Show NEWS E W S B BEHIND E H I N D THE NEWS NEW 5 S By Ray Tucker Telegrams Telegram's Washington Columnist W WASHINGTON The The ASHINGTON The new deal dealis is now intern international The dispatch dispatch dispatch dis dis- dis- dis patch of such men as John G. G Winant Harry Hopkins and Ben Cohen to te the Court of St. St James reveals F D DRs DR's R's Rs desire to Impose and impress his social and economic economic economic eco eco- ideals on the British em em- pire Wendell L. L Willkie discussed the question with Winston Churchill Dont you realize asked the presidents president's erstwhile opponent that men like Winant and Hopkins have been sent over here solely to your people I do replied Mr Churchill but as long as the United States supplies us with the weapons to defeat Hitler Hit Hit- l ler lr r I dont don't care Then Mr Willkie elaborated on the significance of the assignment assignment assign assign- ment to London of Mr Winant our first social security chairman chairman chairman chair chair- man and a champion of international international international labor of Mr Hopkins Americas America's most publicized social welfare worker and of Mr Cohen Cohen Co Co- hen economic apostle of the new deal These three Mr Winkle W VI i 1 II 1 k i e suggested to the prime minister were sent to London to awaken and sharpen the class consciousness conscious conscious- ness of the working men and women in Britain Mr Air Churchill Church Church- ill said that he knew the backgrounds backgrounds backgrounds back back- grounds of Winant Hopkins and Cohen and also their flair for arousing the proletariat But he said that he was willing to waive his suspicions of their radicalism provided they persuade Mr S Roosevelt to furnish out all-out aid to Britain Mr Willkie has described his foreign trip in private and public public pub pub- lic lie conversations down to the thelast thelast thelast last detail He has told what the king and Churchill said to him and what he said to them Bu But But- Buton on one subject he has been silent silent namely namely his conference conference confer confer- ence with Premier de Valera of Eire It is assumed that Ireland Ireland Ireland Ire Ire- land intends to stay out of the conflict and to preserve her neutrality neutrality neutrality neu neu- as long as conditions per per- mit Despite the approach of war by sea and air Ireland Intends intends intends in in- tends to keep her skirts clean if possible That is understood to tobe tobe tobe be the message which de Valera told Mr Willkie to carry to Prime Minister Churchill and President Roosevelt President Roosevelt's domination domination domination domina domina- tion of the supreme court through the appointment of five members has been highlighted sharply But a survey of the changes in the federal circuit and ad district courts reveals that the new deal has achieved a complete complete complete com com- conquest of the federal ju ju- ju- ju Although the figures are di dif difficult difficult dif dif- to obtain it is estimated that F D R It has remade more than half of the lower federal courts The new jurists are comparative youngsters who will serve for twenty or thirty years to come No matter who succeeds F D DR R Rin in the White House Mr Roosevelt Roosevelt Roosevelt Roose Roose- velt will continue long to command command command com com- mand one of the most important branches of the government Appointment of the extremely liberal Jerome N. N Frank Fank S SEC E C chairman to the circuit court of appeals New York Illustrates S the judicial point Next to the supreme court that is the most important bench in the United States Two sitting members are scheduled for retirement soon S and then like the supreme court it will become a White House an- an flex nex When John L. L Lewis returns to Washington after his rest in Florida he will deposit a problem problem lem on the doorstep of the White WhiteHouse WhiteHouse WhiteHouse House and the Knudsen-Hillman Knudsen office of production management He will insist that they back his program for scale large-scale construction construction construction con con- of prefabricated ho houses ses sesto to shelter defense workers r 1 Nobody disputes Lewis' Lewis sincerity sincerity sincerity sincer sincer- ity in fighting for cheap houses for the American working man Nobody disputes the need for homes which can be erected quickly and inexpensively It will be difficult for the White WhiteHouse WhiteHouse Whitehouse House or the O a P M 1 to turn him down Advance notices say that he will inform President Roosevelt Roosevelt Roosevelt Roose Roose- velt and William S. S Knudsen that he can produce the men and materials for these flung far-flung projects But here is the catch The factories factories fac Lac- tories which will produce the prefab houses are C I organ O-organ- whereas present-day present building building building build build- ing trades are tied up with the American Federation of Labor Former Attorney General Homer Cummings recently argued argued argued ar ar- ar- ar gued his first case before the revamped supreme court since he won the gold devaluation case for F D R. R His appearance and recollections of the great legal services he performed for the new deal sparked this anecdote anecdote anecdote dote When s several e eve v e r a 1 nationally known artists painted murals in the department of justice during during during dur dur- ing Mr Cummings' Cummings regime they pictured him as he addressed the court in the gold case It was then an extremely new anti-new deal tribunal and the artists being very Roosevelt pro-Roosevelt showed their views by painting Mr Cummings with his back turned to the justices justices justices jus jus- jus- jus tices as he presented his successful successful successful success success- ful argument Now that the court has been transformed into a new deal agency it has been suggested that the mural b be retouched so I as to make Homer look Jook the judges I in iii the face j Copyright Copyright 1911 1941 McClure Syndicate |