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Show SEEN SEN SEENan4 S N NHEm HEXRD an4HEXRD HEXRDf HEm HEIRD SENHEIRD an4 . 1 1a f < 14 a and ndl t e eN1TI - N N1TI NATIONALCAPITAL ( TIONM TIONMCAPITAL ONAJ ONAJarter CAPITAL . f ; * CAPITALf w C CWashingtonTwo Carter arter Field . WashtngtonTwo Washington-Two Washington Two Washington Washtngton -Two Two - Two groups of ot Re Re- RepUblican Repubtlcan Republican - - publican pubtlcan leaders wish James A.Farley AFarley A . A . Farley would keep right on hltUDg bitting hltUDgGov bittingCov hittingGov Gov Cov . Alt Alf M ) { Landon of ot Kansas The Theharder Theharder Theharder harder the better . . Especially In the theperiod theperiod theperiod period between bet\veen bet veen \ now and- and andthe - the convening con con- convening convening - vening of the tbe Republican conven com"en- com"en comen conven- com"entJon convention convention " - tion tJon at Cleveland . One of ot these Is the Old OJd Guard Guarddiehard Guarddiehard Guarddiehard diehard contingent contingent-the contingent the - the boys whowant whowant who Iwant want to stop Landon They hopeFarley hopeFarley hope 'Parley Parley ' Farley , , and for that matter the'vitriol the thevItrIol thevitriol vItrIol 'vitriol ' penned CharlesIIchelson Charles \IIchelson IIchelson Michelson : \ Michelsonwill , , w1J wilt ] keep up a barrage against theKansns theKansas the Kansns Kansas C.ooJ1dge CooJ1dge Coolidge . . . group 1s composeu or ormen or ormen men who Rho \ ho believe Landon LamIon la is going goingto goingto goingto to be nominated , , andho and \ who \\ho ho , while whilenot whilenot whilenot not particularly enthusiastic at themoment the themoment themoment moment , . Intend to support him wIth wIthaU withall withall aU all their strength Their motive is to todraw todraw todraw draw all al1 the fire possible po\Sible po Sible ' \ now , , rath rath- rather rather - er than have the Democratic smear smear- smearing smearng smearlag - ing lag ng machine move Into action only onlyafter onlyafter onlyafter after the convention In short , , theywould they theywould theywould would like 1Ihe to know now just what whatsort whatgort sort ! ort of ot ammunition the Dcmocrats Democrats DcmocratsIntend Democratsintend DemocratsIntend Intend to use against Landon . . Moreover , , they operate on atheory a atheory atheory theory frequently stated 8tated in connection connec connec- connectIon connection - tion with the famous Alfred E . E E.Smith ESmith . . Smith spee speech < : h before the Libertyleague Liberty Libertyeague Libertyleague league ] eague eagueIany : \ Many \Iany Iany Democrats as well weU as asRepublicans asRepublicans asRepublicans Republicans believe that had this thisspeech thisspeech thisspeech speech been delivered next Octo Octo- October October October - ber , Instead of ot last winter , , It 1t wouldhave would wouldhave wouldhave have had bad a tremendous effect etrect effectThus . . Thus ThtJs they would wonid like 1Ike all aU the thecharges thecharges thecharges charges against Landon that can canpossIbly canpossibly canpossibly possIbly be brought put before betore thepublic the thepublic thepublic public now . , Instead of later in the thecampaign thecampaign thecampaign campaign . The political sagacity of ot this hope hopeIs hope1s hopeIs Is 1s so generally genera1Jy recognized that most mostpol1 mostpoliticians mostpoliticians pol1 politicians tlcians and observers here v . werevery were werevery ere erevery very much surprised that Farley Farleyshould Farleyshould Parleyshould should have referred , even so Indirectly Indi Indi- Indirectly Indirectly - rectly , , to Landon They are par par- particularly partlcularly particularly - ticularly tlcularly surprised that Michelsonwho Michelson , , who writes all a1l Farlev's Farlevs Fancy's Fancys ' ' speeches speechesshould , , should h'l\ h'l hl h'i hi hive h'le ' ' \ + e used the expression"governor expression expressiontlgovernor