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Show - SEEN SEENO SEENOd Brouncf and d HEAR tfie tfieNATIONAL HEAR ! NATIONAL CAPITAL CAPITAL/ CAPITALCa . / By Ca Carter oeranF Field FieldFAMOUS sedEx [ , FAMOUS pMBywG WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENT Itcprescntath e James JamesP JamesP Washlngton-Hepresentathe Washlngton Hepresentathe 1Vashington-llepresentative 1Vashington llepresentative Washington ; . , - - P . , . nuchamn Bnchan1n lluchanan , chalrmin chalrm'1n chalrm1n chairman ' of or the house housenppropn.ltons houseappropriations houseappropriations nppropn.ltons nppropnltons appropriations . ! committee . , Is far ( ar fromthe from fromthe fromthe the rebel , bedeviling President President-Roosevelt President Roosevelt .noose noose 'Roose Roose 'Roosebelt - . ' belt \ cH , , thit th'1t th1t that ' he b hi3 has 1S been made to appear appearIn appearin appearIn In tbo tbe the recent dispatches from Warm WarmSprings WarmSprings WarmSprings Springs and nnd WaslllngtonActu'll1y WashingtonActa Washington Waslllngton WashingtonActinlly Acta Actinlly Actu'll1y Actull1y ' ally he Is a member of the thetC1m theteam thetcim tC1m team 'servlcc servlcc ' , . and nnd at the moment Is doing yeo yeoi yeom'1n yeoman ycoroin i ' . . . " " as asMr asMr m'1n m1n man ' service for Cor the qinrterbick qU'lrterb1cI qUlrterb1cI quarterback ' : Mr Roosevelt HooseveIt sometimes likes 111ec , : ; to style stylehimself st Ie Iehlm lehim&elf lehimelf hlm himself & ! > elf . , . His nIs ills piesent plesent present ph plii play , } of forcln forcing forcingthe forcingthe ' ' nnd and nndbudget andbudget andbudget the President's Presidents hand hnnd on economy budget balmcing bal1ncln balancing , } his 1IS liopcs hopes that tIle the tIlePresident thePresident tliePresident President \ will trill III e\ e eventually eentll'1IIy eventtally \ entll'1IIy entll1IIy ' be In agree- agree agreement agi ngl ce- ce cement ce cement - - ment \ with vith tth him , , despite his own 1dmls admis 1dmlsslon admislion idmiselon slon lion thit th11 that he he-Buch'lnah-Is he Buch'lnah Buchlnah Is he-Buchanah-is Buchanah - - Buchmah ' - is a ' fimtic f'ln'ltie flnltie fanatic ' ' 'on on ' on budget b11'lncln b11lncln bilmclng balancing ' , . , Is all nlt pirt p1rt part of 1 'a a ' 1cry 'avery ' i\ery i ery \cry cry very \ shre\\ shre shrewdly shredly \ \ dly cilculatcd C'l1Clllated Cl1Clllated calculated ' drima dr1ma drama , , not notentirely notentirely notentirely entirely unconnected \ with lth the tbe election electioncamp'1l electioncampaign electioncaropiign campaign camp'1l camp1l ' n next ne"Ct neCt nett " yearFor yearP'or year yearFor . For P'or Por ' Roosevelt Hoosevelt himself Is thoroughly thoroughlyconvinced thoroughlyconvinced convinced not onb only on ) , ) of ( tlie the nece necessity slty for formaking formaking formaking making n a ver very strong play to"ard toard townrd to"ardeconomy townrdeconomy towardeconomy " economy In his Ills t.JU tJU budget . et messige meSS'1ge meSS1ge message ' nc\.t nc.t nc .t t next nc.tmonth nextmonth nextmonth ' \ . month . , , and of painting palntln n a picture In indi indieating indleating i icatlng catlng eating that the bud budget et v \ will , III ill be e bilanccdin b'llanccdIn balancedin b'llanccd bllanccd balanced ' In due time , but also nlco alco : of the nece&slty neceslty necessity necessityof nece&sltyof & of some extramdl citraoidimry extraotdtnary 'lry lry ' method of m milL milLlag imkIng 11 Ing lag the country believe b'l1eve bl1eve ( ' he means ItIIe ItHe It ItHe He IIe his h1s has been heen told very , cry frankly tranl.ly tranlly . that thatthe thatthe thatthe the theCry \Cry Cry very \ ery Interests he mostnnts most \ wants \\nnts nnts to toplncateto toplacateto toplacate plncate-to plncate to placate-to placate - to win rvin 0\ 0 o\er o er 0er over \ er to the conviction convictionthat com convictiontint fcUon fcUontll'1t tll'1t tll1t that ' , , from an economicand economic and nnd