| Show f r INSIDE STUFF I. I By rA PAUL MALLON WASHINGTON May 7 The White House Houe and the senate leaders turned so much inside heat on the boys in the senate Garner Plays that the passage of Shrewd Role the administration i on Tariff Bill tariff bill is now nowa 1 a matter of course t l Much or of the shrewd backstage r leading leadin job was done b by Vice President dent Garner Vice presidents never attend secret party arty meetings of senators but Gar Gar- ncr ner attended the Democratic tariff caucus am and what is more unusual he made a speech Garner knows ho how to handle congressmen con con- gressmen from long experience in inthe inthe the house He talked political turkey to the boys and may have been the theOne theone one who figured out the idea of using the years within scare to I bring them around It sounds like him 4 a Old timers say they have rarely f seen leen such strong inner pressure from 0 above at at least not since the new deal started As a result the Democratic lead Continued on PAle Isse Tw INSIDE STUFF Continued from Pu Page One ers MC are asserting there will be no nomore moro more than one Democratic vote vole lost Huey Hucy Long LonC Their estimate Js Is too optimistic They will lose five to eight votes but that is not enough to make any difference The bill Is certain to pass and probably with out major restrictions The restriction made In the caucus was purely a sop to the con consciences o of wayward senators It requires only that the presIdent have a hearing before be be- fore he acts he c cn n have it open or closed perfunctory or real When Roosevelt gets the bill passed he should hould send to Garner Floor Leader Robinson et t aLThey al alThey They told hIm at first it could not be done a a a arho Tho rho flyweight champion ot of con con- gres c Senator Carter Glass is going to get Do a stepladder and climb up on Huey Long one of oC uey's these theoe days Too Much for tor T The h e i r rather Carter Glass GIus long range feud has been reopened since the Democratic caucus on the tariff bill While Hucy is thoroughly disliked by many senators no one dislikes him more than Glass Glas It was something o of a party sensation therefore when lucy I-lucy appeared at atthe atthe the secret caucus and announced he had the proxy ot of Gla Glass to vote against the administration tariff bill Wh Why that so and gasped Glass when he heard about it next day I never did anything ot of the kind kin Huey Hucy just overheard me when I telephoned telephoned tele- tele phoned to Colonel Hl Halsey cy secretary ot of the senate and said I was ill and would be unable to attend th the cau- cau cli- cli a a a aSly I Sly Senator Glass figured out a away away way to get even He went out to the baseball game with Vice President Garner and Democratic Floor Leader RobInson Next to Glass Senator Robinson Is the best Long hater in all the world The Glass three Robinson and Gar were ner-were photographed in a group by a news new photographer who edged up to Glass and asked him to identity identify the thc two gentlemen in the pIcture with him Glass Glans gave Garner a proper identification but told the news s photographer photographer pher that Robinson was Huey Long In the newspaper next morning the picture appeared with Robinson identified as his worst political ene- ene my Glass has told no one about his little joke and Is still cackling to himself as Huey and Robinson eye each other in passing S I IThe The White House has been working work work- tag ing around on the inside for tor several days to amend the securities act strongly and swift Securities ly Iy BUI Is Due It is 13 being for RevIsion spurred purred by the sagging sagging sag sag- ging commodities and stock markets Also by the tact fact that some busin business men are beginning begin begin- ning to hum the blues again Certain responsible people were called In to help plan the change The changes will encourage expansion expansion sion or of financing operations possIbly bly even to the extent ot of moderating ing banking regulations Opponents ot of the truth in ties bill are confident that this one thing will do more to make the pea pes business men change their present tune than anything e else e which could be done now a S Senator Ex-Senator Jim Watson is not a candidate for the thc chairmanship of the Republican national committee any more He has ha passed that word to friends That means the Republican derby now has no horses entered Several big Republicans whose names have been mentioned in connection connection con con- with the job have told party workers that they would not take it under any circumstances Insiders are beginning to believe belleve that the name ot of the next chairman has hos not yet been publicly men men- Copyright 1934 for tor The Telegram |
