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Show SEEN SEENand SEENo SEENod and d HEAR HEARaroundr aroundr around t/fe t fe the theNATIONAL tfeNATIONAL / NATIONAL NATIONAL CAPITAL CAPITALFAMOUS CAPITAL CAPITALBy ; By By Carter FieldFAMOUS Field FieldFAMOUS FAMOUS FAMOUSCarter WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENT Washington - All An AU this hullabaloo hullabalooabout hullabalooabout hullabaloabout > about building buiJdmg up the Republlcan Republican Republlcanparty Republicanparty Repubhcalparty party is fair enough so far Car as Na- Na NatIOnal National National - tIOnal Chairman John D M . Ham- Ham Ham1Lon HamjIton HamJlion - jIton 1Lon is concerned concerced , but Iton't it \\on't on't ont \ won'amount wonamount \ on'tamount on 't t 'tr 'tamount ' ; r ' amount to much for tor some time t tcome to tocome tocome < ' come The Tbe answer is very simple simpleThere simpleThere simplejThcre There can be no party worthy of ofIthe of1the o : Ithe 1the 'the the ' name-In name In name - - in opposition oppositlon to the Roos Roosevelt Roosevelt Roosevelt evelt New De Deal il = Democratic combinationuntil com- com combinationuntil cornbination - bination-until bination until - until some very vcry sizable sizablesegment sizablesegment sizablesegment bon in- in insurges m w ' . - segment of that conglomeration conglomera surges surgesObviously Obviously , to win an electIon electIonthe electionthe electionthe the candidate of the opposItIon opposItIonparty oppositionparty oppositionparty party must have something somethmg like SIX SIXmUllon sixmillion sixmillion mUllon million votes votcs that were cast Clst : for forRoosevelt torRoosevelt . 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John J Rnskob R"1skob R1skob R " iskob . , I I'Jouett Jouett 'Jouett iJouett ' Shouse and Charles QiarIes MIchel MIchelBon Michelson Michelcon Bon son did to Herbert Hoover by start start- starting start.Ing startIng . - ing their barrage early carly in ill 1929 The Thetwo Thetwo Thetwo two cases are not comparableEven comparableEven comparable comparableEven Even that machine machme gun nest was wasnot wasnot wasnot not set up until the Jun June Jung > after Hoov Hoov- Hoover's Hoover's Hoover's - - er's ers ' inauguration mauguratlon Most people seem seemtc seemtc seemt tc ( . , have bave forgotten thatWben thatWhen that thatWhen When Wben the Michelson MJcbelson publicity publicitymachme publicitymachine publicitymachine machme machine . went .ent ent into mto action agamst against agamstHoover againstHoover againstHoover Hoover there hai hat " ' been any number numberof numberof of important de\ de dec deelopments \ elopments For one.Hoover oneHoover one . , Hoover bad had selected his cabinetand cabmet cabinet , and a very weak one i L ih was For Foranother Foranother Foranother another , he be bad had made mnde mode most of his hismajor hismajor hismajor major appointments appomtments , and had Ig- Ig Ignored ig ignored - . nored with Just lust ] ust a single smgle exception , , .ll ll * . .U U .ll ll . the thp men who had led lcd the revoltagainst revolt revolto.gamst revoltagainst o.gamst ogamst against . Al Smith in 10 the South SouthMore SouthMore SouthMore More important , , he had set forth forthhis forthhis forthhis his farm policy pohey , .hlch hlch which . hich pleased pleasedneither pleasedneither pleasedneither neither the farmers nor the rugged ruggedmdJVldualists ruggedindividualists ruggedindividualists mdJVldualists individualists The utter failure of ofit ofit ofit it was written wntten so plainly plamly in m theheavens tbe the tbeheavens theheavens heavens in 10 une lOne iune < . , 1929 , that it didnot did didnot didnot not require a seventh son , nor even evena evena a Michelson , to discern itA it itA A Rallying PointStill Point PointStill Still more important . , Hoo\ Hoo Hoover Hooer Hooper \ er had hadalready