expression"governor expressiongovernor tlgovernor "governor governor " of a h typical plcal prairie state " Implied Sneer This surprise Is not bociuse bcc'1use bcc1use because ' there thereis there1s thereIs is 1s any logic In the theory that It Itmight Itmight Itmight might irritate citizens of other pr'i pri pni-rie pni rie pr'1l- pr'1l pr1l pr'1lrle ' ' ! - rle re ! states There is not much mach logicIn logIc logIcIn logicIn In politics , , anyhow . . But there Is an anImplied anImplied onImplied Implied sneer In the words , , v . which whichcoming hlch , coming from a New Voiker YOlker Yorker , might mighteasily mighteasily mighteasily easily Irritate two men in this pre pre- precinct precinct precinct - - cinct and three women In that a1l all a1lthrough allthrough allthrough through the ' "Middle Middle 'IIddle IIddle " West-might West might Westmightplant West Westmightplant - mightplant plant a seed now v . which hlcb would turn turna a few voters In close cloce : states against againstthe againstthe againstthe the New Deal , , even though by elec eJec- eJec elec- eJection election election - tion diy d'lY dlY day ' these same voters might mightnot mightnot mightnot not have a conscious memory of ofwhat ofwhat ofwhat what It was "as as " that started them turnIng turn turnIng turnlag Ing lag against Roosevelt Roose.elt Rooseelt RooseveltIt . . . It was , naturally natura1lv , , unpremeditated unpremeditatedIt It Is 1s the sort of ot phnse phr\ce phr ce phrase ' \ : tint th'1t th1t that ' creeps creepsInto creepsinto creepsInto Into a well we1l welt rounded sentence wherethe where wherethe the writer or speaker Is thlnhln thinking thinkingof thinkingI ot of the main point , and does not real real- realIze realIze realize - ize that a subconscious thought on on80mething onsomething onsomething 80mething something entirely different hascome has hascorne hascome corne come to the surfaceBut surfaceBut surface surfaceBut But there It Is , and how can It be beretracted beretracted beretracted retracted ? Meanwhile Meanwhlle , most Democrats and andRepublicans andRepublicans andRepublicans Republicans alike In n Washington Washingtonagree Washingtonagree Washingtonagree rightIn agree that Parley Farley Is perfectly perfectIy right In assuming that Landon Is 1'3 13 ' the man manFranklin manFranklin manFranklin Franklin D . Roosevelt will wl11 face face.One faceOne . One of ot the prime movers in the un- un undercover undercover un undercover - dercover Frank 0 Lowden move move- movement movement - - ment admitted with some disgust dlsguqt disgue tothe to tothe tothe the writer that he did not sec Ree see how howLandon howLandon howLandon Landon could be stopped He "as as was wasparticularly "asparticularly " wasparticularly particularly dI disgusted gusted with Ith the the"covered the"covered the"covered thecovered "covered covered " publicitybat publicitybut wagon " picture publicity but added , "Min Min "Man Man " l'1n l1n ' alive , how the thefolks thefolks thefolks folks eat It upl up I I " In the senate cloakrooms the old old- old oldtimers old-timers old timers - . timers still think Landon will not notbe notbe notbe be nominated They think the OJd Old OJdGuard OldGuard OldGuard Guard will wllJ stop him h1m , and their bestbet best bestbet bestbet bet Is Senator Arthur H Vanden- Vanden Vandenberg Vandenberg Vanden-berg Vanden berg - - berg But it would seem that they theyare theyare thcvare are overestimating the Old Guard Guardstrength Guardstrength Guardstrength strength . . . Foodand Food and Drug ActMrs Act ActMrs Mrs Mra Franklin D Roosevelt Is Isgenerallv Isgenerally isgenerally generallv generally regarded by friends and andfoes andfoes shehas andfoes foes alike as a go getter , , but she has not been able , so far , to mahe make mahemuch makemuch makemuch much of a dent deut in the Impasse which blocks whichblocks drugact pa passage sage of ot the food and drug drugact drugact act , , In which both she and the Pres