Show DR W ON ED NOTE While NOTE While Drew Pe Pearson Pear Pear- r- r son Is on vacation the tho Washington Washing Washing- ton Round Merry-Go-Round Is being written by his old partner Robert S. S Allen Iran ran Wants Lo Loan n T THE HE Iranian government is attempting attempting at at- tempting a new backstage squeeze for a big US U.S. hand handout It is a demand for a million dollar world bank loan The proposal was sprung by A. A H. H head of the Iranian state bank ank and a governor of the world bank He is due next month for a meeting of bank governors Meanwhile is trying to put on the heat in Teheran He has told US U.S. officials there that Iran is entitled to the same kind of monetary and military aid the US U.S. is giving Turkey and Greece He Be concluded one conversation with the haughty observation that if such assistance assistance assistance assist assist- ance is not forthcoming the theUS theUS theUS US U.S. can go to hell Actually a large flow of US U.S. dollars dol dol- lars ars is pouring into Iran American oil il interests are paying out millions monthly and the US U.S. government governments is s spending large sums It has just completed a engineering survey urvey for Iran Strained Relations the Behind scenes diplomatic relations re re- lations between the US U.S. and Iran are at the lowest ebb since the when the state department deported a member of the Iranian legation for smuggling opium Curious aspect of the current strained trained relations is that Shah Mohammed Mohammed Mo hammed Riza is making a state tate visit to Washington this fall His mother and several other members members members mem mem- bers of his family already are in inthe inthe the he US U.S. Authorities are at loss as aso asto asto to o the reason for Iranian gruffness Iran put on huff a a huU last month at athe atthe atthe the he turndown of an opium scheme Famine conditions exist in Azerbaijan northwest Iranian province D Despite e c s p pit 1 t e large oil oU royalties Iran asked the US U.S. for tons of free grain When that was refused Iran proposed to swap opium for the wheat US U.S. Narcotics Commissioner Harry larry Anslinger vehemently ob jetted He cited the fact that Iran is the most flagrant exporter of illegal opium in the world and has per persistently persistently persistently defied United Nations at attempts attempts tempts to curb this vicious traffic Also that due to these notorious violations the US U.S. ceased buying medicinal opium from Iran Ans Anslinger's Anslinger's Anslinger's lingers linger's forthright protests the swap scheme Pickets Rep Arthur Klein D D. N. N Y telephoned the District of Columbi Columbia corporation counsel for about local picketing laws This is the first time tithe in years we have had a query abol that hat was the answer The latime latime la laE time a member of congress calle us on this subject it was the lat Senator Bilbo of Mississippi What did he want to know asked Klein He called early one morning an said Theres a bunch of picket outside my apartment Is it leg legs for me to shoot them We e ea that in Washington picket could not be molested as long a athey athey athey they kept moving and did not ot of traffic Bilbo replied i i that case I guess I cant can't shoo them and hung up Public Housing Pal During the bitter house batty attl over the Presidents President's low-cost low housing bill one of the most foes was Rep Gene Cox D. D Ga At one point his trigger trigger tempe tempe flared to where he struck Rep I Adolph Sabath aged dean of the chamber But Cox sang another tune the theother other day at the public housing administration tion Officials of Albany Ga his home borne town appeared at I to to sign up for a housing project I under the new act Albany is the first small town to get such sucha a development And right up in front to get his picture and name In the papers was Cox Cox Cox- who nho had so violently fought the legislation NOTE Since NOTE Since the enactment of ol the measure PHA has been flooded with applications for low low cost cost hour hous housing ing projects many of ot them from the home towns of and senators who tried to kill the bill Five Commerce Secretary Charles Sawyers Saw announcement that hi his field offices will provide business businessmen men with information on govern ment contracts free of charge is causing no concern to 5 per centers cent ers Reason is the intricacies of ol government procurement are so complex that only an insider can make any headway against them All Ali big corporations have their own business representatives in WashIngton Washington Wash Ington and ond hundreds of oth other r concerns con cerns corns employ time part agents |