hadalready hadalready already surrendered to the oldguard old oldguard oldguard guard tanfl tariff leaders of the house houseand houseand houseand and senate semite He had started off , like likeWllUam likeWilliam likeWilliam WllUam William Howard Taft Taft , , wanting wantmg a amoderate amoderate amoderate moderate revision on just lust a few fewItems fewitems fewitems Items By the time hme Michelson went wentmto wentinto wentinto mto into action achoD he had agreed to a gen general gen- gen general - . eral tariff tardl thrift recisionThat re\ re revision reISlon recision revisionThat \ ISlon ISlonThat That one thing thmg gave the Demo Demo- Democra Democrat Democrats - cra crat crats : a rallying point-an point an point - an issue issueAdded issueAdded issueAdded Added to it was the sincere smcere regret regretof regretof regretof of so many southern and border borderstate borderstate borderstate state Democrats that they had beenswayed been beeni.wayed .wayed wayed i.wayed iwayed : . . by religious pre prejudice preudice : udlce , , es especlally especially especially peclally pecially when they saw Hoover go going going 109 ing so strongly against agamst their tradl tradi tradlbanal tradittonal traditional banal ttonal policies and with so little rec- rec recognition rec recognition - . ognition ogmtIon of the aid in 10 electoral votes votesthe votesthe votesthe the South had given him himThe himThe himThe The whole point pomt now is that theopposition the theOppositIon theopposition OppositIon to Looscvelt loosevelt , cannot get getfairly getfairly getfairly fairly started-cannot started cannot started - cannot certainly certamly use usepubhclty usepublicity usepublicity pubhclty publicity with any mtellIgence-can mtellIgence can intelligence-can intelligence mtellIgencecannot intelligencecannot intelligence - cannot not even start to build up an organ organ- organIZatIon organization organization - ization until unt11lt it finds out outhere where \/here here tihere \ / Roosevelt Roos Roosevelt Roosevelt evelt is going gomg from here here-what here what herewhatthe - whatthe the prospects appear to be for IS ISsues issues issues sues on which the cunojs curlO.lS curlOlS curioas . combma combina combmabon combinabon combinalion bon of elements clements many ol 01 of them op opposed opposed opposed posed to ear each h other in 10 selfish m in mterests interests mterests terests , may make the campaigntour campaIgn campaIgnfour campaignfour four years hence henceMany henceMany henceMany Many things thmgs will be much clearer clearerin in six Sut months Many 1\Iany 1 Iany \ more m 10 in a ayear ayear ayear year . But lacking Iackmg a soothsnyer soothsayer soothsayerChairman , Chairman Hamilton is up against agamst a apretty apretty apretty pretty tough job for the momentPresumably moment momentPresumably momentPresumably Presumably he would build up anorganization an anorganizatIon anorganization organizatIon new which whic whlc . : ! s will wJll stand standfor standfor standfor for all the things thmgs that Governor AI Alf AlfM AltM ! M . M . Landon advocated advccated in m the cam- cam campt campi cam-pi cam pi - pt pi ign , and against agamst all the thmgs things thmgsthe thingsthe thingsthe the New Deal stands for Such abattle a abattle abattle battle is obviously hopeless Be Besides Be Be- Besides . - sides , very few leaders are reay reayleaders really reallyleaders reallyleaders ) leaders They follow the pack . And Andthe Andthe Andthe the pack has not started movIng movIngyeti movingyeti movingycti movingyctiNo yeti yetiNo No Encore on Tugwell TugwellDespite TugwellDespite Despite the warmth of PresidentRoosevelt's PresidentRoosevelts President PresidentRoosevelt's PresidentRoosevelt's Roosevelt's Roosevelts ' letter acceping accep.fng accepfng accepting * ' . the res- res resignation res resignation - . ignation 16nabon of Dr Rexford Guy