The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-10-19
Washington
Merry-Go-
Round
BY DREW PEARSON and
ROBERT ). ALLEN

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w head-On collision over net
trality legislation Is brewing behu
the scenes. The present law expire.
Feb. % Meanwhile the State De
partment is at work on a oil, to bF
offered as the Administration
measure, which would give the
President wide discretionary power
On the other hand. Senators Nye,
Bone and Clark. authors of the
original neutrality proposals, plan TO
renew their demand for law man
datorIly banning munitions. loans
and war materials Of all kinds 10
foreign belligercntS. Floyd Dell.
widely known novelist. is the latesc
addition TO the WPA'S writer's dl-
vision. . If Chairman Henry
Fletcher has his way the meeting
of the Republican National Com
mittee, tentatively scheduled for
early December. will not be held IN
Washington. Fletcher favorS d MID
western city. first because It is more
centrally located. second because the
atmosphere Of the capital is 100
Democratic. After much unCer-
taintv, the Federal Trade Commits
sion finally has been supplied with
funds to start the Senate ordered
nation wide probe of food prices. An
appropriation of sl50000 to make the
survey was contemplated, but Huey
Longs hibustcr of the deficiency
bill prevented the grant After ev-
eral months of searching the Bud
get Bureau found a way to make
$4,000 available to the ETC. which
will suffice until Congress meets.
TINE inner circle is buzZing with
Il a report that Madam Secre-
tary Perkins soon may retire from
the Cabinet: Her absence from
Washington for nearly two months
is lending strong color TO the
whisper. Reports are that Miss
Perkins is being tempted with the
job of heading a nationally known
college. However. the rumor should
( be taken with a grain of salt. Miss
Perkins is attached ardently 10 her
Job and proud of her high official
eminenCe. Employees OF the
Works Progress Administration nave
been instructed never to refer TO
the Mclean mansion, recently
rented for office space by Harry
Hopkins. Instead, they must use
1900 Eye Street Even verbal use
of Mclean mansion" is froWned on.
A drive to line up the lawyers
of the country against the Admin
istration has been quietly launched
by the Liberty League. The entire
membership of the American Bar
Association is being cirCularizcd
with application blanks to join the
| Leagues committee of lawyers
which handed down an unofficial
opinion holding the Wagner labor
disputes act unconstitutional. e. A
snappy lOng-distanCe telephone call
from the Federal Alcohol Admin
| istration the other day caused an
Eastern brewery hastily to Withdraw
a full-page advertisement that
carried a picture of the President
and the line: Mr.. President, we
thank you"
n
DAN ROPER'S Department OF
- Commerce is staging a high
pressure sales act in the interest Of
United states aircraft manu-
facturers. BY inviting South Ameri-
can aviation officials to Washing
ton, then allowing private COM
panies to take them over the ma
tons airways, the idea of United
States superiority in aircraft is be
i.g driven home. The act was
timed to beat Europe to this new
market. French, German and
Italian companies are to try to sell
their aeronautical stuff at a confer
ence in Lima, Peru, next month,
1t is no figure of speech 10
say that William Warner Durbin IS
the New Deals master of money
magic. AS registrar of the Treas
ury, he handles government Securi-
ties. But in spare time he is an
amateur magician, taking money
out Of the air and making it vanish
again. He is president of the Inter-
national Brotherhood of Magicians.
Homer Price Rainey. New
Deals latest brain truster, was a
professional ball player before he
became president Of Bucknen Uni
versity. Since quitting the Texas
League Rainey has gone in for ten
MS and vocal virtuosity. Booked
for a part in The Messiah" ne
sang Justify through an hours re-
hearsal, directly after having cleaned
up the Bucknell tennis champion
ship. In washington he will be
another adviser on youth. Re
volt against CALIFORNIA; sales tax
was staged by her would-be Gov
ernor the other day.
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