, 1934-11-25

BY George Durno
Pay-While big business Is 50
busy straining a lung playing "Eail
to the Chief" don't overlook an un-
dertoned but persistent tune being
played in return by President Roose-
velt's New Deal band.
The words run like this:
Thanks for the vote Of conf
dence. And by the way, please abb
serb the unemployed In your rae
tories as soon As possible because
you're going to pay for their main
tenance one way or another"
Informed circles In Washington
regard the l0~ve-feast act now being
staged by industry and the admin
istration as pretty transparent.
After the election results were III
they say, it became somewhat neces-
sary for the fat boys TO start CO.
operating - II they want TO head
off unpleRsantly stiff labor legisia-
ton In January.
Also, the insiders here incline 10
confirm Wall Streets suspicious. as
reported recently by u New York
column. that MI. Roosevelt was
merely letting business have Its own
way during the toughest two months
OF the year. The President Is busy
assembling his Legislative recommen-
dations for the new Congress. While
he's thus engaged he hopes industry
can give a heave on its bootstrapS
but II not he will have TO point
with sorroW.
The New Deals warning TO the in
dustrialists that they are going TO
pay the recovery freight from either
the right or left pocket-and take
their CHOICES reported here 70 be
a very serious one.
Immediate business stimulation
from within or higher taxes to pay
for increased public works have been
laid down as the alternatives.
This hasn't made the headlines
but you can find quotes to back
It up II you win read recent speeches
by Donald Richberg and Jim Far
ley closely.
Goat-An inevitable aftermath Of
any election Is for the losers 10
start shouting for the likelihood Of
various OF their erstwhile leaders.
Up In Massachusetts, the Repub-
licans are blaming a large measure
OF their defeat on National Com
mitteeman John Richardson. They
say he must 60 before the COP can
ever hope TO come back tn the Bay
State.
And here's the secret. They aren't
really shooting at Richardson at all.
They're aiming at Herbert Hoover
whos II would seem. already has had
hts share OF knocks. Richardson
was handpicked by Mr.. Hoover MS
Massachusetts, Committeeman in
1882 over William M. Butler, the
Coolidge holdcver, and the Bay
Staters insist the Hoover spectre
hung heavy over the last campaign
WOrks-Federal Housing Admins
tration scouts are bringing back one
hopeful report.
Those who have been on the road
recently say the big insurance COM
panies are having a lot Of the prop
erty on which they hold paper-and
that runs into big figures-repaired
and modernized.
The answer would seem to ke that
the potential new building opera
tions under FILA auspices threaten
70 undermine values OF existing in
Surance company property holdings.
TniS doesn't make FILA mad at all.
They're only concerned In getting
the buil@ng industry started and if
a threat works as well as a promise
its okay by them.
Fleas-Kingfish Huey Long, who
wants to extend his Louisiana En-
pire to embrace the whole United
states, claims he is truly thankful
for his political enemies.
When he thinks Of them he SAYS
ne Is reminded of the story about
the merciful backwoodsmen who got
worried about the number Of fleas
on their houn' dogs and very pains
takingly eradicsted the little nip
perS.
And do you know" SAYS Huey.
After that those dogs just weren't
any good. All they wanted to 10
was curl I'D and sleep In the sun.
That's the way with me. III I rct
al those political fleas off me /
wouldn't be worth a damn"
Can-Milk d.s- riLutors from all
over the country tod the NRA
ccre-makers this week that they'd
better call it all off-the milk. code
won't work Too many local con-
pllcations. too many farmers who
are their own producers and dis
triputors, too many milk sheds
wholly within states.
Milk magnates are more afraid
OF Dan Tcbin than they are Of
NRA. Tobin, head Of the Truck
mems Union, Is out for organizing
milk drivers on 6 national scale.
A conflict between labor and
agriculture develops in the milk
code controversy. Milk workers
have had a raise OF 8 per cent
while farmers selling milk have
seen no such raise. They accuse
labor Of hogging the benefits Of the
AAA marketing and licensing sys-
| tenn.
MIX Is under q double geared
system. AS q farm product 1t comes
under AAA and as m industry 1t
comes under NRA. The proposed
NRA milk code relates only TO la
Dor and leaves the farmer holding
the can.
Notes-John j. O'Connor OF New
York holds q strategic place In the
Speakership fight-he may be liz a
position 70 throw u TO Byrns Or