Show Round Merry By Drew Pearson and Robert S. S Allen W WASHINGTON Harry WASHINGTON Harry Hopkins went to Britain as the personal emissary of the president president dent but ut he also had a private assignment from front Mrs Roosevelt She asked the ex-cabinet ex member to make a hand first-hand survey of the activities of English social welfare agencies both private and public pub pub- lic lie under blitz conditions Hopkins is particularly fitted to make such a study because of his many years as a New York social worker Mrs Roosevelt is very much interested in the wars war's effect on British social welfare agencies agencies agen agen- cies des and had a long discussion on the subject with the late Lord Lothian following his return from London just before his eatn also has questioned U. U S. S newsmen and others returning return return- ing lag from England Note Mrs Roosevelt has decided to break her r recent nt self imposed plan to stick closer to Washington Following the election last November November November No No- vember she made up her mind t to abandon her speaking tours But on the strong advice of friends she will resume her practice of getting out in the country feeling the pulse of public sentiment soon wi will 1 visit the midwest New A AAA A A War Brewing The agricultural adjustment administration long rocked by backstage rowing seems headed for another blow up the blow the fourth since the A AAA A A was created in 1933 Inside word is that A A Administrator Rudolph Ru Ru- dolph M. M Evans plus certain aids soon will be purged because of opposition to to Secretary Claude announced policy of ct Increasing ing f federal e aid to small underprivileged farmers LU Evans has never enthused over such a pro ro- ro gram lie He has consistently preached that the way to achieve higher commodity prices was through government loans and A AAA AA benefit payments payments-a a system that has netted handsome dividends to large commercial farm operators but has reduced few mortgages for the little fellow lellow If Evans is eased out he will follow the explosive George Peek first A AAA A A boss who departed in 1934 Chester Davis who rowed with Wallace and Howard R. R Tolley Evans Evans' immediate imme imme- diate predecessor who was shifted to the bureau bureau bu bu- bu- bu reau of agricultural e economics economic All were dated following bitter policy rows rov's over this same nie i. i issue tue Wheeler and Kennedy There Thue was a time when Senator Burt Wheeler Wheel Wheel- er then an anti Wall street crusader and Joe Kennedy newly appointed SEC SEe chairman just fresh from Wall aU street didn't think very much of or each other But that's all changed now now now- thanks to Roosevelt's militant British aid poli poll cies des which they both oppose Kennedy called on Wheeler before he made I his s radio speech on the lend-lease lend bill and spent several everal hours in earnest powwow Last week the Montanan returned the visit visit visit-at at the ex- ex ambassadors ambassador's swanky home in Palm Beach Fin Fla At Wheelers Wheeler's office there was a lot of secrecy secrecy se se- se- se crecy about the Palm Beach pilgrimage First it H was denied that the senator had left Wash Wash- ington Then it was asserted that his whereabouts whereabouts where where- whereabouts was unknown At Wheelers Wheeler's home it was as admitted he had gone to Florida but his de destination U was s-as refused on the ground that he desired a rest and did not want to be disturbed To isolationist colleagues before he departed Wheeler was very ery chipper Im going to geta get a bombshell he exulted that I think will blow this bill out of the water D Distributed by United Feature Syndicate |