Show I INSIDE L STUFF t I n By PAUL MALLON WASHINGTON March 2 Mr Jop Is developing into a No 1 Ml trill balloonist cli adroitness dr as he has shown gently Uy in p has been ST from fo the White H House me since T Jeff L IL devised de the methI meth meth- t putting up unofficial l balloons ch way the public wind I He did it so so shrewdly ton c ld connect him with it Il lt-he lt h he v found out out out- how ho the public 11 Ue then decided officially what o fo eta at is exactly Roosevelt oia on the e communications Issue 1 d e Wi etl sent to o o congress some ago io a i report a from Irom his iM com corn investigating commis 1 slon aba House Honie It Jt offered t ree courses of irit dt dare re in connection with Nith radio tele- tele and aph systems system a aNo No NoD I O b D i government reg reg- I aId 1 d c government owner owner- de no official no official comment but bu Vh ft l ped around the word Jf bt the second course course I ge r regulation He t b o nd in the winds p pubic opinion for for several w weeks ks 1 Won developed ed AU All the I and orphans who own A A. A T T. rI ck wrote protesting letters t to Congress It b lt Came evident Roose ld abl able Put Ut hi communications Idea over over a elon e sion of congress congress- ft he changed his idea an I mc gl 10 to o congress t c C m m. n simple legislation c fisting exIstIng communications con ton ol 4 1 t looks as If It backed he-backed down com jt j on Pue Pae Two 4 I INSIDE STUFF ST I Continued from Irom Pare Page One Iy but he did not If he can get I congress to set up the new commission commis don sion now he will wUl recommend next year that powers for lor federal regulation regula rei tion lIon be amplified along the line he desires He will get what he can now without a fight J ht and wait for tor the rest S A magazine writer iter came to town tOn recently to dig di for fOk- an an anar article ar ar- on General He asked a aIA IA v 0 n newsman ne wm n to take Writer his Gets him around to see seea ee e a Realistic Johnson He Re did Interview not want an ordinary ordinary ordinary nary interview He see Johnson at his best and asked how to go about it They cooked up a scheme whereby the magazine writer would tell Johnson John son on that the thi N R H A was wu hooey hocey that it was n not t working et etc and see how he reacted The magazine magazine writer was Wa delighted with the idea Ides He lit into the N R A expecting Johnson to hear him through The general interrupted after alter the second sentence with a terrific e explosion ex cx- rodents and dead cats burst from his lips Up faster than the them m magazine could take them down He Ho shook his finger In Inthe Inthe Inthe the writers writer's face tace saying You ba ba- bias blest bicsi time and again It was wa-s probably the best Interview v Johnson ever gave p. p Another yarn about bout Johnson 1 is the theone theone theone one concerning the N R It A railroad I letter Railway executives received a let let- ter from the N R H A signed by Johnson John son stating they should come under undera a code It has always been the i intention ten tion Uon of the administration to handle the roads road separately outside the code system tso so 10 the executives were alarmed Newsmen were tipped lipped of off about the letter and went to Johnson He sha sharply sharp sharp- ly denied he had bad written it and went again alain The The- explanation offered d on the Inside Inside In In- side is that some lome underling wrote rote the letter and signed Johnson Johnsons name |