Show J Inside n side Stuff By PAUL MALLON WASHINGTON W Feb 5 An epi- epi of chilblains has lias been preva- preva ong senate and house leaders the last few days daY It was not th the thermometer that On n Tax Tx Plan 4 froze their venerable venerable venerable vener vener- able tootsies but butte ithe the Way the White te House left them 1 out t of the early t tax x program con- con I fences s. s They did not like the zero t and said so 80 where they could not bo be heard ot tut S1 the tho only y ta tax tay n news s they dUring the first ten days the Program was under consideration 11 wJ What at they read in the rl And fed d some sonjo of them flatly re red re- re to believe the presidents president's own S when these were pub pub- bed thed o a few days The ago U Inside explanation is twofold t. t resident President Roosevelt t has been ing a hard time t himself trying decide ew e what to do and 2 ho he hoof wit what kind of ot advice ho he would tt from hl his congressional leaders are dead set against general I legislation on until I after election Ii rae Doe Official new deal leak Ze on es has been Att Attorney General Genera Cler Cummings Ho He has n nothing to do j has be been wi with h that subject a so BO Ca able tf pe to speak freely- freely record It was ww Mr g Who Cum Cum- e e. e g jord rd about first anonymously ten spread days RS ago that n a 4 was under he unannounced fact is Mr Cum ha has been sly slyly acting a as tria trial L on rage e 11 1 Column Pou Inside Stuff Continued from Page Pace One balloonist to test public and congressional congressional congressional con con- gressional r e ac Cummings tion Uon without inIs in- in 15 Is b Trial v o 0 1 I v i n g Balloonist R Roo Roosevelt o o s e ye ve I 1 tand and He has been In on all the White House conferences ostensibly as Interpreter ter of supreme court legal opinion but doubling In his more Important ballooning c capacity That shows how cautiously the top new dealers have been proceeding proceed proceed- ing in this very delicate matter Certain intangible signs suggest that the administration will acquiesce acquiesce acqui acqui- esce in abandonment of ot new neutrality neutrality neutrality neu neu- legislation Renewal newal of No official will Neutrality admit it yet et but Law Duo Du the strategy is clearly working around toward renewal of ot existing law The Tho inner state department attitude attitude attitude atti atti- tude is that existing law Is better than a new bill which would woul tie the presidents president's hands completely At the capitol all hands agree that the ho bill is very difficult to write Few are trying very hard to solve the difficulty After all there is a large Italian vote I The Japanese press broke forth forthwith forthwith forthwith with a new one when It suggested that a a. Japanese-American Japanese understanding understanding under under- standing was Imminent to split up tho the Pacific ocean At the same time a little Japanese story stor reached London that a secret Japanese Japanese- German alliance was near fruition It did not take wise vise diplomats long longto to peg these two yarns arns The Japanese and Soviets have been having a lot of ot light running trouble in soviet controlled Mongolia Mongo Mongo- lia ha and along the Siberian border The Japanese have not been getting the best of ot it Moscow however has been nervous If It the two planted plant plant- ed stories were true she would have been hysterical The subtle little scare might have worked except that State Secretary Hull Hun let Jet it he known that this government government government gov gov- had no Intention of going into tho the splitting ocean-splitting business and had never heard of ot it For some days the leading authorities authorities au au- au- au here have been expecting the London naval conference to wind up with a n. small minute last-minute surprise Tho four large powers United States Britain France and Italy reached a basis of ot agreement after alter Japan withdrew nl Na Meet IWert T This his agreement Surprise Is p pro provided r o v I ide d c d that Expected each one would give the others four months' months advance notice of oC shipbuilding shipbuilding ship ship- building intentions Tho The final twirl on it is expected to be bo an understanding understanding understanding under under- standing that each advance notice be kept strictly confidential among the contracting parties Germany and Russia will be asked to join later Thus these six powers powers pow pow- ers era will at least know what is going on But Japan having withdrawn will be left in the dark Of Ot course ourse Tokio will vill learn about the now new ships once the keels are laid but the confidential nature 01 of tho the agreement may help the major powers to keep one jump ahead ol of the Japanese in a building race At least that Is the purpose The least understandable part of tho the new congressional drive tormore for tor more money moncy is the fact that there is alread already too much The banks arc bul bulging ing with more than three billion dollars of excess reserves and have ha nothing to do with it except except ex ex- to buy government go bonds There is less Inner excitement here about Governor Talmadgo anc and his movement than you would sup sup- pose The new dealers may be underestimating underestimating un un- un- un him hIi but they consider con con- sider alder his threat to be greater in publicity value than In political strength Also the Republicans arc are not counting er very ery much on him Another re reason why hY the White House Is so cautious and silent these days is that any new Idea it expresses expresses ex ex- ex presses immediately becomes a n campaign campaign cam cam- issue That is why it went to such lengths to choose a federal reserve board which the th senate would unanimously accept Copyright 19 1936 for forThe The he Tele Telegram ram |