Tug Tug- Tugwell Tug-well Tug well - . well , it ft is highly Improbable that thatthe thatthe thatthe the professor WI will ) be called caned back to toserve toserve toserve serve the administration Had Tugwell Tug Tugwell Tugwell well left to become president of theUniversity the theUruver theUniversity Uruver University lty of Wisconsin the sltua situa sltualion situation situatlon lion tion iust just might have bet bein bet-n bet n - n dIfferent different.Calling differentCalling . Callmg Calling him back from a unIversity unIversitypost universitypost universitypost post would involveno involve no complications compllcatlons complicationsBut compllcatlonsBut But Tugwell now frankly loins joms joins theranks the theranks theranks ranks of the economic royalists Noone No Noone Noone one , not even his sharpest critics critics.an1 criticsan1 . , an + he has plenty of them , suspects suspectsthat suspectsthat suspectsthat that Tugwell's Tugwells ' viewpoint vlewpomt will be bewarped bewarped bewarped warped by this contact-any contact any contact - any more morethan morethan morethan than any anyone one suspects that the Roosevelt Roos Roosevelt Roosevelt evelt administration admmlstratlon will wJlI change itsattitude Its Itsattitude itsattitude attitude toward the economic royal royalISts royalfists royalists ISts fists because the President's Presidents PresldeLt's PresldeLts Presideit's Presideits ' son is isabout isabout isabout about to marry into the du Pont PontfamIly Pontfamily Fontfamily FontfamilyRegardless famIly famIlyRegardless Regardless , of f this , however , there therearc thereare thereare arc are certain appearances that mustbe must mustbe mustbe be maintained mamtamed There uave .ave ave save . been beenfew beenfew beenfew few contacts between beh/een beh een / A A . A . Berle BerleJr , Jr , attorney tor for the American Mo Molasses Molasses Molasses lasses comp.ny-\.hlch compny.hlch comp.ny compny .hlch hlch comp company , . ny-which ny which - \ which . Tugwell Is Isabout isabout isabout about to jom-or jom or join-or join join - - or Charles W Taus TausSlg Taussig Taussig Slg sig , its president , since those mem mein- mein members meinbers . - . " bers of ths th = original ongmal Brain Trustwent Trust Trustwent Trustwent went into mto trade , as a8 our British cous cousInS cousins cousins InS would . , Ray Moley , original No 1 BraID Brain BraIDTruster BrainTruster BrainTruster Truster , . is another sort of thmg thing thmgMolcy's thingMoley's thingMolcy's thingMolcys BraIDI I Molcy's Molcys Moley's Moleys ' contact with lolls ions pay andadvertisers and andadvertisers , advertIsers , circulation staffs andwriters and andwrIters andwriters wrIters , since smce he left lelt the high intellectual In- In Intellectual in intellectual - tellectual peaks of Washington has hasbrought hasbrought hasbrought brought about a very definite dettnite definitechange dettnitechange dc&nltechange dcnltechange & change He began parting company companywith companywith companywith with the New Deal viewpoint vJewpomt in1935 m in 1935 , about nbout the time of the tax billof bill billof billof of that year . He believed in m a tax taxbill taxbill taxbill bill bill . , . , but not in the Roosevelt pro pro- proposals proposals proposals - posals posalsThe ' The 1'he 1he tax bill of 1936 waq wan wa < even less to his Ius liking l1kmg . , in principle prmcIple . And some someof someof of his bis editorials during the campaJgn campaign cam- cam campaign - paign paJgn just closed were as sharplycritical sharplycritical sharply critical of New Deal Denl financing as lS lSany asany : any that appeared in out : and lnd outRepubl1cnn outRepublican out Republican Republ1cnn organs In tact fact , manyof many manyof manyof of them were widely reprinted reprmted byRepublican by byRepublican byRepublican Republican newspapers and quoted quotedby quotedby