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Show Merry-Co-Round By DREW PEARSON and ROBERT 8. ALLEN WASHINGTON The Judge Manton dis- elosures are only a prelude to a scandal which is going to shske the New York City federal Judiciary and the Democratic party like an earthquake. It promises to make the famous Seabury Investigation seem as mild aa dishwater. dish-water. The scandal involves New York mortgage companies and the receivers appointed when they went Into benkruptcy during the depression. depres-sion. New York Judges appointed their pals as receivers, and their pals, in turn, proceeded to charge fancy fees at the expense of the mortgage mort-gage bondholders. For instance, they would pay ten dollars for a ton of coal and charge up twenty dollars. Young John Amen, Brooklyn special prosecutor prose-cutor and a Democrat, has run into this scandal scan-dal and la pushing his investigation To the limit. The probe probably means death to Democratic rule in New York. Social Security Fight Behind those secret conferences of Secretary Secre-tary Morgenthau and a group ot prominent economists If a sharp inner circle scrap over liberalization of the old-age pension provisions of the social security act. Chairman Arthur J. Altmeyer ot the social security board Insists that any extension ot that is, the aged should contribute their share before they get pensions. Others oppose this policy on the ground that It meant taxing huge sums annually out of the national buying power and piling them up in the treasury as idle and useless reserves. They argue that social security funds should be paid out to the people they were Intended to aid. Otherwise, they warn, the various- old-age old-age pension movements will force some drastic dras-tic inflationary scheme through congress. Backing Altmeyer in his .tight-fisted ttsnd are Dr. Jacob Viner, Canadian-born economics professor of the University of Chicago; aid Dr. Winfield Riefler, faculty member of theT'lnsti-tute theT'lnsti-tute for Advanced Study. Both are strong anti-spenders. ; As a member of Morgenthau's private (brain trust, Viner advised against a new spending program after the 1937 slump, arguing-that conditions would right themselves in the spring. When his airy predictions failed to materialize, he was shelved. But recently he has been recalled re-called into consultation. This probably will be the most Important old age pension question to be ironed out by congress. , Congressmen Kennedy Scene: The telephone switchboard at tha capitol. - . . Voices: The Incoming call, and the capitol operator, "Give me Congressman Kennedy, pleese." "Which Congressman Kennedy, plefeseT" "Congressman Kennedy ot New York." "Which Congressman Kennedy ot New-York, please?" "Congressman M. J. Kennedy." ; "Which Mr. M. J. Kennedy?" "The one from New York City." "They are both from New York City. Note Two Manhattan districts are represented repre-sented by Martin J. Kennedy and by Michael J. Kennedy, both Democrats, A F L Mens There was a very good reason why A F L moguls so abruptly ceased jubilating over the cutthroat row in the C I O United Auto Workers. Work-ers. A fight Just as vicious has broken out in Detroit between two of their own unions the United Brewery Workers, an Industrial union, and the Teamsters, a craft organization. Unlike the U A W row, which has not affected af-fected the auto ndustry, this A F L vendetta has shut down the leading breweries in Detroit and threatens to tie up hauling and trucking throughout Michigan. Jurisdictional wars between the Brewery Workers and Teamsters are an old story. They have been at it for years. The present explosion explo-sion arose out ot a raid by the teamsters on the union brewery drivers. When the brewery worker fought bark by gong into the courts, the teamsters called a strike tying up the breweries brew-eries in Detroit. Caught in the middle of this family tight are the breweries who have had contracts with the brewery workers for years .and whosex present pres-ent contract still has two years to run. But even though no question- of wages or hours is involved, their plants have had to shut down. Note Asked what he was going to do about It, A F L President William Creen replied through his publicity agent, "We are keeping a strict hands-off attitude. W are taking no part in thia affair." . OOP Martin Representative Joe Martin is telling colleagues col-leagues that since his. election as Republican Floor Leader he feels "like bird in a gilded cage." One of the rewards that went with his new job is an ornate office suite expensively furnished fur-nished with a thick carpet, rich cherry furniture, furni-ture, a glittering 300-pound glass chandelier and a special elevator Just outside the door. '" A newspaper man by profession and a bachelor by preference, he has simple tastes, dislikes swank "I'm lost in the place," laments Joe, "snd I get lonesome, too." Note Actually Martin is in no danger of being isolated. The G O P has not had as popular leader since the late Nick Long-worth. Long-worth. Copyright, 1939, for The Telegram |