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Show SEENa"d SEENand SEEN SEEN-'HEARD SEEN 'HEARD HEARD SEEN'HEARDaround a"d ad - " " ' ' HEARD HEARDaround around theNational the theNational National CapitalI CapitalBy Capital I -By By - By CARTER FIELD- FIELD FIELDWashington FIELD - - "i i "iWashington " WashingtonHolding Washington-Holding Washington Holding Washington -Holding Holding - Holding back a thre'1t thre1t threat thre'1tenl'd threatened thrcitened ' enl'd enld ened . ' epidemic of strikes until union unionlabor unionlabor unionlabor labor lea leadeis leaders del s can cnn get "hat hat w " hat hnt they "nnt nnt snot "nntIn snotIn " wantIn In Washtn Washington ton In the way of leglsla legisla leglslatlon legislation leglsiatlon tlon tion Is proving a difiicult dlfucult dlfbcult task tash for forWllllaD1 forWilliam forWilliam WllllaD1 William Green , president of the Amc.rl Amcrl Amc.rlcan Amcrlcan Amcrlcan . can federation rederntlon rederation of Labor , and nnd Ills his IllslleuteD1nts hislleutenints hislleutemnts lleuteD1nts lleutenints In Akron the rubber tubber com corn company cornpang cornpany pany pang emplo employees ees are chafing cliafiii chann ! ? at the thebit thebit thebit bit . . . So It Is 1s In a hundred other otherlines otherlines otherlines lines . . . John L Lewis Lewlr ; , president of at th the theUnited theUnited UnIted Mine I1nc WOI Wolkcrs Workers b.ers bers . , , hid h'ld hld ' less dilll difh dilllculty difhculty didiculty culty with "Ith Ith " his union He ITe lie " v\ants v ants "ants wants \ , as asGreen asGreen asGreen Green does . , to hold bick b'lc1 blc1 bich ' . the strll.es strlles strikes strikesbut . , but he set the obvious goal of Junp Jung Jun 36 16 , w hich hleh hlch Is 1'1 11 iv ' the date the law cre'lUng crelUng creating creatingIrIIA crcitingMIA ' IrIIA nA expires e\plres e plres eepires eepiresGreen eplresGr'en expiresGrpcn ' \ : Grpcn Gr'en Gren Green ( ' , Lo\\Is Lo Is Lewis Len \ \ Is , and all tliclr theJr their frlendg friends frlendghere friendshere friendshere here have ha'e hae ' the same object . If the theadmmlstrntlon theadministration theadministration admmlstrntlon administration pro\ pro pros proves proes \ es too roo lu1.ewarm lu1ewarm lukewarm lukewarmon lu1.ewarmon . on the things they they'ant ( hey \ want \\'ant 'ant ant \ ' , the they- they theycan } ' " - can I'1Y I1Y lay laythe I'1Ythe liythe ' the pending penchng stuke stIlhe stoke situation on the theWhite theWhite theWhite White House Mouse doorstep PresIdent PresIdentHoose PresidentItooseselt PresidentIloosevelt Hoose Itooseselt , elt \ will 111 then be fnced faced with the thenpP'Irent theapparent theappirent npP'Irent npPIrent apparent ' alternative nlternath alternatll e a of giving In , or of ofprecIpitating ofprecipitating ofprecipitating precIpitating so many man ; strike strlke strikes J < ' ? that n a nterrIfic aterrific ntcrnOc terrIfic bIo blo\v blo v blow " \ will wUl be dealc dealt returnmg returning returnmgprosperity returningprosperity returningprosperity returningprosperityThe prosperity prosperityThe The importince Import'1nce Import1nce importance ' of tills this to the Plesl- Plesl Piesl- Piesl Plesldent Piesldent Piesl-dent Piesl dent - - dent can be ue reiH/ed reiH ed rC'l1l7e rCl1l7e reiiived ' / only by e"iamm eiamm evamin e"iammIng evaminIng cxaminIng " : Ing the politltil politlL'l1 politlLl1 political ' prospects Next ye'lr yelr year ye'lrthe yearthe yeirthe ' the Pre Pre&ldcnt Preldcnt & ldent Idcnt , . , all of the house , and 1 i ' 1third ithird ithird third of the semte sen'1te sen1te senate ' come up for re reelection reelection reelection election In short , the .ew ew ! ' . l ew env Deal goes goeson goeson goeson on trni t1'l'll t1lll trill ' ' befoic beCole befote tlie the country Already Alreadythele Alreadythere Alreadythcie thele there Is the serious threat of a n third thirdparty thirdparty thirdparty party , gro growing " Ing out of the doctrines doctrinesbemg