Show Round Merry-Go-Round Nailed MacCracken in in- 1931 In connection with the arrest on 2 of or William P. P MacCracken Jr assistant secretary of commerce In charge of or aeronautics President Hoover it Is Interesting for The m readers of The Daily Dally Washington Merry Go to note Dote that In the book More Round Merry published In 1931 Drew Pearson and Rob Robert rt S. S Allan n bad had this to say about MacCracken in the famous chapter capter on the lobbyists entitled The latest group of to on n an 1 arsenal nal nalIn In Washington are re those operating operating- 1 for com corn panics Their prey Is air mall contracts contract and though infants at nt the game they have b been cn amazingly suc sue Probably n a large part of that success is due to the selection of ot William P. P n former Ms its M- s tant secretary of commerce In charge Of aviation as nc their chief n agent ent MacCracken Is an anabe and likeable operator and knows what is going on In Ili the n aviation field down to the last detail It was M who first learned of ot a n Saturday afternoon held by the senate appropriations committee on the postoffice bill during the economy drive at which tt t was as decided to lop of off a a. subsidy for fb ign airmail The committee worked at a R. time en mos inos most of or Washington Is on the golf goU course It p it At t in executive session and its work presumably was wasa s secret cret Newspaper Newspaper News News- paper men were denied all information Uan But not MacCracken Within a few hours he lie w what had happened The next da day despite the adt that it was Sunday most of or the executives of t tho air lines which benefited by the bad had reached Washington and under MacCracken's leadership had bad set down a a. telling barrage on of the appropriations committee I. I If I news of the committees committee's cut the air walled wailed the bottom will drop out t of aviation stocks tomorrow morning J So effectively did MacCracken arid his 1115 cohorts function that before Monday noon the committee re reversed te- te versed itself MacCracken l took no ch ces however and while the committee met he and his aviation men kept vigil in the senate corridors to check Its actions |