Show THE DAILY V WASHINGTON i 11 Round Merry erry- erry J Go Ro U un fl d Trade Ma Mark Marie MarieBy MarkBY By DREW V PEARSON and ROBERT ROBERr ALLEN V WASHINGTON The The ASHINGTON-The The American Le Legions Legion's ions ion's anUal ann an- an n mial Ual al convention in Miami next month has administration administration adminis- adminis ration master minds worried There are tw two causes for this closely guarded concern 1 A sec secret t movement by the small clique known mown as King Makers to elect a militant anti- anti New ew Dealer as not national onal commander 2 2 Widespread sentiment among the rank and andle file le for a flat declaration for or immediate cash payment payment pay pay- ment meat of the bonus Of these two the latter laHer is the chief source of alarm arm A secret check of the bonus demand within with- with in n the Legion LeRion has just been concluded and the president resident has been advised that a Q r resolution solution favoring favoring fa- fa oring the payoff is certain of passage unless an attractive counter proposal is o offered ered Legionnaires among the presidents president's advisers are arc re urging him not to take an unyielding attitude on n the bonus issue They say that such a stand would pla play into the ic hands of or administration foes at the convention convention conven conven- tion on and weaken his position in dealing with the question in next congress where it is certain to tobe tobe toe be e revived with increased support They urge Instead partial cash payment with the remainder in n negotiable paper Inside word is that the president is favorably favor favor- ably bly impressed with the suggestion and that when the le time tim comes it will be laid before the convention convention conven- conven tion on as a formula acceptable toW to to the administration tion on I f J l v Hot Spot There is one phase of Upton Sinclair's Epic pro program ram that has Secretary Harold Ickes' Ickes unqualified tiled ica supports support When the California Democratic gubernatorial candidate called on the interior chief and ex ex- ex his plan pIon to end poverty Ickes listened with polite attention But when Sinclair remarked that one of his major projects if elected would be the irrigation of the arid hot Central valley of California Ickes got ot really interested Mr Sinclair he said I am with you per er cent that the valley should be irrigated I know mow from personal experience I passed through here once when it was about degrees Every time hue I touched the car with my fingers it left lefta a blister I ClI think the valley should not riot only be irrigated gated gated it it should be equipped with icebergs Another Vacancy Another major administration n vacancy is in inthe inthe the he cards at an early date This time insiders sa say ay it will be a brain truster Professor truster-Professor Professor William I. I Meyers governor of the farm credit tion ion Cornell university which in 1933 1033 gave him what it thought would be a a. short leave of absence absence ab- ab sence ence is insisting that Myers return to the class class- room Myers has told close friends he expects to heed eed the call With the organizational work of he the the F C A completed and the machinery in full motion notion he considers his work finished feels the time Ime has come for hm Nm to step out S S S Big Jim Farley ever on the alert for age plums already has a candidate for the vacancy He is tall taU bald toothed buck-toothed W. W Forbes Morgan now deputy governor of the F C A. A Margan Morgan Morgan Mor Mar gan is distinctly persona grata grat with the adminis I A former Wall Street broker he is a very distant relative of J. J JP P P. Morgan and his first wife the former Edith L. L Hall was an aunt oi of Mrs Mrs Roosevelt Several months ago he married Sarah Branch Jackson daughter of Robert Jackson Jackson Jack Jack- son sari until recently secretary of the Democratic national committee and still potent in party coun cBs Mystery Man lan Members Member of the senate munitions ns committee were discussing the extraordinary international arms operations of Sir Basil f Why with this record of oC his he should be called caled the mystery man of Europe is beyond me observed d Senator Homer T. T Bone of Washington exclaimed Senator Bennett Clark The only mystery I can see about him is how he out of or kept jail C 1034 by bJ Unit Ventura Syndicate Inc |