Show Inside Stuff By ny PAUL MALLON l V WASHINGTON ASHINGTON March 4 4 Those Those who talk with President Roosevelt in private occasionally emerge with witha a different Impression than the presIdent president president pres pres- ident has about what was said and done It has almost become a habit No official record was kept of that night wow pow-wow he ho held with his congressional Tax Bill nm leaders Few of News to the tho details leak leaked d Leaders Loaders out But anyone who has been near the congressional smoking rooms lately has heard tho different different different differ differ- ent stories from the Democratic leaders They will never raise the tho issue aloud of course but some of ot them will vill swear on a stack of ot Bibles off the record that no one at the conference mentioned a 1137 tax bill bilI The first they heard of it was when they read the tho White WhiteHouse WhiteHouse House announcement later in the newspapers They were amazed The Tho talk they heard that night centered mainly on of new farm taxes and recapturing some of the impounded processing taxes Only one or two vaguely mentioned for bonus taxes They thought everyone agreed to keep down the amount of ot the bill in the mind of the public Note Note Note-It It is true that in the past some people conferring with the I president have understood him to say what they wanted him to say rather than what he said It is also true that this time the congressional al ill leaders wanted him to say that little orno or-no taxes cs would be enough What the congressional leaders would like to do now is to stall until after aUer the tho Marach 15 tax re returns returns returns re- re turns are in They have been tipped that the returns will be anywhere f from om to and certainly will be more than ed The dividends t tax receipts are expected to be especially surprising If It this proves true truc it will afford a good excuse for refusing to follow the president although of ot course income receipts have no connection with tho the farm bill or bonus This writhing is only natural Just now flow it itis Is generating general predictions predictions predictions that con- con Higher Tax gress will not pass Receipts anything like the Expected presidents Within two weeks it will be evi evident dent that congress will have to follow ollow his general outline In the end it will probably give him about 75 per percent cent of what he ho is asking Note Note Note-No No No one noticed it at the time but the White House tax conference conference con con- ference was the the- longest Mr Roosevelt Roosevelt Roosevelt Roose- Roose Roose Roose- velt has ever held It l lasted sted four hours Last year it took him only two and a half hours to reach a sun sim ilar Har misunderstanding about soaking soaking soaking soak soak- ing the rich The explanation is that at this conference the conferees conferees conferees con con- talked as much politics as they did taxes although none of ot the announcements said anything about abou that The state department is never sur sur- It always knows everything In advance and yawns when it hap hap- pens However the eyes of ot the seers popped out as far as yours did when Premier Ok da returned from the dead in The truth is they know less about abou what is happening in Japan Tapan thanIn thanin than thanin in any other country in tho the world Japan keeps her state stat secrets better better better bet bet- ter than all others The news from there is n nearly arly always handmade for diplomatic purposes As s our our statesmen perceive it the Japanese flurry is of extreme importance importance im im- Im- Im to us and all the world The government and the army in Japan are one of ot the general idea ol of seizing Asia They disagree violently violent violent- ly about how fast Russ War it should be done Fear Stirs Japanese d dip i p 1 o- o Japanese mats want to do doit it peaceably by buying up the Chinese leaders The moderates in hi the army want to do it Jt by force but cautiously A radical radical radical radi radi- cal element believes haste is essen essen- This belief bellet is based on the conviction that Japan is going to have to fight tIght Russia before her control of ot Asia is is complete The reason Russia is supplying the Chinese red armies with arms and inspiring resistance to Japanese Thus Thus' Thusa a real issue underlying the Japanese upheaval is war with Russia Rus Rus- sia sin Whatever eventually happens in Japan will m mean th the or delaying of that inevitable even event It was overlooked at the time but Chief of ot Staff Craigs Craig's published report on the Hagood affair contained con con- tamed a revealing statement He said laid th t General Gener l Hagoods Hagood's quip about W V P A stage money appeared appeared ap ap- ap- ap in the tho Washington Evening Star February 10 and that he wrote Hagood February ID 29 asking how come In other words for tor nine days Hagoods Hagood's Hopkins Aid wisecrack was ap- ap Blamed for or accept- accept Hagood Move able to o Craig It suddenly became unacceptable on on February 19 Another thing not in the report but nevertheless less true Is that Craig a and d H Hagood good have ben personal friends for foi 20 20 years years Craig always personally regarded Hagood as a Ii brilliant general whose occasional pranks should be overlooked d. d As Asa a matter of ot fact Craig lamented to toan toan toan an intimate after composing the Hagood barb It was like spanking a child you ou love |