Show Inside y N Stuff 1 4 By Br PAUL MALLON y 1 WASHINGTON ASHINGTON May 8 You S-You You may shortly hear t that at the senate has authorized authorized au au- au- au a 0 committee investigation of the public works worl administration I 1 c i I A resolution authorizing it was drawn a 0 week v ago but not intro intro- r It is to be a companion piece to tho the Couzens re resolution recently in III adopted by the Public Works senate in a very Ti no Audit Seen quiet way The TheS S 3 In Offin Offing Couzens resolution resolution tion authorized an Inquiry into relict relief expenditures res by the senate appropriations commit commit- tee k Ic Ic There are no scandalous rumors behind these moves Also a 12 I no political political 4 cal fishing expedition Senators merely got their heads together and ande and e- e agreed the time had arrived for the gi Ci new dealers to come down off ott offar at ar Mount Olympus and subject themselves them them- lI 1 selves to some kind of ot normal au au- au- au c c K dit The strongly independent Senator Senator Senk Sen Sen- k ator Couzens conceived the idea AndL and id L' L old isid it His moves arc are always above political 1 suspicions In line with this there Is ls some or cloakroom talk about eventually es esIr es- es 1 Ir I. I a federal bureau of ot audit a a a Deeper down than that in the senatorial sen sen- SC ilC J atonal mind now is a desire to l keep t a hand on expenditures when contress con- con m ti Q tress Ires is not in session A significant 1 t 2 cant slant on the move is that the ic restraining raining hand will be exercised t b by the appropriations committee Tn Th Tho forefinger there is the committee commit commit- rt rI tee chairman Carter Glass Glas who has nt cr been an nn Olympian The new dealers have not object object- 1 ed td At least one cabinet officer i privately approved the Couzens resolution res rea- Ue before it was adopted O a 00 a mu The new deal move to tighten up d on news leaks seems to be spread- spread Ing lag Some free talking officials have ve suddenly become evasive A few V Jew have frankly asked to be relieved re- re eved of ot the responsibility of ot ansWering an- an questions hereafter Not only officials but the rank ranI and til tilot file ot personnel in some Continued on p Face Pe u Nine Inside Ins ide Stuff Continued from Pace One Onel quarters have shown a R sudden preference tor for silence I These up tightening flurries have occurred on sev zev- News Leak eral previous oc- oc Are Arc Worrying In this Now New Dealers and in past adm adm adm ad- ad m I 1 n i 1 They never have been successful and usually provoke a sharp unfavorable unfavorable reaction This one appears to be more extensive extensive ex ex- ex- ex e and earnest but there Is no reason to believe It will be an any more mote successful than the others Trying to the news of oC government government government govern govern- ment Is like trying to smooth the ocean waves The family troubles of ot Republicans cans are fully explained by a re remark remark remark re- re mark dropped some time ago by House Republican Leader Snell Said Slid he I am a liberal conserva conserva- tive live There Is no question that the somewhat conservative Mr Snell has become somewhat more liberal this year However some of his party have taken up the remark as an Indication that Mr Snell is b trying to grasp the north pole and south pole at th the same time a feat leat which Is good If it ever accomplished These are re recalling calling him a Snell 1 Is b radical conserva- conserva Liberal tive Con Conservative enatho Similarly s some me of oC the congressional within the party have been joshing the wise Kans Kansas editor William Allen AlIen White who has spoken well of men like Norris and La as well as some of the the tho Republican opposites opposite a a Speaker Byrns lately has been tryIng tryIng try- try Ing lug a new kind of oC leadership quietly in th the house It has worked very well so far tar Instead of using the strict historic his his- tone Garner method he h has 3 tried friendly consideration He does docs not use his gavel on the skulls of ot his flock but tries to shepherd them gently with his crook For instance there has been no real old fashioned rule gag-rule Invoked on any bill since the tho first one the relief bill On all legislation lately lately lately late late- ly the h sheep have been permitted to romp and play to an unprecedented extent Some Somo timers old-timers believe his system ys- ys tern tem is working better than the Garner Garner Gar Gar- ner ncr method would have with the peculiar temperament of ot the current current current cur cur- rent house The herd Includes many baby lambs Iambs who are arc I In congress only because of ot the political prestige prestige pres pres- tige of ot the D Democratic lra- lra tion lion a at The Inner rift in the ranks of oC labor has become becom serious It will vIli probably probably- b bo smoothed over and sup pressed temporarily again without an open b break ak but you never can tell B Basically the current dispute te within the A. A F F. of oC L. L over the form o of union Labor Rift RUt organization The Has fins Become industrial labor Serious groups led led by U n nit I t c d Mine Workers want t separate rate unions for each industry vertical unions This is a R. departure from the A A. F. F of L L. policy of ot craft unions for all industry industry indus indus- try carpenters bricklayers lay rs etc What r revived the argument re recently recently recently re- re is the fact tact that the A. A F. F of ot I. I L. L executive council has failed in inthe inthe inthe the eyes of ot the vertical unionists to carry out the mandate of the last A. A F. F of L L. convention for lor vertical union unionism lam The council has hns been issuing only local charters Not a n single national national na na- na- na charter has been approved since the convention In one important important important im im- im- im case the council has hu declined de de- de dined to give even a local charter to an auto union nion Copyright 1935 for The Telegram |