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Show Merry-Co-Round By DREW PEARSON and ROBERT 8. ALLEN WASHINGTON The navy has uncovered five Japanese spies employed on U. S. warships, but they are not saying anything about it. Instead, In-stead, navy officials are using the spies to let the Japsnese have certain ideas they want them to know. These spies are Filipino mess boys of part-Japanese lineage. The reports they make are chiefly on the morale of the navy and efficiency of gunfire. Since these two are now at their peak, the navy is only too glad to have the information get back to the Japanese.' During the last maneuvers a record in fire for 18-inch guns was chalked up of only one miss in 120 shots, with a target at 22,000 yards. U. S. naval gunnery is now superior to the British and is equaled only by the Germans, recognized for years as the best gunners in the world. Same Old Senate After a vacation of two months the "world's greatest deliberative body" looks just the same. Senators still make just as much noise, chew gum just as vigorously, expectorate just as accurately. ac-curately. Leader Barkley's gum chewing has a slow, reflective re-flective pace. Pat McCarran of Nevada works his Jaws faster, but Vic Donahey of Ohio chews faster still. Bulow of South Dakota, still unabashed, takes a plug from his pocket, pinches off a corner end sticks it into his cheek. Ashurst has the same dark vest with the white cord lining, still pens courtly notes in a flourishing hand as the debate goes on. Jack Garner, who doesn't like to preside, strolls across the chamber and out into the cloakroom. McAdoo of California and Hitchcock of South Dakota pass each other at the rear of the chamber. cham-ber. They are a pair. McAdoo, at 74, walks faster than any other member of the senate. His legs are long, his step is lithe. Hitchcock, a natty dresser, looks like a smart young bond salesman from Wall street. You wouldn't believe be-lieve he was more than 45 if he didn't put his birth date in the congressional directory as 1867. That makes him 70. Quietest member of the chamber is veteran George Noma of Nebraska, who crosses to the Democratic side, pulls a chair close to the speaker, cocks his head on one side and listens carefully to every word. Hand of Garner The militant censure of "the growing concentration concen-tration of economic control" in the president's message to congress wss the handiwork of Vic President Garner. The grizzled Texan returned to the capital all hopped up over the menace of Wall street, went immediately to the White House and had a 45-minute 45-minute talk with Roosevelt. Garner told him that monopolistic interests were annihilating small business men and that the government had to take drastic measures to halt them. Garner owna two smalt banks, knows Intl. mately tha problems of the "little fellow," has been their consistent spokesman in congress for 35 years. This economic tie explains why he broke with Roosevelt on the labor issue last session, ses-sion, why he is now incensed about Wall street Garner also told the president that the undistributed undis-tributed profits tax must be modified to relieve small business, but that he was sll for the tax bearing down on big business. Roosevelt not only welcomed the counsel, but went it one better. "Why not reshuffle the tax." he suggested, "so thst it will enable the smsll business man to compete better against the big fellow?" "Now you are talking, Mr. President," beamed Garner. . Covert Spankings Two other portions of the same message had more behind them than appeared on the surface. First was the paragraph defending the need of a federal board to administer the proposed wage-hour law. This was a slap at the AFL and its spokesmen. Senator George Berry, who want the bill enforced locally. Roosevelt contends con-tends local authorities are too susceptible to local lo-cal politics. Second covert shot wss in the paragraph denouncing the "unsound practice of some communities" com-munities" of enticing industries from other sections by special inducements. This was aimed at the recently organized southeastern governors' conference including North and South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Louisiana, Tennessee, Kentucky, Alabama and Mississippi. The conference is vigorously antiwage-hour bill. Part of this poke was also aimed at "Chip" Robert, behind the scenes promoter of the conference con-ference snd secretary Of the Democraticnational committee. Roosevelt feels, that Robert is using us-ing his party position to build up southern industry in-dustry by offering inducements which smack of ' the sweat shop. (Copytlsnt, 1S3T, by United Feature Syndicate. lac.) 1 |