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Show i ian , ErEN : \ " r rRD an ARD ARDLU RD RDlI tnd und "th th " the lI LU SON theSON SONTAL ! TIONl\L TIONl L \ PITAL PITALca.rter TAL TALCarter ca.rter carter . Field F'ield ' nSecrct.ary _ Secrct.ary Secrctary . of Agri Agri- Agrigenry . - gtonSecretary ngto ngtoA n Wallace seems to toSenrt toq Senrt genry Senrtre A . In the di g q 11\0 11 0 110g more \ re progress DemocratIc Democraticqon DemocratIcf the g wmnmg mnlD of f \ I ( Ifor 1 President in m 1940 1940pis 1940ffellow . Jon qon ! n for member memberA . , 1l.abmet . cabinet l.abmet labmet fellow , ' 1/ 1 / bJS pis fnol the opmlon OPUllOl1 opuiron opmlonsS of ofobserveis ln 10 in 1 ti . A . Far Fari'y- Fari'y Fariy Farley Fari'yln eJ ' ' - , \sS sS o shereo observeis b S Sk crvel shere here hereeY be \ tCrrIble terrible beatIng - . took o obustnCSS k a leY eY , .nwt nwt . recession Theeft Thestet The cfthebusanessrecession eft e eGeneral bustnCSS ster stet General had bad a DIce nice Job lob Jobster lobup upwah with wah th ( ! the t1C Pierce Arrow Arrowup Arrowwtilch Arrow.which Arrowwhich . , up wtilch ; ! Ch \ ttould would ouId not only onlyput onlyS ; him in 111 ui the money , . butpUt butbaVe but butw pUt pUttahen hun back to the theaatbe baVe hre thehre : { tahen aiien must use ns his sprmg . CIew aatbe ktas ktasthescompany thescompany , aatbeo tZew stZew ; w . , Y Ym York o , as the company IS s ISBuffalo isSin Buffalo Further , it wouldIn wouldtaken would wouldhven In m Inbun taken hven bun out of the admmis- admmis adnums admims- admims admimsand admmisnd - . , and nd made him hun a free agent agentyUy yUy speaking peakmg speakingnA peakmgi eakmg eakmgJ1 , nA i J1 h business busmess as it is , Farleyfefeelmg Parley Farley Parleyfeeling of having havmg been sIde side- sideand side-tol side tol - . te teand fefeelmg feeling ecl1ng of being bemg VIr- VIr VIrged vir-itiS vir itiS - neht rIght now d vird , and nd . cagei ged gedatchmg . , \\atchmg atchmg watching \ vat011 \ " the Proces proces- proces'garch - the bars ofmoor of ' through pirch 'garch garch : . ch on n n moor 3ooor 3ooorkit lloor lloorit kit moortatsnds it tatsnds stands stwds , his friends fnends feel , . the theg theil g tor for Parley Farley to do would be ber.1 bera begi r.1 r1 ra . for governor of New YorkaIL Yorkbp York aIL bp ! , This 'nus nus 7fiis ' " would ould seem to be an anlse antae , lse e of o ! attack tor for Parley Farley . Gov Gov-Htrbert Gov Htrbert - . ' ( Herbert gerbert lL H . Lehman certamly certainly certainlytotwant certainlyut certamlytOl ; totwant tOl want to run again agam In fact fact fact.yosrsuacled factyosrsuacled , , . persuaded to run , very much muchhIs muchiii muchel iii his own will wall , only by the thepresure thepresure theUprfc presure . , > sure of President Roose Roose- Roose'arley Roose-rarky Roose rarky - - . rarley 'arley arley ) ' and tirtual1 v , Irtuallj irtuall the whole wholeLe wholet.c wholecerat-c wholecerat c Le t.c tc . - organizatIonG.her organization'sJier organization organizationtJ ; G.her Gher 'sJier sJier ' tJ . r Democrat in m the EmpIre Empireis EmpIrefs fs is an outstanding outstandmg contender contendernominatIon contendernomination contenderke nomination Parley Farley is enor enor- enorpopular enor-fj enor fj - - . popular personally , even evenlots evenlots [ { 10 lots Is of people who do not notl notit .1- .1 .1President . ; , l * - ' President . . . Some frIends frIendsPresident friendspresident friendsK President , notably Scnator Senator Senator8 Scnatore Senatore { e W Norns NorrIs of Nebraska , do dow doAra doISM w Ara much of Parley Farley s politicalsA polItIcalbut polItIcal but there are not so many manyfie many\kc many kc \ fie , e apparently , in m New York 0 . 