fiscal stand standpoint standpoint standpoint point , , he Is perfectly s:1fc--dlstrust s:1fc s1fc dlstrust safe-distrust safe distrust safe : - - distrust Ills his Ills"ords hiswords hiswords "ords ords words " lie has been tol told that It Trill Trilltake \ willtiLe III IIIt'1he t'1he t1he take ' i 1 a ' great deal of skill sldU to com cons convincethem tnce ince tncethem incethem them he really realty Inten Intends s to do \ what hat he hem'lY hemap hemiy m'lY mlY map ' promise In tint th'1t th1t that ' budget mecsngeIIard messageHard message mecsnge messageUard ; Uard IIard Hard boiled cynics are very verv difficult difficultto difficultto to convince by mere words , . espechlly especially especiallywhen espechlly"hen especiillywhen "hen hen when " some of those thoce ; c cynics . } nics belle\ belle bellee believe bellefirmly believefirmly believefirmly \ e firmly tint th'lt thlt that ' the spciker spe'll\er spe'll spell er speaker ' \ of the words wordshas wordshas wordshas has fooled them before So the problemwas problem problem"as problemwas "as as was " to stage a little Jlttle drama In ad.ance adance advance ad.anceof advanceof advanceof . of the budget budgLt message meSS1gc . ' , whl which h would woulde1d wouldlead wouldleid e1d lead ) up to It , , and pave the yr \ wiy 'lY lY ay ' for forIts forits forIts Its being believedWould believed believedWould Would Cut Budget Deficit DeficitIt It wasn't wasnt ' just a 11 tilal trial lal balloon balIoon which whichthe \ whichtlie hleh hlehthe the Tc Tc\as Tc as Texas \ as congressman congrlssman sent up when whenhe whenhe whenlie he talked about cutting the budget bucJget deli deliclt delicit dencit clt cit down do\\n do n \ to half a billion b11110n dollirs dol1'1rs dol11rs dollars ' tor torthe torthe tortlie the year Jear beginning July 1 I , neit De'tt Dett nett ' , and andto andto andto to sera scratch tch for the ( following ollowlDg year , ) eir e'1r e1r ' , . a after afterwhich afterwhich iter iterwhich which expenditures e\pentlltures e pentlltures ecpenditures " \ " were "ere ere sere to be hept kept hept"Hhln keptslthln keptwithin "Hhln Hhln slthln " Income IncomeThe IncomeThe incomeThe The Idea is to ha\ ha have hae \ e the country countryread countryread countryread read the Presl President's Presidents ent's ents ' ' budget Udget promises promisesnext promisesnext promisesnext next month \ with \ Hh the hnowle knowledge ge th that thatthe thatthe t tthe the hold he'1d he1d head ' of tlie the liouse house approprhtIons appropriations approprhtIonscommittee appropriationscommittee appropriitlonscommittee committee \ wants ants to go 0\ 0 oven 0en \ en further furtherto furthertoward furthertoward toard toward to\\ to \ ard budget balancing halanclng thin th'ln thln than ' tile the tilePresident thePresident thePresident President himself1 IlImscfl lumselft himself1If IlImscflIf lumselftIf ] If the New Deilers De11ers Dealers had figured for a amonth amonth amonth month they tlJey could not hm liave have e devised CIsed C\ C \ Ised n a nmore amore nmore more convincing convIncmg plan for persunlhng persuading persunlhngthe persuadingthe persuadingthe the country-not country not country - not just of the Presldent's Presl Presldent's President's Presidents dent's dents ' Intentions , but that they would wouldbe wouldbe wouldbe - be cirried c'lrrled clrrled carried ' out outFor outfor For ror Mr Buchanan Juchanan } Is far from belng being belngjust beingjust beingjust , just a congressman lie He Is chairman chairmanof chairmanot ot of the one committee comnuttee In tlie the house th'lt thlt that th'lth'lndles thathandles thittnndles ' h'lndles hlndles handles ' all a1l appropriations approprlnUons Su Subcom Subcommittees Subcommittees com commlttees mlttees mittees appointed by hy him and orldng corking corkingunder \ workingunder orldngunder under him scrutinize the proposed e et etpenditures expenditures " ' : I Ipendltures pendltures penditures for every gO\ gO gOern governmental \ ern mental de deII'lrtment department depirtment II'lrtment IIlrtment partment ' and . agency .Igency Igency House lIouse mem mom memhers momhers memhers hers as a whole areery are very \ery ery \ prone to fol foliuw follow iuw 10\ 10 10the \ " tlie the recommenditions recommend'ltlons recommendltlons recommendations ' of the hOllse house hOllseappropll'1trons houseappropriations houseappropilitlons appropll'1trons appropll1trons appropriations ' committee For ror one onething onething onething thing , . It provides tbero them . a \ very simple simple'lnd simpleand simpleind 'lnd lnd and ' effective elTect1\e elTect1 e \ alibi for their"ote8 their \ " votes \"ote8 "ote8 ote8 It Itayes Itsives .1\ .1 . .1es ayes \ es lots of embarrassing emharrasslng expl'1na expl1na explana explanatlons expl'1natlons cxplinaIons ' tlons ( to critical crltital constituentsMoreover constituents constJtuen constituentsMoreover ts tsMoreo Moreo\ Moreo Moreocrt Moreover \ crt crthuslIJess , , business huslIJess Is perfectly perfectly1'lrl perfectlytare perfectlyiwire 1\\'lrl 1 'lrl lrl tare \ ' ' tint th'1t th1t that ' at the time ( he other end of the theCipitol ( 'apitol apitol ' 'lplto lplto ' ) , , . the ' ipprupriatlons 1pprOllrlations apprupriations committee commttee committeeIs commtteeis Is presl presided td over b by ) CarterH'lsS Carter \H'lsS H'lsS HlsS \ * Gliss Glass ' of of'lr ofVirginia ofVIrgInli Virginia \'lr 'lr lr \ ' lnl'l lnll ' , , \ who ho ' was 'HIS HIS sas so " worried "orrlecJ orrlecJ ' iboiit 'lbout lbout about n'l nl na natonal n'llion'll mHonil ' lion'll lionll tonal ( ' credit crci.llt crcillt . and anti tlie the admtnl adminlstntlon administration tr'lt1on trlt1on ' s s"IILndllJg sspending sspending "IILndllJg IILndllJg spending " policies Iwllcles that be he lie \ ' winted 'anted anted \ 'lntell lntell ' to tolut tocut tocut lut cut the famous four fOllr billion hllllon doljir 1l01)1r 1l011r dollar ) ' bill billlast billlast billlast last veir rear \ e'lr elr ' to two t0 tro t\\ t \ % 0 billion IJllllon ( dolhrb (10111r 10111r doilars ben1 Sena ben1tor Senatom Sen itor tor tom ; > ( do (1o 1o not pay IIJy as mll much .h h < . ' ittcntlon 1ttentlon attention to tolomrnlttee tocommittee tocommittee lomrnlttee committee recommendations rCCOD1menfl1l1ons ) as ns do dohouse doHouse dolioiise house members but Mr lIr ! Glass ind and 'In In ' l < Miniiclnrnn Mu MuBuchanan I1 I1Buch1n1n Buch1n1n Buchanan Buch1n1n111 will \\111 111 sill \ iioth holll both be Le on the confer conferpnce conferonce conferprice pnce once committee tint th\t th t that ' \ \ will sill \ III iron out dlf dif dlfr diflerences diflerences r lerences erences between bet\\Cen bet Cen betseen \ \ the t two tvo " 0 houses . . . Lewis V Vs s , . GreenThat Green GreenThat That John L Le\\ Le Lewis LeIS \ IS , presl president cn t of the United theUnited Mine WOI wolkers workers hers of Americi Al1IerIc'l Al1IerIcl America ' , , h'ls hls has h'lsIII hasill Insill ' III ill the curds cards in the inter union I'lbor Ilbor labor ' h1ttIe Hattie liborInttle I'lborh1ttIe laborHattie , , as far fur as flS Issues are nre concerned concernedmost concernedmost concernedmost most labor Inhor loaders eaJers leaders ) ( here priviteliagree privatelyagree prh privately 1 ' ttI , } agree and would woulll \ win In tlie the fight fi f , : ht prompt Iy ly promptly promptIy if his Ills name were "ere ere " William OrcenOr GreenOr Green Orcen GreenOr Or to put It more succinctly succlnLtly . , If he Orlen'sh1C'I heliad heh.l hehad h.l hl had . Greens Green s pcrsonaliti tJersonoJht personality . , nnd and Orlen's Orlens Green's Greens ' liackgiound h/1C'I\ h 1C'I 1CI h1C'I1 Green'sliackgiuiind Greensliackgiuiind Green'sliackgiound / ' \ 1 ound and Green's Greens GrLen's GrLens ' friendships frlencJshllS ) ' 1 the friendshipsthe he American l rodention eder111on rederation of I 1 Ilhur abor laborIs IlhurIs aboris Is Industrv Industry marclun m'lr mlr mirclung ' .llln llln < . , ; , ; towird toward