| Show VA washington D 0 MISS berkins ON TUB THE COAL inner circle clamor tor for replacement ot of secretary ot of labor frances france perkins perking Is an old story but its hotter now than ever before actually roosevelt did move Is last s year to get a new labor secretary offering the post to mayor laguardia but he declined insisting on the war department or nothing but with labor a key problem white house advisers bad been urging that the president renew the offer to laguardia miss perkins was criticized sharply tor for the delay in certifying the protracted auls allis chalmers strike to the national fal defense mediation board until rioting broke out also the coal negotiations before they deadlocked and john L lewis shut down the mines both the president and other cabinet members bluntly called miss perkins ns attention to the fact that the purpose so of the board was not only to settle strikes but to avert them with some feeling it was demanded of her why the board set up expressly to handle hot pota potatoes to e S 11 was not used in these two major cases HITLER HOLDING bolding OFF V U S those who are steering ji S f foreign or policy on its present plesent difficult course privately offer four important reasons tor for not anticipating a break in diplomatic relations with germany tor for some time one is the memory of the german people regarding american entrance into the last war for years germans have contended that they won the last war until the united states state entered so the psychological effect of american entrance now is the last thing hitler wants two is the effect upon american morale at present U S draftees draftee 3 cant get enthusiastic about their service while industry and labor could be much more patriotic about production but once hitler krecl precipitated pi a declaration of war sentiment here would be far different and he knows it three is the large amount of german property in the united states which would be seized in case of war four Is the fact that germany is now about to receive a certain amount of goods from the U S A sent via russia and japan whick which she could not get in case of war therefore U S diplomatic experts are convinced that hitler will do nothing rash toward the united states until after june or july by which time he be should pretty much know whether he is going to take england or not nazi policy after that win will be guided by intervening events 4 FARM BUREAU federation moguls of the powerful american farm bureau federation are ready to say uncle and make peace with the administration up to a year ago the farm bureau was the fair haired boy on farm policy largely due to the suave astuteness tut eness of ed oneal federation president and his personal friendship with roosevelt Boo sevelt but at heart most of the federations generalissimos generalis simos never were ver very y hot about the new deal and Is last st year they began demanding greater local control aimed at running the program themselves and in a showdown over domination of the federal land banks wallace rapped them over the knuckles and the battle was on soon it spilled over into the political arena when corn belt farm bureau leaders led by ambitious earl smith of illinois dumped the roose velt wallace ticket and put to in some heavy licks for Will willkie kle Will kles defeat knocked the props from under the boys so reverting to the old realistic axiom if you cant lick enjoin em join em the boys have propositioned clifford townsend defense agricultural advisor and former new deal governor of indiana on being their peacemaker townsend was one of the organizers and first leaders of the farm bureau in the midwest yet when he stumped that area for roosevelt rooseve it and wallace last tall fail he bumped up a against the bitter opposition of man many y of his bis old associates fl 1 A YEAR PROBE sen harry truman is a friendly m mild Ild mannered missourian but to c ertain certain defense bras and one dollar men hes an ogre with horns truman is author and chairman of the special senate committee to probe defense contracts and he is determined that what happened in france wont happen here he already has some interesting data MERRY GO ROUND when he be was assistant secretary of labor brainy edward F M me C grady used to work 15 hours a day and he be is now doing the same thing a as l Ia a year labor adviser to war secretary stimson november 1 Is a long way off but the affiliated young democrats of new york leaders in the draft roosevelt movement already have booked madison square garden for a giant draft laguardia rally on that night the last saturday before the mayora mayoralty ltv election |