PrcsIdent President Presddent ident ddent are very much Interested per per- personally personally personally - sonally , though the President PreCldent : does doesnot doesnot docsnot "must"for mustfor not regard it as a .1 1 . political "must must " " for this session secslon seeslon seeslonIt secslonIt sessionIt : It may be that some\\ some somewhere somehere \ here inWashington In InWashington InWashington Washington can be found two peo peopIe peopie peopie pIe who know Imow something about the thependmg thepending thepending pendmg pending food and anc1 drug legislation legislationwho legislationwho legislationwho who aJree agree a rce as to the merits of Its Itsprovisions itsprovisions itsprovisions provisions , and on what is 1'3 13 ' going to tolappen happen } tohappen locatethem lappen , but It is difficult to locate them Most of those Interested 1nterested arewilling are arewilling arewilling willing to talk only in whisperswhen whispers whisperswhen whisperswhen when they speak speah at all on this deli dell delicate . cate subject subjectIn . . In the face of ot more spectacular spectaculnr spectacularthings spectaculnrthings things , , most news writers have vir vir- virtually virtually virtually - tually hereIs Ignored the subject subjeet . . Yet here is a bllJot bill bllJ of ot enormous importance toevery to toevery tcevery every man , woman and child In InAmerica inAmerica IrAmerica America This Is not an attempt to tosay tosay tcsay say the measure should be passedIt passed passedIt passedIt It Is 18 very difficult to determine that thatFor . , ror tor one thing tblng , those who think It ItIs i iIs liIs t Is going to pass have no Idea In Inwhat Inwhat Irwhat what form It will be when finallyenacted finally finallyenacted finallyenacted enacted . . Mrs Mra Roosevelt , for Instance , 1known is isknown 1 s ; known to think that the bill Is very ver weik we'1k we1k weak ' , , should be stiengthencd shengthened strengthened great great- greatly greatly greatly - ly and most of ot it revamped . . But Butshe Butshe Butshe she thinks the present draft as itcame It Itcame Itcame came from the senate , , or the draft draftthat draftthat draftthat that seems more In favor faor fa\ fa \ or In thehouse the thehouse thehouse house , , would be better than thepresent the thepre thepresent pre present ent law . " But another group of earnest ad- ad advocates ad advocates - . vocates of ot reform alon along this line linewho , , who 8 agree ree mostly with Mrs Roose Roose- Roosevelt's Roosevelt's - velt's velts ' Idcis Ide'ls Idels ideas ' , , think tllink It v . would ould be tar far tarbetter farbetter farbetter better If the Ule present attempt to getlegislation get getlegislation getlegislation legislation should fall altogether nlto altogetoer.Their altogetoerTheir eter ! ) . TheIr tliouglit thought Is that If no new lawresults law lawresults lawresults results from fcom the efforts etrorts of the present pres pres- present present - - ent congress congrpss , . , It will wUJ be much mach easier easierto easierto easierto to get a real law , , with sharp sJI8rp teeth teeththrough , , through the next session Whereas Where as , if It 1f a law should shouJd be put through throughat at this session Resclon ; , , In some weak wenk form formit , it might be next to Impossible to toget toget toget get through the kind of law theywant theywant they [ want at the next session . . | Fight Complicated ComplicatedComplicating ComplicatedComplicating Complicating the flght tight fight Is a bitter bitterdIfference bitterdifference bitterdifference dIfference between advocates of ot newlegislation new newJeglslatlon newlegislation Jeglslatlon legislation as to where the powerof power powerof powerof of enforcement should shou1cl be lodged lodgedAt lodgedAt lodgedAt At present the law Jnw Is enforced bythe bythe by the Department ot of Agricultnre Agriculture . In- In - cidentally cJdentnlJy , , officials there are not notonly notonly