| Show INSIDE STUFF By PAUL MALLON 1 WASHINGTON Feb 24 To 24 To all outward appearances the new deal stIll till looks the same but on the inside it is significantly different from what It t was three six or nine months ago Its inner character has changed The old group does docs not hang around the ic White House The inner circle has been tightened BraIn Trust until it Jt seems alIs als al al- Is s Getting most nonexistent Less Leas Evident Its influence on policies is js only now ow beginning to be apparent but it will vill be more and more obvious before be be- fore long The professorial influence is Js wanIng wan wan- ing ng for one thing The brain trust has las been virtually dissolved It is isa isnow isow now ow a collection of or one-man one bands each ach playing a different tune on his own wn individual piccolo Professor Tugwell is still in office olice but ut le less and less in evidence around the he White House Mr Roosevelt's main farm consul consultant nt appears to be Agriculture Secretary Wallace who works with but not for Tugwell Professor ProCessor Warren is prowling around round on a silver price policy but buthis buthis buts his s new position seems to be that of or confidential friend to President Roosevelt Roose and Secretary rather than that of money policy di- di rector ector i f-i Professor Moley Is Js busy running a magazine He slips down to Washington Wash Wash- ington quietly about once a week enering entering en en- t ring ering the White House through the residential door His n name me does not get et into the newspapers He is stilla still stUl a leading adviser but in an all indirect sort ort of way There are arc dozens of other college professors still running around town but ut they are doing odd jobs S Treasury Secretary is is not ot only the No 1 adviser but appears ap ap- pears ears to be also Nos 2 and 3 No one else sits on Mr Roosevelt's knee any more The right hand man Louis Howe Is taking a rest at h his home He has done no advising I recently and pro I Is Closest to ably will vill not for tor Roosevelt some time He was wasa a philosopher with witha a sense of humor who did much to smooth off the rough edges around the White House The wa way things are working out now backstage Mr Roosevelt is a rather lonel lonely judge and jury for his cosmopolitan crew of workers They come trooping In to him every f few w minutes of the day trying to get him to lo do this or that about the particular Subject on which on-which which they are working They pull wires to get certain policies Other workers pull wires to stop them The wires frequently become become be be- come entangled That situation Is illustrated by the condition of the liberals As they approach the first anniversary anniversary sary of oC the new deal March 4 they note that they have virtually driven the conservatives off the White House lawn Gone is js T Treasury Secretary Woodin Going and nearly gone is George Peek Peck The only conservative iwho who has been able to lo evade the liberal liberal lib lib lib- eral lawnmower is Jesse Jones While in possession of the the field liberals are unable to r reap p the fruits of ot their victory They have split mildly into factions which are arc not harmonious That is natural To be bea a liberal a man must be an objector When there are no conservatives to object to the liberals must object to each other At any rate all of them appear tobe to toe he be e on the outside looking into the White House Howe rather than on the inside inside in in- side looking out 0 S Their main field of activity so far farlas has las been the A A A but they have not ot been very ery active lately Some say it is because congress is js in ses ses- slon sion and the A A A boys bos want to avoid any new policies until Mr Roosevelt can get congress off his and their neck General Johnson has been in and out of the good graces of the White Whit WhiteHouse H House o 0 u use S e several 4 R It A Program times At present Is la BIg BIg- Puzzle he is in ver very very To ro President good Mr Roosevelt Roosevelt Roosevelt Roose Roose- velt trusts him Im Jm As one of his friends said recently If Johnson Is not sincere he lie is the best actor who ever inhabited inhabited in in- habited the earth He and Mr Roosevelt apparently have not decided what they are going go ing to do with the N R A A. That is why the two big meetings are to be beheld beheld beheld held here shortly They wisely set the field day for criticism before the assembly of or business men so they will find out how far they dare to go Johnson has given business men men good representation in the N R A and keeps a halter on the few liberals there It is strictly a Johnson outfit being neither liberal nor conservative conserva conserva- tive All these new dealers have ho been working much too loo hard within the past pait year From the White House on down they are arc getting ju just t a little touchy and about small things I Mr Roosevelt looks well At least his smiting smiling pleasant mask has not cracked Yet those who see him intermittently in ln at 60 and day 90 periods have noticed that his tremendous labors la Ia- bors of the past year have haye aged him Look at a 3 photograph of ot him at the inauguration and compare it with his latest you OU will see the difference NOTES Everyone Everone seems to have fooled everyone else in conn connection with the bonu bonuses es Most fooled next to the experts ex cx- were the bonus leaders Patman Pat Pat- Patman man and Rankin P Patman did not sign the appeal for fot a vote until the thelast thelast thelast last moment and Rankin did not nol sign at alL War department insiders believe the Japanese Russo-Japanese hostilities will vill be delayed until late spring They disagree dis agree with the diplomatic insiders who say the shooting will start within with with- in two months Take your our pick Edward F. F Hutton Button the wealthy I broker has sounded out government officials privately on the idea of handing hand hand- ing his German built yacht acht over to the navy for training purposes lIe He had complained to friends about the high domestic taxes Before he brought the yacht Into into Miami he paid duty on her Speaker Rainey has a way of or giving ing the cold shoulder to house Democrats Democrats Demo Demo- who vote against the president He them in the hall with without ut speaking to them When M Mr dr Garner was aker he buttonholed them and raised Cain Copyright 1934 for o the Telegram |
