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Show SEEN SEENand SEENandHEAR I and HEAR HEARaround H EAR EARaround , arouncf around tbeNATIONAL t/ie t ie tbe the / \ , NATIONAL CAPITAL CAPITALBy CAPITALJp By By Carter FieldrAt.iOU5 Field FieldFAMOUS | FAMOUS rAt.iOU5 rAtiOU5 . WASHINGTON WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENT CORRESPO N D E N T WashingtonNo Washington -No No - No buyer for the 12 12standard 12standard 12standard standard cargo vessels tor for whichb winchb which winch b ds were to be opened by the Umt Unit Umted United United ed States maritime commission was wasin wasin wasin in sight when whcn the b ds were calledfor calledfor called : for None Is in sight now nON And Andthere Andthere Andthere there are those who say that unless unlessthe unlessthe unlessthe the merchant marine act is amend amendcd amended amended cd ed materially there is doubt that thatany thatany thatany any experienced American Amencan operatorwill operator operatornil will \ nil III ! buy the new shipsThe shipsThe ships shipsThe The merchant marine marme act was so sowClghted soweighted soweighted wClghted weighted down by safeguards by bysuspicious bysuspicious SUSPICIOUS legislators that some bel be 1 l ) eve it Jt is almost unworkable At Atthe Atthe Atthe the time of its passage June 29 291936 1936 it was openly charged that thatthe thatthe thatthe the act had purposely been so hob hobbled hobbled bobbled bled as to make government opera operatlon operatwo operalion tlon two necessary if 1f America Amerlca is to have havea a merchant marinePublic marine marinePublic marinePublic Public ownership and operation operationadvocates operationadvocates operationadvocates advocates occupy key positions with withthe withthe withthe the commission They Tbey are alleged allegedto to be aggravating the present de demoralIzat dernoralizat demoralizat moralIzat rnoralizat on In the hope of creating creatinga a situation in which wluch winch public publ1c oper operatlon operation operation atlon ation will be the only alternative alternal1ve alternal1veWhether alternativeWhether | Whether this is true or not it lS is lSQ.ulte isquite isjquite Q.ulte Qulte quite . apparent that before bcfore Ameri Ameni American Amenican Aroerican can operators put up any money moneythey moneythey moneythey they will have to be convinced convmced that thatthe thatthe thatthe the commission wants them to suc succeed sucGeed sueceed ceed Geed and w will l co operate v.hole vhole whole v.holeheartedly wholeheartedly . wholeheartedly heartedly in trying trymg to make private privateoperal1on privateoperation privateoperation operal1on operation successful successfulIn In this connection it Is pomted pointed out outthat outthat outthat that many of the executives now nowassociated nowassociated nowassociated associated with wth ! the American mer frier merchant frierchant merchant chant marine marme have operated shIps shIpsunder shipsunder shipsunder under foreign flags They are fa fam familiar tamiliar m miliar Iar with Wlth the respective respecl1ve advan advantages advantages advantages tages and drawbacks of that form of ofoperation ofoperation ofoperation operation and will be willing to un undertake undertake undertahe dertake it if i Si ! conditions are not cre created created ereated ated promptly to make operatIon operatIonunder operationunder operationunder under the American Amencan flag more tol tolerable tolerable tolerable tolerableAmerican erable erableAmencan erableAmerican American Amencan operators feel that the theway theway theway way they were compelled to sign signon signon signon on the dotted line Ime lme in the terminationof termmationof termmation termination of postal subsidies was a bad start startfor startfor startfor for a co operative effort to establ1sh establish establisha establ1sha a permanent American merchant merchantmarIne merchantmarine merchantmarine marIne Nothing Nothmg is causing causmg more moreapprehension moreapprehension moreapprehension apprehension than the labor sltua situa sltuatIon situation situation tIon and the difficulty of mamtam maintain mamtamIDg maintaining maintaining IDg ing proper discipline dlsclpl1ne on shipboardMuddle shipboard shipboardMuddle Muddle Is GrowingAmerican Growing GrowlDg GrowingAmerican American shipping shlppmg men say that thatthey thatthey thatthey they are anxious amaous to operate under underthel1 undertheir undertheir thel1 their ' own flag but as the muddle muddleseems muddleseems muddleseems seems to be growing growmg worse Instead Insteadof insteadof of better they are growing growmg Impa irnpa ImpatIent irnpatient impatient tIent They point pomt out that all the thepresent thepresent thepresent present act does is to equalize equalizeconstruct equalizeconstruct equalizeconstruct construct on and opera operating tmg costs costsThey costsThey costsThey They would be just as well off if 1f they theywere theywere theywere were to place their construction or orders ordens orders ders dens abroad and operate under a amore amore amore more ship minded jurisdiction They Theythen Theythen Theythen then would not have to comply with witha a multitude mullitude of restrictions restnclions such as asare asare asare are imposed by the merchant ma marme manine marme rme nine actSome actSome act actSome