| Show INSIDE STUFF WASHINGTON May 24 You 24 You cannot can can- riot not believe all au you ou hear from Wash ington As an instance It now appears appears ap ap- ap- ap pears peers that the Mr Raine wrath of the ad ad- Blacklist m ministration I 1 n a i will F Fades des Fast not descend as advertised ad upon the heads of all aU rebellious Democratic c con con- gressmen I Speaker Rainey Raincy has in fact quietly been striking names of off his secre secret blacklist so fast that there are few left One Ore of the names on it was that of oC ofa oCa a Dem Democrat rat Early in inthe inthe inthe the session he was bitter hitler against the Rainey-Byrnes Rainey leadership and frequently frequently fre Ire opposed Roosevelt legislation The other day he made a public statement of or praise for Speaker Rainey and almost immediately he was appointed appointed ap point pointed d to a juicy position on the Democratic Dem patronage committee A Democrat from a Pacific coast state fared even cven better He was the No 1 man on the original blacklist Recently he paid tribute to the r reat Rainey-Byrnes Rainey generalship in m ma ina a speech from the floor Soon thereafter Floor noor Leader Loader Byrnes wrote him a letter strongly ly approving him for tor reelection 9 S The backslapping has hl replaced backbiting back biting so o extensively cly that Mr 1 Rainey recently red in the sound movie news reels with a R first term Democrat from Crom Montana Floor Leader Byrnes wrote another letter covering four pages of the congre congressional record cost to the government estimated at 55 per page praising a gulf guI states Democratic Democratic Democratic Demo Demo- cratic congressman A Texas representative representative is using letters from both Rainey and Byrnes Byrncs saying aying how good goodIs Is Replacing he i. i Is In an an- Backbiting to an 10 inquiry from the middle west Rainey Raincy also publicly approved A congresswoman although she had opposed the administration on veteran veterans veterans' veter veter- an ans' ans legislation Such tactics are extremely unus unusual i in advance of the primaries These congressmen are ore not running for reelection yet but ut anI only for tion lion as Democrats The participation of Mr Byrnes is even Iwen more nore extraordinary ary because he heIs heis Is leI chairman of the Democratic congressional congressional con con- gressional campaign committee which keeps keep out o o oZ the primaries and ac acts only at after r Democratic nominations nomination have been made r S The reason for it is not nol hard nard to find When Jhc hc he house was in revolt on veterans' veterans restorations pay cuts and other matters an impression was created created cre by the party perty leaders that the re re- were going to be made to suf fer er Aspiring young oun Democrats out through the country thought that afforded afforded af af- af- af forded a splendid opportunity for them to get elected to congress They The announced themselves in great numbers num num- bers as opponents of or sitting silling congressmen congress congress- men on the ground that those now holding office did not stand with President Roosevelt As a result the con congressmen have been running to Rainey and Byrnes on an their hands and knees asking for tor statements of approval When the bars were let down nearly all sli Il th had to be given sheep's clothing Underlying it all is the fact fad that both the house and the senate have a certain and atmosphere atmosphere atmosphere at at- on the inside When en misfortune befalls them they usually let bygones be bygones bygone and sympathize and help hep each other S The TIle were not as lice tice about their new silver bill as they pretended al al- Silver Solon though it was ex- ex Calls Measure 1 what Mr Rimless Zero Roosevelt prom promised ed them weeks ago Floor Leader Robinson picked Senator Sentor Sen Sen- ator dor tor Key Pittman to introduce the bill in fri the senate because Pittman has been the Uie only with whom the administration has worked closely The final draft came caine from the tr treasury ry and White House HOWIe where the administration worked it out in conference conference conference con con- ference u th all the silver group One silver enthusiast in his despair described it in the cloakroom as a rimless zero Another said It authorizes authorizes au au- au- au them to lo do something for sLIver sil silver sLI- sLI Ur U- U ver r when and if they want to The reasons for such feelings arc are numerous One is there are just as many dif kinds of ot as there are mosquitoes Each likes a little different kind of meat For instance instance in stance tl the main reason Senator Thomas has been so ISO active for silver b 15 that he wants to get et that L issue ue out oui of at the way so we can have ha some real inflation Copyright 1934 1034 for T The e Telegram I |
