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Show I NEWS BEHIND THE NEWS I i Written for The Telegram By Ray Tucker. X ' ' cratie orators over G. O. P. loud speakers. Republican detectives have unearthed un-earthed various FCC examiners' reports which Impress the sleuths as strange, if not suspicious. The examiners, who must first pass upon a station's application for extension of its license they expire ex-pire every 12 months have given giv-en peculiar reasons for favorable action. Again and again they report re-port that a certain station is being operated "In the public Interest because It gives so many hours a week to programs sponsored spon-sored by the interior or agricultural agricul-tural departments, or the national na-tional emergency council (now the office of government reports.)" re-ports.)" For the Republicans the question ques-tion of obtaining more time now Is a serious Issue. As soon at the national campaign starts, both parties must pay hard cash for all except the topflighters orations. So the G. O. P. wants to go on the air while It's free. Senator Tobey's attack on the WASHINGTON Vice President Presi-dent Garner's friends are downhearted down-hearted over the apparent collapse col-lapse of his campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination. nomin-ation. It appears to lack popular support, organization and heavy financial backing. The men political and Industrial leaden who promised so much are not coming through. Advance reports indicate that the vlc president will suffer a shellacking from Mr. Roosevelt ' In the Illinois and Wisconsin primaries. The Kelly machine In Chicago will deliver for F. D. R, swamping the expected down-state down-state vote for Mr. Garner. In Wisconsin, where election laws are elastic, mugwumpers of all sorts will roll up a prosperous Roosevelt total. Thus, Instead of checking the third-term movement, move-ment, the Garner candidacy may give It momentum. The V. P. has become the symbol of conservative con-servative opposition to continued new deal control of the government. govern-ment. ; Some 'of the V. P.'s friends are quietly suggesting that he seek a second-place pomination again with Mr. Roosevelt sa head of the ticket. They argue that this arrangement would prevent pre-vent any party split, embody an appeal to conservatives and liberals, lib-erals, and 'keep the Texan around Washington as a check on the new dealers If they are returned to power. Mr. Garner seems cold to the Idea, and F. D. R. probably would be. Washington's generosity to Finland has precipitated a run ' 1 on the export-Import bank. Several Sev-eral small and endangered neutrals neu-trals are holding out their hands for contributions from Uncle Sam's treasury. A Swedish mission and one from Norway la expected has arrived here to seek funds. At first they hoped only to negotiate negoti-ate favorable private loans, and obtain the release of military material from the government. But the spectacle of congress lending money to Finland and Herbert Hoover's request for even greater aid to Poland's starving emboldened them to ask for more of the same. Reliable reports that thousands thous-ands of European refugees Germans, Poles, Czechs are Illegally entering the United States via Mexico He behind creation cre-ation of a Dies subcommittee of Investigation. It will be headed by Representative John J. Demp-sey Demp-sey of New Mexico. Fantastic stories about the Ira-migration Ira-migration have reached the committee com-mittee from business men and local officials In the southwest and on the Pacific coast. They Insist that tralnloads of refugees cross the border, and that Immigration Immi-gration officials make almost no attempt to check the visas and passports. Indeed, there have been numerous hints of collusion collu-sion between the Incomers and federal authorities on the spot. Republican pollticos on and off Capitol Hill are gunning for the federal communications commission. commis-sion. They will charge that the radio czars are favoring Demo- census takers questionnaire has produced a sensational repercussion reper-cussion among the folks back home. It has brought more mail to Capitol hill than any issue except ex-cept such major battles as those over the supreme court, government govern-ment reorganization and "the purge." Chief significance Is the suggestion sug-gestion that the average American Ameri-can is growing weary of federal regulation controls and snooping. snoop-ing. Copyright,. 1940. by McClure Newspaper Syndicate. |