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Show MEiWO-ROUND WASHINGTON QUIETEST IN YEARS The District of Columbia looki more like a peacetime capital this summer than in many years. . . . For the first time since the war, the house is now planning a long recess. This reflects increased congressional congres-sional confidence In the new White House set-up. also the fact that many a legislator yearns for home. The dollar-a-year men and brass hats who planned to check out after Germany's defeat haven't started their exodus. Instead they've been joined by hundreds of business men who've moved in to get their reconversion headaches unsnarled. Thousands of returning officers and enlisted men from Europe have added to the housing and feeding problem. Parking spaces along the Potomac are crowded on hot nights with G.I. Joes and G.I. Janes and government workers searching for a cool breeze. Washington is more peaceful, but still jammed. Adding to the crush are the Truman Tru-man boys who have descended on Washington. . . . They fall into three categories: (1) The Missouri boys, friends of Truman and Bob Hanne-gan Hanne-gan looking for jobs, patronage, and juicy political plums. . (2) The Pauley boys from Southern Californiafriends Califor-niafriends of former Democratic Treasurer Ed Pauley who've rushed into town to climb on the gravy train. They're brash and crude for J the most part, have little respect for the taxpayers' money, and already have their eyes on the gilded dome of the capitol. . . . Third group are the "Battery K" men. These are the World War I vets who saw service with Harry Truman in 1917 and 1918. Most are satisfied with a brief "hello" and a handshake from their' hero. Others cling to the wrought iron gates of the White House, think that their comradeship with the new chief executive is a guarantee of a soft government job. Truman Heyday Truman's own aides in the White House are still impressed by their new surroundings. . . . Some feel that Truman's rise gives them a blank rheck to use his power for their own r-nds. . . . One youthful aid has been bragcing about having Truman's Tru-man's political enemies shadowed, shad-owed, their wires tapped. . . . Truman, a sworn enemy of wire-tapping when in the senate, will probably clip their wings soon. . . . Most powerful man in the Truman entourage is chubby, cigar-smoking Brig. Gen. Harry Vaughan, one of the "Battery K" boys, who buzzes considerable advice into his chief's car, but now finds it being accepted with less frequency. fre-quency. . . The hangers-on are still having a Meld day around the White House. Center of administration power has partly shifted from the White House to the second floor of the Mayflower May-flower hotel, where Bob Hannegan holds forth in Democratic headquarters. headquar-ters. . . . Judge Welburn Mayock, the committee's new general coun- ; sel, uses the office to lobby for California Cali-fornia oil interests. . . . George Kil-liom, Kil-liom, the new treasurer of the national na-tional committee, who has been using a meat-ax to collect money for the committee from business men may find himself chopped down i soon. . . . One ardent Democratic supporter of many years' standing hearing about Killiom's tactics, said, 'He'll collect so much money! we'll lose in '48. Everyone he taps for $5,000 will feel like contribut-ing contribut-ing twice as much to the Republi-cans Republi-cans to boot the Pauley crowd not ! Meanwhile little is happening to set the stage for Democratic victories In the congressional elections next I year. . . Hannegan is already in hot water with labor, particularly the CIO, which he has been studiously studi-ously ignoring. Labor leaders, who poured out millions to help Roosevelt Roose-velt last year, claim they can't even get a glass of water from the Democrats Demo-crats when it comes to bucking oppressive op-pressive legislation in congress, and are now making threats to move over to the GOP camp. Republicans Harmonious. Farther up Connecticut avenue at Republican headquarters things are harmonious. . The Republicans are sitting back, are quietly laying i the groundwork for a high-powered f congressional race next November I What they need most of all are some issues . . . GOPsters Including In-cluding Chairman Herbert Brown ! ell, are confident they'll find plenty ' a few months, are hoping that a" stuV few toes politically soon. . Republican Chairman BrowneU has a million dollars to spend on the elections i Truman's cabinet changes thus S sber, re.v P0PuTaUr -. Tall scholarly new Labor s retary Schwellenbaeh has made asreL JrrdS fr h'S dtment M infused new iife amo ' "r, employees, has made an A , impression on congress. Ex-Congressman Clint a-a-; nas the honest Job EfS , '"n trying to J ! the tangled food mess , . . i agriculture. mes "ere Ur, I ereat red.tape shear n""S0" is I de big improvem ts Ld ,,ady Pushover for lobbyUU '8 " |