doctrinesbeing doctrinesbeing bemg being preached 0\ 0 over 0cr \ cr the radio by Huey HueyLong HueyLong HucyLong Long . , Father rather Coughlin Coughlln , etc The Pres Presi President Prestdent ! dent is perfectly familiar " with "ith ith this thisbut thisbut thisbut but relies on ttr'1ctlng ttr1ctlng httracting 'attncting attncting ' ' enough con conserV'ltl conservatlkea conservitlveb serV'ltl\ serV'ltl serVltl serV'ltle servatlkea ' \ e to his 0 own " n support to win winand , and win easily eaCIly early : ; . But attracting these conservitlvesIs conserV'ltlvesIs conservativesis conserV'ltlves conserVltlves conservatives ' Is a piecarious plecarlous precarious undertaking undertab.lng undertablng . The 0111 old 0111Hne oldline oldline Hne line Republicans nepubllcans do not think he can cando cando cando do it That Is 1s whv why they have been beensprucIng beensprucing beensprucing sprucIng up lately . The only quest'1on quest1on question questionto quest'1onto ' to date has been : , will ,111 111 the radicals radicalsscare radicalsscare radicalsscare scare the conservath conservatl conservatives es enough to toturn toturn toturn turn them to Roosevelt Roose\elt Roose elt Itooseselt \ for safety ? One ans answer " er to this question Is ' . not notunless notunless notunless unless TIoo.e\ TIoo.e Rooaet Roo&eiclt Rooeiclt TIoo.eeIt & : . \ eIt elt shows the country countryth'lt countrythat countrytint th'lt thlt that ' he Is really leading It back to toprosperlt toprosperlt toprosperity prosperlt\ prosperlt prosperltOthel \ . Othel Otheiwise Otherwise wise the conserva conservatires conservalives conservalives tires lives " would "auld auld not pur put their trust In him himbut , but , " would "ould ould rely on voting for some TIe Re TIepubhc'ln Republican Republicin pubhc'ln pubhcln publican ' Which would mean that tho thoradicals thoradicals thoradicals radicals , wltlHlran withdrawing Ing so much of ofRoose ofRoosevelt's ofRoosevelt's ofRoosevelts Roose Roosevelt's Roosevelts ' elt's elts ' support , " would "ould ould seriously seriouslyjeopardl7e seriouslyjeopardise seriouslyjeopardise jeopardl7e jeopardise Roosevelt's Roosevelts nooseveU's nooseveUs ' chancesEconomic chances chancesEconomic Economic Menace MenaceSo So that the threat threar of a strike strll.e strlle . epi epl epldemic epidemlc epidemic demlc demic Is Js more than an economic men menace menace menace ace It Is a political bugaboo of dark darkest darkest darkest est shade And no one better than thanr thanr thanr r . D R TI apprccntcs apprecI'1tes apprecI1tes appreciates ' itWhich itWhich It ItWhich Which explains e"tplams etplams eeplatns " why wby slirewd shrewd observ observ- observers observers observers - - ers In Washington are not writing ot off offthe offthe ! the Wagner labor relitlons rehtlons relations bill b1ll as sure sureto sureto sureto to dIe-why dIe why die - why tlle3 then the ; are not certain certam the the30 30 hour "eel eel w " cek eek . bill b1l1 w " 111 III ill not be com corn compromised cornpromised cornpromised promised ( siy s\y s y ' \ at 3G 36 or 38 3S 33 hours ) , and andwhy andwhy andwhy why there Is so much uncertainty uncertaintyabout uncertaintyabout uncertaintyabout about NRAUnion NRA NnA NRAUnion Union labor officials would rather ratherhave ratherhave ratherhave have the Wagner bill blll than a contin contin- continuance continuance continuance - uance of NRA Down In their hearts heartsbut , but most confidentially .onfidentIally onfidentIally < . , they would far farrather farrather farrather rather have the Wagner bill than the the30 30 hour week-even week even week - even without com com- compromise compromise compromise - promise promiseThe The answer fo to both Is simple , but butvou butyou butyou vou you cannot confirm the second In pub pubHe publie publie He lie As to preferring the Wagner blll bill blllto billto billto to NRA , the Wagner bill would be bepermanent bepermanent bepermanent permanent legislation