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CAPITAL . r B By , ' Carter FieldFAMOUS Field FAMOUS WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENT Wail ft \ < aslmgtonDespite usgton-Despite usgton Despite aslington aslmgton -Despite Despite - Despite the vcry very vcrygeneral verygeneral verygeneral general impression that President PresidentRoosevelt PresidentRoosevelt PresidentRoosevelt Roosevelt s address to congress was wasconcH wasconchh wasconcil concH conchh atory tov to\\ to toards towards \ . ards business busmess and andth andtha andthi th\ th tha thIt ' \ it left Harold L Ickes and Rob Robert Robert Robert ert H Jackson out on a hmb 11mb limb Ulere there thereis UlereIS IS no such feel ng In the house or orsenate orsenate orsenate senate or in lD the offices of Jackson Jacksonand Jacksonand Jacksonand and Ickes " ) in n the contrary there Is much muchtalk muchtalk muchtalk talk about Jackson being bemg the Fresic PreSlc Pressc PreSl Press c . . nt s 0\\ 0 own 0n \ n choice to succeed to the theNew theNew theNew New Deal mantle first showing showmg hIS hISmettle hismettle hismettle mettle by winning wmning the governorslup governorship governorshipof governorslupof of New York this fall . . That of course ' is 's s another anotrer story storyand storyand storyand and it Is hkcly likcly likely that more hurdles hurdleswill hurdleswill hurdleswill will confront conf'1"ont conf1ont ' " Jackson if and whcn when whcnhe whenhe whenhe he attempts th s prelim prellm nary step stepthan stepthan stepthan than he now reckons on despite despitethe despitethe despitehe the ( allegation allcgatlon that the labor Jabor leaders leadersill leaderswill leaderswill \\ill ill will ' \ be for him and that labor sup support support support port is essential essentJal to a gubernatorial gubernatorialvictory gubernatorialvictory gubernatorialvictory victory in m the Empire state this No- No November November No--vember No vember NovemberWhat - - - - vember vemberWhat What is important now is what is isthe isthe isthe the real attitude of the President on onthe onthe onthe the treatment the government governmentshould governmentshould governmentshould should accord business busmess . what v.hat vhat he heplans heplans heplans plans to do about it and perhaps perhapseven perhapseven perhapseven even more important what he plans plansto plansto plansto to say about It it . . In his address to congress concress the thePrcsldent thePresident thePresident Prcsldent President d d not repudiate a word wordspoken wordspoken wordspoken spoken by either Ickes or Jackson JacksonNo JacksonNo JacksonNo No one ever dreamed that he would wouldcondemn wouldcondemn wouldcondemn condemn any business busmess unit or busl busi buslness business buslness ness practice practJce which he did not d s sapprove sapprove sapprove approve So it is hardly Impor Important important important tant that he said there was good goodbusmess goodbusiness goodbusiness busmess business and bad busmessWhat businessWhat business busmess businessWhat What business busmess is worried worned about is issomethmg issomething issomething somethmg something much more concrete concretev.hlch concretewhich concretewhich v.hlch vhlch which . it figures will come later- later laterdellnItJons laterdefinitions later laterdefinitions - definitions dellnItJons for example as tobat to \\bat bat what whatis ' \ whatis batIS IS good and'hat and ' \ what \\'hat 'hat hat is bad \ what hat can canbe canbe canbe be doneIth done ' \ with \\Ith Ith government approval approvaland approvaland approvaland and what cannot It . would v.ould vould hke like the thelist thelist thelist list list , , which Gen Oen Hugh S Johnson Johnsonhas Johnsonhas Johnsonhas has been demanding demandmg of the corpora corporatons corporatons corporat tons ons that Ickes and Jackson at attacked attacked attacked tacked in their speeches Charge Conspiracy ConspiracyIt It is already known that the ad admmlstrat admrnistraI administrat mmlstrat mrnistraI on strongly dIsapproves disapprovesthe the steel and cement industries mdustrles on ont ontwo ontiio t two o counts that t ! > at they consp re reon reon reon on prices pnces and tha that t the prices pnces thus thusresulting thusresulting thusresulting resulting are too high But what whatcntIcal whatcritical whatcritical cntIcal critical members of congress d s sapr sapt sapt saptoving apr apt /oving oving lovmg eovmg / of Ickes and Jackson for fort fort fort t eir elr err ' "bus bus 'bus " ' ness baiting want to toknow toknow toknow know is 1S why there is not sufflc suffic ent eat entlaw eatlaw entlaw law at the moment to reach suchconsp1raCIes suchconspiracies such suchconspiracies conspiracies consp1raCIes conspiraciesBut consp1raCIesBut But one little I1ttle sentence in the pres fires president firesident ] ? resident ident s address is caus ng not only onlyreal onlyreal onlyreal real concern but wonder as to towhether towhether towhether whether the Pres dent is not pro propOSing proposing proposing pOSing some new form of tax sug suggestlon suggestion suggeslion gestlon gestion That relates to his Ius thought thoughtthat thoughtthat thoughtthat that capital : does not have the right to refuse employment emploment ) True Truehe Truehe Truebe he hurries