Show washington snapshots by james preston there is a sequel to tho the white house ghost story about the mythical lilyth ical who supposedly told the mt a business biou had been nipped in fit the bud by the senate refusal to grant lim broad neutrality powers furnishing the sequel Is the alie corps u of government economists who endeavor to keep keel the president and others posted on the future business hardly had the white house ghost announcement dried in the headlines when the economists cattle came forth with their 1 busl business bushness ness condition prediction for the rest ot of the year that prediction is that business will be better this fall and winter that jibe with the creyo crepe hung on the business indices by tb the white eWhIte house shooks spooks man ill addition this uldra prediction of the economic seers the white house on oa another point the washington hangers on remember that not so so long ago the white house viewed with considerable alarm the threat of a n late summer european crisis the official clowers with alarm argued that much broader powers powders were needed for the white house to deal with the expected situation that the problem t lie left 1 in tile the hands of congress now however the economists are making light of the alarming situation if they foresaw any such serious gerlous crisis as was seen heen by the administration big wigs their business predictions arc dictions would woula not be so optimistic if there was ever a time when the political wise nien of washington were lit in agreement on oil a question it is now on tile the subject of the CIO vs vice president garner all agree that the beetle beleuc CIO leader blundered on to a political banana peeling whan lie made lila unprecedented personal attack on oil the popular texan that the political strategists are in ili agreement is is unimportant however what is important is that the event may lead to many policy reforms lit in washington certainly it deflates infill once lit in congress meaning that congressional groups still found it expedient to follow tile the will of tile thu OIO will now find it difficult to convince mure more conservative vol leagues that the should have its way thena too tin tile 1 nn labor isuara which Is about about to bo be investigated by EL a com la Is expected to suffer a set back buela as it a result thi the has baa bevil been its chief defender interesting too la is tile the fact that big nud and little political figures alike tire arc trying to climb into the john 14 lewis verbal spotlight rew few can call be found now who want or will accept 3 0 support for reelection rather athor It 11 they believe their chances are ara stronger it lewis will attack them nutt note I 1 hen lre t that ila t a at t a white house press picas conference shortly after lewis called tile the alce dent harsh names the number 1 bo boss Ss carefully C it r efell y 1 pointed 0 anted out thattie that the C 10 had also attacked attack eil him oil upon a time hut but there were beio broad 11 hints ants that the lewis name calling against vice president garner gamer was actually cooked up by gurner hatcha within the administration lewla lewis a few days before having been beed a white house caller E everyone one agrees aglet th though ough that it if lewis did pull tills this stunt while acting is t s it a white house charley mccarthy lie he either got up ui on what ilat lie wits was told tu to say or should get I 1 it a new ventriloquist COST OF LIVING NOTE coal pric lirk es way may be higher tilts this winter of secretary ickes new bituminous coal division can call work 0 out ut till all tile the complex details here Is the back back ground present transportation c coats 0 8 t 8 make shipment of coal by water cheaper than shipment by ralli rail allus coal shipped to consumers by water routes can sell at lower lor prices to raise ohp th price of water ship shili ped pea coal t to the lev level el of that shipped by rail the division Is trying to work out a basing point price fixing arrangement that will force coal operators to charge madr more e tor coal that is tobe to be shipped by water |