| Show al THE TIlE DAILY NEW YORK F. F I Fina Financial J Whirligig ir I Written n for lor The n Telegram J By JAMES lES McMULLIN NEW YORK YORK New New York conservatives have bave played their ace Now they're waiting to see whether it will be trumped Colonel Lindbergh's entry into the airmail controversy was sudden but the groundwork behind it was not For months he has been privately regarded by a select group of local tuners big big as their best best and and perhaps only only only- hope of starting a backfire of public opinion against the New Deal Those who should know say several hints have been delicately conveyed to the colonel in inthe inthe inthe the past year that his position on matters of national policy would be interesting to the pub pub- lic Up to now Lindbergh has been deaf to such overtures quietly overtures quietly but firmly maintaining that aviation was his business and his comments on other topics would be irrelevant Then came the airmail blowup and blowup and it wasn't hard to convince convince con con- vince the Lone Eagle where his duty lay This doesn't imply even remotely that Lindbergh Lind Lind- bergh sold out to the bankers But his closest cbs clos est cst contacts of recent years have been conservative conservative conserva conserva- tive and naturally he has absorbed their view view- point From the Broad and dj Wall streets street angle angleat it at was a sweet break that raised an art issue on which he was willing to speak How They Will Vill Use Him Local leaders intend to use Lindbergh perhaps Lindbergh perhaps without his knowledge or consent consent consent-as as a spearhead for a fresh attempt to-mobilize to public sentiment against the Roosevelt Roosevelt Roose velt revolution Word will vill be passed to agents all over the country to start talking about Lindbergh's Lindbergh's Lindbergh's Lind Lind- berghs bergh's keynote an keynote an appeal for fair play on behalf of established institutions under attack The airmail contracts are arc a minor matter to these conservative generals They wanted a psychological symbol to combat psychology and think they've found it Some of them are so cocky as to predict that the tide will turn steadily from now on Neutral Neutral Neutral Neu Neu- observers doubt that even Lindbergh's popularity popularity popularity pop pop- can achieve such a miracle One thing is certain the certain the colonels colonel's name will be used freely from now on whether he likes it or not What hat Aviation Is Thinking About Local aviation circles are sitting tight and keeping their fingers crossed Legal action in defense of their contracts is not their shining hope They have no hope of getting their subsidies back on any such lavish scale as before They do expect expect if if they behave a behave a sufficient concession concession conces conces- sion of federal aid to enable them to survive This will probably take the form of a direct federal grant not grant not a mail subsidy subsidy to to enable the transport lines to break even but not to show a profit unless they improve operating efficiency Insiders say that any such step will willbe willbe willbe be postponed until the managements of certain offending companies are thoroughly reno reno- New York gets word from excellent sources that Postmaster General Farley was opposed d to such a sweeping abrogation of the contracts but that his recommendations were brushed aside Oil Case Vital to New Deal The Texas oil decision favoring intrastate producers against the federal authorities authorities' confirmed confirmed confirmed con con- firmed the prediction in this column some weeks ago The case will be rushed to the supreme court and is due to ge get there within ten days If the decision is upheld it wrecks the legality legality legal legal- ity of a large group of recovery measures but even staunch New York conservatives anticipate anticipate anticipate antici antici- pate a reversal It will be a more important New Deal test than the Minnesota mortgage case C Sidney Hillmans Hillman's Amalgamated Clothing Workers Workers rated rated a a. a radical union union has has gained in prestige and influence as a result of joining the Federation of Labor The unions union's organizers now get th the cooperation m of conservative labor officials wherever they go They used to get nothing but suspicion The Amalgamated had added about new members as a result of an organizing campaign campaign campaign cam cam- before its s affiliation with the A. 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L Since then it has made further important ress It is likely to develop into one of ot the most important labor organizations in the country country country coun coun- try and its influence will ill bear watching Tammany's Collapse Near The remnants of Tammany Boss Currys Curry's upstate upstate upstate up up- state supporters are gradually being weaned aw away y by the Farley Fancy wing of the party Deft use of patronage won over the of Albany Now overtures have been privately made to Lieutenant Governor Bray last Bray last survivor survivor survivor sur sur- of of Currys Curry's upstate hopefuls ls The isolation of Tammany is 15 now virtually complete and the fortress will fall before long If f Tammany T survives at all as a political entity 1 it will be as a bush league ou outfit it taking orders like every everybody ody else The Copeland battle may supply the oxygen to keep it alive for a while but the thc end is inevitable Result The Democratic state chairman to succeed Jim Farley Fancy will come from upstate and the 1936 New York Democratic delegation will willbe willbe be in m the bag for Roosevelt Copyright 1931 Mcclur Syndicate 4 |
