The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1935-04-27
Dehind the Scenes
~ in WASHINGTON
WITH RODNEY butcher

Washington, April 27.-Thers were no sharp ques-
tons and no explosions when Gen. Hugh s. Johnson
the Senate finance committee to congress not
to toss NRA down the drain-pipe
Everybody. including the general himself. was sur
prised and disappointed at that.
But the exclamation is simple: Even At the end Of
their investigation senators too ignorant too
the general Z battle
on the committee had launched attacks which clearly
demonstrated their ignorance and the MIRA boys had
brought IN facts or near facts which made them feel silly
Iney were thoroughly cowed by the time johnson
took the stand Later he asked Senator Bennett Clark
Why didn't you question me and give me good PAN
Johnsons 10000 word statement had been worked
out with the NA legal and research and planning sec.
TONS which supplied facts charts and exhibits for him
Of error.
SIGNALS GET CROSSED
There are those who accuse the general Of fuzzy
mindedness and this impression was not entirely re-
moved He explained that when he had said MIRA is as
dead as the dodo.' he had meant the MIRA admins
tration But at the time he made the remark, the
chairman Of the MIRA board was s. Clay Williams whom
Johnson describes as the best man who came to
NRA."
He admitted that during his work on the statement
With NRA officials he had found the NRA board had
oone much better Job than he supposed But he still
cannos TO-. imagine successful NRA operated BY board
one-nan conmand-and Donald RichberR back practic-
ing law IN Chicago.
EYES ON SENATE BERTH
johnson, according to certain oklahomans would
IKE 70 run tor the senate next year to replace Tom Gore
But ne won't announce for the Democratic nomina-
ton unless he is convinced he has good chance to win
Thus far he isn't very hopeful.
Gore is member Of the finance committee He had
cock-eyed at the same time But he made no effort
TO take the general over the jumps.
NOW LISTEN TO WALLACE
Mao $aAv Hy~Y1>>
stand on common ground" with farmers. Instead Of
asking cynicaly who is the consumer" and insisting
Is ne once did that the middlemans spread" is an in
consequential factor he is saying:
Inc farmer and the consumer have common in
terests which far outweigh any temporary diversity of
detectives Each has to protect the other to protect him
SELF Oneth of the consumers dollar il srent for
food But only about Is per Of the consumers cost
OF living goes to the farmer The Joint interest of farm
which they to professors distributors is
able The exploters making desperate efforts
to prejudice farmers against consumers consumers
against farmers so as to destroy their newfound sense
OF unity ." It Is easy to imagine Mr. Christgau Dr.
HoWe' ana MI. Frank yawning in unison "Ho hunt"
THIS Is GRATITUDE
The Roosevelt program Is jammed largely because a
lou OF congress members who were elected Roosevelt
platforms last November-often by bare majoritiesare
now kicking the platform over.
There are many instances but for example one may
cite the case Of Congressman Samuel B. Pettengi who
sits on the house interstate commerce committee now
considering the Rayburn holding company bi-one of
the few measures Roosevelt has personally urged on con-
gress
Pettengtn has begun to take the lead In the fight
against the bill in committee cooperating with Repub
ican members such Cooper Of Ohio and Wolverton Of
Michigan.
It was Pettengill who, after Wendell Wilkie Of In
Of the Commonwealth e. Southern Corpora
ttoncame here to lead the fight against the BILL offered
substitute which would have killed the administration
measure.
Other Democratic members Of the committee are
especially sore because Pettengs lasteecton majority
was slim to be obviously attributable to the admn
istration's popularity at that time
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