Show INSIDE INSIDE STUFF Editors Editor's s Note During Paul Mallon's vacation Inside Stuff is being written by leading Washington Washington Wash Wash- ington correspondents WASHINGTON July Jul 23 Reports 23 Reports from B Berlin regarding th the feelings of the German government when it received received re- re Secretary of State Hulls Hull's aide f about preferential treatment of creditors b by Germany and her attempt attempt at at- tempt to bargain Hulls Hull's Debt over pa payment ment to Note Shock Americans s 5 said aid a I d To Germany German that the communication communication cation was something something something some some- thing of a shock It was so disagreeable disagreeable disagree disagree- able that it was not permitted to be published in Germany But if i the paper as delivered caused the German German Ger man officials so much pain those on the thc inside in the state department are wondering what wha t kind o of colic would have seized them i if it had been sent ent in the form in which it was first drafted According to credible information Secretary Hull himself was very much in favor of using much stronger language and even wished to depart somewhat from the point at issue to reflect on n policies of the nazi regime regimen in n general In this of course he ran up against diplomacy of the traditional tradition tradition- al sort which influences department officials trained on conventional lines These advised against putting the case casein casein in such blunt terms as the secretary d desired sired and md after alter much discussion they finally won out 0 o L L The secretary may have a chance F later to u us use vigorous language since the Germans are now now negotiating with France as to Dawes and nd Young l z Continued on POle Pare Three J INSIDE S STUFF T U F F Continued from Iron Page One loan payments with the possibility of results like those in the case of Great Britain which caused the United States to protest in the first place This This' would also be disadvantageous to American bondholders and be ample ample ampre am am- pre ground for further Nevertheless nearly everyone in inthe inthe inthe the department concerned with the matter sees little good in calling names without hav hav- Name Calling ing any stones to Wouldn't Be throw which Much Good seems to be the situation situation sit sit- of the United United United Unit Unit- ed States Germany buys about 62 more from us annually than the he sel sells to us and hence the weapon i which Great Britain wielded is not available to us use It n is conceded that because of the vital necessity to her of the commodities ties Germany buys from us this country country country coun coun- try b by shutting them off oU might wreck Germany economically but Germany could immediately cut off oU all buying from us and inflict a in in- jury However even i if the balance was unimportant It is contended contended con con- tended that to ditch Germany solely as a punishment doesn't make economic economic economic eco eco- sense It looks therefore as asIf asif asif If the German gov government had the whip hand lit Dr Herbert Feis chief economic adviser adviser ad ad- iser of ot the state department is of off to Europe for a stay of five weeks The object of ot his trip as officially d scribed described abed Is t to exchange economic information in in- formation with American diplomatic r missions abro abroad cL But it is known that the real purpose of his visit is to instruct in in- the missions regarding the kind of economic reports wanted out of the various countries With an N R A code like an autom automobile automobile auto auto- m mobile obile it is not the first cost but the upkeep that counts as a certain code authority not long Jong Codes Prove ago found out Up I Just Like to that time the Motor Cars authority in this ind industry industry in- in d u s try had accumulated accumulated ac as cumulated a cash surplus of Then it was decided it would be a bright idea to add to its code a provision provi provi- provision sion lion requiring the authority to pass on all transactions involving returned goods foods Although cabinet officers and heads of cf some of the longer established agencies ar are fast knocking off work to leave on holidays the members of new W commissions commissions' and administrations let act t up by the last congress are having their busiest time Offices of the committee to regulate stock exchanges exchanges exchanges ex ex- ex- ex changes and of t the housing admin admin- are full of bustle and serious thinking The bustle is prod produced ced not only by the coming and going of messengers but out also aiso by the scores of candidates for lor or posit positions ons Staffs for both of these bodies ha have oe a to be created and besides that particular particularly Y in the case of the stock ex exchange change committee an ex ex- c set of regulations has to be bei bel i l worked out It will be some time before before be be- fore the machinery will be completed and in smooth working order |