| Show Washington Round Merry-Go-Round Pork Tork Cutting Will Win Keep Congress In Session Past June F. F D. D R. R Sounding Sentiment on Cordell Hull By DREW PEARSON and ROBERT ALLEN WASHINGTON Those Those optimistic statements about a short session of congress are a lot of wishful thinking think think- ing The boys will still be on hand when June 1 rolls around One reason is that there is no need for them to hurry to get through The presidential convention wont won't take place this year until late July and early August The other reason is that the shadow of the momentous fall campaign will dominate everything everything everything every every- thing said and done on Capitol Hilland Hilland Hill Hilland and the session is a cinch to be one of the most acrimonious us and poli poll tics-ridden tics in years There will be fierce fighting over the Wagner Vagner labor and wage-hour wage acts over Secretary Wallaces Wallace's demand demand demand de de- de- de mand for some form of processing tax to finance the farm parity payments over Cordell Hulls Hull's reciprocal trade treaties and above all over the slashed budget Its It's on this last issue that you will see party lines crumble and the boys despite all their brave economy economy economy my talk and other lo lofty ty sentiments rally together to save their pork For theres there's political murder in that budget The boys dont don't know it yet but Roosevelt has ripped out of the flood control appropriation whittling it down from to The cries of anguish that will vill go up when this is discovered discovered discovered ered will rend the heavens from New England to California and from Michigan to Texas At least two- two thirds of the members of both chambers chambers chambers cham cham- bers have local stakes in this appropriation appropriation appropriation ap ap- ap- ap to say nothing of hundreds hundreds hundreds hun hun- of contractors and thousands of workers and with an election in inthe inthe inthe the offing oiling you can bet your boots the boys are going to leave no stone unturned to get their pork The flood control item is just one of a number that got the axe The highway y appropriation another prime local pork favorite was rid rid- When Roosevelt merely recommended recommended recommended rec rec- that last year congress congress' nearly had a fit The boys will jump out of their skins when they see what he actually did to the appropriation appropriation appropriation this tim time S No Third Term I IFor For the first time in two years word vord has gone out very quietly fro from m the White WhiteHouse Whitey y House that the President President Pres Pres- r ft ident has a man definitely definitely def def- in m mind as asI I his possible 4 sor y 1 That man is Cordell Cordell Corr Cor Cor- r 4 dell Hull This does not ir mean that the President President Pres Pres- ir ident is is committing himself However this is definitely the n Cordell Hull very first time he heh heh h has s even mentioned the name of a specific candidate What the President is doing is throwing out Hulls Hull's name to various close advisers and noting their re re- re- re action The tack which the President is taking is that Hull is the only man who could get the support of both the liberal Democrats and the conservatives conservatives conservatives con con- such as Senators Glass Byrd and George Also significant is the fact that the Inner Circle while not yet counting Roosevelt out for third term are by no means so sure of it as they once were Now they are convinced that Roosevelt really does not want to be a candidate S S Insurance Bombshell Insurance company officials who have been raging over insurance disclosures by the monopoly anti-monopoly committee dont don't know the half of it The worst is yet jet to come The committee will make a voluminous voluminous voluminous volu volu- minous report on the finances and investments of 26 of the largest insurance insurance insurance in in- companies companies and and its it's going to be a bombshell One of the sensations will be the revelation that last year a certain nationally known company with many millions of dollars on deposit in a certain bank drew not one cent of interest on this money The report report report re re- re- re port will vill show as a possible explanation explanation explanation nation for this amazing situation that high officials of the comp company ny also are directors of the bank Even when published only a limited limited lim urn number of copies will be available available available avail avail- able because the report is so voluminous voluminous voluminous vo vo- vo- vo luminous that it cost a copy to print it in the government printing 0 office S S S Capital Chaff Assistant Secretary of State A. A A. A Berles Berle's wife Beatrice Bend Bishop Berle is a physician The President President President Pres Pres- ident is about to have his portrait painted by Cuban Artist Esteban Estcban Valderrama A peace society has distributed copies of the David Lawrence editorial Peace Now which proposes a point 10 program for settlement of the war One move in the minds of ot the Jack is that in the last showdown showdown show show- down he might withdraw to let Sam Rayburn step into the picture |
