Show IN INSIDE SID E STUFF 1 By y PAUL MALLOX MALLON X WASHINGTON ASHINGTON Feb 8 Only 8 8 Only one I thin thing is vron wrong with President Roosevelt's ells firm of Yankee Traders Trader Inc Ine It cannot get any customers This is frequently discouraging to tc business men and it is beginning to dealers discourage the new You can mark the progress of oC one big biz angle of oC the business by lifting the cover on the Yankee Traders scene at the fifth I Inc Cant Can't Find consecutive c co o I I- of oC the Russian Russian Rus Rus- Any lapse sian negotiations recently The traders trader were grouped in m the office effice of oC Mr Hull lull secretary of state stale He and his three aides Moore and Kelly affected the supreme court countenance customary customary customary cus cus- tomary to Yankee traders In came M. M the Russian ambassador ambassador ambassador am am- supposed to be bearing a compromise offer octer After ACler greeting M f. f Trader Hull waited for him to speak The Russian said sale his government had instructed him to reject the American credit proposal proposal pro pro- and added that Moscow felt fell telti i Its demand for Cor a lon long term loan and credit was WM reasonable Mr Hull Hul was wu so JO exasperated he got up and aid in effect I If that is the wa way 8 you ou feel about it the trade is of off V VM M M. M Tro was surprised He expected some discussions Nobody Nobody Nobody No No- body said anything The Yankee traders arose There was nothing left for the Russian trader to do but leave and he did Mr Hull ull had to ring up no sale again gain on Cn the empty empt cash register I in the The he underlying ing difficulty the Russian case is the same as in all The Russians will unless unless' trade Russians Wont Won't not Trade They Till They they get the best Get Best of oC It of oC it jt Specifically they spurn spurn spurn- a long term credit and demand a cash loin loan In In other words they not only refuse credit but want to borrow front from the store ore Storekeeper p r Hull will give t them em year five-year credits ts cred and no nomore more The result I is Li that a subtle diplomatic diplomatic diplo diplo- matic shooting contest has started between the United States and the I reds Our Our diplomats arc planting in our press that they will dissolve the import export-import bank for Russia Also that they will start An economic blacklist of ot nations with whom they do donot not do business In response the Russians have planted a yarn arn in Moscow that Mr Roosevelt promised M. M Litvinoff a cash loan and that the president now is gong back on his word It is all very merry but there still sUll sUllIs Is 13 no c cash Sh in the till Ull and no earl early likelihood of any S S The split spilt inside the senate appropriations appropriations committee on the presidents president's presidents president's dents dent's relief bill was worse than advertised Democratic members did their their best to cover er it up First they invited the Republicans to leave the room so the they would be among friends Then little groups got Jot together to dicker The unreconstructed rebel Senator Senator Sen Sen- ator etor Glass Class had no part in it He walked of off and Glass Gins I Ignores Ignore norCA let the rest fight Committee Split Glass has about On Relief Bill all the rebellion he can handle in infighting infighting fighting lighting the new deal money and Continued Two INSIDE STUFF Continued from Page rase One banking policies and apparently docs does docs not want to take on the relief fight also Other members slipped sUpped around corners dodged reporters denied they were meeting and generally acted as if Ir Sherlock Holmes was WIlS after after atter af at- ter them S 9 The reason is that the new deals deal's ace compromiser Senator Byrnes was trying to work things out to avoid a public fight on the floor The world court licking is still fresh in the minds ot oVal all The two with whom he lie was having having hav hay ing tag the most trouble were McCarran of Nevada and Russell of Georgia although Adams of Colorado was obstreperous enough to want to know why twice as much money should be tossed into unnecessary public works to care for halt half as many unemployed Byrnes ran around from rebel to rebel and then to a telephone to talk with Villi the White House He will fix it a Huey Long recently wrote a friend about his presidential aspirations as follows You flatter me Believe me rae when I say that I have no further political ical aspirations I Hucy Promises would be a a. happy To Quit Politics man if it I could se- se When and if 11 cure the passage of my bill for the redistribution of or wealth for I would that night retire from the senate and all political life lite That is a sound offer otter for any presidential candidate as no one will wUl take him up on It a aA A A A Administrator Chester Davis does docs not believe the reports he sees In the papers about him leaving the new deal July 1 He says he has haIJ no such intention and has hIlS received no such JUch suggestion Huey Hucy Long uses United States senate judiciary committee stationery station station- ery cry on which h he adds Louisiana office Perdido street New Orleans Or Or- leans In other words the Huey Long branch of the senate judiciary committee is at that address One bill which no one need worry about any more is that of Senator Norris to abolish politics In the postoffice department Few congressmen congressmen congressmen con con- gressmen will dare dar oppose it ope openly but they will wUl kill it with silence The new deal is whooping up pressure on congress for the relief bill by saying February 10 is the deadline when Mr Hopkins' Hopkins F E ER ER Ea R a A money will run out There are several ways he can get more mone money temporarily if he wants to Supreme court experts expert say aay there is II nothing to prevent the court from handing down the gold decision unexpectedly unexpectedly unexpectedly un un- un- un expectedly after the market closes some da day although it never has been done before The latest untrustworthy untrustworthy untrustworthy un un- un- un trustworthy gossip is that the decision de de- de cis Ion will be six to three or seven to two In favor of the government with Justice Hughes writing the majority opinion and the minority The reddest face in Washington Is that of the Republican senator who strolled into the White House reception recently with his hands absentmindedly behind him In the tails of his frock coat He was drawn out of line by suspicious guards and frisked Copyright 19 1935 for |