Salt Lake Telegram | 1934-04-06 | Page 20 | Inside Stuff

INSIDE S. S STUFF D By P PAUL UL MALLON WASHINGTON April 6 The G-The The out outstanding outstanding standing political dance team of ot the spring pring season is that of ot Hull Dickinson Wallace and Sayre Their soft shoe work on the tariff bill is nothing short of ot colossal They hove have been tiptoeing mysteriously around Bround the congressional stage for weeks afraid their shoes will squeak They have been so gracefully deceptive deceptive tive that they have become known to tariff their Intimates as the perfect ballet Whit What makes their feat leat more difficult difficult cult culf is the fact that trey they are being pursued by a crowd of inartistic Re Reo publicans These Republicans keep demanding to know what this is all about what tariffs are arc going to be bargained away awny what industries and farmers here are going to be affected e eThe The only slip so far was made by byJ J Secretary Wallace He admitted once that Lawmakers perhaps sugar sugar ugar was Keep In Step one thing the tar tar- With Ballet iff lit bar bargainers g a i n e r s 05 m might i g h t consider The Republicans leaped all ov over r him and nearly ruined the act State Secretary Hull Rull and ond his assistant assist assistS ant Sayre have ave pleaded confidential immunity for diplomatic reasons Assistant Assistant As As- Commerce Secretary Dickinson Dickin ton son Is is being ar artfully fully eV evasive e Democratic senators and representatives representatives are keeping in step with the ballet leaders le and are are not l letting ting the Republicans Republicans' I k know what is in their minds This footwork is s of course all po po- lt al byplay The truth could be told laId But l it if Is such a little truth no noC noone noone C one nc wants to let it out until the tariff tariff tar tar- iff b bill ll is safely passed v No one should tell the Republicans Republic ms but up to date the administration has received only three Three Tariff tariff bargaining Proposals offers from abroad Received Two of these came from Latin Latin-Ameri can an countries one from Europe Others are expected when the tar tariff iff bill passes In fact the real inside Inside in In- side aide reason why Germany German offered that token payment on her debt is is that even she expects to get eel some of that R F C money to finance some buying here She will be drop pointed What the tariff bargainers intend to specialize on is the importation o ol 01 f products which do not compete direct di with American industrial or agricultural products This narrows narrow s their field feld down to such things as asline fine line zees c highest grade woolens special liquors and wines coffee etc They plan more bargaining with willi Latin American countes count than tI ln with Anyone else They have hIve no wholesale bartering g Arrangement gem nt In mind and cannot ge get t any until world conditions Improve considerably e eA A peek Inside the P Peek ek Export con cor corporation will give you a slant on n the vastness of opera opera opera- Peek Really lions so far Man Without Mr Pe Peeks Peek's ks k's corpo corpo- Any Position r ration ratio is a 1 few roomS rooms and desks Tt Ty y are thronged with people daily but not exporters and importers mp The visitors are nearly ne all aU looking for tor Jobs His three banks are arc three letter files one for tor Cuba one for Russia and nd one for the rest of the world Only the Insiders apparently realize real real- fie ize that P Peek k is virtu virtually lly a man without without with with- out a Job His intimates suspect that only an extraordinary enthusiasm for his is task keeps him at it He seems t to hope that Hut some day It will work out all allright right So far the other government departments departments' departments departments departments' de de- have been cooperating cooperating- by secretly throwing lassoes over his neck Any An trade agreement he makes must be a treat treaty yet he has r. r rno r no power to m ke The state department must do that thai Also he must g get t his money from the R F C o 0 Extension of or the le licensing power o othe of 01 the N R A is i expected to be slipped into a g general bi bill l in the closing moments moments mo mo- ments of cor congress ress Certain in authorities in the adminis adminis- lation not including General Johnson Johnson John John- son ire are re making arrangements fo for that Johnson Is not Opposed to it All he has said is that he will no not recommend such a course course because h his he heis heis is afraid of ot opening the subject to congre congressional ional debate That would b ba be bea a direct retreat t Copyright 1934 for The Telegram