on to add that this thisvery thisvery thisvery very refusal tends to undermine undermme the thecapital thecapital thecapital capital st at stc c S system ) stcm But then the thePresident thePresident thePresident President wants to preserve the cap capltal capital capital ltal ital she shc stie system and has always alwaysbeen alwaysbeen alwaysbeen been confident of his Ius ability abl11ty abihty to do dojust dojust dojust just that thatSo . . So the question arises what w 11 11the 11the 11the the Pres dent propose that the gov government government government ernment should do to unemployed unemployedcap cap tal tal7 tali ? Senators pondering pondermg this m in mqu inqu mqu qu red what wbat the government could couldposs couldposs couldposs poss biy bly do if this , idle Jdle capital capitalafraid capitalafraid capitalafraid afraid to risk go ng Into bus ness nessshould nessshould nessshould should be put entirely enl1rely In government governmentbonds governmentbonds governmentbonds governmentbondsTfat bonds bondsTIat bondsThat Tfat TIat That it ft happens is one of the few fewthmgs fewthings fewthings thmgs things capital can do in m avoldmg avoiding avoldmgany avoidingany avoidingany any risk Putt ng money in m a sav say savings sayings savIngs ings bank of course is not with withdraw withdraw withdraw draw ng it from industry mdustry The bank bankmay bankmay bankmay may use it to buy bonds of some someindustry someIndustry someindustry industry It is no longer legal to do dothe dothe dothe the thing thlDg \ wluch which luch in t mes mss of o1 fear fearcap fearcap tearcap cap tal sts have done before-buy before buy beforebuygold beforebuygold before - - buygold gold Local taxes ha ha\e ha e hate \ , e made some someof someof someof of the other devices whichere which \ were \\ere ere xere at atonce atonce atonce once hedges aga nst nit inflation and andplaymg andplaying andplaying playmg playing sate safe such as buying buymg town townlots townlots townlots lots not such a good idea The Thesame Thesame Thesame same th ng has affected the wisdom wisdomof of buying buymg farm landB landB land landB Captol Capltol B it there is no certainty certamty on Capl Cap ! tol Hill as to what wrat the President pro proposes proposes proposes poses to doThe do doThe The Panay PIcturesPresident PicturesPresident Pictures PicturesPresident President Roosevelt and Secre Secretary Secretary tary Secretary of State Cordell Hull have com completely completely coropletely pletely short circu cercu ted the embar embarrass embarrass embarrass rass ng war referendum movement in movementIn the house of representat represent at ves yes start started startad started ed ad by Representat ve ye Lou s L Lud low ] Ludlow 0\\ 0 0of \ of ladii Ind lad it 11 ii a aOne aOne . One ot of Ihe the atest mo\ mo moves moes motes \ es n th s scampa scampa scampa campa gn go wh ch eh passed almost un un110t unnot unnot 110t not ced cod concerned the mov ng p c tures clures ctures of the thl . Pa ay me mc inc dent Old Oldtuners tuners in Washngton Wash ngton \ were ere 1 I lerally terally fiabbel flabbeigasted terallyflabbeig-isled terallyflabbeig isled lerallyfiabbel terallyflabbeigasted g1ste - vhcn 'hen hen hen \ ' they I lead toad ead an inter\ie inter ie interne anInterview aninterie aninterne \ v w Ih th Aithur Allhur de T tta Ita of ofa ofa oa ( a move mov e a concern say ng t ti ! t ! at atcop atcop atcop cop es of the film fi1m would be furni furn . hed the thelb hedthe Navydepartments avydepartmenls \ Vh \lb lb Nb te Ie to House State and I ' > navy avy departmenls departments after the publ c a show ing lag ingThis lagThis showing showlag showingThis This lit I1t Ie le stateme slateme l t may have haveamazed haveamazed haveamazed amazed people \ who ho do not kno v de Tltta Titta deTitta deTltta It may have seemed very flaunting flauntlag indiscreet veryIndiscreet Si Ii is deed del.d deld decd . needlessl needlessly flaunt flaunt- - - ing lag the government governmcnt governmentBut . . But no one who knew de 11tta Titta thought littathought 11ttathought Tittathought anylhng anythrig anylh anyth ng rig of the knd kad k nd ad He not Henot only is the essence of tact and deference anddeference where whcre deference is due but duebut he knows h s way around Wash WashIngton ington very well wel ! IndeedSo indeedSo indeed indeedSo So the w se ones knew at once that oncethat de Titta TIUa had been heen requested to tomake tomake tomake make just such a btatement statement This Thissecmed Thisseemed Thisseemed secmed seemed so interesting Interestmg that they be gan gin to make InquIries InquiriesWBat What mey they theyfound found out . was v.as vas even more interest interesting interestjog Interesttng ing jog The State department very veryvery veryvery veryvery very unofficially had actually in inspired inspired inspired spired a nev newspaper . spa per story to the ef of effect offeet effeet fect feet tint th\t th t thzt ' \ it positively would not pre preView preview preview View these pIciuresl pictures ! It was thus thusthat thusthat thusthat that do de Titta Tltta discovered that the theState theState theState State department wanted the pic pie pictures pietures piclures tures shown with no deletions and andalso andalso andalso also that it wanted