quotedby by Republican RepubIlcan orators . Tugwell Booed BooedAs As a matter ot 01 of fact fact ! Zict , there weret\vo weret vo were weret weretwo t\\ t ta two \ \ a departments in 10 the campaignwhich camplIgn campaign camplIgnwhich campaignwhich ' : which paved pavcd the \ way . ay for Cor Tugwell s spassmg spassing spassing passmg passing out ' if 'Jf Jf sf the New Deal Dca ) pIe pIeture pieture picture ture There Thre ( : " , were ere jusi JUS1 just two names nameswhich nameswhich nameswhich which were ceitain certain cel tam to be booed at atthiS atthis atthis thiS year's years ' political rallies rllhes : Every Everymention Everymention Everymention mention of Herbert Hoover by aDemocratic a aDemocratlc aDemocratic Democratlc Democratic orator brought a storm stormof stormof stormof of catcalls catcHHs and other evidences of ofdisapproval ofdisapproval ofdisapproval disapproval Equally EquaJly , almost almust , every everymentJon everymention everymention mentJon mention of Tugwell Tugell Tug\ Tug \ ' . ell by an ae anti New NewDeal NewDeal NewDeal Deal speaker speal.er spealer speaher . bad had the same re resuIts resuits resuits resuitsAnd suIts suItsAnd And there was a distinct dlstmct lack of ofan ofany ofany an any ) compensatory cheering cheermg for eith- eith either eith elth either - . er in m the opposite camps In Cact fact factmost , . most Republican Republicau and Constitution Constitution- Constitutional - al Democratic Democrahc olators oiators did not often oftenmentJon oftenmention oftenmention mentJon mention Hoover Nor did Democrat Democrat- Democratic - ic speakers dwell on the merits ments ofDr of ofDr ofDr Dr . TugwellAside TugwellAside Tugwell TugwellAside Aside from this demonstration of ofTugwell's ofTugwell's ofTugwell's ofTugwells Tugwell's Tugwells ' lack of popularity there therewns therewas therewas wns was a development of some moment momenton on the President's Presidents ' trip tnp to thedrouth the thedrouth thedrouth drouth stricken area . Only bits ofthe of ofthe ofthe the story have leaked out , but it is isknown isknown Isknown known that thereere there \ were \\ere ere \ some sharp sharpwords sharpwords .ords ords words . between the two at Des Des11omes DesMoines DesAloines 1\1omes 1 1omes Moines \ : , and that thLJt the President per per- peremptorJly peremptorily peremptorily - emptorily emptorJly ordered Tugwell to keepfar keep keepfar keepfar far in m the background bachground Fragmentsof Fragments of the conversation were overheard overheardand overheardand overheardand and repeated , but the only detail is isthat Isthat isthat that it all concerned Tugwell's Tugwells Tugwell'sspendmg Tugwell'sspending Tugwell'sspending Tugwellsspending ' spendmg spending and lack ILJck of beneficial re resuIts resuits resuits resuitsAll suIts suItsAll All of which is rather puzzling , be because be- be because . - cause whatever the President may mayhLJve mayhave mayhave hLJve have thought of Tugwell s drouth droutharea droutharea droutharea area work , that tl.at tlat . region certainly certainlydtomonstrated certainlydt certainlydtmonstrated dtomonstrated monstrated dt appro\ appro approv approval approal \ al Of oR o * the New NewDeal NewDeal NewDeal Deal in a big way on tMovember ovember November 3King 3 3King King Edward's Edwards ' Problem ProblemIn ProblemIa In Ia diplomatic clrcl circles s here in inWashmgton inWashington inWashington Washmgton Washington , as in 10 sewing sewmg circles m in mOshkosh inOshkosh inOshkosh Oshkosh and elsewhere in 10 this coun coun- country coun- coun country country - - try , there Is very real regret that thatthe thatthe thatthe the problem which whlcL whicL seems to be . con-frontint con frontint con con- confrontin - . front1Ob frontin , , the king kmg of : England Ingland is not notsimpler notsimpler notsimpler simpler . 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