Show I Ir r Inside I 1 S' S d' d e f. f S Stuff tuff B By PAUL rAUL- MALLON WASHINGTON Feb 1 Two 16 Two up dressed formal statements were all me out publicly from President President dent Roosevelt's recent meeting with the labor leaders They were merely mere mera- J ly for show window purposes William Green president of the A A. F. F of L L. compressed his grievances against the auto code into 1500 words and sugared them with a broad promise prom ise of cooperation Mr Roosevelt had heard in advance about the Green statement and said Ive go goone got one one too Lets Let's exchange He sang his prepared praises of labor tives tivee C In vord Auto Industry It t r made de the the gath Doom Boom Affects ering quite a so so- Roosevelt Policy Polley affair But Bu that is not all that tha happened What was not given out was Mr Roosevelt's private explanation o owhy of why he renewed the objectionable to labor auto code for four months month k ft I more ore He said the strong production of autos is the main driving force be hind the encouraging industrial activity ac ae- thUy now under way and md he did no not care cOIre or dare to interfere with it This reason had never been men men- honed d before but it is sound and J jt made an impression on the labor lead leat ers ere s. s Auto production is now at peak During the past sixt sixty days das it ha has brought improvement in steel glass rubber tubber and all its related industries In n four months more more this situation wm will ll have passed C Another thing Mr Roosevelt le let J inc tle labor leaders in on privately was hi his view CW about abut N R Aw A. A AHe lIe He did not w tell them t. t what he was going olne to do doM did but M say something like this this The Thel N R A is creaking You know w l ian nd l I I. I Know lt it because we can hear the Co Continued on Pare Par Two x i Inside Stuff Continued from P Pate Pace ce One squeak squeaks We are going to take the squeaks out of 01 it very soon soon The president did not directly sa saso say so but he is jg supposed to have hav lost patience with the man five board control control con- con including the Man One N R K A A. A proposed r reI relief e 1 I 1 e c f C Board Hoard Favored board idea H Hs By President leans toward a aplan aplan plan placing one man at the top of the N R H A and at atthe atthe atthe relief setup and the top of or the new setup then instituting boards under these top men It is likely that Mr Roosevelt ha has come to this view because of ot all the grief griet unloaded in his lap by boards particularly N R A recently unable to agree He lie cannot spend all his time settling the differences of ot tern tern- boards A top man could settle them with the president acting as a court of ot final appeal in m the important im Ira- c cases I There are many mysteries in the current industrial revival No one seems to know for instance what is causing steel to be operating at 55 per cent of capacity Autos are responsible responsible re re- re for perhaps 20 per cent of production but that does not account for Cor the whole improvement The railroads arc not taking any large amounts Steel experts here ar are puzzled So are railroad men Car loadings were up 10 per pel cent last week but no noone noone 0 one knows wh why Steel Revival Re Autos furnish a Prove Mystery slight excuse for forIn forIn forIn In Industry this also but do donot donot donot not explain th the general improvement in all classes ol ot freight The mystery is further deepened by the fact that middlemen do not seem to be stocking up Retail business business business' busi busl- ness ness ness' has not been doing anything lately There ere ma may be the germ of ot something something something some some- somei thing important in the sheer lack Jack of ot explanations Nobody was able to explain the drop while it was wa going on Perhaps forces are at work which are greater than those which show up in economic charts There may maj be such a thing as a relentless force torce of or economic nature You can cantell cantell tell better belter later t 4 t tIn A AIn In view of ot the evidence that unidentified unidentified un un- un identified economic agents are at work the opinion of ot the ex experts about the outlook may not be worth much For whatever it is worth itis it itis is Ls that February w will vill ll be a good month and March will also be unexpectedly unexpectedly unexpectedly good After that they know not 0 It looks as if it Mussolini has been reading the Japanese theories of em empire empire pire building by diplomatic and warlike warlike warlike war war- like aggression The diplomatic prophets here say he is going to absorb absorb ab nb- I the black African kingdom of oC Abyssinia in much the same way that the thc Japanese have devoured Manchu Manchu- kuo This Thic is what whal Prophets Say they see behind Duce Plans to Signor Signer Mussolini's Annex Abyssinia action in calling out out- Italy's machines machines ma ma- chines of ot war It seems Mussolini has been restraining restraining restraining re re- re- re straining his appetite for Abyssinia because he was afraid France might object A few Abyssinian tribesmen i fixed that by going oin on a rampage and killing a French officer Some Italian troops also are supposed to have been molested by people dressed as This may all be on the level but butan butan buten an en Abyssinian shooting a 3 Frenchman or of nn an Italian is something like a dog biting ailing a man Dogs usually appreciate elate the odds are against them At any rate the betting here is 10 to 1 I that AbyssinIa will vilI wind up in the Italian doghouse under chain I e ft e 9 0 The supreme court has been kept I under close surveillance lately by bj lawyers awyers and newsmen Flocks han hang around all day expecting the gold old decision This is more mor attention than the he court ever rece received cd before and there are arc indications that the court does docs not like it e 9 fIo A Speaker Byrns is irritated about the he senate t taking all this time with the relief bill He was required to tonit put nit it through in a hurry without letting his b ys have any fun with it at all The next big bill may move through the house more slowly Copyright 1935 for The Telegram i |