| Show THE DAILY WASHINGTON MERRY MERRY- ROUND MERRY GO ROUND GO-ROUND ROUND Trade Mark By Drew Pearson and Robert S. S Allen Alien Authors of Oo Round and More Mor Merry Oo WASHINGTON The The department of justices justice's bureau of or criminal investigation may be subjected subjected subjected sub sub- to some secret investigating itself At least two members of the senates senate's potent judiciary judiciary judiciary judici judici- ary committee e have indicated strong opinions about putting this agency on the grill They want to know who gives orders for example f for r the compiling of dossiers on members members mem mem- bers of con congress ress and Washington newspaper men These they have been informed are arc to tobe tobe tobe be found in the secret files of th bureau J. J Edgar Hoover is director of the tion In progressive ranks Hoover and his bureau bureau bureau bu bu- bu- bu reau have long been suspected Montana's crusading crusading cru cru- Senator Burton K Wheeler some years ears 3 ago 0 openly char charged ed that Hoover endeavored to frame him because of his attacks upon Attorney Attorney Attorney ney General Harry M. M Daugherty Recently information laid before several members of the senate judiciary committee concerning concerning concerning con con- the bureaus bureau's files aroused their intense indignation Their own names were on the list of those under surveillance ce 0 Man Many observers thought that J. J P. P Morgan achieved a remarkable feat in winning the sympathy sympathy sympathy sym sym- pathy of the senate investigating committee But he couldn't hold a candle to suave gray- gray moustached Otto Kahn of Kuhn The breakup of the Loeb Kuhn-Loeb hearings dripped with honey and ambrosia Kahn threw orchids and kisses to everyone He began by complimenting the senators and ended by making making making mak mak- ing a speech of appreciation to the committee stenographers Replied Senator Barkley of Kentucky When you retire Mr Kahn come out and teach in one of our universities Interposed Senator Fletcher of Florida No uNo come to Florida and live to be a hundred Countered Otto Kahn Yes I hear you have a university there Its uIt's too bad youre you're not in the government service Mr Kahn suggested Senator Goldsborough Goldsborough Goldsborough Golds- Golds borough of Maryland make a wonderful wonder wonder- ful public servant Yes Mr Kahn Kalm sad Senator Barkley if you were in the government service what would you prefer to be A UA United States senator replied Kahn g glancing around the senatorial table S A secret struggle is going on within the federal fed federal eral trade commission over regulations governing governing governing govern govern- ing the enforcement of the new securities bill These regulations are arc all If lax they can destroy the effectiveness of the drastic new legislation governing bond Considerable mystery surrounds the writing of the regulations A special committee made up of experts and attorneys of the commission was named to draft them But Judge Robert E. E Healy chief counsel of the tile commission was not on this committee Brilliant Brillian liberal the former Vermont supreme court jurist is a leading leading leading lead lead- ing authority on public utilities and their financing Why Healy was left off the regulations regulations- drafting group is unknown Senate progressives who keep a sharp eye on the affairs of the trade commission are profoundly suspicious Should the rules prove tepid and evasive they may hold an investigation Among the commission members a row is taking place over the formal promulgation of the proposed rules The lineup now is two Republicans two Democrats The par latter latter par L. L Davis former fonner lame duck Tennessee Tennessee Tennessee Ten Ten- congressman and brother of Norman Davis want DaviS want the rules issued at once But oddly oddly odd odd- ly enough Charles H. H March Coolidge lican chairman of the commission objects He Heis Heis Heis is insisting that nothing be done until the third Democratic commissioner Raymond Stevens takes his seat Stevens once assistant chief counsel of the commission is en route from Siam Slam where he was vas a financial adviser to the king The row in Detroit over who closed that city's two most powerful banks and why is not getting any sympathy here President Roosevelt Roose Roose- velt has received telegrams from Michigan officials officials off i asking that he compel Secretary Woodin to testify in the grand jury proceedings but there is about as much chance of that as there is of oj F. F D. D R.'s Rs resigning in favor of Al AI Smith Detroit is now claiming that Senator Jim Couzens of Michigan threatened to expose the R. R F. F C. C for making another Dawes loan if it advanced money to either the Guardian National National National Na Na- Trust or the First National during the thelast thelast last hectic days before they closed That is true Senator Couzens did make the threat But the R. R F. F C. C would not have ad advanced advanced advanced ad- ad the money anyway The truth is that treasury of officials had made up their minds long ago that the Detroit bankers bank bank- ers were cutting their own throats that there was a mortal feud on between Hen Henry y Ford and General Motors that the Detroit stockholders were out to clear themselves and let the depositors depositors depositors tors take the rap And so the treasury delibera deliberately deliberately a ly let iet the two big Detroit banks go to the wall and set up a Government General Motors bank in its place The farm relief administration is studying plans for a a bounty on hogs that will put a premium premium premium pre pre- on weight light-weight animals Under the scheme proposed the government would make no attempt to curtail corn acreage this year but would start immediately on reduction of pork tonnage This would be attempted through the payment of bonuses for the marketing of lightweight lightweight lightweight light light- weight hogs The department of justice is faced with the task of examining the titles of more than pieces of property in the Tennessee valley in connection with the governments government's buying land for the great Muscle Tennessee Shoals-Tennessee valley water power development Copyright 1933 by United Feature Syndicate Inc |