0 , P . , Not Enthusiastic Enthusiastic6iie 6iie . .elS elS . ! ' , e is another point pomt here Very VeryRepubhcans VeryRepublicans VeryBtpublicans ( Repubhcans Republicans in m New York are areecthuslastlc areenthusiastic aretjecthusiastic ecthuslastlc enthusiastic about any partIc- partIc partIcundldate particcandidate partic-itindidate partic itindidate - - undldate candidate of their own for gov goy- goy - goyin gov-s gov s - . in 1933 1938 Many of the big fel fel- fel felszv fel-n fel n - . . " mil szv .m m concede privately th'1t th1t that th'1tbe thatInc thit\\3\t thit 3 t ' \ ! \ b\e b e Inc \ \ no hope any more of roll roll- rollolamajorrtynorth roll-i roll i - . | olamajorrtynorth ? a majority north of the Bronx Bronxcould BronxCould Bronxb could oossibly DOSSIbly possibly overcome that thatgreater thatgreater thatife peater greater city cityhich , \\hich hich which \ \ hlch , . though thoughfammany thoughTanmany thoughluaroany ( fammany Tanmany an ani any } more , is qUIte quitelid quiteifcfily lid Jy / ) ' pro FarleyII Farleyit Parley Farley 60 it II just may happen that the thegn thegnwillbecome theipiin gn gnwillbecome will become nationally in- in inIt In m-etn m etn - . ; g . . It would be bound to , for forp1e forpie forBple p1e pie if 1 ! District Attorne3 Attorney Attorne } elect electE electBasE E De\vey De vey Dewey \ should happen to tol tot tot l t ' , Repubhcan RepublJcan nominee nommee , . and It Itgeneral itgeneral ittettneral general impression at the mo mo- molbat mo-d mo d - . lhat that lbat Dcwey Dewey can have that thataatio'i thatalum )3UO'1 3UO1 aatio'i aatioi : ) ' ' if he wants it De\ley De ley Dewey DeleyIDlght Deweymight Deveytniiht \ IDlght might ; mess up Parley's Parleys Farley's Farleys ' rec- rec recisd ree rec reeled . - led I1d isd . ' piit Pitt pat him out of the presi- presi presl - . 1 Iniamng presiIniamng presi1 r running ullng tor for good and all alltt , hough though ! { unable to defeat hIm himl , Sat at t is a danger every Wh1te White Wh1teASpirant Whiteaspirant WhiteKtSpirant ASpirant must face again agam and anddice anda ( . I'ace Iace ace dice ! ! ' is reaching reachmg out for forl1J foriu forsBi knowbt knowtit l1J iu in m various quarters . , , know- know knowit - bt tit -it it - tne the conservative southern southerngent southerngentwill southernapnt gent gentwill will W l oppose him For ex ex- ex - - . < he be exhe exbe entertained a group of ofa offorty forty negro editors recently * o-day o day - ay conclave , all expenses expenses"vel expensesvel , ' travel gavel " and hotels to the final finalv.hen finalwhen finalW Mhen v.hen vhen when . Wallace sat downm down downtom downt tom t a m , being paid for by Uncley Uncle 7 y Wallace is also count- count - III count-111 count 111 countIII countfarm farm wm support from all over u'nirv unirv overu'nirv ' clrv . , . His friends thmk think the 'iatlvcs iatlvcs 'iatlvcs111 " ' thenatives natives MU \\111 111 will \ \ not get to first Pposing Dpposmg ipposmg firstDpposmg firstipposmg himill him himy y aU ill this of course , . both as to tot.t toand to"nd tond " and as to Wallace , . l"based lbased ibased i " % based l t.t tt . t.tand lassumptionor basedassumption l"basedassumptlonor assumptlon-or assumptlon or assumption-or assumption assumption - - or perhaps the thefiope the"hope theUbe "hope hope Ube " ' ' would be more ac ac- ac - . -.ulat .ulat - . ac.ulat acthat that Roosevelt , will \ 111 not seek seck ttrm term seekttrm seckterm seekterm Understanding termUnderstanding Understandingstosenators nderttanding a tosenators stosenators to senators and reprcsen represen 11 from reprcsen"om represenfrom " "om om their constituents constltuen whoq whofI ts who whoown fI . : to toOn " own O\\n O n \ securities in m elec- elec - . onpanles ! : Panics ipanaes elecPanics re\ re ref reveal reeal \ eal a curious lack " lackor5tndmg lawg lawt wndmg or5tndmg rstnding of how the law- law law'Inilchlne - g t 'Inilchlne Inilchlne ' machJne machine m ill in Washington ( 003 WashingtonWhat what these investors lDvestors ; investorslr lDvestorstr.elr investorsielr tr.elr trelr ielr . " -lr lr ; , - ofIs congressmen ngressmcn to do , . of Is " something "lething lething " to help their their"orations theirorations " 17porations porahons porations They want - . 