| Show THE DAILY WASHINGTON MERRY ROUND MERRY ROUND GO GO ROUND Trad Mart Mark By Drew Pearson and ond Robert flobert S. S Allen Authors Author of ot Round Oo end and endMore n J More Mora Oo WASHINGTON Secretary N Hulls Hull's confidential confidential flat advisers are not worried for the moment about trouble between Germany and France But t. t they ey are arc concerned about the Poles and the Germans In the Polish Corridor trouble is likely to pop almost an any time The crack cavalry regiment regiment regi regi- ment of the Polish army anny is concentrated there Also planes tanks These it will be noted arc not primarily weapons of defense but of offense Official fear is that a street brawl or minor riot between Poles and Germans in this area might l lead ad to serious fighting Then the cat would be out but of the bag In that event there would be no question where France would be A lar large are e number of her people have been looking for the excuse of a preventive war war war-a a war now when France could win and which allegedly would prevent a real war later Many on the inside believe that this preventive preventive preventive pre pre- war come ome relatively soon DRY AUTHORS All AU the picturesque figures that have bave passed across the prohibition sta stage e have had bad most transitory careers with the exception of the little red headed red-nosed red commissioner of industrial alcohol Dr James M. M r Doran Despite the New v Deal for Democrats Doc Doe still sticks not only sticks but plays a most import important nt part in formulating new hew policies for or liquor control At last however it looks as if Doc Doe might make his final final- bow on the prohibition stage Powerful distillery interests wart want him to be become become become be- be come a sort of Will Hays for the entire liquor and alcohol industry They offer big money and Doc Doe is trying to make up his mind If he be accepts he will vill be one of the few ex- ex prohibition executives who have not immediately immediately immediately immedi immedi- burst into print Here are arc some who wh have splashed the printers printer's ink Walton Green ex-chief ex inspector is now fa famous famous Ia- Ia for his bis gangster and prohibition stories Mabel Walker Valker wrote a series of syndicated articles giving the inside on prohIbition prohibition prohibition tion ex-Agent ex Leighton H. H Blood also has exploited exploited ex ex- ex the gangster fiction field ex Admin is Chester Mills won a prize for his essay on prohibition enforcement ex Adminis Maurice Campbell published sensational newspaper articles ON THE TIlE SPOT The N R A is on the spot General Hugh Johnsons Johnson's prognostication last summer of the air being filled with dead cats has come to pass perhaps pass perhaps a good deal earlier than even that spoken blunt-spoken realist expected There arc are a a. a number of underlying reasons Here are some 1 The spectacular character of the N R A caused the country to expect too much of it 2 People have lost sight sight of the fact that the N R B A is but one phase of the administrations administration's administrations administration's admin admin- recovery program Agricultural re recovery recovery recovery re- re covery the unfreezing of bank deposits the building of public works works' were supposed to go hand in hand band They have been sluggish 3 3 Labor has been increasingly militant and aggressive In many instances Jt has outstripped its leadership 4 Business frightened out of its during dur dur- ing the March bank moratorium is regaining cour courage ge and aggressiveness Chiseling has been tremendous 5 Finally the big headline days of the N R A are over Its biggest job is not now making mak mak- ing lug codes but enforcing them This is unspectacular unspectacular unspectacular laborious work for the most part around conference tables behind closed doors FLOP As a result the question on the tongue of everyone is Has the N R A been a flop The answer is no ilo The N R H A has bas not employed employed em em- played the men once promised by General Johnson The Blue Eagle ballyhoo has bas not worked the miracles expected But the basic work of ot the N R A was to mobilize industry secure collective bargaining for labor guarantee a fair lair price for the con con- sumer And while these objects have not yet been attained the N R H A has started a a change which In most countries requires s bloody revo revo- It h has s brought the passing of the old old-Ameri can laissez faire system It has laid the foundation foun bun dation for lor a new system of collectivization ROUND MERRY Roosevelt's latest haired fair fiscal boy is Walter Valter J. J Cummings chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance corporation corporation He is a good bet to succeed William Villiam H. H Woodin as secretary of the treasury A go-getting go Chicago business busi busl- n ness man Cummings was called by Roosevelt In March to help open closed banks has been working on that job ever since S e C Colonel Amos W. W Woodcock k Hoovers Hoover's director tor tar of prohibition is still quietly drawing a salary salary salary sal sal- ary under the New Deal He is straightening out some special cases in th the prohibition bu bu- reau Meanwhile Major A. A V. V Dalrymple onetime onetime one one- time Democratic chief of the bureau has been dropped entirely from the government pay pay- roll b by United Unite Feature Syndicate Inc |
