Show THE DAILY DAIL WASHINGTON Round Merry-Go-Round 1 Trado Trade Mark MarkBy MarkBy MarkBy By DREW PEARSON and ROBERT ALLEN W WASHINGTON The The The N R A board is on its last legs Its members personally on friendly terms arc are as far apart as s the poles on policies and plans On almost every important issue before them they have split wide open and the president president president dent has had to step in and make the decisions This was the case in the code It was as even more so in the renewal of the automobile code As a result the work of the recovery agency has fallen faIlen into a state of confusion and taint The morale of its personnel has nas sunk to fa zero That a drastic reorganization of N R B. A administration ad administration administration ad- ad ministration is imperative is conceded by all in inthe inthe inthe the inner council except council except one Don The reason is obvious The board idea was baby He persuaded persuaded per per- the president to turn to it instead of the one-man one rule which General Johnson coun coun- Junking of the board therefore would be a serious blow to So he is vehemently denying that it has proven a flop and is insisting insisting insisting insist insist- ing that it be retained But the handwriting is on the wall And none know it better than the board members themselves Three of the five five Chairman Chairman S. S Clay Williams ViI Wil hams liams Arthur E. E Whiteside and Sidney Hillman Human are are making no s secret cret that they intend quitting just a as soon coon as they the can conveniently do so Unhappy Donald R. R is very unhappy He is not talking about resigning but to friends who call on him he inveighs at great length and with much bitterness against his former laborite associates who blame him for forthe forthe forthe the renewal of the auto code Above all aU resents what General Hugh Johnson has been saying about him in inthe inthe inthe the S Saturday Evening Post To a recent visitor he exclaimed Those articles justify the letter I sent to the publishers warning them about what Johnson would say about me mc Yachting Lady LadyA A up shake-up of personnel in the government of Porto Rico is impending But it awaits one thin thing thing the the the of woman The up shake-up provides that Benjamin J. J Horton now attorney general of Porto Rico shall be collector of internal revenue and that Jesse now collector of internal revenue shall be transferred to some cushy berth in the U. U S. S A. A B But t Mrs Whittemore is not anxious to be transferred San Juan is a delightful place I Furthermore the collector of internal revenue enjoys the use of a beautifully equipped government gOY gOY- launch The trouble with the lady remarked a man high in the government with a broad smile is lIis the yacht Farm Labor Board A new kind of labor board soon may be in operation It would seek to provide more effective protection protection protection pro pro- for southern share-croppers share under the cotton control program and in general enforce the labor provisions of A A A crop control contracts con con- tracts t Hundreds of complaints have been received by the agricultural department from tenant farmers charging that plantation owners arc are driving them from the land and forcing them to work as day laborers This is contrary to the cotton acreage reduction re reduction reduction re- re act which specifically provided that owners shall permit all tenants to continue in inthe inthe Inthe the occupancy of their homes rent free for the years 1934 and 1935 Henry Wallace Vallace is in a 8 much more strategic position to enforce the labor provisions of this law Jaw than N R H A and labor abor board officials having having haying hav hay ing jurisdiction over section He can resort to the simple expedient of ot withholding the governments government's check to the plantation plantation plan plan- tation owner until he complies with the law Neat Job You have to hand it to Secretary of Commerce Commerce Com Coin merce Uncle Dan Roper What it takes to get his name on the front page he has in a big way Last week he demonstrated demonstrated demonstrated dem dem- it with one of the smoothest publicity stunts seen in Washington in many moons That is the real low-down low behind the widely- widely story that General Robert E. E Wood president of Sears Roebuck Sc Co was appoint appoint- appointed ed principal adviser to the president on the allocation of the work relief fund The real fact is that Roosevelt did not ap appoint appoint ap- ap appoint point the Chicago business man to anything What appointing was done was performed by Uncle Dan and the agency to which General Wood was named has no rio official status and will have nothing to 10 do with deciding how the em em- creating money will be spent What actually was this General Wood was named chairman of ot a ac c committee of f the business advisory and planning plan plan- fling ning council Both the committee and the council are brain children hildren of Roper Made up of ot big business men the two groups have no more relation to the the government government govern govern- ment merit than any other unofficial body of men Their announced purpose is to suggest plans to tot t administration on how to combat the de de- de Their Ther real real purpose is is to enable Roper to keep himself in In the limelight limelight limelight-an an objective to which he devotes much thought and for which he e recently employed a a. pressure high publicity public public- ity man b by bJ eradicate Inc |