| Show iii T n s Side ide r J r Stuff S tuf f ff f r r By PAUL PAR MALLON lALLON WASHINGTON Feb 22 nt t Roosevelt Rooe called a Republican t at r r down to the White House ong Jong ago and asked him what Wrong with administration n pol- pol senator is somewhat In de- de an and D distinctly not a word- word fl tr r. r He ha has a picturesque vocabulary vocabulary vor vo- vo iDIL DL r and ape ape- o Vw Gets ets in short lIe Bucan words commonly hits Dt used in conversation conversation conversa conversa- tion but not in at t. t wed used th them m all nIl one by one then lien collectively to describe t at If fie the blank who are re operating some im- im they nt at ue of the thc new deal He HC Cf af never ne had a dashed dash-dashed business experience but were federal business poliA poli- poli A Also Abo o that they had never nver made W A money to spend any of ot their but y were V spending Bending millions and w I of ot Mr 11 g doubtful ha whether the pres ihu i- i hu ever ev vcr been talked to that t e he entered upon his life Ute the political fawners of ot on He e took it quietly the 1 senator for the advice O Oh The senator hi h also emitted a r about out the low-cost low hous- hous m. m He Re contended It tends ei the w ing low standard g 8 tends to freeze low labor Also ho he wanted to what wo would ld happen to the flent 1 If the tenants of Coit the tho bomes Were Unable to pay lher going easier Republican r w wa What hat called in later anc and he a poke thought was wai wrong frankly but with less mU His lIis complaint was the tho swing away from laws and against waste expenditures accepted the pres 1 C Wry at face value Both 1 on ra Page e Two Five c. c ff Inside Stuff Continued from Page One also went away with a feeling that he was contemplating an an early spring housecleaning The peculiarities of this session of ot congress continue to expand Meach as M each day passes There has baa never been another session quite like it Virtually no suspended interest exIsts exists ex ex- l in any pending legislation and In fact very little interest of tny ny kind What Is happening is this The administration Is Js conducting its own congress o f I f Offstage e stage The con- con Session gressional leaders Featured get together and andI I find out ahead of time exactly what degree of ot legislation legislation legis legle- lation can be passed note well the bonus ne neutrality bill farm bill Practically all aU differences are aro composed com corn posed in private When the tho bills are brought forward they are arc aready already al al- a- a ready eady backed by a staggering ma ma- That leaves little to talk about and nothing upon upon which h a first-class first fight can be started Resistance Resistance Re Re- by the minority is useless and often routine The Tho reason behind this unusual strategy of course is that the tho president president president dent wants no clashes in a campaign campaign cam carn- year The Tho result is that while congress is passing legislation of highest importance im un- un the usual dramatizing elements ele dc- dc ments are entirely lacking and the session is dull for forthe forthe forthe the actors as well as the audience are planning a little surprise for Al AI Smith They figure e that the New York state convention may be induced to adopt a unit rule requiring all aU delegates to vote for forthe forthe the tho choice of the tho majority of dele dele- gates Thus Al may find himself voting for Mr Roosevelt for tor whether he likes it or not Incidentally the tho White House and Postmaster General Farleys Farley's office w were ere somewhat caustic in denying Plan Coup the other day that On Smith Tammany Leader Dooling had been summoned to either cither place Presidential Presidential dentin Secretary MacIntyre went in to ask the president about it Returning ho said Absolutely no Elsewhere tho the hint was dropped that Mr Dooling would not be welcome welcome wel wel- come at either place The goods which Congressman Bell is supposed to have on the Is composed largely of a mass of letters complaining about the financial setup of various parts of the orBell orBell orBell or- or Bell Armed H e For Probo also has a Colo- Colo Program rado court re record ord and some other records of financial troubles of several several sev sev- eral oral Townsend groups Some who have gone over his file believe ho he can make a case from facts already in his possession but the few in congress congress congress con con- gress do not Congressman Lemke wore a cap when hen he went up to see Bee the president dent He Hes Heis is probably the tho only congressman congressman con con- gressman who favors such an informal informal in informal in- in formal lid However he took it off ott when posing for photographs outside the tho White House Probably the only author In tho the history of the world who does not r remember member the titles of his own yanks is Mr rr Roosevelt When he lie hed d described his latest tax conference as ch chapter pter II n in the tho k someone someone some some- one asked him what was the name of the book Turning to his secretary secretary secre scene tary he ho inquired What was the name of that last book I wrote l The he secretary said It was On Our Way Vay which title Mr Roosevelt immediately adopted for his unwritten ten tax recommendations Official unpublished figures indicate indi cate that out of postmasters now holding off office ee about t to MOO are arc Republicans ns Only three members of the thc house applauded when Congressman Main demanded a vote on on the McGroarty Townsend bill blU C Copyright 1936 for The Telegram |
