| Show 1 NEWS BEHIND mEHIN THE NEWS w Written e f for The Telegram eeg By y Ray Tucker WASHINGTON WASHINGTON WASHINGTON-Washington Washington Is chuckling over the prize political I story of the 1938 campaign It concerns a rather distinguished American whose weakness for the I bottle probably cost him a warm seat in congress Running as an anti new dealer against an incumbent the chances for victory looked bright in the early days I of his campaign He hired a well known Washingtonian Washingto- Washingto nian as a combined campaign manager and publicity man and they were making a definite dentin dentin dent dentin in their opponents opponent's grip on the district But one night while inebriated the candidate failed to recognize the principal contributor contributor con con- contributor to his campaign chest When his manager manag r tried to pass off the incident by suggesting that the old boy was kidding the latter arose from his hotel sofa a and d drove both of them from his room Never Nevel saw you before he hiccupped hiccupped hiccupped cupped and never want to see you ag again in The publicity man and the contributor r haven't stopped running yet But their would-be would congressman has In setting up the new communications communications division in charge of Thomas Burke Cordell Hull HuU has hab served notice on practical al business businessmen businessmen men that developing their markets at home and abroad is a state department department department de de- de- de concern second only to his moves t to prevent a world war Mr Hull HuH means and means and talks talks talks-busl- busi business ness in t this is project So does Mr Burke For four years the latter has been eminently successful in persuading persuading persuading per per- 38 industries that Uncle Sam wanted to cooperate with them rather than crack down on them As head of the specialties division of the commerce department department department depart art ment he shocked some of his comI com corn I rades by convincing domestic and foreign industrialists especially South American interests that interests that the government was working for them and not against them Tall TaU handsome likable energetic and married to a woman whose family has long been influential in South American affairs he commanded the interest of state bent on building up foreign and domestic trade Business men know that they can talk to Tom Burke Burke and and that he will understand their language As a newspaper man world traveler traveler trav tray eler soldier industrial contact man and research expert here and abroad he ought to improve relationships between government and business in his new post But the most significant aspect of his appointment is that it reveals Mr Hulls Hull's determination to recapture world markets if possible You cant can't help liking this man Henry Wallace Wallace the the shy studious haired black-haired boyish secretary of agriculture With his new A A A facing a up crack-up because of low farm prices tremendous tremendous' surpluses of major crops and the gradual loss of foreign markets he should bethe be bethe bethe the most dejected and disillusioned man at the capital But his chin still juts out Recently an A A A alumnus now occupying a more important post had lunch with Henry Hank he said I I imagine imagine im im- Im- Im agine youve you've got more trouble and worries than any other guy in Washington No grinned Hank Youre all wrong Things are upset upset dif dif difficult and and everything is churn churn- ing It looks bad Ill I'll admit But Ive I've come to the conclusion that its it's foolish to worry Its It's in times like these that you can get people to think think and and to a act t. t In tim times like 9 these you progress you progress you move forward forward for for- forward ward to something better Its It's a alot alot alot lot better than standing still When you realize that a farm collapse may undermine the Roosevelt administration and jeopardize Mr Wallaces Wallace's chances for a presidential nomination in 1940 Henrys Henry's Henrys Henry's stoicism ought to merit him a congressional medal of honor Jim Farley hasn't talked much since he returned to the capital from his Alaskan trip but he doesn't have to say anything Heis He Heis Heis is not happy over the political politic l on goings-on during his absence absence- namely the Hopkins Corcoran purge Jim never was a new dialer dealer socially economically cally His job was to elect elec and reelect Franklin D. D Roosevelt Roosevelt- and he did it in a style to set new records In the effort however he had the loyal help of many of the senators and congressmen now singled out for White us Eo House slaughter The only purge for which he has any sympathy is that directed against Senator Tydings Tydings Tydings ings of Maryland and personal as well as political reasons motivate motivate motivate moti moti- vate him there Mrs Tydings once sn snubbed Mrs Farley and Farley-and and the loyal Jim wont won't stand for that Jim and Franklin may break soon and again they may not But F. F D. D Rs R.'s hearkening to Hopkins Corcoran and Jimmie Roosevelt imposes a severe se severe severe se- se vere strain on the hitherto friendly friendly friend friend- ly r relationship between the Democratic Democratic Democratic Demo Demo- cratic national chairman and the theman theman theman man in the White House They dont don't talk the same Democratic language any more F. F D. D R R. Raches aches to smash all art party lines and that's the last thing that Jim wants Copyright 1938 for The Telegram |
