Show t 1 Inside Stuff By PAUL MALLON rALLON WASHINGTON ASHINGTON V March 21 The 21 The process process by which President Roosevelt Roosevelt Roose Roose- velt regained his grip on the senate has been a guarded state s secret cret The six senators who switched their votes to him on the relief wage lisue huc are doing little talking Some are doing none at Congress all 1111 n Others are Revolts publicly offering Feeble what are obviously obvious obvious- I ly inadequate ex ex- Cloakroom belief at the senate i. i 13 3 that Mr Roosevelt passed around a afew afew afew few hidden slices of political pie pic This ma may l be partially true but a amore amore amore more fundamental reason was offered offered of of- confidentially to the deserted labor lobbyists by a senator who said laid Ve We must work with him for tor at least two more years We Ve cant can't re- re r him hint now a That tells the story story It implies that the president has little litlIe to fear from this congress any time soon if he watches his step Congressmen Congress Congress- men especially Democrats and progressives progressives pro pro- realize when they get getright getright getright right up against the gun that breaking with the thc president involves responsibilities they do not care to except in extreme emer emer- 0 It is is true theat that some oXe of oC the labor senators who switched received private private private vate assurances from the WhiteHouse White House that Mr Roosevelt would use discretion in the wage matter They are saying that they impressed the president with the senate senat strength of oC labor and that Safeguard he lie this I For Tor Private in mind while adages ad ad- ages age ministering the act For thai redson son they expect prevailing prevailing pre pre- Jling wages wages' to be paid in the 22 states sUites which have prevailing wage laws Also on federal projects This may be expecting too much but there can be no question about Mr Roosevelt's determination notto not notto notto to permit his relief administration L i to aff affect ct private wages adversely e There is talk tall In labor or circles that one part o of tho the deal calls calIs for Mr Roosevelt to support the Wagner Vagner labor di disputes bill The White WhiteHouse WhiteHouse H House use has dropped a couple of oC hints l lately Implying that it might Also Senator Vagner Wagner saw Mr Roose Roose- May l Back Bark velt twice before Wagner Act he switched The best authorIties authorities authorities author author- deny there was a n. deal but say Mr Mt nevertheless will champion the Wagner bill biU openly or privately or both They are confident con con- fi ent he is leaning that way bec because because be be- c cause of oC the failure of section from Crom a union standpoint and the threat of strikes es this summer An energetic indorsement from Mr Roosevelt is the only thing that will save the Wagner Vagner bilL e There has been a gradual change of or attitude t toward vard Hitler in th the highest administration quarters A year ago new dealers veiled their personal feelings about him ith only a thin tissue of diplomacy anyone could see see through They called him a madman murderer murderer mur mur- derer and worse no ladies ladics or reporters were present Now they are picking picking- their words more care care- fUll fully They dislike him as much as fyer verJ but the they seem to have a little higher estimate of ot his ability They know now that he heon c Soft Pedal i al is smatter smarter than on Ott imi hitter they thought This Is one reason rca rea- t son on why the state department did ld eVer everything thing possible to put a quietus on any official reactions reactions reactions re re- re- re actions to Hitler's army tion order The The diplomats kept their mouths shut and also tried to keep cep senators from commenting I although that was a a. difficult job lJ C d on Pare six I Inside S id e 1 Stuff Continued from Page Pale One They did not even like the mild re remarks remarks remarks re- re marks by Chairman Pittman of the senate innate foreign relations committee they know German anti-German elements clements will bring all kinds of pressure to gain jain our help in resisting Hitler HiUer They felt this was one nc fight tIght we should stay out of a o 0 What the thea European p ean experts among the new deal dealers rs thought offhand offhand off off- offhand hand about the move W was s that Hitler Hitler Hit Hit- ler Ier had his eyes fixed on the c cast st rather th than n on the west wesl Moscow was more frightened th than n London or Paris The te reds s have hava data to prove that Hitler is planning a colo colo- expansion at th theft Ir expense Dr Alfred Rosenberg head of the nazi party's foreign political of office office office of- of fice long has been an nn advocate of eastward German expansion He is isa isa isa a native of the Baltic provinces and nd was born on soil which was Russian Russian Russian Rus Rus- sian before the thc war He has repeatedly repeatedly re re- re- re declared Germanys Germany's need for or space to live This is why Moscow has been tryIng tryIng tryIng try- try Ing so ardently to hurry along a peace arrangement with the Japa Japa- nese a r 9 IJ eNo No one outside of ot th the White House family f h has s any id idea a of ot what Louis Howe How has gone through during the thelast thelast thelast last two years He spent most of or his hLo life helping to build up the Roosevelt entourage for the White WhiteHouse Hou House e. e Six months after they arrived arrived ar ar- ar- ar rived the strain of the work revived his old heart ailment Since then he lie has led a l painfully cautious life liCe His office adjoins his bedroom on th second floor of the White House After Arter weeks of ot careful restraint from exertion ho he has occasionally worked up strength enough to get et out as when ho accompanied Mr Roosevelt on the Boston trip Always Al Al- Always ways those excursions have sent him back to more months of meticulously restrained living No greater example of physical c courage urn e has b been en noticeable around this city of flexible spines in a long time Copyright 1935 for tor The Telegram |