The producers news., 1927-12-02

Washington - (FP) where is
The Eye That Never Sleeps 2" the
press correspondents ask one another,
as they gather in the courthouse cor
ridor in Washington to watch devel
opments in the grand jury inquiry in
to the tampering by Burns detectives
with the Fall-Sinclair trial jury.
"The Eye That Never Sleeps" is
Detective VIM. j. Burns by his own
estimate. Since Burns has proven to
be an awkward bungler and has been
pilloried by one of his recent employ
ees as a maker of deliberately false
affidavits, the cynical press men have
taken to ridiculing his pompous man.
ner, his bullying methods and his
self-conferred titles and record.
How far they will be permitted by
their publisher to go with this dis
crediting of Burns is not yet deter
mined. Burns has been employed by
many of the biggest financial powers
in the country and his private file of
documents embarrassing to the pow
erful persons is extensive. He is a
dangerous man from the standpoint
of business magnates who might of
fend him. While the republican ma
tional committee and the White
House might rejoice at his downfall
now that the Harding regime is more
or less liquidated by death and time,
it may be taken as certain that neith-
er Chairman Butler nor President
Coolidge will take any step that
would provoke Burns TO turn upon
them.
Clifford Pinchot, former governor of
Pennsylvania, arch foe of Secretary
Mellon and candidate against David
Reed for the Pennsylvania senator
ship next year had no reason to fear
Burns when he sent to Special Pros
ecutor Roberts the disgusted new re-
cruit of the Burns organization. That
confession has included a charge that
Burns ordered this agent to make a
false affidavit of jury -tampering BY
a government agent. 1t involves
Burns in the tightest hole in which
he has ever been cornered. Yet af-
ter Pinchot had gone before the granc
jury and told what he knew, and The
case against Burns and Sinclair-whC
hired Burns service-was complete
Plnchot's house was put under sur
veillance by mysterious detective
Washington representatives of la
Dor have watched with anxiety The
drift of Colorado official policy il
the direction of another Ludlow mas
sacre, pin their sole hope of a peace
full settlement of the present Goa
strike in that state on TWO academia
factors. First is the inheritance of ;
large minority interest in the Rock!
Mountain Coal Co., in the northern
field by Miss Josephine Roche. He.
father who died during the past yea
was one of the Old Guard of anti
union operators. This daughter j.
strongly ympathetic with unionism
She was at one time Connected witt
the Foreign Language Information
Service in New York and at another
time was on the staff of the Chill
drens' Bureau in WASHINGTON. Sh,
has been trying to induce the othel
directors in her company to a0ree tx
settle the strike and has in conse
quence bene attacked by some of tn,
more vlndictive of the old-time die
tators of coal production in Colorado
The second hopeful factor Is form
er Senator Alva B. Adams, nephew o.
Gov. "Bill" Adams. The x-senato
is likely to run for the senate at thu
next opportunity and he has always
been mildly liberal; hence it is assum
ed that Gov. Adams will for his SAX,
go less boldly into the usual cam
paign of killing or jailing or starv
ing out the trikers than would be th
case if the younger man were not il
the picture.