somebody at atleast atleast atleast least to know that it was taking takmg this thispositIOn thisposition thisposition positIOn ! Had ReasonsThe ReasonsThe Reasons ReasonsThe The casual reader might m ss the theimplication theimplication theImplication implication but somebody somcbody would wouldnot wouldnot wouldnot not not . . . And somebody in this case caseIs caseis caseIs Is nobody else but the Japanese am ambassador ambassador ambassador bassador in m Washington Washmgton Hirosi Hlrosl Sal Sas Salto Sasto Saito to who incidentally Inc1dentally has never been beenaccused beenaccused : accused of being hemg slow on the in inI Intake intake intakeActually I take takeI I takeActually Actually there v . were ere two reasons reasonsfor reasonsfor reasonsfor for this extraordinary Interest of ofthe ofthe ofjjiejitate the Stale State department in m the Panay films Both fitted in preCisely W1Ul W1Ulthe filmsthe the ideas evolved and taken acrossthe acrossthe across acrossthe the street to the White HouseFirst House HouseFirst First Fll'st Fllst ' both President Roosevelt Rooseveltand Rooseveltand Rooseveltand and Secretary Hull wanted the theAmerican theAmerican theAmerican American people through the themovies themovies themovies movies to see exactly what the Jap Japanese Japanese Japanese anese did to the Panay And thcy they thcywanted theywanted theywanted wanted the Japanese government to tolearn tolearn tolearn learn through its own representa representatlves representatives representslives tlves tives that not only were the Amer Amerscan American Ican scan people seeing seemg the uncensored uncensoredfilm uncensoredfilm uncensoredfilm film but that this was happenmg happening happenmgwith happeningwith happeningwith with the complete approval of the theadmm theadmire theadmrn admm admire strationSecond stratum stratIon stratumSecond Second the efforts of the peace peaceat peaceat peaceat at any price advocates and the war warreferendwn warreferendum warreferendum referendwn referendum backers would be sty stymled stymied stymied mled mied Even more important unportant , , the theAmencan theAmerican theAmerican Amencan American public would be swung swungbehmd swungbehind swungbehind behmd behind larger armament appropna appropria appropnatons appropnat appropriat tons t ons which the administration admmlstratIon m in mends inends inends ends to push not only because of ofthe ofthe ofthe the international mternahonal s tuation tual10n but to toprovide toprovide toprovide provide work and aid the unem unemployment unemployment unemployment ployment situation Housing Housmg ' ProgramThe Program The housing housmg program is counted countedon on to set the stage for a revival of ofconsttuchon ofconstruction ofconstruction consttuchon construction fairly early earJy in m the year yearevcn yeareven yeareven evcn even if other conditions fail fall to clear clearup clearup clearup up Wh While e it is not expected to show showa a big spurt , , , it is conceded by the theadmlDistra theadministrat theadmmistrat admlDistra administrat t on s business busmess experts to tobe tobe tobe be the President Presidents s 5 best bet Their Theirstud Theirstud Theirstud stud es indicate mdlcate that housing is the theone theone theone one industry mdustry that can move agamst against agamstdepression againstdepression agamstdepression agamstdepressionThere depression depressionThere There is a lot of ballyhoo ballyroo about aboutother aboutother aboutother other White House moves to start startthe startthe startthe the business buslDess wheels turning turnmg more morerapidly morerapidly morerapidly rapidly but actually they fade mto into mtomSlgmficance intoinsignificance intoinsignificance mSlgmficance insignificance as compared with Wlth the thereal thereal thereal real hopes tor for the housing program programplus programplus programplus plus the alleged information that thatbuslDess thatbusiness thatbusiness buslDess business itself ltself expects the reces recesslon recessson recession slon sson to be short Many of the items stems about wh1ch which whichthere whichthere there has been so much ball ballyhoo ballyhoolack balls ) hoo hoolack lack substance For instance mstance that thatb thatb thatb b g story about the government governmentspeed governmentspeed governmentspeed speed ng up purchases of $245 245 $ 000 000 000of 000of 000of of supplies that otherwise would be bespread bespread bespread spread over the remainder of the thecurrent thecurrent thecurrent current fiscal year Actually Aclualy ! while whsle whilethis whslethis whilethis this made a good story it was very verypoor verypoor verypoor poor psychology It virtually said saidto saidto saidto to every busmess business man that there thereis IS going gomg to be a decept ve ye demand demandfor demandfor demandfor for goods for the first few tew months monthsof monthsof of the year ' \ which hiCh will Wlll be followed followedby followedby followedby by a hard bump bwnp because the govern government governmeat government ment meat will have completed its buy buymg buyfrig buying buyingAnother mg frig mgAnother frigAnother Another bad p ece of propaganda propagandaso so tar far as the PS psychological ) chologIcal effect effectIs effectis effectis Is concerned was the |