Show In sid e Stuff tuff 1 f By RAY TUCKER Subbing for Paul Mallon now on vacation ASHINGTON Sept 23 Euro 23 Euro i diplomats have been staging a ous battle battlo for propaganda behind the tho scenes in Washing- Washing The struggle revolved around French governments government's ent's f for use of one of four trans- trans phone channels now v allotto allotto allotto allot- allot to Great Britain under a cont con- con t with A. A T. T Tranee T T. T ranee ance made application to the thea a department early this year and andas andu IU as u referred to the ca commission which grants I iV P I channel licenses IDe na ne For months the thel tie l application was j red jed d pigeonholed Then Jesse Straus Strauss our ouri i isador to Paris asked friends et ft if they could speed up action y 1 did ut immediately A. A T. T T. T entered a protest They insist insist- that the four hour day were needed for trans- trans service between this co coun- coun n- n I and London Even tho though gh the ther r were wert used only seven n a day as against a maxim maximum 11 h hours urs' urs which totaled 96 26 they theyo to o withdraw their objection n. n h hen cn n it developed that Great Gre t lain Ala was as quietly sponsoring this ft taice to the French govern govern- ifs ts application London did not nott it t to surrender her control of communication by medium of telephone and radio few flew weeks ago Great Britain I d I a a formal protest against grant grant- of the request by the Communions ass ons commission But suddenly withdrew her opposition and andr r it is understood that Franco France is ut to sign a contract for one onel with the A. A T. T T. T Heres Here's re international diplomatic conr con- con r rations come in Great Britain ked Iud down when the tho Italo crisis made mado it necessary that don doa have the support of France leneva neva As 3 against an ally in a Ible Eur European war the Empires Empire's esmen emen were too wise to scrap r 1 a telephone connection i l' l war or peace a hookup with ice ace may prove advantageous to United States During the Id Jd war all cable news reached United States via London and andion don ion censorship It is suspected business and financial deals dells deals the ho treasury's transacted treasury's transacted ovet phone arc are known to London ners aers under present conditions mother World war comes the o telephone will be used as asly ly Iy y as the cables So a yia via Paris may mean bigger and andr r r. and less British news hen en you see Special Agent at atI r I favorite motion picture theater will be looking at a fairly ac- ac its te portrayal of how the treas- treas I i crack agents toppled Al Ca- Ca I Ca-I t J from a gangster throne to to a I Iy cell on Alcatraz Island the D. 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J the treasury als did not court Hollywood Brians Ortans They consented to cooperate cooperate cot co- co t operate with the Wiy flicker nicker writ writers yo r i t ers 1 J only after great urging They ir laughed at the t manuscript I because it was too and gushy although I nearly so melodramatic as the I 1 I tory tory-sUll still untold But a are I re e made along new lines Jines seemed Secretary I III he e saw w it as a private showing Washington f f protested against I T line Une hc however The pic- pic S 13 lh ShoWed Yc The chief of the tho treas treas- the agents crack Elmer Irey Irey- Irey he set t his hb men en on the tho trail Irey-I Irey of l gO underworld Shoot Snoot to I said Bald Iroy's counterpart Cut t line said Baid We Ve WeThe em em without killing them The 5 Went out House aides s are quietly e at ot the Dg n which i and nd his enemies are I Mr Ashing Roosevelt loosevelt for foz 1936 our of the presidents president's pet Id ideas as AA AAA t TVA and PW A was u designed to stabilize ingy in- in Itry gy T just as AAA was expected to U e and benefit agriculture role le was to revivify the Basin with cheap elec- elec ch would light homes and VA Ie C a was Vas to pro pro- of pUblic projects c spending which would i on caP Page Two rr 1 II k- k l' l Inside y Stuff a d Scorn from Pace One Oae Mi stimulate heavy industry when ordinary or- or dem demands slackened It was to become a permanent financial stabilizer What Wha-t has ha happened The Supreme court ourt thwarted benefits if it any The drought prevented a true test cat of AAA The courts have also hindered the full White House operation of ot TV TVA A Aids Lids Chuckle and therefore its Over Setup pro profits fit s. s Unemployment Unemployment needs in n Mr r. r Roosevelt's Roosevell's opinion made boondoggling preferable to PW As A's Asmore more substantial projects Thus in n 1936 Mr r. r Ro Roosevelt sevelt may claim that hat his new deal has not had a fair trial That will be major Democratic Democratic Democratic Demo Demo- cratic strategy before belore lo long g. g A sage political observer recently returned to W Washington after a political political po po- l tour of the middle and northwest northwest north north- west Having no axes to to grind his report on Oft political sentiment appe appears appears ap ap- ap- ap pe pears rs to be a fairly accurate analysis analysis sis of ot what wha the people in that section section sec- sec tion Lion think about Washington go go- on ings-on and 1936 possibilities He says Roosevelt Is is still sun strong because the GOP inside and outside congress have presen presented ed no positive program People out there have never heard of the American Lib Liberty League League- they think its it's a baseball outfit Big business antagonism helps the ad ad- ministration They like Ilke Borah best of all aU Republican possibilities but they think that he can render better service in the the senate senate than in hi the White House No other GOP hopeful hopeful hopeful hope hope- ful interests them He noted a use the attitude everywhere he went to wit The They liThe y dont don't like these immense expenditures expenditures expendi expendi- tures tunes for relief but they see no al 1 until business picks picks picks' up They are restless at the slowness slowness' of private recovery but dont don't t know whom to blame the blame the administration or or big big- business They long for th the good old days whatever days whatever they may be Jim Farley has Farley-has has laid laid laida a tough problem problem rob rob- lem in the presidents president's lap It concerns concerns concerns con con- cerns the attitude which the admInistration administration ad ad administration ministration will wUl assume toward three Republican Tough Progressives who Problem face lace reelection in Ahead 1936 George 1936 George Norris Norris Norris Nor- Nor ris of Nebraska Hiram Johnson o of California and James Couzens of oC Michigan President Roosevelt may be able to let Jet the problem drift for tor some I time But he may have to hint at athis athis athis his feelings toward this trio in his trip across the country especially when he reaches Mr Johnsons Johnson's state of California He may be asked his views about these insurgents But the real difficulty will come when Democrats in those those states want to know how Jo to beha behave e. e Many Democratic notables 1 I. I the three commonwealths have hae urged endorsement of the three men inen But party workers would like to place their own tickets s in the field They are bringing tremendous pressure on the political bigwigs bigwigs bigwigs' at Wash Wash- ington Jim Farley will take his orders from tho the president Mr Roosevelt is known to favor all three men but he may not not like to tobe tobe tobe be smoked out at this time It willbe will willbe be a development worth watching for a on 1936 alignments Seth Thomas legal counsel for tor AAA quits in disgust and despair An English judge revisiting Washington is 15 shocked by the tho crowd of drunks in local courts Its fIts worse than it was five he ha says |