to pay fancy prices plus taxes for legal liquor they argue when they can get alcohol for 3 a gallon and good Maryland rye 15 a gallon five-gallon keg People just arent aren't going to pay high prices bootleggers say and to a considerable extent they are arc probably right After prohibition the government is going to have a problem of law enforcement on its hands almost as difficult as ever and in some respects worse What will make it worse is the hundreds of thousands of young men and boys who have relied on prohibition as their sole means of support In Washington they make from 5 to 10 a day as runners toting pints or other small quantities to offices They work only a few hours a day It is easy money and they dont don't save a nickel When that easy money is taken away there is going to be tremendous unemployment probably new forms of racketeering Boo Bootleggers eggers estimate there are arc about young men toting pints and acting as liquor runners in Washington Probably that figure is too high But make a rough guess at the number of ot youngsters doing the same thing in other cities and you can get some idea of the problem problem facing facing the country when prohibition is over POINTED SUGGESTION Senator Robert F. F Wagner had an interesting interesting interesting interest interest- ing long distance telephone talk the other day The workers in a large plant in an important important important tant eastern industrial center had gone on strike The national labor board powerful ar arbitration arbitration arbitration ar- ar arm of the N R A undertook to settie settle settle set set- tle tie the controversy The strikers were willing but the employer was not Wagner chairman of the arbitration board telephoned the employer and suggested mildly that he attend a meeting that the board had called in Washington to consider the situation The factory owner ovner was quite positive in his re refusal refusal refusal re- re to comeWell comeWell come Well remarked Wagner in a friendly tone you certainly would not want your Blue Eagle withdrawn would you No uNo oh no was the hasty rejoinder I ul Iguess Iguess guess Ill I'll be there senator Yes you can count me in t in RUSSIAN RECOGNITION The question of soviet Russia is rapidly c ming coming to the point where F. F D. D R. R will have to act Busy with domestic recovery not entirely sure what he can get in return for recognition Roosevelt so far h has kept the soviet in the background Now more than American business men have applied to the R. R F. F C. C for credits to do business with Russia And Chairman Chairman Chair Chair- man Jesse Jones has expressed his willingness to grant many of these credits But But and and this is the hitch which may arouse Roosevelt the Roosevelt the Russians arent aren't buying That is they are not buying American goods They are placing orders in every other other other oth oth- er country But despite favorable credit available available available avail avail- able through the R. R F. F C C. they are buying little in the United States And they are not going to buy anything really important until they get U. U S. S Meanwhile there ther is an undercover campaign campaign campaign cam cam- against recognition by a small group around the White House Billy Phillips undersecretary undersecretary undersecretary under under- secretary of state is a ringleader But Cordell Hull his chief is not nol According to Hull No nation covering sixth one-sixth of the earths earth's surface and with more than people can be ignored HARD BARD FIGHT Mathew red-baiting red labor leader Is Ison ison ison on the American Federation of Labor grid grid- iron on The inside dope is that once heir apparent apparent ap- ap parent of the late Samuel Gompers faces a aard ahard ahard hard ard fight to retain his A. A F. F of L. L vice presidency presidency presidency dency at the forthcoming annual convention Voll is considered completely out of step with organized labors labor's new But he is making a determined campaign to retain his place Labor leaders report that for the first time in their knowledge Voll is assiduously courting their favor and secretly pulling every w wire e to line up support NEEDS TO BE SHOWN A tourist automobile with a Missouri license tag rolled roiled slowly past the he White Ho House se the theother theother theother other day and came to a full stop Can you tell teU us where the Washington Round Merry-Go-Round is called the driver to a newspaper man just emerging from the executive executive executive tive offices Before he could answer the Missourian Missourian Missourian Mis- Mis continued Weve heard a lot about it and wed we'd like to see it while were we're here ROUND MERRY Senator Thomas D. D Schall's vituperative outbursts against the administrations administration's recovery measures have a definite political inspiration They are directed more at Minnesota's dy dynamic dynamic dynamic dy- dy Governor Olson than at the president Because of Olsons Olson's great popularity in Minnesota Minnesota Minnesota Minne Minne- sota Schall deems it inexpedient to attack Olson Ol 01 01 son so he is attacking the program that Olson is warmly supporting a aThe The federal home borne loan board now has district offices in the 48 states and the District of Columbia a Senator Long Tom Torn Connolly voted for the repeal amendment when it was in congress but carefully refrained from returning to Texas until the morning of the day the state voted on the issue 1031 by br United Feature lutu Syndicate Inc |
