Show THE TUE DAIT DAILY Y W WASHINGTON Merry Merry- Round Merry Go- Go Round Tram Tras MarkBy Mark MarkBy By DREW V PEARSON and ROBERT ALLEN WASHINGTON No WASHINGTON No one has been more amused and a little irked than the president atthe atthe at atthe the action of the U. U S. S Chamber of Commerce in barring barfing the Washington Town Hall forum from its palatial building Although the Town TownHall TownHall TownHall Hall is privately financed it was government- government inspired by forthright John Studebaker new commissioner of education And it has had Roosevelt's it enthusiastic support The first meeting was was' held in the sanctum m of the chamber of commerce It was as a staid affair affair af fair at which Glenn Frank president of the University University University Uni Uni- of Wisconsin Henry Wallace Vallace secretary of agriculture ture and nd other reasonably respectable citizens spoke But Silas Silas' Strawn high mogul of the chamber forbade future meetings He described the speakers as a section cross of crack brains Chief among the crack crack brains brains were the Ea Earl l lof of Lytton Donald S. S Parkes Cadman Sir Willmott Lewis of the London Times Benjamin Benjamin Ben Ben- jamin Anderson of 01 the Chase National bank A. A A. A Berle city chamberlain of New York William Villiam Green of the American Federation of Labor and Norman Thomas Among the sponsors of oC these crack brains are General Pershing Eleanor Patterson Justice Justice Justice Jus Jus- tice Owen Roberts Senator Joe Robinson Mrs Roosevelt and Father Edwin A. A Walsh So although not yet generally known Roosevelt Roosevelt Roosevelt Roose Roose- velt has determined to get p. p A funds with which to build a forum where free speech can reign regardless of the United States Chamber of Commerce S Biddle vs Behind the reopening of the Jennings Case ease was the unique piece 0 of of byplay between Donald Donald Don Don- ald aid and Francis M. M Biddle chairman of the national relations labor board The board last week had reinstated Dean S. S Jennings who alleged th that t he was dismissed from the San Francisco Call-Bulletin Call for his ac activity activity activity ac- ac in the Newspaper per guild It was a mo most t important test of newspaper labor relations and the publishing word was as watching it with in intense intense in- in tense interest The day after after- Jennings was reinstated Assistant Assistant As President D Donald appeared at atthe atthe atthe the office of Chairman Biddle Diddle He was roaring roar roar- ing lug mad Why didn't you consult with me before an announcing announcing an- an flouncing that decision h he stormed The uThe N A knows all aU abo about t that code and we hadan hadan had hadan an agreement to work together on it Biddle looked at him coolly Mr he said to get you on the telephone for an entire day to tell you about it Failing that we sent a copy of the de decision decision decision de- de over to Mr Smith Blackwell Smith 11 R A n assistant to j And after wa wait wait- tir t- t ir in irr fir b dys we went ahead and published publish cd the decision In the end by citing certain previously obscure obscure ob ob- ob agreements persuaded Biddle to reopen the c e. e S cage Iut o I S 4 5 j |