Show u H Inside Stuff i. i 1 By PAUL MALLON WASHINGTON Ma May 6 6 Thee The atmosphere at is not the only thing which has been balmy around here lately The boys bos who have been negotiating the N R A compromise have been at least 20 degrees hotter and dizzier than the temp temperature For Instance congressmen emerged I from President Roosevelt's office one I day and md announced I Wires Vires Cross they had been UnOn unOn un un- On N R It A 4 able to agree about I Kf Compromise an N R n A compro compro- I 1 S Shortly h 0 r t I y iL l thereafter efficient Senator Pat Harrison Har Har- 1 rison rion announced to his finance committee corni com corn i that the president would accept accept ac- ac ac le- the compromise Chairman Doughton at the other side of the capitol Imm Immediately implied the pres I ident would not New Dealer Roper praised the compromise com corn i. i promise indicating it had administration tion approval N R A cr Harriman in a press conference then railed Against the compromise indicating it was wu unacceptable l U When Harriman was told what Roper Ro Ro- per Zer had said he decided to see Coordinator Coordinator Co Co- Co who apparently was coordinating something else at that moment Mr Harriman returned 1 Roper with the news that Approves Mr R 1 i c h b e r y would not utter a word and implied that was in a condition of silent dejection about the compro compro- mise But when New Dealer Roper learned what N R A cr Harriman had said laid he tent sent out word to cancel his original approval of or the compromise It was canceled by newspapers between be boo tween editions t To top it all aU off oIl the tion senators then approved th the compromise compromise com promise in j the senate enate finance committee com corn and nd reported it to the senate Continued on Pigs Pion I Two Inside Stuff I Continued d from Pate Pare One This left lell nearly everyone in a complete com com- state of at confusion as 85 to to who was for what i if anything aThe It a The answer to all this uncoordinated commenting is simple What Whal Mr Roosevelt actually said In the first place was that he did not approve approve approve ap ap- prove the compromise but he would not veto it ft If ff congress approved it lt This was the same as telling congress to go 10 ahead head and approve it because congressmen were vere ready to grasp any anyway anyway anyway way out It did not take them long longto to catch on but some of the new dealers a little mUe longer time As every good prisoner knows it itis itis itis is sometimes necessary to create a a cor confusion in order to escape That ThatIs Is what what- seems to have been done Inthis in inthis inthis this instance The confusion however has only started Those who favor the N R A and those who are arc against it apparently apparent apparent- ly y believe they are accomplishing their purposes in the compromise One side is 3 going Joing to be fooled The best inside opinion is that the compromise is merely a sidestep It docs does not mean any any- thing except that Confusion N R A prestige Just Getting may suffer suller Started The compromise proposed two t w o changes 1 abolition of price control con con- r rol I and 2 withdrawal from intrastate intrastate intra intra- state business What those two changes chanles amount to will depend on who interprets them And the answer answer an an- to that is the N R A will interpret inter inter- interpret pret them until the supreme court does docs This means the supreme court and not congress will decide the future of the N R A The TIle inside on abolishing price fixIng fix fix- Ing ng is this The Thc N RA o outlawed price- price fixing as such six months ago It abolished direct price regulations in sever several l codes at that time and more I recently in the lumber code But it did not abolish the steel basing point system and similar little tittle devices which it does docs not consider to be price- price fixing These little devices will be retained if il the compromise is adopted adopted adopt adopt- ed ed b by congress although they are certainly certainty indirect ct price fixing a a Also you ou may suspect it means me means ns dc de of the N R A if U you abolish abolish abol abol- ish its lu control over intrastate state bus busi busi- ness The secret of or that is the thc N R Anever A Anever never nc considered any of its activities as Influencing state intra business It has his always agreed that it Jt never had any influence over business conducted conduct conduct- ed purely within a state It stretched its legal Imagination somewhat when it adopted the service service ser ser- vice codes for tor hotels restaurants etc which do not appear to be in interstate commerce But it can still stretch its imagination after the compromise com corn promise is adopted a Imagine the embarrassment of a certain man when a house attendant walked up and handed him hima a wad of or money during a roll caUthe call caU the other day dare What made ma-de It worse was the con can congressman gressman had publicly announced he would vote one way ay on the roll call caU calland calland and then vot voted d the opposite way The vote on the question whether Embarrassing ln Secretary Ickes Moment l for lor should hould have an an- Congressman other other assistant as as- No lawyer could ever pine pinc for lor a better circumstantial circumstantial circum circum- case showing that Mr Ickes was paying of off promptly for lor votes but like many another circumstantial case it was all wrong I The congressman had arranged to I cash a personal check k and sent ahouse ahouse a ahouse house attendant downstairs to bring I him the money from the disbursing office It was true he changed his vote but he did so because Mr Ickes bad had recently been made head of the relief allotment division The congressman congressman con con- gressman will get money later from Mr Ickes but it will be relief relic money money for tor his district The city of or New York is quietly opening up an office here apparently apparent apparent- ly Iy preparing to get Its share hare when Mr Roosevelt opens the relief barrel Copyright 1935 for The Telegram |