Evening star., 1934-12-10

That is why you saw Mr.. Carmel
awaken from six months sleep last
Thursday with an announcement
that the White House would have
nothing to do with the speakershir
contest OF course, Mr.. Garner neg.
lected to say matters were now in hi;
hands. but Mr.. Garner is often for.
getful about little things like that He
will let others give that out.
His job ostensibly will be to keer
the White House out of embarrass-
ments. If any of the candidate.
wants to get subtle or to weep, hs
can try 1t on Cactus Jack, who ha.
the reputation of being the hardest
man in town.
If his job is to go any deeper thar
that and promote the candidacy oi
any one man, you will never find it out
until the job is done. Garner works
alone. Insiders will naturally assume
that Garner may get in a good wore
somewhere for his Texas pal, San
Rayburn, but that is rather delicate
matter to talk about now.
The truth is that Mr.. Garner is
going to be Vice PreSident-in-
charge-ot holding hot potatoes in
Congress for Mr.. Roosevelt from
here on in. That means at last
they hare found something for
Vice President to do.
No better man for the Job could be
found. Garner had 80 years expert.
ence in the House. He knows the con.
gressional mind and the way to handl,
it. He was an unusually adroit back
stage worker as Democratic floor lead
er and Speaker. Furthermore, h;
knows the business of legislation a.
thoroughly as any one in either House
of Congress.
Fenagling Rampant.
Very little has got out about the
House organization brawl, but it has
been accompanied by more than the
usual amount of fenagling.
The funniest development along that
line lately is the hint dropped anony-
mously in many of the highest places
here that Mr.. Roosevelt should have
as House leader a certain conservative
from his home State. OfficialS gave
no attention to it, at first, but lately
they have been encountering it every
time they turned around, even inside
the White House. They started in
veStigating tc see who was doing all
the sub-rosa promotion.
Their tracer indicated that the whis-
pered pressure came from one or two
men who happen to be officials Of an
organization against the New Deal
Apparently the officials were acting
on their own, and not for their organi-
cation. Their activity has been
squelched.
There is more to law than you will
find in the law books. Last week in
a certain court, lawyer arose with q
copy of this column (November 2D
1t contained the story about Stock
Exchange Commissions Big Tim Cal
lahan, ex-Yale center, using foot ball
psychology on bucket shops, and told
how he tackled the job.
Interpreted Wrongly.
The defense attorney interpreted II
as meaning Callahan had physically
tackled his client.
The case had to be delayed until
Callahan could be called from New
Orleans to testify that there is diff
ference between foot ball psychology
and foot ball violence.
The fact that the client was whole
should have been proof enough.
The heavy er-subscription OF
the Treasurys last financing ap-
pears to hare been no more padded
than usual. The banks alUays ask
for more than they expect to get.
1t shows there is still a good market
for long-term Government bonds, al.
though bankers prefer the short terms
The short-term notes were over-sub.
scribed seven times and the bond:
five times. There is plenty of idle
capital in banks.