Show M Round Merry I Marx Mark MarK By 1 DREW P PEARSON ond ROBERT ALLEN WASHINGTON The WASHINGTON The The blowup of Major George deorge Berrys Berry's N R A congress bodes ill for the chances ol of r reviving th the Blue Ea Eagle Ie at the coming cominS' session of Wh What t wits was left after the supreme court finished its mauling expires April Abril 1 And there i is little littles s sentiment on Capitol Hill to continue even the remnants to say nothing of restoring old powers Pro Progressives as s well wen as Democrats and Republicans Republicans are sour on the t torpedoed experiment The only gro groUp groOp p making makin any pretense of friendship friendship friendship friend friend- ship toward the N R A is the A. A F of L. L And this cordiality is chiefly on the surface With the Wagner labor disputes act in ih their pocket Docket most labor leaders are satisfied to let things ride as their are ares F Further the more militant labor leaders ja favor faor or new legi legislation lation along the line of the Guffey coal act i in other words little N R As for each Cach basic industry The apparel and textile unions already have announced their intention to offer such measures I Insiders siders are wagering that the N I IR R A will be alI allowed wed to lapse If any ariy l legislation gisl ti n h is en enacted it will transfer the few remaining N R A powers to the federal trade commission In f fact ct Berry himself is said to be secretly working on a bill to do just that if all ll hope for forthe forthe forthe the N R A vanishes Privately new dealers are not fakin taking too seriously seriously seriously seri seri- the of Berrys Berry's attempt to pump new life into the B Blue ue Eagle From the very verv start the inner circle viewed his plan as a trial balloon So o it looks like fini uini la guerre for the Blue Ea Eagle Je Rex Tugwell's resettlement administration op operates operates op- op crates a project at Jasper Ala th the state slate which is represented in Washington by Senator John Bankhead and aId his brother Representative William Bankhead father of the glamorous In tribute to their achievement Professor Tu Tugwell Tug Tug- well decided to name the Jasper project Bankhead Bankhead Bankhead Bank head However the new deal in seeking to eradicate eradicate erad erad- the name Hoover from Boulder dam had ruled that no project could be named for a living man manSo So the Jasper project has been named Bankhead Bankhead Bank uBank- head for Bankhead's father now deceased whose name also was J John olm hats What's In a Name Its a good thing my name Was or orI orI orI I wouldn't have gotten anywhere in th this s' s country says Nikolai the man Harry Hopkins has has' I picked to give ive jobs to unemployed musicians In America you demand that a musician have havea a foreign name No man named Smith could be an orchestra conductor in the United States himself was born in Russia came to this country at 15 became a citizen at 24 married the daughter of a U. U S. S navy admiral at nt 25 and has conducted American orchestras since 30 He now declares We Ve must find American conductors for Ameri AmeriCan American Amer Amer- i ican an orchestras No more second-rate second conductors from irom Europe to take our money and our talks about these things in vivo tempo with t fire in his eye and a pounding fist He thinks the federal music projects under W V P A can cnn help American musicians of its iL own He sees his job as bi bigger er than taking musicians off the relief relic rolls Abo About t have now been put to work He also wants to save America from mechanical music music is no closer to real music than a postcard is to a great reat painting he says We shall find some real conductors before this w work fk is over and present them to the country And if it one is named Smith we wc will not make him change to Bureau Barometer Leave it to the book salesmen to tb get an accurate barometer of government efficiency One lar large e firm instructs its salesmen to steer clear of the securities-exchange securities commission completely completely com corn Its are so busy that an attempt to interview w them is a waste of salesman's time Our best bet confides one experienced book peddler is the postoffice tiep department There people people peo peo- pie have ample time to talk Address Unknown The morning Major Maior George Berrys Berry's N R A congress congress congress con con- gress was scheduled to open a well-dressed well man approached one of the uniformed guards in the comm commerce dep department building I am a dele delegate ate to this N R A meeting he said Can you ou tell me on what floor loor it is being held It Itt Ittis is s not being held in this building sir Itis It is t taking ki g place in n the new v Federal auditorium on Constitution avenue Well vell V ll isn't this the building where the N R A has its offices Yes Yea Where is G General Johnsons Johnson's office G General ral Johnsons Johnson's office said the astonished guard Mister General Johnson doesn't live i herca here herc I a any Y more Copyright 1035 by United Feature Syndicate Lie inc |