17 spelour spe spe- spe fOUr lour thingsal things spethings thingsW thingsa thingsRepeal W a Repeal Repealof al alof of the public publie hold hold- . - yny i iPany , Pany any holdany death sentence sentencc , or at at"p atp atGrp Grp " " rp modification of it itso it so as it to asit asto ! only the intermediate mtermediate intermediateL intermediaterationsrovision al10ns mtermediateal10ns al10nsPro1Slon rationsrovision Pro\1Slon Pro 1Slon \ ' L n that any "yardstick yardstick "yardshck yardshck " " " "by by ruby ' " by [ tons to'Show toShow 'show show gO'tcmment'show ' which the govcinment gO'tcmment gOtcmment goreinment govcinmentboth ' up " the prIvately , sharply'ulbed sharply'fribed ' companies ompatries prIvatelycompanies shall be sharply 'ulbed ulbed 'fribed fribed by condll1ons conditions as to tobe beg g 8 , InclUsIOn acluslo " ot of Pro rata be both both 1h rata1h andof federal . and .xnd xnd local , , and andK.1 andK1 of ofan jan j . an equitable allowance allowanceCIt allowancetelt allowancerest , telt rest telton reston on the ' ' mt init it itand t and mand government's governments m- m in- in : - for . amortIzation . of ofetc - - etco etc o 0 hiwher further loans ans or grants to ' tocities tnunltles mwities totnunltles tomwities to St set sct . t up govern govern- . - govern"ip governip govern'Oerahip 'Oerahip Oerahip " . rablp " electric projects . , t feder Policy Pohcy on all existing fed er r . U1deron proJects cts or others U1der t.nder tnder undertth . lop on thlt that "l l lt the " < , current will be \he he the \ behe heSWItchboard , ( or hIghor iwitchboard SWItchboard , ' to the highthere high highre IIJere there . ( isprobably i8 is Probably -re re - a strong strong"ur ! sentiment andl andQr ntrncnt ! in both house and Qr l all tour four "ur ur " of ot those things r to put them Ulrough-IF-they Ulrough IF they through-IF-they through UlroughIFtheycould throughIFtheycould through - IF - theycould could be gotten to a n vote in each eachhouse eachhouse eachhouse house , and it If congress belIeved belIevedPresIdent believedPresident believedPresident PresIdent Roosevelt would sign the themeasures themeasures themeasures measures it If of enactedSee enacted enactcd enactedSee See Thankless JobBut Job JobBut But there is as no such assurance assuranceOn assuranceOn assuranceOn On the contrary , most congressmen believe congressmenbelieve positively that the PI Pt Piesidcntwould eSldent esident esidentwould would ' \ ould veto anyone any one of the thc four pro pro- proposals proposals . - posals that congress might enact enactAnd enactAnd And there is no disposition on the thepart thepart thepart part of the senators and represen represen- - . rcprcscn.tativcs rcprcscntativcs representatives tatIves to undert underhke underbke ilce such n a .thank thank .thank- . . . .thankless .thankless . - less job lob as to push such sueh measures measuresthrough measuresthrough measuresthrough through only to have them killed by bya bya 3 a veto-especJD.lly vetoespecJD.lly veto especJD.lly especJDlly veto-especially especially veto - - especially . ns as no one thml.s thmls thinks thml.sthere thinksthere thinksthere . there v . would ould bo be a Chmamnn.s Chmamnns Chinaman's Chinamans Chinaman'schance Chinaman'schance Chinamanschance ' . chance of mustering mustermg the two thIrds thIrdsmajorIty thirdsmajority thirdsmajority majorIty in both house and senate senatethat senatethat senatethat that would be necessary to overrIde overridea overrIden n a veto In the first place , there thereis IS doubt if tv/o tv o two / thirds , maJorItIes maJorItIescould majoritiescould majoritiescould could be rolled up even if there therewcre therewere therewere wcre were no piessure plessure pressure from the WhIte WhIteHouse WhiteHouse WhiteHouse House against agamst rolling rolhng them up , or orfrom orfrom orfrom from Jim Parley's