Show dispelling THE FOG by charles michelson the more I 1 read the deeper am I 1 impressed with the variety and extent of the information possessed by the newspaper columnists who comment on events governmental and political for a long time I 1 thought frank kent had the inside track through the famous presidential intimate who not only reported all the white house confidential conversations to him but who even transmitted the unspoken thoughts of the president some of them thit that even the chief executive did not know he entertained but now I 1 am inclined to think that mark sullivan has a little edge on mr kent mr sullivan the other day in the course of his survey of the terrible plight of tile the democratic party mentioned that everybody knew of the rift between the president and james A farley faricy chairman of the democratic democrat tic national committee I 1 am afraid this is not quite accurate perhaps the columnist meant that everybody knew of the feud except mr roosevelt and mr parley farley mr sullivan explained that th the e trouble started over paul mcnutt who according to the story had failed to come across for roosevelt with the indiana delegation in the 1932 convention anybody except a columnist with a point to make might have expected that it would be the president who would be sore at that but promptly on the termination of McNut ts term as governor of indiana the president appointed him to the biggest or at least the highest paid job in the gift of the federal administration the commissionership of the philippines that was two or three years ago and it is not on record that the president and the national chairman ceased speaking to each other but it was apparently to mr McNut ts more recent appoint ment that mr sullivan was addressing himself in describing the feud now I 1 dont know if mr parley farley ever knew or thought anything about the federal security for strange as it may appear every now and then the president decides these things for himself the episode of the chin A minor incident gives me another and to me more impressive evi evidence of the wide knowledge and accuracy of information and deduction of mark sullivan he was commenting on a white house pr press ess conference and referred to the presidents composure when he was asked about recent events in the house of representatives that wrote mr sullivan was in contrast with charley michelson on this oc occasion caslon he betrayed nervousness by the poker players unconscious device of covering his mouth with his hand with fingers and thumb holding the features set to conceal expression and guard against any sudden flush of 0 unwanted emotion there Is no use trying to conceal anything from these psychologists logiste ts until I 1 read it I 1 had supposed that my gesture was due to my having nicked my chin while shaving with an unfamiliar razor on an incoming plane that morning and that I 1 was tenderly feeling th scraped place while on his abject of f it is 13 brought to my kiy mind that whenever r there h a difference rice of opinion between crat the president and another democrat according to columnists the heavens crash the thunders roar the world trembles and the democratic party has a convulsion it just occurs to me that I 1 earnestly hoped the president would veto tho the hatch bill and he signed lie he purged me yet and neither have I 1 gone over to the republicans fact and fable now to get away from fooling and get back to facts tile the latest offering I 1 have seen from the cf 0 0 P propaganda factory informs the tha public that the new deal policies have destroyed enterprise and eliminated profits many business enterprises saya the handout hand out I 1 have been unable to set get away from tho the edge cdo ot of bankruptcy the publication I 1 la particularly concerned about the fate of insurance com companies comparsi 1 es the wall street journal that bible of the market mair liet lika has not apparently read rad tho the pitco for in iu iti review e t july business it says fqy clearly indicate that thai the steel industry is 1 keeping pace with the generally 1 improved business outi outlook ook alad aej of insurance it fitt the association gf life his los urance tArance president reported the oft writing of new life insurance in june 1939 was per cent greater than in june 1938 the associated compilation reveals that earnings of twenty makers increased to steel th three ree more than twelve million dollars compared with a deficit of nine and a half millions for the corresponding period of 1933 general motors reports selling more cars in june of this year than in juno last year nine manufacturers of building bui iding material und and equipment announced that they had doubled their net profits in the same period still the assailants ft the new deal insist thai our country is goin ing tg Q hie dogs and that nothing en can save us from a total economic collapse but the election of a republican to the presidency perhaps they will accept ill the c advice acl of the hearst hears newspapers in tile the west and nominate to compass the rejuvenation restoration and recovery that eminent statesman hamilton fish of new |