Show INSIDE E STUFF By PAUL MALLON WASHINGTON April There 18 I Imore more or less es authentic gossip among the new deal elIte about the Ity ot of changes in the cabInet Treasury Secretary Li Is supposed to harbor a secret ambition to b ambassador to Paris some day Hi treasury job ob Li is rather dun dull and will become duller He has been get ting along all right in Hi It but he does riot not appear to be having much fun It is s notable that he has left the post o of first assistant secretary vacant for an amazingly long time now That fact act has encouraged some ot of those close to him to sus- sus Changes Chang 5 In that he did Cabinet Are Arc not nol want to make a Being Forecast choice because he planned to get out at the first opportunity and desired to leave the choice to his successor Jesse Straw Straus the Paris ambassador has been in ill health and his resIgnation resignation nation is even now somewhat over over- 0 S S There also has been some inside talk about a switch involving Attorney General Cummings District Attorney Martin Conboy of at New York and Pecora or of the senate stock committee The The White House is quite well pleased with Cummings but some of the new dealers have a feeling that the administration ot of justice is no place fo for a political leader They have rio no particular incident in mind but th they think that the justice situation situa situa- tion does not exactly fit into the plc ture President Roosevelt has been trying to to paint or of deal These people have been conducting virtually an underground campaign to make Cummings the new chairman o of the Democratic national committee or governor general ot of the Philip Philip- The governor go generalshIp is the post jor which he was originally slated It is now till filled d. d S S S U It Cummings goes gocs Conboy undoubtedly undoubtedly edly t the j b.- b. He be been n nan an intimate friend of the president for lor many years ears Pecora Next That bal s w wit I t c h s. s Y District open the Attorney way for the admin to carr carry carryout out the original of making Pecora district attorn y in New York City His friends confidently expected expect expect- ed he would get et the job at the time Conboy got it At that time however he was deeply deep deep- ly involved in the senate stock market m matt r. r Now he is tree free Su Such h changes would be considered permanent reorganization corrections now that the emergency has passed They would afford a better rounded front for lor the administration for the thelong thelong long haul I S S You will see on the front pages before be be- fore long a story about the forthcoming ing marriage or of the widow ot of a nationally nationally na na- known Republican figure The bridegroom is another nationally known Republican I S S The legal divisIons in the various government departments will set up upa a cheer it at any change in the justice department Men like in the N R H A Margold In interior Frank in A A A and Oliphant in the treasury are more or less disgusted with the justice at That is the real reason why Rich Rich- berg set up the extensive legal divi sion in the N R A. A He could not get any cooperation out of the justice de- de At least he felt fell he could not The ice code situation Is what pained most The N R II A Amade Amade made to the justice department for prosecutions The department de ot of justice did not like the case and neglected to institute an any S S S The administration groups generally general general- l ly believe that Huey Long is on the way out but ap nut Drums Dreams H 11 u e C y or Of Big Ble Empire does not He is b bIn In Southland planning to branch out lii IUs paLi talk in whispers abo l dreams he still harbors arbors for a political empire such as this country countr never has se seep p. p They The grov enthusiastic when the they suggest that will he go into sIpp this tIme Senator Pat Harri son on They v- v vert ert he already has foothold the governor is friend friendly ly as well vell as tn Arkansas h he elect ed cd Hattie Texas Alabama Alabam and probably even Tennessee The They laY Eay H Huey ey has not yet d the time is ripe for going into Tennes Tenne-s see in a big way but he w il even I I They laugh h hof of off hl his New Orleans Orleans F mayoralty detent defeat They say Hue Huey had New Orleans with Hh him in any election I The administration crowd does docs not take much stock in the Long empIre possibilities but it is watching them wari S S S The Cleveland Indictments against Joe N tt O. O P. P Van n and the bank presIdent were the ones referred re re- to in the prophecy three weeks ago that three new were vere coming against a known Republican figure and two men Copyright 1934 for tor The Thc Telegram 11 |