to\\'lr to 'lr lr to'lrertl'll \ \ ' verticil \ertl'll ertl'll ertlll vertical \ ( ' , or Indus trv try unions , and nnd \ away J1\\ay J1 ay from the old oldform form of or craft unions Hut But the 011 011par oliar , ; par ' oIL'archy oILarchy parI parlhy oliarI oliarehy I lhy ehy towild toId totvatd of ot tho the fedentlon federation feder'l federl ' tlon 1\/1 1 Ipans leans ( \ / ns he lieivlly heavily 1\ 1 111 \ 11/ 11 11to / to \\\Id Id tvatd \ \ ' \ Green . , , their president Not only onlylo onlycia onlydo cia do lo the majority of the le'lJCl lelJCl leaders leideis ' s dish distiust dlsllust ust I usti ewls owls evvls.butti evvlsbutti distiustevvls.butti dlsllustI . , but they the } include nnny DJ1ny many \ who sho ho ac actlveb acth acuvely uvely th el dislike dls1tl\e dls1tl e \ him film filmLetvls hImLels himLewis Lewis Le\\ls Le ls Letvls \ , many ninny of them say prhately privately privatelylias , has * tinUnited theUnited been a successful lIhter tlliter ll , : ? litcr " for the th United Mine Weikers WOIIers 15'okers 15okers ' , 11 he llp"ias llpias ! ' hus has b been r been bn beennteressiae nteressiae n Buc , Jressh resslvc.hittling resslvchittling e , . h'lttllng hlttllng hattling ' every e\ery e ery \ moment tnoment rnornent But Bu ; 11e be > c ne\ ne never neer \ er knew Inew , \ when hen to ltin lay his 11"1 111 11tiht , " , t inJ log . manners ml1nners aside nslde I nlonferences inconferences AS a n r rpsult result ( > SllIt 'h'lS hlS ' , . in n lonferences conferences of I'1hor I1hor labor ' le111ers leaders he has ' tried to rIde 1-1(10 1 1(10 110 - ( over his coIlnlIes cnilcagpeS ( ' : Jllst just IS JllstIS justis though they theyere \\ere ere sere \ nothln nothing " hut but t'lllsts tlllsts talists ipltalists ' , nnd and With Withall \ ith ithall all the ; c II ipl ; I cnternr contempt t tII in hl"l hll his " epressln e\pressicn e pressicn , \ ( , . , both facln facial facialand ) \\ords ords words \ \ ords , nnd and bn bnords by y as If they "pre pre were w " pro tnlnfY trying try Ing to | st sty starve sthie Ills hie his ; nrve nrvef'ntlrelv submissionrntlrelv snlrmlssinnrntirely folloivers roIJo\\trs roIJo trs followers \ \ Into 5uhmlssln snlrmlssinn 5uhmlsslnnrve : f'ntlrelv fntlrelv rntirely ' nl aside > llle ( from frllm ruin all nB this Mito feeling p prson'll prsonll personal prson'llhllttlln ' nllmy ninny or of them Ilolnt point 0 0prson'll out ut th tho ' ! ' hllttlln bitttling for the thelIne \lIne lIne Mine \ Wo , 1Vnrheis I Iut eIS SUl sac SUlIlin l ( s"f\l1 s"f sf l1 essful ( > ssnii " \ as nq ac it his h'1s h1s has ' bpen bron been ( so fir far 'lr lr ' n as wIn wInI w n Ilin ( shah " "K K " t- t th I'lrh Ilrh each ' - ' h battle hattle thnt that ( hat " cnm cnm'lr I a wasa ancerncd nncPl " "c c " < - > ntd ul has hns came ; un up was u \ s slOUS proveflr provedrather proved provefl r rather It cIP cIPrll r rll rlis is lOUS rius " ( "s s " fur for the vvorkcra workers \ orl.ers orlers . in the loug Lung , , ns rUDe run . . Intnnee,1or If Le\\ Le Lewis LeIs \ Is Ind h'ld hld had ' been held he'1d he1d head ' , for In\tnnee,1 In tnnee,1 tnnee1 instance Instanceof ' \ , or of the automobile \ ' workers 'aorkers aorkers orhers , and they theyhad theyhad theyhad had followed foBocd folioed foBo\\ foBo \ \ cd him \ with Ith tlie the sime S'1me S1me same ' percentage per percentage percentage centage of lo loyalty n.1ty n1ty . that the coal min min- minera miners . - ers era hive h'l\e h'l hl e have ' \ dcmonstiatcd demonshaled demonsttated , the story storywould storywould storywould would he very differentror differentI'or different differentFor For ror I'or Ior ' in an the c cise case ISe of ttie Ule the 1utomo ' lutomobile automobile il lii- lii - . liidustr in-dustry in dustry - dustr dustry , ) ' , It Ins 11'15 1115 has ' been een c\pinding c pinding e'p'1ndln ep1ndln expanding \ ' ' ' vcar 'car car year by byyear byyeir re'lr relr year ; ' C : Every , ery season It needed more more'wollers morevvotkers |