Show I J NEWS BEHIND mH H I N D THE NEWS rS 1 p Written for The e Te Telegram r m By R Ray Tucker o WASHINGTON The The president has finally finlly discovered a method of placating liberals sympathetic to Spanish loyalists and the Chinese Chinese Chinese Chi Chi- nese government without violating the called so-called neutrality act But Buthe Buthe Buthe he had to take to the air to do it like like a smart quarterback Mr Roosevelt hinted that the government might revoke the licenses of American aviators who flew against established governments governments govern govern- ments meats and for revolutionists in inthe inthe inthe the field He was shoved into that utterance by almost daily protests of the Spanish ambassador dor at Washington Now it so happens that we still recognize the loyalist government and there there- for an American has every right to enroll under the Madrid ban ban- ner ner Likewise our fliers can enlist enlist enlist en en- list on the side of China China another another recognized recognised government without government without endangering their amateur status here Fighting Tokyo borders on ona ona ona a violation but the line is shadowy from both a legal and military standpoint t Both army and navy secretly encourage American a aviators aviators' v i a tor s seeking adventure and adventure and big money in in foreign wars and revolutions Besides acquiring secret stuff on other nations' nations aerial strength our heavier than air fliers gather experience which would make them excellent reinforcements should the United States become involved involved always always a possibility Senator Claude Pepper of FlorIda Florida Florida Flor Flor- ida has discovered that the price of a White House blessing comes high In return for presidential support rt in his recent primary battie battle battle bat bat- tle tie he is supposed to lie He down and roll over like a well trained political political political po po- po- po dog When he re returned to the capItal capital capital cap cap- ital after the primary unpleasantness unpleasant unpleasant- ness he thought that he sensed a rather patronizing attitude He was given the distinct impression that the White House not he had been the victor Then he submitted submitted submitted sub sub- two requests 1 that the president force the house rivers and harbors committee to move the ship canal question toward floor debate 2 that his former law partner be given the new Florida judgeship On both counts he got flattering assurances But no move has been made to force the t ship hip canal measure toward a vote despite promises from F. 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R down to Messenger Latta And when Attorney General General General Gen Gen- eral Cummings submitted his recommendations for the judgeship judgeship judge- judge ship the Pepper ranked eleventh out of 11 starters Nor did it calm the senatorial wrath when there came to his ears Secretary Earlys Early's remark Here we put Pepper over oven in a tough fi fight t and now ow h he thinks hinks he owns us l Vice President Garners Garner's friends insist that they detect vague signs that he is preening himself himself himself him him- self for the the 1940 presidential nomination During a discussion of the wage-hour wage bill in the senate restaurant restaurant restaurant res res- res- res a northern senator shook his finger at the v. v p. p and said The trouble is that you southerners southerners southerners south south- erners Jack immediately interrupted and aid there was no smile on his lips Listen he said I J am not a southerner Ilive Ilive I Ilive live miles west of Chicago and I am a westerner Get that straight Note Principal Note Principal objection to the Garner candidacy has been that you cant can't elect a southern er en to the White House The normally canny John L. L Lewis spoke without thinking twice when he he denounced the presidents president's proposed investigation tion of the operation of the British British Brit Brit- ish trades union act The CIO C I 0 chieftain appears to have lost some of his stuff since his political po b- b repulses in Pennsylvania and Iowa where he backed Otha Mr Lewis assumed that the White House would seek foreign evidence for revision of the national national national na na- labor relations act and board which favor his organization tion as against William Greens Green's A F L. L Therefore the coal miner hit out with rights and lefts he doesn't want his C I 10 O 0 annex as Mr Green calls it changed in any respect What John L. L did not know is that Mr Roosevelt's inquiry will turn up data de designed designed designed de- de signed to discredit the British system demonstrate that it would not work in the U. U S. S A. A and to to uphold every comma of the Wagner act Its It's a fishing expedition but they're gonna catch the right kind of fish Perhaps the biggest one they will hook hook or or have hooked already al al- al- al ready ready ready-is is Mr Lewis himself His hasty utterance has hurt him with the administration and with his own people And there are signs that the president is growing growing grow grow- ing big restless over his erstwhile alliance with the disturber of the industrial peace Copyright 1938 for The Telegram I |