Show I INSIDE STUFF By fly y PAUL l MALLON N WASHINGTON Jan 3 3 The The labor bees are buzzing buzzin again and it looks as as' as if someone may get stung this time King Bee Green of oC the A. A F. F of L. L privately called a few da days s ago fora for a meeting of the executive e councillors coun in the hive here pere January 29 2 The news about it may ma be out by the time you read this but for several days das it was vas as not announced possibly because there was Somebody May such an ali inside stir tir v Get et Stung Stung- When about it it iL Labor Bees Buzz Bun One swarm wanted to go to Miami where the surrounding include in in- clude dude bathing beauty revues and other relaxations for tired labor lead lead- ers The predominant swarm decided that while Washington offers dis trading new deal influences it was probably a better betler spot to consider the serious business at band hand The serious business will Wilt inclUde include the hour 30 r week section IA the labor board and a lot of or other thin things f but the most serious business of all aU allwill t twill will not be on the agenda It will bo be the thought back if in in t th minds of tl the leaders that They Joey may face three major strikes within the next six months textiles months textiles automo t f biles and steel One major labor official not Green J t Is 11 now privately predicting Ung that all allt three strikes will materialize Of l t- t c course courso rsc labor labor leaders sometimes pee pee- rc- rc k y dict strikes for whatever barga bargaining mg h a r- r advantage vantage such a threat may bring but out anyone can see that the situation t. t I so is ro o serious as Bs to demand energetic attention I II 0 a a Ii What stirred up the labor hive lately late late- i large ly was industries the Se inside report that the three textiles automobiles a and n d steel have Report of 01 P some iome Somes s 80 o r t 1 of ot un un- Stirs Stir iM Up Hive official w working 0 r k king lag Of Ot Labor Chief greeme on labor lobor P pOlicy It Il is supposed sup sup- u posed POM 4 to call 11 for lor joint action in event o of trouble I Whether Wh Uter this report is true cannot now be stated Automobiles and steel C Continued on 00 Page Pace To o I INSIDE STUFF Continued front from Pate Page One have frequently worked together on or many things backstage They ar arc naturally associated in production How textiles textile got Into that crowd I Inot Js 3 not clear However the only point now is that labor leaders arc are accrediting the report and md making preparations preparations preparations prepa prepa- rations accordingly i The subject may not be mentioned I I Iou ou out j loud at the council meeting be because bel cause the gathering was called merey mere mere- I Jy Iy y to formulate te a legislative policy poUr for tor or the current se session sion of ot congress The council was formerly limited to tc I 12 Ui old guard leaders but the last I A. A F. F of L. L c increased the thc membership to 18 and let a lot of ol I young guards in jn That means it will I be lively S S The white shirts cannot yet understand understand under stand what happened to their White Sulphur business busine conference report I when submitted to the White House They know the published stories storIe were wrong about their emissary ary p being snubbed b by the president It II I Iwas Iwa's was yas their mistake Roosevelt Didn't due to the fact fad that ha I Snub Emissary the business em emis emis- is Of Business Men Ien sary ry went vent to the thc While White House without without with with- out an appointment and found President President dent Roosevelt's schedule full for the thc day The White House asked him it if ift it t could arrange an appointment tot for forthe the next da day but he had to be in ir inNe 1 New few York that day so he left the S business platform That was war understandable but I it I does not explain why Mr Roosevelt I let et the platform remain in a pile o of papers for several days without looking look look- ing ng at it Even more perplexing is the fact fac t that a certain gentleman at the White S Sulphur Sprin Springs s conference was sup sup- posed to be an indirect tive Ive of the president He did not directly di say so but he talked and acted I like ike it and they accepted him as such He counseled moderation in m the plat plat- form and they followed his advice In view pf of what has happened I since they are beginning to wonder whether they were outwitted S Watt WalL until Uncle George Holder Holden Tinkham hears about Secretary Hull lull Congressman Tinkham was excited I In a statement a few days ago because Secretary Perkins has lias cooperated I with the league of ot nations in labor labo I- I matters He does not know It yet but bu t Mr Hull has gone a step further anc and sent sept brain trusler truster Professor James Harvey Rogers to Geneva to confer with other world economists under unde r the auspices of the thi Hull Go Goes s Step league Further Than Mr Hulls Hull's per per- pert Labor Secretary feet feel alibi alibi Js Ls that tha t Professor Roger S I was appointed by the league as the American member of at the economic committee At two earlier meetings the U U. S. S was represented by Professor sor 01 Viner and Professor Thorpe Thorle brain truster both It may be true that the new deal had little to do with the Rogers ap ap- ap- ap He has not been active in new MW deal cal service lately la Following His return from the silver survey in China he was not invited to he the White House for presentation t on of ot his report although h friends saw him waiting at the telephone for tor the call that never came a Senator Glass is still sun chuckling about that labored and indirect explanation ex explanation offered by the federal reserve reserve re re- rc- rc serve board He did pot not m miss Es the point that the lie board Issued its explanation without referring to his charges and privately he fully appreciated the compliment But if Glass Class had seen the direct reply written and torn up by bv Chairman Chairman Chair Chair- man E Eccles on Christmas eve eve ee there would have b be been n real fireworks here for tor Christmas S S Just Jutt because you never hear of Felix Frankfurter any more does NOT mean that the father of ot the brain trust has wed vanished from the new deal scene The Tho fact tact is he has haa become the invisible man of the new dea deal lie He has flitted in and out of the White House at least twice and probably ably much oftener during the last few weeks Presumably he was lend ln Log ing aid in preparation of ot the message to congress Copyright 19 1935 for The Telegram |