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Show r NEWS BEHIND THE NEWS I X Wrtten for The Telegram By Ray Tucler WASHINGTON Vice Preal- dent Uarner waa a key figure In the relief appropriation battle, exerting personal and political pressure In the house to pare the White House figure from 1873,-000000 1873,-000000 to t72S.0O0.00O. When the bill reached the senats, he took active command of ths rebellion. He poked his head into the office of-fice of Subcommittee Chairman Alva Adams and ultimatumed: "If you don't make it Woo 000.000 IimImiI nf t7iA (Wi rvm T il hM Vandenberg could crawl to the ' hilL Republican national headquarter! head-quarter! pulled wires from coast to coast. Mr. Berkley's comment is or should be that the senate ought to be dubbed the "Liars' club." He had 50 promises of support day before the ahowdown. but he got only eg votes. Hs looked like a beaming bridegroom while the vote was being counted, but when the result was announced he gave HnllvWAnHiak Imlt.lUn a ' men, does not, owe Hitler a thin dime; he has paid off the German Ger-man dictator . with exports of wheat, iron and other raw materials. ma-terials. They're even, financially. Mussolini will be a far more commanding com-manding Influence in ths "new Spain," for Franco's own people admit It will be at least two years before they can. through exports, discharge their heavy obligations to 11 duca. They Inaiat. however, that France has not allowed the man left waiting at the wrong church. Generalissimo Franco's friends , in Washington have informed American diplomats that he will not become a Hitler or Mussolini puppet when and if ha conquers Spain. But Messrs. Roosevelt and Hull are keeping their fingers crossed. Franco, according to hla spokes- you!" By this time, however, his attitude and actions were creeping Into the conversation of the White House circle, and President Roosevelt Roose-velt mobilised the W P A lobby against hla coworker on Capitol Hill. When ths Adams-Garner votes began to skip away at least 10 pledges begged off under presidential presi-dential pressure Mr. Garner was requested to swif g two senatorial cronies Inta line. He declined on the ground that It would be unwise un-wise strategy, and those two senators sen-ators voted with the Whits House. Even, tha V. P.'s buddies Senators Sena-tors Connelly and Sheppard of Texas lined up against him. Note: Jack has been unfairly criticised on the ground that he deliberately left tha chair so that J he would not have to vots in svent of a tie. For one thing, a tie vote would have killed the proposal, pro-posal, anyway. Secondly, he cannot can-not vote on an amendment only on a bill, resolution or confirmation.' confirma-tion.' Capitol Hill has not been ths scene of such high-pressure politics poli-tics on both sides in many years, not since the sensational holding company fracas. Ths antis undercover atrategy haa been less publicised than the president's, but it Vas Just as lowdownlsh. Mr. Roosevelt enllated the W P A-era themselves, their friends and relatives, the clergy, social workers and organised labor; ha brought up ths troops of trouble. ""ii uhui.uf , u gain political politi-cal or economic foothold no more, they say, thsn George Waahington did when he permitted permit-ted Lafayette and Rochambeau to aid the atruggling colonies. Franco welcomed Italian reinforcements rein-forcements as he would have accepted ac-cepted anybody's assistance, so Washington hears. But the Span-urn Span-urn do not like the Italians indeed, in-deed, are slightly contemptuous of their 20.000 brothers-tn-arms. Whenever Mussolini's soldiers ogle Spanish senoritaa in a cabaret caba-ret or on the public square, the beauties hiss: "Guadalajara!" There's no smile with the epithet. Uncle Sam has dropped a cool 190.000.000 under Henry Wallace's scheme for subsidising wheat shipments abroad. You can't find this figure in the official releases, but some sharp pen-and-pencil work furnishes the bad newa. Since Mr. Wallace oven Secretary Secre-tary Hull's mild protest Inaugurated Inaugu-rated his "dumping" plan, the government has disposed of approximately ap-proximately S0.000.000 bushels at an average price of 39 cents a buabei sometimes more, but often less. The domestic price is approximately ap-proximately 60 cents, and the treasury makes up ths difference to the farmer or the go-between who uncovera a foreign purchaser. Ths system would have functioned mora successfully, both in the amount sold and tha prices received, re-ceived, if Canada, Russia and the Argentine had not perfected this paywhat-you-can program oe- The economy bloc wangled telegrams tele-grams and tslephone calls from wealthy party contributors tone forced a prominent G. O. P. senator .to do a particularly shameful somersault), from business busi-ness men, financiers and Industrial bigwigs and substantial citisens. They dragged out ths debate over Leader Barkley-i protest until two 111 members Messrs. King and lore we joined me rate-cutters. It haa Ita advantages, howsver. Americana notoriously poor traders trad-ers In the world market are gradually wising up en the devices de-vices and atratagema employed by our business rivals around the globe. It's a costly lesson in commercial com-mercial cleverness, but It may pay dividends yet. Copyright, 13, for The Telegram. |
