Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1922-04-28
ALL'S WELL Is
SECRET TIP TO
BIG BUSINESS
By WILLIAM c. ROBERTS
Chairman. American Federation {
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CHAIRMAN. American eNefaHon .
Labor Legislative Committee.
international labsr News SeFvieel
Il is not generally Known thai
Washington news sent IL the news
papers Of the country does not always
contain all the Interesting things .aat
are going On.
Fer that reason the big interests
Fely upon secret reports hs secretly
created news services While ons
Grating under the name q news
service or ~SerSioe" they are really
detective agencies whose duties arr
70 learn what the administration and
Congress are doing or intend % do.
OF course, % Incorporate the wenl
detective" i'm the name Of such an
institution would BE- too glafiag an
explanation of is purposes and also
too plehelan To those Who depend
upon IL for information.
Once in while enc OF these SECRET
reports finds its way into the office II
the American Federation of Labor.
The latest was letter No. lS7, sent cut
BY the Whaiey-E Eaton Service, Column
hia Trust Building, SIS Fifth Ave
nue., New ok City, Ii Is labelled
For Clients Only" aud eConhden-
tial.' Among the startling things
said IN .hi letter are the following,
8t in view Of certain assurances
b lloyd George and poineare
III hs set authorities. Russia will
esaH ew months be "yoked to
~ garas of organized. orderly
- sze and will be taking "her
Nal4 fg the rehabilitation of the
al a =
SO Sthlas.
M informal understanding
81 tN United States and the
s - IS Aef defined movement 10
#sfY 0alsF ress IN session until Mo-
6t1es an. tile reason assigned In
nW KS Is the conceded in
yifaAN - NUca international de-
q # h gnhsd during the
N 4f tfa
Sass a prapeg time Congress
MhAsa 70 recommend an
A Acsal % 50 on the Rep
sis$s 4 Janiss,1n.
bob thr asfer ~ fianry Ford on
he MerhH ShNals project viii be
e4daN a# So appaapfta tons for the
aaatiiHnapre h the work ty the gov
rmHat. De W4h be eafsh ded that a
saser rer a3 such eaof8,ous mill
saf igusGg se can cot properly be
turned over TO one individual whose
heirs and assigns might for the pur-
poses of profit "beeome proyokers of
war"
Consideration is also being given to
proposals to develop a system of gov
eminent water powers as a measure
of preparedness and to utilize at least
one great site In the west. Both Of
these projects are TO be retained per-
manently under government owner
ship.
That Chairman McCumber of the
Senate Finance Committee has lost
control to Senators Smoot, Curtis and
Watson, who found enough votes to
defeat the chairman in the dye fight,
That the tariff bill will not be
passed until after the Genoa confer
ence, and that Congress win consider
the principle Of foreign instead of
American valuation as basis OF
rates. An ultimate compromise will
probably be reached in favor ., the
Smoot substitute for the Fordney
valuation plan.
That the bonus bill is one of the
| tSa1N vi Tic tfNhbftS VI htis fttsbtAn
in Congress-, but the real problem Is
how to put over sales tax.
That some form Of sales tax will
be operative by this time next year.
That the Shipping Board officials
were tremendously exercised by a re-
port reaching them from New York
that the STANDARD Oil would oppose
the ship subsidy proposal.
That an effort was being made to
make the coal strike an "open shop
battle; that a representative oil San
Francisco was reported to be in the
coal fields urging an open shop
fight, and that large contributions for
this purpose had been rendered
That certain congressman who had
introduced resolutions to force the
Presidents hand in the st. Lawrence
waterway project were called into a
private conference and informed that
4 ~ President WAS to be harassed
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