Some lines lmes are unable to comply complyV.lth complywith complywith V.lth Vlth with . the requirements that they have haveno haveno haveno no interest mterest in m lighterage hghterage or steve stevedormg stevedormg stevedoring dormg doring operations This is essen essentIal essenteal essential tIal teal at some ports sh ppmg mter inter mterests interests interests ests mamtainWhile maintainWhile maintain mamtain maintainWhile While troublesome restnclions restrictions restrictionscan restnclionscan can be escaped by operatng operat ng under undera a foreign flag American Amencan operators operatorsrealize operatorsrealize operatorsrealize realize that the navy must ha\e ha e hate haeawnllanes hateauxiliaries haveauxiliaries \ awnllanes auxiliaries that this country s com corn commerce cornmerce cornmerce merce must be protected at times timeswhen timeswhen timeswhen when foreign countries countnes have other otheruses otheruses otheruses uses for their ships and that shIps shIpsunder shipsunder shipsunder under the American Amerlcan flag are a guar guarantee guarantee guarantee antee against agamst discriminatory dlscrIm1Oatory action actionby actionby actionby by foreign governments that handl hands handlcaps handscaps handicaps caps our trade It is for these thesereasons thesereasons thesereasons reasons they say that they have havebeen havebeen havebeen been waiting wailing thus long in JD the hope hopethat hopethat hopethat that the law might be treed freed of re restrlctions restrictions reEtrictions strlctions strictions they consider unreason unreasonable unreasonable unreasonable able and that a disposition beshown be behown hown shown < on the part of the mantlme maritime mantlmecommission maritimecommission maritimecommission commission to encourage rather ratherthan ratherthan ratherthan r than hamstring hamstrmg private pnvate opera operationAmbassador operation operationAmbassador lion Ambassador Kennedy KennedyJoseph KennedyJoseph Joseph Patrick Kennedy the sille silk silkhat silkhat : hat New Dealer whom the Presl Presi Presldent President President pantsfor panion dent will send to wear knee pants pan for ion the United States at the Court Cour Courtof Courtof Courof t of St James is one of the most mostimpressive mos mosimpressive mostImpressive t impressive characters walking walkmg the theWashington theWashington theWashington e Washington stage He headed two twopowerful twopowerful twopowerful powerful commissions comnussions got himself himsel himselfwhispered himselwhispered himselfwhispered L whispered for President in m 1940 1940Now 1940Now 1940Now Now he II 11 negotiate a trade tar taragreement tariff f fagreement | agreement andGreat between betwcen America and an anGreat d Great Britain Bntam The pact may bmd bmdthe bin binthe bindthe d the two t\\O t O \ countries closer together togethe togetherand togetheand togetherand r and make important historyMr historyMr history historyMr Mr Kennedy is Boston IrIsh IrIshabout Irishabout Irishabout about fifty with Celtic Cell1c blue eyes eyessandy eyessandy eyessandy sandy hair-what hair what hair - what s left-expandmg left expandmg left-expandin expandin leftexpandmgwaistl leftexpandinwaisti left - expandingwaisti g workshimself workhimself waistl waisti ne He s dynamic dynamlc He works work s himself and his ms employees to j t ters and they like itMr itMr it itMr Mr Kennedy s home and his wife wifeand wif wifand wifeand e enk swankBronxvlUe swankBronxville swaBronxville and nine nme children are in m swank swa nk Bronxville half hail an hour or so nortb nort nortof northof h . of estatejust New York . . At another estate he e just out of Washington he some sometunes sometimes sometunes tunes times thePotomac thPotomac breaks quiet along the th e Potomac with rousing rousmg parties formixed tor for a amixed mixed amixed company of hot shots anI and ! his andhis hard worked workel ! assistantsBefore assistants assistantsBefore Before the New Deal Mr Ken Kennedy Kennedy Kennedy nedy had quite some m milhons millions hons in Wall inWall street Then the President Presidentappointed Presidentappointed appointed him hun to bead the securities securitiesand securitiesand and exchange commission commisslon- commisslon commission- commisslonso commissionso - so no body nobody else could clean up old deal dealen dealera dealers en era saidAfter said saidAfter saidAfter subsidylaw After SEC came the ship subsidy law whereby the government Is ls bUIldmg building isbuilding IsbUIldmg lsbuilding vessels for private com corn companles cornparses cornpanics panles parses operating operatmg to foreign coun coup tries so that the navy can borrow borrowthe borrowthe borrowthe the ships back in iii time tome of war Mr MrKennedy MrKennedy MrKennedy Kennedy became chairman of tbe the tbemantlme themaritime themaritime mantlme maritime commission to admlD.Jster admlDJster administer admlD.Jsterthe administerthe administerthe . the law Newspapers extolled extol1ed his hiswalk hiswalk hiswalk walk away with the lob job They say sayhis sayhis sayhis his survey of the United Umted States Statesshabby Statesshabby Statesshabby shabby old merchant marine as ascompared ascompared ascompared compared with the nifty fleets of ofEngland ofEngland ofEngland England Japan Italy France Is Isone isone isone one of the few