Show INSIDE STUFF By PAUL MALLON WASHINGTON Jan an 10 The 10 The new deal s sees rees s all all knows all It really makes a business s of keeping keepin track of what is going on 01 inside its own organ organization and elsewhere to a alar fat far greater extent than any previous pre ad ministration Little is heard of at the subject except except ex occasionally v when hen Louis Glavis h head bead ad of the interior department intelligence intelligence intelligence in in- unit involuntarily breaks info ino print yet an anNew anNew anNew New Deal Sees Sect e efficient general All Knows Know All intelligence s s sHires Hires Sleuths tern has been quietly perfected during the cour course e of the last two years ears You did not find out about it in Mondays Mondays Monday's Mondays Monday's Mon Mon- days day's budget message listing government govern govern- ment expenditures because e intelligence intelligence intelli intelli- gence activities are not grouped But Buta a fair estimate of the situation privately privately made indicates there are now about persons on the government government government govern govern- ment payroll who could be classed u as s sleuths Not all of them can be directly attributable to the new deal Probably Proba- Proba bl bly a majority of the sleuthing jobs were insl instituted under other deals dals but certainly a substantial number of oL the jobs job's are lre new 4 The unofficial tabulation of oC those who ho keep tab lab on people for the new deal indicates that that- Treasury Secretary Secretary Secre Secre- tary has at least three times as many as anyone else In Inthe Inthe Inthe the treasury there arc are em cm- who might be classified in the lieu sleuthing thing category The tabulation follows Coast guard Secret service 18 Internal revenue intelligence un unit it t 6 Alcohol tax Customs 18 N Narcotics 25 Treasury guards 87 Engraving guards 85 Mint and assay 31 81 Revenue agents 1 2430 Bank Examiners F D I C. C Comptroller of the cUrn currency ncy F o R B 6 60 P W A A A A count county agents A A A full time agents u 20 c Postal service u. u F PERA FER E R A 6 Justice department u. u SEC EC 40 Farm credit administration 2023 National labor relations board 10 Textile labor board 9 F C N R A 1032 IR Total in round numbers AI a 40 H i The chief rea reason on for the increase in 0 Continued d on Pa Pane Page Two INSIDE STUFF Continued from Page Paro One snoopers is that Uncle Sam is now lending and giving awa away more mone money than ever before beCore Increased Federal That process s calls caUs Expenses Boost oost for o r considerable Sleuths' Sleuths Forces watchfulness Also the new deal exercises exercises exer exer- more supervision over business through the N R A etc The chief chic inere increases after ir Er the alcohol tax unit because it merely replaced the old prohibition bureau are in the P W A N R A F C A and A A A. A The P W A staff though only has been active against oil code violators racketeering racketeer ing contractors dishonest officials etc The N R A field staff investigates complaints of ot code violations but itis itis it itis is not part particularly efficient Man Many complaints are referred to code authorities authorities au au- au made up of the business businessmen men complained against The farm credit administration Investigators investigators investigators in in- look into land values on which loans are sought R F C examiners exam exam- iners check standing of ot firms seeking loans The A A A field men watch to lo see ee that farmers do not chisel on the crop curtailment program Many farmers are used on a part time basis for this work and their number changes with the seasons They are not included in the table 9 Th There r has has been n considerable talk me justice department establishing lishing an American Scotland Yard The truth is it already has more of ot a Scotland Yard than England has The staff stat of ot J. J Edgar Hoover chief of the bureau of ot investigation has been quietly increased by agents and clerks in the last year ear December to December cember It now v numbers field men agents and clerks It is not yet et up to the increased strength authorized by the last congress but it soon will be S The new dealers also obtain copies in one way or another of ot certain confidential confidential con con- material which is sent out b by Washington news agencies Recently at a t private conference of top notch new Sleuths Know dealers a warm What Appears discussion arose aroe In Notes over a new confidential letter being being be be- ing ins sent out by a national we weekly magazine The new dealers decided that the confidential letter misrepresented seated the then current misunderstanding misunderstanding standing between Interior Secretary Ickes and Houser Heuser Moffett Moett They suggested sug tug a correction should be made which astonished the editors who do pot yet know how the new dealers dealers deal deal- ers happened to get a copy of ot the letter in the first place S S S The new deal publicity men I usually make the best possible presentation of ot their figures For instance in itt stance a n year ear end statement from P W A says that P PV W V A has provided man hours of ot work or gainful employment to persons It sounds big but the labor Jabor department furnishes the plainer truth that only persons r ons were employed on P PY W Y A projects at thelast the thelast thelast last tabulation in November |