| Show Round Merry By DREW PEARSON and nd ROBERT ALLEN Trade Mark V WASHINGTON The WASHINGTON The directors of the U. U S. S Chamber of Commerce pulled a fast one last week on Uncle Dan Roper The secretary of commerce after some en energetic energetic en- en wire pulling finally wangled an invitation invitation invitation tation to address the convention despite the original original inal plan of the directors not to invite a New Deal spokesman Roper devoted much time and labor to his speech As finally drafted his big feature was wasa a ten-point ten program by means of which business business business busi busi- ness men could aid in solving the unemployment unemployment ment problem The formula was to be Ropers Roper's answer answer to the chambers chamber's challenge that the administration administration administration ad ad- ministration tell industry how it could reemploy more men S No 1 plank in Rop Ropers Roper's rs r's program was a proposal proposal proposal pro pro- that business men themselves make a thorough survey of industry for the purpose of exploring the possibilities of adding men to payrolls Such a study Ropers Roper's manuscript de declared declared de- de dared would be a great deal more valuable than a mere head count of the unemployed by the government government-as as demanded by business Roper planned to spring I this this proposal as a surprise But he made one serious slip Several days before he was to make this speech he sent an advance copy copy- to the chamber chamber cham thorn ber bigwigs When they spotted hi his proposal they got excited They did not relish being put in th the thc spot where they would either have to follow his advice or be charged charge l with turning turning turning turn turn- ing down a reasonable suggestion for the solution solution solution tion of the unemployment problem To get out of this dilemma the chamber master minds decided to jump the gun on Uncle Dan The night before he made his speech the directors with a great fanfare of ballyhoo announced that the chamber would launch a nationwide survey of reemployment This was precisely the proposal Roper planned for the next day Note Note Although Although privately deeply chagrined by this maneuver Roper took the thumping in silence He stuck to the original text of his speech and put forth his proposal just as if the chamber never had heard of it before v Wife to The dignity surrounding a senate seat does not prevent Mrs Huey Long from sending wifely advice to the women of Louisiana Recently she received a complaint from a negro woman Mrs Jennie Manueal of New Orleans stating that her husband was receiving receiving receiving ing only half pay on a W P A project Mrs Long Investigated found that Manucal Manueal w ws s receiving his pay in full Then her w wifely ely instincts came into play She wrote a letter Jetter to Jennie saying The records show how that from November 21 21 1935 1035 until until un un- un- un til March 27 1936 your our husband received ten checks each for the full amount to which he S was was entitled What you had better do is is' check up and andee andee pee ee how your husband is spending the money he does get from the government United Opposition The night before the final linal reading of the theta tax tac bill biU in jn the house the Republicans Republicans' held a secret caucus Afterward Republican Floor Leader Bertrand ertrand Snell told newspaper men Boys Bays w we decided on a a united opposition to this iniquitous bill bilI There will be plenty of fireworks tomorrow But when the last reading of the tax measure measure mea mea- sure began ne next t day there were only ten Republicans Republicans Re Re- publicans in their seats The fighting united opposition promised by ie militant Mr Snell simmered down to the meaningless gesture of ofa a m motion tion to recommit the bill to committee Even on this hil no attempt was made to stage a battle Real lowdown on the Republican caucus was this Little time was devoted to the tax bill Most of it was spent listening to Representative tive John Taber and Robert L. L Ba Bacon on of ot New NewYork NewYork York repeat what Harry Hopkins had told the appropriations committee in confidence ab about ut relief expenditures and arid administration New Jersey Relief What is worrying New Deal executives about the relief strike in New Jersey is the possibility that it may spread to other parts of the U. U S. S A. A Th The example of relief workers putting their feet on the desks of legislators is disconcerting even to senators and congressmen who b be believe be- be lieve in th the legislative system oL of the United States Some of them were here not so very long when the bonus bonu army occupied th the mud flats along the banks of the Potomac and re required required required re- re General Douglas MacArthur then chief of staff to lift the drawbridges across the river to prevent an invasion of the District of Co Co- Co- Co lumbia Senator Harry Moore twice governor of New Jersey claims that Governor Hoffman of New Jersey is dodging the issue He could have cleared out the legislative chamber is is no time without using any force torce says saya the ex Governor Hoffman could have offered them the armory next door where there are beds and blankets and a place to cook But instead he has let them desecrate the halls of the legislature has made the people of New Jersey ashamed of their state state one one of the original thirteen colonies Its dangerous business concluded ex- ex Governor Harry Moore 1936 0 b tog d Syndicate ate te Inc I |
