Show washington D C STANDARD OIL LOBBY lobbying will always be practiced in n washington recently however it has reached new heights in the pre new deal days lobby ests lobbied to get land grants lumber concessions and teapot dome oil leases under the new deal they lobbied tor for public works contracts grants and steamship routes today they lobby for war contracts but perhaps the most avid rapacious and lustful lobbying is for priorities on the purchase of materials in this connection standard oil has just managed to get a remarkable priority rating for the shipment of worth of steel to venezuela the story illustrates how a 0 job can be done if you have the lobbyist to do it in this case standard oil is ably represented by washington attorney john N bohannon who knows his way around even to t the he white house what standard wanted was steel for its oil wells in venezuela and it had tho the plausible argument that it must keep up venezuelan oil production for the american and british navies however other american oil all companies also wanted steel for wells in texas louisiana and california also they had the advantage of producing oil which does not require a long and hazardous tanker haul however they did not have the advantage of an al A l 1 lobbyist for mr bohannon went to admiral stark then chief of naval operations erat ions and practically scared him to death about the danger of losing venezuelan oil stark called donald nelson boss of war production and put the pressure on him meanwhile bohannon and friends pre pressured the state department lend lase administration board of economic warfare and finally the white house if there was anyone standard oil oi forgot to high pressure they were sick in bed so standard oil got what it wanted a priority rating of alc A I l C that of domestic oil companies and the th e materials have now been shipped LEWIS PAYROLL the washington merry go round wishes to correct an earlier statement that john L lewis had three relatives on union payrolls whose salaries plus his own gave the family fin an annual take of from the collections of union dues we regret to say that on further investigation we find we erred grievously we ve apologize to mr lewis for or underestimating his capacities and print below the full lewis family payroll showing that the miner czar has not three but nine relatives in cushy jobs and that the family take Is not wt but john L lewis president united mine workers kathryn lewis daughter secretary treasurer district SO 50 I 1 nonny lewis brother head ot united construction workers organizing committee i R n bell brother in law CIO controller coA controller i i 11 11 i n i orin miller brother in law superintendent perin ot of the of 0 flee lc building in indianapolis 0 o 0 dan collins brother in law CIO organizer william thomas thomai cousin super In building in 1 washington t Matti tet lindil sister in law jaw ot of penny denny stenographer 2400 ann miller daughter of brother lnla ln tn la lay orin miller stenographer 1 j i j 2400 son soil in law of 0 floyd belt bell another lewis brother in law district 50 59 oTga organizer nizer 1600 total lewis family payroll i 70 SOO in addition to their big salaries Ls lewis his daughter and brother also have fat expense accounts what they spend is their secret no figures fi 9 have ever been revealed even to union mem members beri and still more alore imposing as is this payroll li list it still does not tell the whole story there Is one lewis lenvis relative who is not on a union payroll but who garners a high bracket income from unions controlled by john L ile he ts Is brother in law floyd bell an insurance agent representative of a surety company bell has hag what ar amounts ouno to a monopoly on the business of bonding all national district and local officers and all CIO officials ills his commissions are e estimated sti mated at a year 1 this sum plus thi the payroll listed above would bring the total take of the lewis fam family ilYUP up to a year v MERRY GO 00 ROUND wayne coy brainy young white house assistant is slated for apro a promotion i the ex indiana newsman will be made assistant budget director coy will also continue as head of the office I 1 of emergency management good news for the cotton grower under war stimulation cotton con consumption now is around bales a month la Is expected to reach an estimated total of bales for or the year this la Is nearly bales more than alst st year yea V |