notonly only anxious to retain their presentpower present presentPO presentpower PO\\ PO POer power \ er , but they think a new and andstronger andstronger andstronger stronger law a necessity . , But there Is a very strong group groupwho groupwho groupwho who , , while agreeing that a new ne\\ ne neJaw \ Jaw law JawIs lawis lawIs Is a necessity , , want Its enforcement enforcementJodged enforcementlodged enforcementlodged Jodged lodged with the federal trade com com- commIssion commission commission - mission Both administrative out out- outfits out- out outfits outfits - fits have been lobbying as hard as asthey asthey asthey they could , the one to keep the pow pow- power power power - er v . where here It Is at present , the other otherto otherto otherto to transfer It to the federal tradecommission tradecommission trade tradecommission commission . * . The food processors and the drng drug drugand drugand and chemical trade are spllte spUte splite wide widei wideopen wideopen wideopen i open as to their desires In to this tbls direction di direction di- di direction - rection , some of ot their representa representa- representatives representatives representatives - tives fighting on one side , and some someon someon someon on the other . The nearest approach to an agree agree- agreement agreement agreement - - ment as to prospects , , which can be beobtained beobtained beobtained obtained by questioning everybody everybodyInterested everybodyinterested everybodyInterested Interested , , ! Is s that If a food nnd and nnddrug anddrug nnddrug drug bill bllJ passes at all nU , the final textwill text test textwUl testwill wUl will be so rewritten In conference conferencethat conferencethat conferencethat that It Is Impossible for anyone to toforecast toforecast toforecast forecast even a general Idea of thefinal the thefinal thefinal final form . Slap for MorganAppoIntment Morgan MorganAppointment MorganAppointment Appointment of DividE D1VIdD D'ividE ' I.IIlenthal IIIlenthal Lilienthal Llllenthalto I.IIlenthalto Lilienthalto . to serve nine years as a member of ofthe ofthe ofthe the Tennessee 'rennessee rennessee ' valley vaHey authority author1t authorit3 author1tas \\as as was wasa \ wasa \ asa a square kick hlch hick in the time face to Dr . Arthur Ar Arthur Arthur thur E Morgan , hcid he1d head of . TV TVA A Doctor Doc Doc- Doctor Doctor - - tor Morgan's Morgans ' ' reslgmtion reslgn\tIon reslgn tIon reslgn'ttion reslgnttion ' \ ' has beenlying been beenlyIng beenlying lyIng on President Roosevelt's Roosevelts ' deskfor des1 desk deskfor " for weel weeks s , , and Doctor Morgin l\Iorg1n l Iorg1n Morgan \ h1s has hasmade h1smade hismade made It ! t very clear cJear to the Presidentthat PresIdent PresIdentthat Presidentthat that he could not " work ork with LlhenthaI Lllien- Lllien Llhen- Llhen - thaI that But the President agreed with withLilmentlial \ withLIhenthals , ith ithLlhenthal Llhenthal Lilmentlial s ideis Ide\s Ide s idegs ' \ about TV TVA-not TVA not TVAnotthose TVA A-not A not Anotthose - notthose those of Doctor MorganBriefly MorganBriefly Morgan MorganBriefly Briefly , the dlueicnce difference dlffel ence was overfundamental overfundamental over overfundamental fundamental policy pOllcv , complicated compl1cateJ by bymutual bymutual bymutual mutual incompatibility IncompatIblht incompatibmht3 . . Neither of ofthe oftime ofthe the time men Is famous for being bemg able ableto ableto ableto to get along with colleigues colle\fues colle fues colleagues ' \ ; Quitethe Ql1Ite Quite Ql1Itethe Quitetime the time contrary . , In factBut fact factBut factBut But it Is the difference in poUc pollc3 policenot , , not the personal characteristics of ofthe ofthe ofthe the two men , that is really reany Impor impor- Important important - tant taut tantDoctor tautDoctor Doctor Morgan organ regarded the thewhole thewhole thewhole whole TVA as the biggest blgest ; : demon demonstratIon demonstratlon demonstratlon stratIon |