, 1935-08-26
WASHINGTON
BY Ray Tucker

doubt about the Guftey bills cOnStl-
tutlonality-priyaTely. OF course. But
they embraced that evil IN prefer
ence to the outbreak OF nationwide
strikes which may upset the present
conservative control Of the Amert-
can Federation OF Labor and the
United Mine Workers.
CCmmuniStic Spokesman have ad-
mittedly bored IRON within among
these great labor organizations. es-
pecially In the longShoremen's
group. They urged direct action In
the shipping and coal industries
They tainted the unionists for fol-
lowing such cautious figures as VII
liam Green and John Lewis. Mean
while, the latter were staving off
strikes with administration backed
promises that the Wagner disputes
and the Guffey coal bills would be-
come law.
What labor and political leaders
feared from the beginning was q
spark that would set eff an ultra
radical explosion from coast TO coast.
threatening both reform and re-
vival. And the Guffey bill was their
counter chemical.
Boomerang - Democratic politt-
clans don't like TO talk about 1t but
they have Just about concluded that
the $4,000. 100000 work relief fund
may turn out to be a 1886 political
liability instead of an asset. They
used tC wash up all political argu-
mentS with the statement that You
can't beat $4,000. 0O0. 1000"
Direct and indirect disbursement
OF this money has caused soreness
everywhere according to private re-
ports. AT q recent election in New
England the last so people to drop
IN their ballots were known tc be on
relief. When the box was opened, the
polling Officials took care TO segre-
gate and examine these votes. The
majority were anti-democratic.
These expenditures have produc-
ed discomfort among employed. who
see friends getting more from relief
than they do from their jobs. With
union labor protesting against WPA
pay scales and farmers complaining
that they can't hire enough hands
to harvest their crops you may lcok
for a revision Of the rules for the
pending Of relief money. It's wash
ington'S biggest headache.
PrOgTam-Althrough President
RooSevelt's western speeches are still
in the outline stage. his runner have
let slip the main ideas which he
will emphasize In answer to indus
trial and financial critics and in
justification OF his revolutionary
policies.
He will make fighting speeches. He
will recommit the administration to
the principle that human rights
social rearrangements-shcuid be
exalted above property rights. He will
reprOclaim his determination to i'm
prove the earning and living condi-
tons OF the farmers and laboring
people.
He viii denounce the propaganda
OF political opponents and selfish
partisan interests" denying their
contention that he seeks to break
down the nations capitalistic sys-
TEN. But he will demand that pow
erful industrial and financial groups
conduct their affairs in the interest
Of small units. the workers, the pro-
ducers and the consumers. In short,
he will champion the rights Of small
ness as against the claims Of big
ness
Ability - without any ballyhco,
Morris l.. Cooke has modified in
Washington the ablest public power
experts OF the country. He will de-
pend on their experience in the
field when he comes to grips with
the utilities in his rural electrifi-
cation program.
Under the manSard roof Of the
old Walsh mansion on MasSachu-
sets Avenue are assembled lawyers,
f%inanciers. engineers and rate
makers. They are men who built
and supervised plants In Seattle.
Los Angeles. Oberlin and Massachu-
sets. Although their names are not
generally known to the public. they
are tops in their fields.
These experts also command the
respect of private utility leaders.
The heads Of the holding companies
so unpopular in White House circles
confer with them almost every day.
Mr.. Cooke may quietly and diplo-
matifally find a field where the
administration and the utility in
t~erests can work In partial agree
ment.
Right. - III the whispered fears
Of Bob Wagner's friends have reach
ed his Ears he isn't paying any at
tention 10 their warnings. They
have been saying that the New
York senator Is endangering his
political future by being too radio
al. What they have in mind are his