Parleys Farley's Farleys ' machIneBesIdes machineBesides machme machIne machmeBesides Besides , there is no particulir parbcul1r particular nu nutriment nutriment nutriment triment , . , politically , in doing domg battle battlefor battlefor battlefor for the utilities There are many manystockholders manystockholders manystockholders stockholders who would be pleased pleasedbut , . but it is not the kind kmd of fight that thatrouses thatrouses thatrouses rouses popular enthusiasm enthuslDsm In the thepresent thepresent thepresent present state of the public mmd mind mindcongressmen , , . theydo congressmen say sny frankly that they do not believe making mal.mg malmg . such sueh a fight fightwould fightwould ! v . would ould entail any particular danger dangerIt It would be down the same alley as aschangmg aschanging aschanging changmg changing the tax liws hws laws to give cor- cor corporations cor corporations - . porations more voice in lD their own ownmanagement o ownmanagement ownmanagementhlch vn vnmanagement management , \ \\hlch hlch which \ \ hich congress pro pro- proposes proposes . - poses to do despite the Presldent's Presldents President's Presidents Presldent'soPPosItIon President'sopposition President'sopposition Presidentsopposition President'soppositionBut ' oPPosItIon oPPosItIonBut But the best thing thmg they would get getout getout getout out of it would be ti \ cry ery small , . polit pollt polit- politically politically getI . - I ically Whereas it " would "ould ould encur the theenmIty theenmity theenmity enmIty of the White House , . mess up uptheir \ Itheir I theIr patronage situations , and startthe start startthe I Ithe the radicals singling smglmg them out as asTones asTories asTones Tones Tories All this might be rIsked riskedmany , many of them say , if 1f the fight could couldaccomplish couldaccomplish couldaccomplish accomplish anythingBut anything anythingBut But the security holders wrIting wrItingletters writingletters writingletters letters do not seem to realize the thedlITerence thedifference thedifference dlITerence difference bet between " een stopping stoppmg a new newthing newthong newthing thing thong m In congress , , and repealing repcalmg 3n an 3nold anold anold old one . . Or . , , in an brief , , the dIfficulty dIfficultytha difficultythat difficultythat tha that t overriding a veto adds to any anycongressIOnal anycongressional anycongressional congressIOnal fightWageHour fight flght fightWageHour Wage-Hour Wage Hour - BillEventual Bill BillEventual Eventual passage of a hodgepodge hodgepodgewage hodgepodgewage hodgepodgewage wage hour regulation bill , satisfac satIsfae satisfac- satisfactory satisfactory - . tory to nobody and irritating to tomore tomore tomore more than it pleases , . is still the theprospect theprospect theprospect prospect as this is written That It ItIS itis itis IS the prospect at all seems due far farmore farmore farmore more to bloc log rolling than to toWhIte toWhite toWhite WhIte House pressure , though get get- getting getting . - ting tmg the bill out of its rules commit commit- committee committee . - tee pigeonhole was hailed halled by Demo Demo- Democratic Democratic . - cratic eratIc leaders as proving that the themuch themuch themuch much heralded "revolt revolt " " against agamst the theadmmistratIon theadministration theadministration admmistratIon administration had collapsedBefore collapsed collapsedBefore Before the alliance alhance betv/ecn betv ecn between / the thecity thecity thecity city bloc , favoring the bill bJlI , . and the thefarm thefarm thefarm farm bloc , . which , . especially m in the theSouth theSouth theSouth South , had been opposed , it looked lookedas as though the American Amencan FederatIon Federationof of Labor was about to do the bill b1ll to todeath todeath todeath death Its proposals to rewrite the themeasure themeasure themeasure measure , it so happened , would wouldhave wouldhave wouldhave have eliminated elunmated the |