As to pre preferring preerring proferring ( ferring erring It to the 30-hour 30 hour - - week , tha thaWagner thaWagner theWagner Wagner m measure asure leaves more to be bedone bedone bedone done by ' union unlon omclals olliclals officials , whereas tbe the the30 30 hOllreek hour hOllr , week \eek eek seek \ leaves lea'es leaes leases ' less appeal to un- un unorganized unorganized un unorganized - organized \ workers orhers to join labor unions unionsand unionsand unionsand and begin paving pIjing paying : duesNRA duesNRA dues duesNRA NRA and the 30 hour week together togethermo'e togethermove togethermove mo\'e mo 'e e move \ ' directly toward an ultimate goal goalwhich goalwhich : whIch would sharply curtail the power powerInfluence , lnlluence Influence , need for perquisites of union unionlabor unionlabor unionlabor labor leaders The go government , ernment "oul oul would wouldstep " wouldstep ( ] I step In and perform most of their theirfunctions theirfunctions theirfunctions functions . . It " would "ould ould gain for the theworkers theworkers theworkers workers what "hat hat " the unions now ha\ ha have hae hake \ e to tol1glt tofight tofight l1glt fight } " with "Itb Itb private prhate prisate industry to attainAnd attainAnd attain And union labor leiders le'lders lelders leaders ' are very hu human human human man They like Illre their job Jobs ' ) ' ind 1nd and their theirpower theirpower lower power ) ; , ' ind 'lnd lnd and want to keep l.eep leep . themHits them themHits Hits Export TradeGreat Trade TradeGreat Great Grear Britain s highly successful successfuldrive successfuldrive successfuldrive drive to compel Poland and other Eu European Europoan 11 11ropoan ropoan ropean countries to buy more Brltlsh British Brltlshgoods Britishgoods Britishgoods goods , If it Britain Drl1aln Is going to continue continuebuyin continuebuylnc continuebuying buyin\ buyin buylnc buyintbeirs . \ : theirs tbeirs , has pliyed phyed played hob wIth wIthprospects withprospects withprospects prospects for American erport export e port : trade trade.So tradeSo . So his 11'13 1113 ' Italy's Italys ' setting settmg up of an "Am Am "Amtor "Amtor "Amtoro Amtoro " tor torcalled . ; , ' --called called -called - - called the Natlonil Nation'll Nationll National ' Institute Institutefor Institutefor Institutefor for Foreign rorelgn roreign ade-whlch ade whlch Trade-whlcll Trade whlcll TI Tiade - which Is to handleall b'1ndle b1ndle handle b'1ndleall hindleall ' all Imports and exports export for thatcountry thatcountry that , countryI countryThis country I This government will be beyond ond doubr doubt doubrdenounce doubtdenounce doubtdenounce denounce its commercial treitles tre'ltles treltles trestles ' wIth wIthItaly withItaly withItaly Italy , Portugal Denmark Denmarh and Polan Poland Polandin PolandIn < \ In the near future Secretary Secretarv of ofState ofState ofState State Cordell Hull , father of reclpro recipro reclprocal reciprocal reclprocal cal trade agreements as a means ot of otlowering oflowering oflowering lowering economic economlc barriers barrier ' ! , has been beenreluctantly beenreluctantly beenreluctantly reluctantly forced to this posltlon position posltlonThe positionThe positionThe The action would liave have been tikcn t.ken tken taken ' ! . al already already already ready had it not been tor for the delicate delicatesituation delicatesituation delicatesituation situation In 1n l Europe urope caused by all the thewar thewar thewar war talk There Tbere la is no real hope that thatany thatany thatany any negotiations thort short of the strong strongarm strongarm strongarm arm methods of treaty denunciation denunciationwin denunciationwill denunciationwin win will lead to results . . One of the effects of dlscrImlnatlODs discriminations dlscrImlnatlODsagainst discriminationsagainst discrlmlnatlonaagainst against American goods In Europe urope has hasbeen hasbeen liasbeen been to boost rhe the stock of George N N.Peek NPeek . Pec1 Peek . , who stands for barter as the theJnly theonly theonly \Jnly Jnly only \ effective etectlve ! way of hurdling burdUng nrUn artill nrUnclal artillcial artlllclal clal cial national nat10nal barriers , as against aga.lnst agalnst . Sec Sec- See- See Secretary Seerotary Secretary - retary rotary Hull's Hulls ' r reciprocal clprocnl plan 'or or For Forexample 'orexample [ ' Forexample example , the tbp th Chrysler automobile peo peo- people people people - - ple , enthusiastic about the Hull Uull plnn plan plnnnntU planuntil planuntil nntU until systern ystem gystern Poland Polund Imposed a quota gys ys tem tern , hRve have reluctantly come to the con- con conolusfon conalusfon con-olusfon con olusfon - olusfon alusfon that only the forthright Peek meflioda methods can accomplish accompllch accompU < ; h anytlitng anythtng anything anytlitngAs anythtngAs anythingAs As sho showin show " In Ins ; ; the wheels vvltnin wltnln wltiiln wheels wheelsthis , this Chrysler Cbrycler : situation is most Inter Interest1l1g interesttng Interesting est1l1g esttng ' Chrysier Chr slcr sler has enjo cnjojcd enjosed : , crl a very veryprofitnble veryprofitable veryprofitable profitnble profitable market In Polind Pol'1nd Pol1nd ' selllns selling selllnsmn sellingmany sellingmin m\n m n many ' \ } American Ammlcan cars there Now Po Pohnd Poland Polind hnd land , under unrIer piessure plessure pressure from Gre'1t Gre1t Great Gre'1tBrlt'1ln GreatBritain GrcitBritiln ' Brlt'1ln Brlt1ln Britain ' , , his h'IS ' Instituted a qllOLsys quota qllOL\ qllOL ' \ sys systern systern systern tern , v . which blch , will ,111 111 cut auto nuto Imports flom flour flomAmerIc'l flourAmerica fiomAmerici AmerIc'l AmerIcl America ' to the boneBut boneBut bone boneBut But this tbls docs does not hurt Gencnl Genel'll Genelll Geneial ' Mo Motors Motors Motors tors , or Ford rord , anything like llke as much much.Both muchBoth . Both have factories In Europein LUrOpe'ln LUrOpeln ' coun coud countrIes coudtries couiltries trIes , \ which hlcll ' ire 'Ire not hurt by the quotaAmerican quota quotaAmerican American Labor LosesBut Loses LosesBut But e\ e eti every ecry \ cry Generaltotors General : \ Motors \totors totors car soU soil soUin soilin soljIn in most European uropenn countries , Instead Inst'ad Instad ( ' ot of ota ofa ofa a Chryslci CI1rycleI Chryslei ; , deprives eprhes deprhes American worle work worlemen workmen workmen men of just so much labor . , For ror ex C\- C Cample c example ' ' \ : - ample , , In Its factory In 1n Belgium , Gen Gen- General Gencrni General - eral crni Motors , building the Opel C'1r C1r cir ciruses ' , uses : Europein Curope\n Curope n ' \ made motors morors nnd and Euro Europeon European uro uropean pean peon made tires Whereas the Chrysler Chryslerplant Chryslerplant Chryslerplant plant In Ant\\ Ant Antwerp Anterp \ erp Is rcilly rC'1lIy rC1lIy reiliy ' more 11 a 11"arehoue awarehouse awarehouse "arehoue arehoue warehouse " ' ) thin th\n th n ' \ a n ' fictory f'lctory flctory factory . , All Amencan Ameri Amen- Amen American - . can pirts Inrts parts are usedforco usedMoreo used usedMoreover Moreo ) Moreover forco , > er , the purchase of European Europeanmade Europeanmade uropean uropeanmade made parts Is not all The reclproc\l reclproc l reciprocal reclprocltre reciprocaltre rcciprociltrcit ' \ tre It ity ) with Belgium provides for Ii a Iimuch amuch amuch much greitcr gre\ter gre ter greater ' \ re reduction uctIon In the rhe tariff tarlt ! on onp'lrts onparts onpirts p'lrts plrts parts ' thin th'ln thln ' the tariff tarlfr on C'lrsBqt cirsBut cirs C'lrs Clrs cirsBut ' But Bqt the Italian Itnllan situitlon s1tU'lUon s1tUlUon situation ' Is evcn even evcnmore evenmore evenmore more serious Within Wlthln a n few weehs weeks weehsher weeksher weeksher her ne new " re restrictions < : tnctlOns w , will ,111 111 ill bir b'lr blr ' all Amer AmerIcan Amerlean Amerlean Ican lean \ wheit wheat he'1t he1t ' and tobacco , and wlll will |