| Show ROUND MERRY Clayton Plans To Quit as as Marshall Aid Aid By DREW PEARSON W WASHINGTON Will ASHI Will Clayton undersecretary o of state for economIcs economics economics eco eco- has hILS told the president that he wants wants' to resign So far T Truman uman and Secretary G George orge C. C Marshall 1 have ave persuaded persuaded persuaded per per- Clayton to remain on until September at which time his job as delegate to to the Geneva trade conference will be concluded con con- qa Claytons Clayton's tons ton's resignation n will leave William Benton the oldest executive executive executive exec exec- of the state department in years of service indicating how f fast st the turnover has been in probably the most Important de department department de- de of the entire govern govern- ment Benton has served less than two years and because of congressional criticism leveled against his liis information and propaganda service is one of of the most cont controversial oy figures in Washington None of the state department executives executives' under C Cordell rd ll Hull Huh remains In fact fac with Ith the exit of at Spruille Braden last week and the pending exit of Will Clayton there are few state department executives left who served under James F. F Byrnes If It a similar quick k turnover r of t top p men took place in the army or navy It would be considered a national scandal yet the state stated department Is to to- toda da days s of of- of pe peace ce what the army and and- navy are to times of I war Clayton the biggest cotton dealer in the world came came into inJo the Roosevelt administration as adviser to Henr Henry Wallace Walla e l in 1933 did not agree with Wallace and I later ter broke with Roosevelt He w was a heavy contributor to the Lib Liberty league which fought o Roosevelt's reelection in 1936 But Mrs Clayton announced that for every every dollar her h-er husband gave gave to defeat Roosevelt she would give an equal am amount to to reelect him Mrs Clayton is one of of those thos who now wants h her r husband husband hus hus- band to resign for reasons of he health S Regardless Regardless' of ot politics and background most people agree including this sometimes les critic that Clayton has done a conscientious conscientious conscientious con con- skillful job in the state department In this columnists columnist's columnists columnist's col col- opinion it would be a ah ahe h he healthy thing for the country country- even though not for Claytons Clayton's own own physique physique physique-if if he remained Truman's rumans Ghost Writer Writer Writer-Tm- Tru Truman's mans man's personal lawyer Clark Clifford has been getting a rough ride from White House friends sI since ce Ja a a magazine article described Cliffords Clifford's ability to disappear with a pencil stub and come back in 20 minutes with a stem winding stem winding speech ready to be delivered by the president General Harry Vaughan Chifford's Clifford's Cliffords Clif fords ford's chief heckler tells teUs him he should at least try to live Jive up to the magazines magazine's glowing deScription description tio tion Your actions around here certainly certainly certainly belie wh what t you told that magazine W writer iter about yourself Clark Truman's military aide said the other day You told iUS us recently that it took you all allday allday allday day and all all' night to finish a speech but this ar article Icle says that you are a minute 20 manFrom manFrom manFrom man From what I observe its it's very difficult to get a speech out of you under any circum circum- stances But you really should not contradict yourself in print Clark One of these days the president may want a speech draft produced in twenty min mm- utes Then where will you be Power Lobby Revives The trust power lobby which kept in the background during Roosevelt's Roosevelt's Roosevelt's Roose Roose- velt's day is now busy as a pack of ot bird dogs all over C Capitol pitol Hill Its It's not unusual for the power boys to have half a. a a dozen bills scattered through several committees of congress Recently two significant pow pow- lobby er-lobby bills popped up in the house interstate commerce committee committee com corn introduced by Connecticut's Connect Connect- cuts cut's Republican William Wllliam J. J Miller If passed the bills would hamstring the federal power commission restore to the power companies the same halcyon days they enjoyed under Coolidge Cool- Cool idge idge Hoover Hoover A small army of f power comp company com corn p pany ny vice presidents presidents from from Montana Montana Montana Mon Mon- tana to to Georgia trekked to Washington to testify In in support support support sup sup- port of Millers Miller's two bills Obviously Obviously Obviously Ob- Ob it was no accident that thata a a. congressman from Connecticut Connecticut cut introduced these carefully written documents ts with Ith utility support immediately springing up from coast to o coast o zt Embarrassing Bradley Senat Senator Senator Sen Sen- at ator r Robert A A. Taft tried to trip Veterans Administrator General Omar Bradley during a 8 closed session of the senate labor committee on on new benefits for veterans Bra Bradley was in the embarrassing position of ot owing loyalty to the v veterans who want benefits and also to the administration which has to fo hold down veterans expenses How do you square these ve veterans veterans' erans' erans benefits with the pres presidents president's PIes PIes- xea- xea ident's state of the union message message mes mes- sage aage 1 Taft asked ked having in mind Truman's statement that there was no need for additional veterans legislation But before Bradley could answer answer an an- Oregon's Senator Wayne Morse More saved himI himI himI him I would be perfectly willing will will- ink ing he said to to run the risk of a veto on this bill Copyright 1917 1947 Bell Syndicate |
