Show THE DAILY V WASHINGTON Round Merry-Go-Round 1 Trade Mark Muk MarkBy By DREW DREV PEARSON and ROBERT ALLEN ALLENt WASHINGTON WASHiNGTON Government Government attorneys ad admit admit admit ad- ad mit t privately that there is one vulnerable point in their defense of the constitutionality of the gold clause This is the fact that congress delegated delegated delegated dele dele- gated to the president fent the power to manipulate the valme e of or the dollar The authority of or congress to make changes in the monetary unit they assert is beyond question The co constitution e expressly pressly states that congress shall have the power to coin money and regulate the v value lue thereof But whether it has the right to turn that power over to another branch of the government government govern govern- ment is something else again The administration contends that it has but its legal egal jousters concede con con- cede privately that this point is the Achilles heel of ot their case Congress Talk Visitors to the capitol are thronging the senate senate senate sen sen- ate galleries these days to see the big show but many turn away bewildered and disappointed And here are typical comments showing why Seemed like HK they were vere tending to their own business but to the speaker Ive heard the the- house of representatives and I expected to hear more eloquence in the senate department but I r didn't r I didn't listen much Huey Long was walking all around the floor and I Iwas Iwas Iwas was watching him Reminds me of what w we used to do back in school days days anything anything but listen to the teacher I was there 10 minutes min mm- utes and I didn't hear Huey Long A lot Jot lotof lotof of kibitz I guess the they r haven't got started yeL yet I wonder how they make our laws if they dont don't pay any more attention than that Labor Victory There is one provision in the administrations administration's omnibus social security bill where the hand of organized labor guided the drafting pen This section is in the unemployment insurance insurance insurance ance portion of or the measure measureS It provides that no worker shall be disqualified from receiving benefits benefits ben ben- cuts because he part participates in a strike refuses to take work at standards below those prevailing prevail prevail- ing in the locality or because he refuses to join a comp company my union or insists upon joining the la labor Ia- Ia abor a- a bor bar union of ot his own choosing Old in the inner council objected to this wording wanted it made Jess specific But Senator Va Wagner er labor champion and titular au author author author au- au thor of the bill insisted on the provision It is certain to be challenged vigorously by employer groups and its backers expect it to be one of the chief battle grounds of the social security legis legis- lation Only a Congressman When New Mexico's sole congressman came cameto cameto cameto to Washington he got a welcome that was a surprise surprise surprise sur sur- prise to him He registered at the Hotel Washington Washington Wash Wash- in ington ton went up to his room disrobed and got into the tub for a bath A knock came at the door It was a bellhop offering to take the gentleman's clothes to be pressed Soon another knock A news pher Presently two more arrivals newsmen arrivals newsmen asking for an interview In desperation the congressman picked up the telephone t i Look here Mr Manager to be let Jet alone What's the reason for all ll this disturbance anyhow Then the explanation came Sorry Mr Dempsey Ive I've just discovered it myself You s see e the name Jack Dempsey is a abit abit abt bit bt misleading and when the boys saw it on the register they thought it was the Jack Dempsey No no Im I'm only a congressman was the reply Warpath Secretary George H. H Dern is on the warpath The stolid war department executive is a slow starter But when his dander is aroused he is a dogged fighter And his ire has been touched to the quick The reason is some secret inn inner r administration tion sniping at his prote e Senior Assistant Attorney Attorney At I torney General Harold M. M Stephens A New England born and educated Utahn I Stephens is is head of the antitrust division of the justice department and one of its ablest and most liberal lawyers Because of his outstanding ability and the known fact that h he is highly re regarded by members members members mem mem- bers of the supreme court Attorney General Cummings Stephens to argue the governments government's side in the new deal cases which have come before the court this term Notwithstanding these thes facts however there has been some busy whispering a against Stephens in in inner administration circles Just who is be behind behind be- be hind this undercover knifing is a mystery but Stephens Stephens' fri friends have a strong suspicion On various occasions occaSions he has found it necessary to criticise caustically certain of the youthful at attorneys attorneys at- at who clutter up the legal 1 staffs of the recovery ag agencies for the sloppy and incompetent tent manner in which they were doing their work I It is known that Stephens' Stephens admonitions were I resented and there has been much hostile muttering muttering mut mut- against him in these quarters im un by United Fedun Syndicate In Inc lac J |