Salt Lake Telegram | 1934-05-22 | Page 4 | Daily Washington Merry-Go-Round

THE DAILY WASHINGTON Round Go I err y G 0 R 0 u n d Trado Mark Marie MarieBy B By DREW V PEARSON and ROBERT ALLEN V WASHINGTON The The ASHINGTON-The The most pitiful spectacle in the nations nation's capital these days is the slow dry rot of the N R A. A Gradually the organization which once was heralded in the headlines s as typifying the new deal has been falling into decay And the tragedy from Roosevelt's point of view is this very thing thing that that the N R B A so typifies the new new- deal Complete blue eagle disintegration will have serious political consequences Yet those responsible for the blue eagle stand by apparently powerless to prevent the theold theold theold old bird from collapsing No one gives it the hypodermic probably hypodermic probably because it already has had too many In the end the N R A will be bc chalked up as one of the lessons of putting faith in a military military military mili mili- tary man in peacetime The general who reveled reveled reveled rev rev- in the excitement of organizing the N R A who once was looked upon almost as a second Messiah was a n great hero in the hurly-burly hurly of war but not in the slow grind of peace Comrades Friends of or former President Hoover are re relating relating Te- Te lating an amusing anecdote about his recent automobile trip through the middle west According to the tale talc Mr Hoover and his party stopped at a railroad junction lunchroom one afternoon for a bite They seated themselves themselves themselves them them- selves at the counter and gave their orders f A man attired in overalls came in and sat down next to Mr Hoover he inquired Traveling through compan- compan Yes ryes the president ex-president replied How are things around here Well Vell they could be better What do you do Mr Hoover asked Nothing now Im I'm unemployed the man answered What do you do Edison's Son SonIn In white shirt sleeves in a bare walled office oli of office ol- ol fice i e of the National Emergency council sits sit Charles Edison son of the famous in inventor and andone andone andone one of the richest men in America He holds down a a year job under the new deal As an expert in heavy industries economics he is running the presidents president's program for housing housing housing hous hous- ing development I A friend surprised to find him taking partin part partin in the administration in such a comparatively minor capacity ventured I 1 cant can't understand it Charles What is a a general of industry doing in a government job like this this' Handsome haired gray-haired Edison smiled Well if Im I'm to be a general of industry it seemed nice to have industry t to be general of off And t e way things were going before this administration came into power there wouldn't have been any very long I thought Id I'd pitch in and see see ee what I could do to help Defiant Professor Rex Tugwell is a firm believer in inthe inthe inthe the old military adage that the best defensive is an aggressive offense Recently nominated by President Roosevelt for promotion to be undersecretary of agriculture agriculture agriculture ture Tugwell has come under fire by old guard senate Democrats secretly trust on the ground that he is not a dirt farmer t Friends have been seriously counseling Tugwell Tugwell Tugwell Tug- Tug well that he assume a more rural mode in his attire To such advice he has not only refused to give car but has become more dapper than ever On the slightest provocation the handsome handsome handsome hand hand- some young intellectual now appears in frock coat and silk hat S S S President Roosevelt swims in the White WhiteHouse WhiteHouse House pool at least two or three times a week in warm weather if it not too busy daily He indulges in this favorite sport at the close of his days day's work stopping for a dip on his way to dinner The president is an accomplished swimmer using a powerful br breast ast stroke o 0 S S The federal trade commission reports that gasoline users p paid id total in state and federal taxes last year of The he tax averaged averaged averaged aver aver- aged cen cents a gallon S S S Senator William Gibbs McAdoo has been absent from the senate for several weeks be because because because be- be cause of a serious illness He He is now jiow on the road to recovery The senator is 72 years old looks like 50 S S S Federal experts assert that radio broadcasting broadcast broadcast- ing has no effect on climatic conditions was not responsible for the current drouth Weather er bureau authorities pointed out that in 1886 decades before radio was thought of Iowa had the driest summer on record up to then S S S According to the league ue of nations reports a total of was laS spent in 1933 throughout the world on armaments and mu mu- 1 if br bi United Feature Syndicate Inc I