Show Inside T Stuff By Dr PAUL MALLON l t l' WASHINGTON May 4 4 The The Iris Ins and ind outs out of the filibuster were ere not appreciated in the senate galleries From there is looked like an any oth other r dull de- de 4 Senators bate But down i Enjoy on the floor nearly Filibuster everyone had a i good time lime You could see it in their faces t Vi VIc Pr President ident Garner the Texan walked around wi with h a cigar In Jn his j mouth grinning incessantly Senators Sena tors toTs slyly sly absen absented d them themselves elves from occasionally and playfully 1 poked fun at each cach other in debate Only th the countenance of or Floor Leader Robinson wore a slightly pained expression expresion sting a reI remote remote re re- I mote Inner emotional conflict be be- I. I the necessity of getting down downto to business and the ineffability of the situation What they all knew that the galleries gal gal- did not know was the fact fad that only a few of the nominal administration ad min ministration leaders who were supposed sup sup- i posed to be for the bill blU were real really i I for it While Thile President Roosevelt ell J w was s privat privately b twitting them during the first few days of the filibuster they were more or less laying them them- 31 l selves flat so so the filibusters would have no J trouble ol le walking over them There were everal reasons for the U lack Jack of real interest res in the bill itself One was that it was thought to be improperly drawn At least It represented represented rep rep- resented a somewhat radical viewpoint view r point on th subject Many of its l r. r friends ds privately thought it was un un- un- un constitutional Furthermore the legIslative leg leg- legislative J e situation was such that it never had a chance and nearl nearly every insider knew it i il l But p perhaps an important factor c. c may Inay be partly explained by relating v I a story which has hast t j just t come to 10 light I Bill Dill Never about what about what hap hap- i Had Chance in the 1922 l senatorial f fight I g h t tI I over o the bill t f Th The senate erate judiciary committee f then controlled by Republicans decided decided dec de de- de- de c the bill vas was unconstitutional and nd killed It A Republican leader was irate when he heard about it itHe He lIe went to the chairman and said the bill must be bc reported to the senate floor for consideration no no rio matter what the committee thought about its constitutionality Unless it was his constituents would defeat him for forre re- re reelection he Is supposed to have said aid ad Thereupon six sL or or more committee members were wee persuaded to change their minds and approve the bill bUl t with the understanding that the Democrats would filibuster agai against st it and prevent its passage by the sen sen- a ate t This was was' done and everyone was happy t There is no ro evidence th that t anything i like Jike that was done this time but it is probable that in the end i senators on on both sides o of oX the issue similarly will wm bave have their cake ake and eat it Jl too It is not very often orten that anyone puts anything o over or r on R F C Chairmen Jesse Jones b but t the other da day a New 1 York ork slicker accomplished th the Ii sible ible The TheR R F C received an application for tor a loan from a N. N Y Slicker SUcker New York firm Pull Puti it ft Over Oer d dealing in cider O On It R F C vinegar vine ar and similar simi simi- lar harmless harmle household household house house- hold liquids The firm said it had a r full fun of or such tuch bottled goods b An Mi Inspector looked it over and the I n 11 IF F P C approved the loan A L few days das later Mr Jones read reed R In the new newspapers papers that the man to to tot t whom hom h he had made the loan was un der arrest for lor violating the thc liquor JaW laws A check up revealed the warehouse ware ware- house e Ue was filled tilled with disguised liquor The e R H F C Is Ii now wondering what to w do wi with its us wet collateral The mailman at th the White hite House Rouse JM as not overburdened nt after r Mr velt's latest fireside chat The explanation is that the White While Ho House e ow did not expect d him to be The president dent nt Intended J to make a calming 4 I SPeech ech NO banking crisis w was sat at ind nd He said aid nothing particularly I exciting g. g The mall mail which came in as about four to one approving OIt of the objections came caine came from Continued on OD Pate Three Ins Insi Inside idE u Stuff Continued from froni P Pare e One persons apparently opposed to the ther bill abolishing holding companies The unexplained reason re on why Mr Mr Roosevelt chose to make another fireside chat at Roosevelt this time was was that Stresses Str he wanted to t Speed stress the speed at at which he expected to put out his new relief mon money y The primary idea was to lo encourage busl busi business ness in that wa way by thus creating a a. little inflationary business ps- ps Nevertheless s most new v dealers privately privately believe the president will be unable to spend the money as fast as he expects to They base their beli belief be li lief f on past e experience e. e l' l Few v know it but a domestic aircraft aircraft air aircraft craft company Is building a t test t bombing plane for the government o with a prom promised ed flying radius of miles at miles an hour carrying 2500 pounds of bombs bomes If we are aredo ared do doing ing it others must be also This may depreciate the value of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans as national defense barriers It sounds sounds' fantastic and probably is but our military intelligence has heard reports that Germany has anew a a. new fouling system which m may Y stop slop a flying airplane motor dead by waves from rom the ground These fouling rays ras are supposed to lo be more morer or r less effective against all aU gasoline motors up to extraordinary heights Just lust how it is done still sun remains to tobe tobe tobe be explained but no new war poison polson has ever I been n concocted for lor which an art antidote could not be made Mr Roosevelt is very proud of his new relief setup He took a longtime longtime long long- time working it out in detail One of ot the best laughs of the con con congressional gressional session was the house debate debate de de- bate in which Secretary Ickes was lauded by congressmen many of whom dislike him intensely They know he will have a chance to g goat get t teven even with them on their local works projects during the next ext two years While a lawyer was denouncing the N R A before the chamber of commerce meeting here his coal clients were a few blocks block down the street treet at the N R H A asking continuance continuance ance ince of the code v vAn An Ohio machine manufacturer manufacture r has reported to the new deal his English En English glish lish competitors are arc so filled with orders they cannot take another order or der this year ear This indicates what the durable goods industry Is doing in a England But the Ohioan cannot get et any o of the thc British business because because be be- cause ause the duty ocean freights freights' et etc amount to 40 per cent He know what to do r Copyright 19 1935 for The Telegram j |