businesslike busmesslike docu documents documents documents ments ever to come out of Washing Washington Washington Washington ton His Hls settlement of c1alms claims c1almsagainst claimsagainst claimsagainst against the United States by ship shipping shipping shipping ping companies whose ocean mal1 mail mal1contracts mailcontracts mailcontracts contracts were cancelled by the new newmarme newmarine newmarine marme marine law was a model of busmess business busmesssagacity businesssagacity businesssagacity businesssagacityBut sagacity sagacityBut But others said that Mr Kennedy Kennedyused Kennedyused Kennedyused used abrupt language to some ship shipping shipping shipping ping companies compames who didn dldn t tall fall In Inline inline inline line with his hts plans That when he heleaves heleaves heleaves leaves for England in m February he hewill hewill hewill will have contracted de definitely Dltely with withoperators withoperators withoperators operators to build only about 43 new newships newships newships ships The navy says it needs 500 500Maybe 500Maybe 500Maybe Maybe the chairman laid the founda foundalion toundation . tlon lion on which an adequate merchant merchantI merchantmarine merchantmarine merchantmarine I marine will Wlll be built bu t . . I Those troubles are all a11 behind bchmd the thenew thenew thenew new ambassador now but he may mayrun mayrun mayrun run into mto more ahead Plain blunt blunttalk blunttalk blunttalk talk may not be so good for treaty treatymakmg treatymaking treatymaking makmg making and war dodging dodgmg Or again againit againit It might If 11 the United Umted States wants wantsa a man to ta-k ta k ta.k tak . - . turkey its it s got himCrop him himCrop Crop RegulationCongress RegulationCongress Regulation RegulationCongress Congress will soon enact a farm farmcrop farmcrop farmcrop crop regulation law Since Smee near nearly nearly nearly ly all al1 the nation s food is produced producedon on farms the new law will really reallyregulate reallyregulate reallyregulate regulate food Under the law the thesecretary thesecretary thesecretary secretary of agnctulture agrlctulture agrictulture will tell the thefarmers thefarmers thefarmers farmers they can sell only enough enoughcorn enoughcorn enoughcorn corn wheat , , cotton tobacco and andrice andrice andrice rice to make a normal national sup supply supply supply ply With a third of the popu1atlon population populationill 111 ill clothed and ill 111 ted fed as President PresidentRoosevelt PresidentRoosevelt PresidentRoosevelt Roosevelt said his New Deal DeaJ congress congross con jgress gress gross is passing passmg a scarcity law lawMust lawMust lawMust Must hunger go on in m the midst midstof midstof midstof of plenty ? Why ? For years farmers have been get get- getting getting getting - - ting less and less goods in exchange exchangefor exchangefor exchangefor for their labor on ! farms arms In pioneer pioneerdays pioneerdays pioneerdays days they produced and consuDled consumed consuDledtheir consumedtheir consumedtheir their own food and supplied suppl1ed near nearby nearby nearby by towns Then came fast trans transportatlon transportation transportation portatlon portation and factory methods methodsmaking methodsmaking methodsmaking making foods always cheaper And Andthe Andthe Andthe the lower the prices pnces the more the thefarmers thefarmers thefarmers farmers had to grow to make a al1vlllg aliving aliving l1vlllg living The same thing thmg happened happenedas as a result of machine maclune product on onto onto onto to clothing phonographs furniture furnitureautomobiles furnitureautomobiles furnitureautomobiles automobiles But the manufactur manufacturers ers simply stopped making so many manythings manythings manythings things and prices stayed up In the thecase thecase thecase case of farm produce however howeverthere howeverthere howeverthere there . were v.ere vere so many manufac manufacturers manufactuners manufacturers turers tuners scattered over such vast vastareas vastareas vastareas areas that thai they never could be or orgamzed organized organized gamzed ganized or reach an understandingto understandmgto understandmg understanding to limit hmlt productIonThe production productionThe productionThe The government took a hand m in mthe inthe inthe the problem back in m post war days daysReDlember daysRemember daysRemember ReDlember Remember all the talk about the theMcNary theMcNary theMcNary McNary Haugen W bill ? ' But it didn dldn t tpass tpass tpass pass Ever since smce and before that that thatpoliticians , , pohtlclans politicians have been getting gettmg farDl farm farDlers farmers farmers ers votes by promising to do some somethmg something something thmg thing to increase their purchasing purchasingpower purchasingpower purchasingpower power Great national farm UDlons unions UDlonstrIed unionstried unionstried trIed but w tnout thout successNothmg success successNothing successNothing Nothing Nothmg of importance was ac accomphshed accomplished accomplished comphshed complished unt unti 1 congress passed passedthe passedthe passedthe the Agricultural Adjustment act actduring actduring actduring during the last administration admimstratlOn Un Under Under Under der AAA the government pa d farm farmers farmers farmers ers not to grow crops not to |