| Show i Inside 1 1 Stuff It t 1 B By PAUL MALLON WASHINGTON Nov l 16 The The D With Roper club dub within the new deal has been tittering about I the commerce secretary's assurance to the grocers that the breathing spell is here to sta stay I Members of this extensive group of of official leftists say Mr Roper pla plays s 's the bass bassI I Roper Talk tuba in the new new Edited at deal band that he hey f y Wrote White House is s often of off key k and usually blows b by ear rather than b by authority of 1 f. f the masters master's music sheet What these liberals do not know I. I this time is that the Roper speech was surveyed if not edited ahead of time by a presidential secretary Also that this secretary usually docs cs his editing of such important binet f cabinet speeches at t the e White House ouse breakfast table with President Roosevelt RoosevelL t- t Discord among new deal musicians musicians musicians musi musi- about what piece they are goking go- go king S. S Ing to pIa play next after this current rest Irest period simmers down to the following essential sure facts c r A period of governmental quietude D is js considered advisable by all new Ideal deal factions Liberals want it to 1 consolidate their gains Conserva- Conserva lives believe it will be helpful to business and to politics Nevertheless c less Jess the nature Quiet Period and extent of it itIs I Is Considered are highly highl doubtS doubt- doubt S Best bj AH ful in in view l pending supreme i court decisions which ma may or ma may not Inot knock out half of the new deal ithe the forthcoming December 9 N R A t conference the coming comin- S SEe SEC E C d dif difficulties di- di with the holding compa compa- flies nies S. S i. i i The period therefore is one of waiting for incubation rather than anything else It apparently will wm be emphasized by a a. sincere effort to bring the budget nearer to reason f But little can be done to assure an t. t early arly balance nor is there likel likely to Jibe any fundamental swerve toward other than the well welI known lives tives 4 S You might sa say they are moving Mr Roper and his tuba down to the f front row relegating the piccolo 1 players layers to the back while everybody everybody every every- body waits waiLs The government apparently has developed ped something new in jurisprudence juris jurls- j prudence a prudence prudence-a a flying fling squadron of I S lawyers to meet the legal rush on the rUie s new deal The White House Houses has s been moving its best legal men menS c. c S quietly from one Government department to an- an Shifting Best other from time Legal Talent to time lately Latest move was f that of Jerome Frank from his R F C post to work on some particular particular particular par par- P W A cases involving power Also Labor Solicitor Charles Wy- Wy has softly departed from Miss Perkins and joined the justice justiceS S department l' l A few weeks earlier Cohen t tand nd Corcoran were borrowed by Uhe the D. 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J to take charge of the Wilmington holding companies case I S The justice department still sUll earlier ear ear- lier tiler obtained John Dickinson from the commerce department Stanley Reed and Paul Freund from lt 1 F c. c A group of important radio lawers lawyers lawyers law law- ers was discussing the A A A the theS i. i S Continued on on Page Pago Two Column Seven tn r- r Inside Stuff Continued from Page One other day They were saying what a questionable policy it was and at atthe atthe atthe the same time agreeing on how much it has done lately for their business Most of oC them attributed to the government benefit payments the recent strong increase of radio sales and even the increased price of radio stocks tocks in Wall Vall street Unanimously they decided it was a abad abad abad bad thing but they were for It The Yankee traders have been pepped up considerably by the Canadian trade agreement The Theare They are talking sotto Trade Pact voce about pros- pros Cheering to of oC early U U. S. S Traders Trader agreements with Spain H Holland 0 11 a. a nd France Also possibly even Mex Mex- ico leo Treaties with Brazil and Colombia Colombia Co Co- Co- Co lombia are near ratification The backstage workers also see seethe seethe seethe the ultimate prospect of a treaty with Britain No negotiations have been attempted yet even In a a. preliminary preliminary pre pre- way Difficulties are serious serious serious seri seri- ous in the case of France and Mexico Mexico Mex Mex- ico leo but there may be developments soon on Spain and Holland The realization of these hopes will require months If It not years Also It would mean a rather substantial revision of the United States tariff The real reason that the Canadian treaty was concluded so early was that the Canadians were eager for it When Mr Bennett was premier he sent down some emissaries to talk treat treaty but it was believed on the inside here that the Canadian Canadians did not then have their hearts in their work The recent emissaries of Premier King really wanted a treaty and got it Saddest part about being an anti- anti new dealer said one recently Is that income tax troubles may al always always always al- al ways arise to plague you First there were yere the cases against Andy Mellon Henry Ford and Huey Hucy Longs Long's folks then against Walter Waited Brown and Jim Watson Vatson and now against Governor Davey of Ohio Commensurately prominent new deal and supporters during all aU that time generally have managed to escape molestation A Aleast At least no cases pierced the legal se secrecy secrecy secrecy se- se crecy which surrounds all aU internal revenue bureau activities There has been some discussion among observers here whether this means new dealers are purer o or whether none of them has enough money to pay income taxes The I I I best answer answer as was that of a prominent prominent nent who surmised It will be very bad for us if iC and when the Republicans ever get control control control con con- of ot the internal revenue bureau again |
