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Show I INSIDE STUFF n'?;;t&r- WASHINGTOH The Dtma- gngu club (thst secret cloakroom orgaalaatloa of bouse legislators) Is having more trouble. It seems some of the more blatant demagogues dema-gogues ars forming themselves Into a separata camp ta be known as the liberal demagogues. They consider the other members aa reactionary demagogues. What caused the split was: Rev. eral years age the club adopted a resolution restricting any member mem-ber from using ths pet subject of another member without permission. permis-sion. For Instance, one had Wall street another the power people, etc. If a new demagogue wantsd ts use the Well street subject, he Just notified ths head of the Wall street rrsft of ths club. It wss more ar less routine, and nearly everyone was permitted te demagogue dema-gogue about nearly any aubjert. Hut now one of those perpetually perpetu-ally dlaaatlafied persons hss gons and started something knowa aa ths C U. D. (committee for unlimited un-limited demsgoguery). This baa upeet everything. The old-line demagogues really just bellevs In harmless hum-Buggery, hum-Buggery, hke th farmer whe put the best apples at the top of the barrel. They would not fool a voter about anything serious, at leset not much. This C U. D., however, seems ts be bent on putting things on a mors substantial basis. Liberalism Juat why ths C. U. D. men rsll themselves liberal la not apparent The word comes from liberty, but soms of the economic regimentation regimenta-tion they advorsts meens anything any-thing except liberty. In fact they seem ta recognise no connection con-nection at all between the twa words, liberal end liberty. They are not even liberal about taking other members to dinner, so the old ones ssy. Ths only liberality which they espouse Is thst ef unrestricted appropriation appropria-tion of the tsxpaysrs' money. That seems to be where the liberal lib-eral title comes from. It Is expected the Demsgogus club will laaus sn order soon expelling ex-pelling ths C. V. D. from Its ranks. Then there will be trouble. ' It was not recorded generally, but President Roosevelt was asked straight aut In that train Interview about the ejueetlon of the government controlling Industrial Indus-trial price. This le the hottest subject around th Inner circle now, but la such an intangible wsy as to escape getting Into print Sly hints bavs been dropped la choice circles about ths possibility of the government creating sn "sconomle council" te limit Industrial production pro-duction and Influence prices. Agriculture Ag-riculture Secretary Wallace ha openly been playing prophet for such a development furthermore, further-more, very reliable Informauon Indicate Mr. R'( counselor ar spilt sharply Into two camp. One wsnts him la go trust-busting In a sincere wsy and thus reach the price problem. The other wants him to revise the social structure of the country with soma tort of fascletllkt "economic council." Consequently, newsmen cupped their ears when the question wa asked of the president His eyes twinkled and he replied: "Ne news on that yet." The well-informed betting hereabouts here-abouts ts running about 1 to 1 that Mr. R. will avoid the economic council Idea and go trust-busting. Ridding Ths basic fact behind the helium controversy will be found In ths yet unpublished testimony of ths house military affairs committee, taken Just 14 dsys before the Hin-denburg Hin-denburg explosion. On the stsnd was Jsmes T. Howtngton of ths Girder Corporation of Louisville. He put In the record a statement reading In part: "During the last two years there has been a considerable interest In and a demand for helium by foreign countries. Frsnce wss definitely In tb market for at least 10.000.000 cubic feet Japan would bavs msde a purchase from (my) company of substantial quantities. "Ths government ef Holland has been Interested In helium-filled airships for service to the Esst Indies. Ths German government, operating the Zeppelins between Kurepe and South America, has been continuously Intsrested In a source of supply of this non-inflammable non-inflammable gaa. Thia Cermaa demand undoubtedly would be measured la terms of million ef cubic feet "The Helium company ha been denied the right I sell helium for export" That It the story. All nations want helium, and ths United States has the supply. They want It for ostensible commercial purposes, pur-poses, but It would be a tremendous tremen-dous advantags la tune of war. If the United Stales sold mare ts France or te Germany, diplomat! complications would necessarily ensue. Sorority The only answer te the problem was given by Representative Lan-ham Lan-ham of Texas la ths sams unpublished un-published testimony: "Sine w hsv this vsluabl gent sine these countries cannot can-not gst It sines they hevs been trying to get It here commercially and are willing to pay a high price for It I think thia God-given agsncy of defense ought t be kept In this country." Such a pohcy may lead I absurd ab-surd Insinuations that ths United Stslss la thus responsible for every hydrogen lighter-thsn-sir ship which falls, but certainly not even a diaappointsd foreign country coun-try will seriously consider It so. Unlssa the United States wsnts ta get entangled la all ths politics of Europe and Asia, It will keep Its helium for Its owa use. It cannot sail to all without weakening weak-ening Itself. It cannot sell ta on without offending anothsr. Note It was Mr. Lenhsm wha thought he heard Mr. Howtngton ssy the Hitler government definitely defi-nitely asked for hslium and he still thinks so. Ths record does not show It but records do not always show everything that happens hap-pens In committees. Chsirmaa Lister H1U of Alabama does not recall It Mr. Lan here may or may not be mistaken, but aa amendment should be msds to the kne carried In this column several sev-eral days ago stating ths unpublished unpub-lished testimony would show such a rejsctsd Inquiry. (Copyright. 1MT. for Ths Telegram.) |