Salt Lake Telegram | 1936-05-02 | Page 6 | Inside Stuff

I INSIDE N S I D E S STUFF T I U F F The By News PAUL Behind MALLON the New NewBy NewBy I v WASHINGTON ASHINGTON Even Mr Ickes' Ickes own detectives are aro looking under the bed these nights The spies themselves ha have e be become become become be- be come spy-conscious spy because a certain certain tam tain secret memo from President President Prest- Prest dent Roosevelt to his interior ry may be in a acourt acourt acourt that Mr Ickes court case It seems talked with Mr Roosevelt at lit the tho White House about the municipal power loan policy and later Mr Roosevelt wrote him a note Only a dozen or more more in Mr Ickes' Ickes P PV V W A power division knew about it The Tho note itself was a n deep de departmental departmental departmental de- de secret But a few days ago the po power er division received apparently credible credible credible cred cred- ible information that the contents contents contents con con- tents vero known Imo to parties Involved in involved In- In in suits against them The entire division has be been n upset by suspicions that not all its are working solely for the government Suspicions Suspicion It may seem serious when the second best hest spy-protected spy department department department depart depart- ment of the government suffers such a le leak l but it is only a chapter chapter chapter chap chap- ter in the spy craze story of Washington Few people like to mention the subject because usually usually ally nothing can be proved Also hardened authorities suspect that such cases are aro oft often n imagined for publicity purposes Nevertheless public utilities are openly charging that their mall mail bears evidence of tampering One or two senators have asserted this this' session that their office files tiles have been rifled Certain prominent prominent nent neat politicians outside Washington Washing Washing- ton ar are telling their friends that they do not consider their mail mall safe Some nonpartisan suspects have chosen to leave Iea their office files mes open so that night visitors will vilI have easy access access and thus avoid damage to the furniture Gossip about wire-tapping wire is common table talk among those involved directly or indirectly with government business This strain of black suspicion h has s run constantly through official official official cial and near official near life lately although particular instances seldom seldom sel sel- dom dam reach the public eye Note Note Mr Ickes' Ickes spy system is rated second only because Mr has recently been more or less consolidated Both are arc supposed to surpass that of tho department of ot justice in personal personal personal per per- activity if not in numbers Alarm Weakness of Republican opposition to the tax bill is the main topic of congressional cloakroom discussion In the house it was sad There were many reasons Lack of ot leadership the failure to offer octer an art alternative and lack of ot knowledge about the tho bill which lack of knowledge was shared by most Democrats The senate outlook Is Is' not mu much h better Democrats arc beginning to realize that tha if the tho defects of ot the bill are to be corrected they must do it That probably will be done Suspicious observers suspect that the Republicans are wise in letting the bill go through as is They believe the tho popular reaction reaction reaction tion will not contribute to Mr Roosevelt's chances in November Economy The deeper congressmen sink their teeth into the presidents president's so-called so economy program the themore themore themore more toothsome they find it to be vA v- v A bill was pending in congress to provide worth of federal vocational education in inthe inthe inthe the year beginning July T 1937 Mr Roosevelt talked to a southern south south- em ern senator saying this was too much He asked if the vocational educators would not be satisfied with Backers of the bill indicated they would accept Then Senate Floor Leader Robinson Robinson Robinson Rob Rob- inson accompanied by the tho same samo southern senator made another trip to tho the White House Immediately Immediately Immediately Imme Imme- the vocational bill was passed b by the senate providing for presumably with Mr Roosevelt's approval An interesting angle is tha that while Mr Roosevelt is anxious not notto notto notto to disturb the present budget situation situation situation sit sit- he did not stick sUck to his guns as far tar as 1937 is concerned Favor The Tho old rumor that Ray Moley has broken with tho the president is getting a fresh run now The magazine editors editor's speech ch against the tax bill started the deduction His other objections to recent new deal trends encouraged it It only helps to prove that obvious obvious obvious ob ob- ob- ob deductions arc are frequently erroneous as far as this adminIstration administration admin admin- is concerned Those closest to Mr Roosevelt say he ho talked with Moley In New NewYork NewYork NewYork York last week after the tax criticism criticism cism appeared that tho the president has invited the first and best of the brain to go out on the boat for a n week end cruise two weeks hence What seems to have happened is that Moley has decided to be a journalist instead of a politician and that Is okeh with the president dent Copyright 1936 for The Telegram