Show Round Merry-Go-Round i By DREW PEARSON and ROBERT S. S ALLEN WASHINGTON Ambassador Bill Bullitt most versatile and volatile of all Roosevelt's diplomats pr probably bably will stump the country campaigning campaigning campaigning cam cam- for national unity and urging American Ameri Ameri- can support for Great Britain His tour will be divorced from the new deal I and he will not return to hi his embassy in France Many of the men around Roosevelt now are far ahead of him in ia proposing aid to Britain and some of them may cooperate with Bullitt in this movement Some are definitely critical of the president though Bullitt is not They feel that Roosevelt has been holding back and that the country is ready to go much further than he lie Note Note Note-Bullitt Bullitt received letters and telegrams telegrams telegrams tele tele- grams after his address warning the nation that the United States faced immediate invasion from Hitler if England failed Only about 10 of the letters were critical Defense Commission Up Blow If It certain legislative and administrative snarls in the defense program arent aren't cleared up quickly there is going to be a up blow-up in the defense commission that will knock a dent in inthe inthe inthe the Roosevelt administration Some fast footwork footwork footwork foot foot- foot work and placating White House palaver has has' kept the explosive situation under cover covel so far but it is very serious Inside fact is that William Knudsen who gave up a a a year General Motors job to become defense production chief is getting restive over the delays he is encountering He has made no threats but he has also made it clear that unless he gets a action tion he does not in intend intend intend in- in tend to continue in a position where he could be bl blamed med for lack of production A plain operations man as he describes himself Knudsen worked out opt a schedule of production production production pro pro- for tanks guns planes armor plate and other vital essentials for defense But these plans partly because of tax delays partly because because be be- cau cause e of business sit-downs sit have encountered repeated obstructions For example Knudsen was first told that the amortization problem which has held up the construction of several new defense plants would be handled in congress in a separate bill But at the last minute treasury tax experts objected objected ob ob- ob- ob to tot this and insisted that the matter be included in t the excess war profits tax bill Next Knudsen was assured by congressional leaders that the tax bill would be passed by August August Au Au- gust 17 But first the Republicans recessed to attend the Willkie acceptance ceremonies at Elwood and then last week on the v verge rge of finally reporting out a bill the house ways and means committee got into a brawl and the legislation legislation leg leg- was postponed again R F C Loan Delays While this dilly dallying was going on at capitol hill Knudsen was having other d difficulties difficulties ties with Federal Loan Administrator Jesse Jones The R F C was given wide powers by congress congress congress con con- gress several months ago to make loans to industry industry industry indus indus- try for defense purposes But when Knudsen submitted a list of plant expansions that needed financing Jones balked He objected on the ground that third one of the output of the plants would go to fill British British Brit Brit- ish war orders Knudsen pointed out that this was not impairing U. U S. S preparedness but on the contrary was providing the country with vital productive capacity at the expense of the British Still Jones despite the presidents president's policy of extending every assistance to the British didn't like the idea of lending U U. S. S government money to aid factory expansion on for the British Note Much of the tax delay in congress is the result of business opposition to any real tax program and some of Knudsens Knudsen's advisers are strongly with them on that However Knudsen Knudsen Knudsen Knud Knud- sen personally is not Farley and Italians Jim Farley continued working for Roosevelt right up until his resignation as chairman of the Democratic national committee One of the thelast thelast thelast last things he did was to ask Tommy dAlesandro dro congressman from Baltimore to visit the Italian districts in the big cities and campaign for Roosevelt Congressman dAlesandro has six children of whom the fifth filth is named Franklin Delano Roosevelt d' d dAlesandro Alesandro and he is just as ardent a rooter for the president as the name implies Farley also asked Senator Tydings of Maryland Maryland Maryland Mary Mary- land against whom Roosevelt once waged a vigorous primary campaign to make some speeches for the president Tydings said he would be too busy However he is not bolting to Willkie I Distributed by United Feature Syndicate f |