, 1935-07-10
WASHINGTON
BY Ray Tucker

WACAMAN0
BY Ray Tucker
Tactics - President Roosevelt
has shifted his style In dealing with
congress. The holding company
haymaker taught him q lesson. He
Is nudging instead OF driving the
legislators.
Nj. Roosevelt In consulting the
boys on the taxation measure in
stead OF handing them the finished
product. He has put 1t up to con-
gress to fix the rates - with the
advice and counsel OF Treasury
s~tatisticians and counsel, OF course.
Secretary Morgenthau Is leaning
backward. He has q legislative con-
tact man - "Cy" Upham - but he
acts as a good viii ambassador ra-
ther than a lobbyist. Hank" and
icy" won't pull any rough stuff on
their bill.
The right-about-face may have
come too late. Congress knows the
sting Of its punch. It may swing
again with bonus and inflationary
feints.
Guarantors - Great Britain Is
severely taxing President Roose-
velt's friendliness and foreign pol
icies. Some canny diplomats sus-
pect that John Bull seeks to place
Uncle Sam on the spot.
Mr.. Roosevelt has frequently en-
unciated his good neighbor" pur-
poses. He has professed q desire to
cast this country's great influence
on the side Of world peace. At the
same time the underlying motif OF
American foreign policy has been
that the United States should mind
its own business - non-interven-
ton on the Western Hemisphere,
non-entanglement In Europes af-
fairs.
Now Downing Street asks us to
~underwrite British efforts to check
Mussolini In Ethiopia and Japan IN
China. In other words, TO beard T. Q
worlds two most militaristic ma
tons In two distant spheres or &C
tion. Not q chancel
Gobs = Take II from Carl vinson,
good-natured Georgia chairman OF
the House Naval Affairs committee
there's nothing wrong with the
fleet.
When official and unofficial ex-
perts reported that the Pacific man.
euvers revealed shocking seaman
ship and Sour shooting. Chairman
VinSon had q private confab with
Admiral Standby, Chief If Opera
tons. The gold-braider assured
him the reports were all wet -
appropriately. Nevertheless, the
high command has introduced re-
forms. Ship competitions in firing
are out because the crews become so
over-wrought that they couldn't
shoot straight. They we're like bat
ters trying TO knock the seams off
the ball when they ought to bunt.
The gold braider made another
discovery. The sailors used to smack
the bull'S-eye regularly when they
trained In the CLASSY sea- off Guam
tanamo and the Panama Canal.
They weren't so good in the choppy
Arctic waters. Hereafter they'll
train under conditions approximat-
ing actual warfare. Otherwise the
navy's shirShape.
Desuetude - The United States
Tariff Commission has been sunk
almost without a trace. This great
experiment in scientific tariff-mak-
ing has become only a factfinding
agency for the State Department.
The NRA Scrapping Clipped off a
lot Of its power, for the Blue Eaglets
used TO call upon il for aid In revis-
ing duties affected by rising code
prices and wages. Similar authority
originally contained in the AAA
amendments has been eliminated by
the Senate Agricultural Committee.
Mr.. Roosevelt has no intention Of
utilizing the flexible clause Of the
Tariff Act. and that further limits
the commissions duties.
Secretary Hull Is handling all tar
III negotiations. The commission
has one member on a seven-man
board which advises the State De-
partment in making reciprocal
agreements. But Mr.. Hull has the
IlHhl say - Is usual.
Serenity - Vice-President Gar
ner has a new nickname. They
used 10 call him Cactus Jack" In
the house. Now they call him "Sies-
ia Jack"
The new monicker is meant to be
complimentary. IL Is a tribute TO his
unruffled temperament. The sen
ate knows that Mr.. Garner Is one Of
the presidents closest advisers. NO
vice-president since Tom Marshall
has welded more backstage influ-
ence than the rosy-faced Texan.
But upsets don't disturb him. He
keeps his head when professional
New Dealers are up in the clouds.
Although he went down the line for
the White House on the holding
company measure, the setback In
the house did not bother him. It
was part OF the legislative days
work. Within Is minutes he was
snoring on the divan In his senate
office. He maps there every after
noon, rain or shine, defeat or VIC
tory. That's why they dub him
"Siesta Jack"
Forgotten - Polished, goateed
Jim Emery Of the National Associ-
alton Of Manufacturers has stolen
a sheaf OF leaves from the New Deal
book Instead OF whining over the
effectiveness Of the administrations
publicity machine, he has copied It.