Show THE DAILY Y V WASHINGTON ASHINGTON Merry Merry- Merry Merry-Go- Round Merry Trace Q Mark MarkBy Round By DREW PEARSON and ROBERT ALLEN WASHINGTON There is a definite though carefully up hushed-up difference of opinion between the state department and some members of the thc agricultural department on the question of credits to Germany That country hitherto has been one of our biggest buyers of raw cotton In the 34 1933 season season season sea sea- son Germany took 8 per cent of the total crop This year she will take only half that Synthetic fibre Germany claims can replace cotton unless the United States is willing to co co- co operate Cooperation means either credits or 01 reciprocal trade As an illustration she already has done some shrewd swapping with South America A shipload of German machinery was swapped for Argentine hides The same commodity paid for fora a German-built German oil tanker Some of Henry Wallaces Wallace's boys would like to todo todo todo do the same thing They would like to promote German purchases of cotton through granting credits They say that cotton exports are in se serious serious serious se- se rious need of stimulation But the state department so far has been op op- op posed Not only has Germany defaulted on her governmental debts to the United States but she has refused American bondholders the same treatment treatment treatment treat treat- ment which she gives British Dutch and Swiss bondholders Secretary Hull is not feeling e ling in a kindly mood toward Germany Auto Board Organized labor is gunning for the automobile labor board The fight is being waged secretly and behind the scenes because the believe such strategy for the time being offers the best hope of attaining their ends What they want is to have the board as now constituted one constituted laborite laborite la- la one employer representative rep one and a so called impartial chairman chairman- junked and a completely neutral body similar to the national labor relations board substituted The reason for bitterness toward the board is I the claim it is heavily weighted against labor and that its nine months months' record of evasion on vital issues proves it The board as appointed last spring as the major major major ma ma- jor feature of Roosevelt's s strike strike averting averting settlement settle settle- rn m ment nt consists of Leo of-Leo Leo Volman chairman Nicholas Kelley for the employers and Richard Byrd for forthe forthe forthe the workers Both Volman and Byrd have come under fire from union ranks on charges of being too sympathetic sympathetic sympathetic sym sym- pathetic with the manufacturers While labor has gone sour on he has the ear and confidence of the president and Secretary Perkins With the latter he has been friendly for many years It is because of this standing long-standing friendship that labor leaders arc are gunning on the Q T T. for forthe forthe the present They hope to convince Miss Perkin Perking of the biased character of the board boar and the ur urgent urgent ur- ur gent need for a change if future trouble is to be avoided If this tack fails then the plan is to launch an open bombardment Copyright 1934 1834 United Feature Peature SY Syndicate Inc Ine |