| Show Inside S Stuff n By Bs PAUL MALLON W WASHINGTON WASHINGTON- Feb 26 If H If you ou were listening carefully you ou may have heard the dull thud when Mr Hoovers Hoover money stabilization stabilisation ution proposal pro osal hit Washington The most influential Republicans duck ducked d in unison declining public comment W What hat Hoover Gold they said caid iid to 10 their Plan nan Meets friends was that Silence they did not Intend intend in In- tend lo to o get themselves them them- selves elves tangled up publicly with any specific mone money plan now What they meant also was th that t thc they did not want ant to be tai tails on Mr Hoovers Hoover's kite Most Republican ar congressmen c and national committee officials did not doubt his nonpolitical sincerity in offering the plan B But t they suspected suspected sus sus- people would misinterpret It as a Hoover bid for They want no parts of that The new dealers likewise dropped few comments out loud but boldly grasped their noses DOSes b between tween their thumbs and first fingers in private At CAt least one cabinet officer r actually dId Ud The reaction proved one significant thing thing the the stabilization drive lacks Inn inner r force It is ls weaker now than a year ago So is the inn inflation tion drive The Ibe new dealers are quite content with de facto stabilization and will not attempt de jure stabilization Until Britain and probably France are ready That ma may b. b months or years u l- l I This apocryphal story is je going the rounds of new de deal l officials j A teacher asked one of her bel pupils Who is the Almighty L b Little Johnny the same old little Johnny replied Roosevelt f r No INo said aid the teacher Next I Franklin Roosevelt W was lS the un un- guess I f. f No said the t teacher God Cod God raid aid the third pupil L The e 0 first two pounced r en rn the third I k c py y y saying laying You black Republican 1 tr f T o 9 A S ne r. r straw which which broke brike Victor Vidor C. C connection with the A A Continued on p te Three Ik 0 o l isia J Inside Stuff Continued from horn Page Pice O One Oge e A as an administrator is supposed to have been the fact that he te attended a private meeting of or new Jew deal lib Jib lera The purpose of ot the gathering was vas the di discussion cu lon of th the farm labor problem Share croppers are losing out under existing Farm Labor arran arrangements ments or orI I Issue ue Stirs a at least the lib lib- libA ibA A A A Ranks Rank contend they are Christgau was wac asked bout s-bout this meeting later by an A A A superior Tempers Tempera became dL disarranged arranged and the resignation of Christgau followed The administrator is one who opposed opposed op op- op posed Agriculture Secretary Wallaces Wallace's Wallaces Wallaces Wal Wal- laces lace's recent interpretation of ot section 7 1 of the A A A act Wallace cc wanted to arrange the matter so that farmers need not keep the same help all aU the thc time but the liberals contend it has r resulted in the discharge of help and ts ts replacement with ch cheaper per labor Farm labor Jabor policies have hwe always been a constant source u of ut irritation inside the A A A An unreported section of a recent speech by Assistant Commerce Secretary Secretary Sec Sc Sec Sec- Dickinson contained the following fol lowing lowin S C On Sunda Sunday last one of the chief chiet of oC these purveyors of passion took occasion to bring my own own name into irlo his appeal to the public I 1 feel fecI honored by abuse abu from such a source but I cite it here merely as a signifIcant significant cant illustration of Dickinson the theP l type P pc of ot rec reck- reck Comes Back less legs At Cou Coughlin hUn tion an and ana carelessness careless careless- ne ness for truth which characterizes these efforts to mislead the American people A As Father Coughlin had mentioned Dickinson the speech is b being handed around here as the first attack by an any new dealer on the radio priest i Some believe it may constitute cyr evi dence of a break between the administration administration admin admin- and Father Cou Coughlin n. n There have been Indications that they arc not nol working as close to together this year as last However the best authorities avow it is nothing more than thai o a p personal break between Coughlin arid nd Dickinson Dickin son which is all aU it il appears to be o a p The more the new deal lawyers analyze the Hughes opinion in the sold cold cases the more thc they like it iL ThC They believe it is sound reasoning and arid will stand up There seems to be no general genral suspicion suspicion sus sus- that it may come back to haunt the new deal Bolstering some d day doy if it prices price iThe The Gold go 0 up lip For in in- in Decisions stance i if a wa wa- should hould te e declared suddenly and the purchasing power Ower o of the dollar should drop below the cent 76 ent level Jevel a Liberty bend hold holder r would then be able to prove damages damages dam dam- ag ages under the reasoning of ot the court decision Just to make sure thU does not happen the treasury is privately embarked em cm- barked on a smart drive to get all the outstanding gold bonds converted at the earliest possible date dale into non non- sold gold bonds No announcements will willbe willbe be bt made about that V G General Robert Wood Sears Scars Roebuck Roebuck Roe buck made one stipulation In private private vate conferences with President Roosevelt and nd Commerce Secretary Roper Hoper before belore he accepted ed the appointment ap apo ashead of th thit t work relief S r- r 3 r. r committee He insisted he would not accept the tho post unless he was to be consulted in earnest Both Roosevelt and Roper gave ave assurances that he was no not cho chosen n to be a conservative conservative conservative con con- window for lor the ad ad- ministration Copyright ht 1935 by Paul Mallon |
