, 1935-07-21
WASHINGTON
BY Ray Tucker

BY Ray Tucker
Prodders - President Roosevelt
has given congress no definite travel
orders. Contrary to public reports,
he has not fixed any date Of adj
journment With his henchmen- he
has conveyed the impression that
he revels I'm the Capitals midsummer
heat - In an air-cooled White
House.
Mr.. Roosevelt has offered 10 COM
uromise. But 1t Is q typical Roose-
welt compromise In which he ex-
poets to win all down the line. He
Insists upon enactment Of the tax
banking, Guffey, FACA. AAA and
gold suit bills before he Will listen
10 the final fan Of the gavel. He
Will forego action on the measures
to regulate buses and food, II neces-
eary. That Il his must" program
as outlined 70 legislative ~bellwetherS
In private conferences.
The president would Ike 70 see
the boys pack their bags. he wants
10 leave on a croSs-country trip by
mid-August. But he cannot afford
10 say 80 publicly without seeming
To sacrifice his reform program.
Congress cannot walk out without
being attacked for quitting on the
lob. The White House has given the
delicate assignment Of prodding the
gang to legislate and leave In q
hurry to Jack Garner and Joe Byrns.
Pensions - Unpublished differ
ences figured In the house senate
conferees. pickering over the social
security bill. They explain why this
Fenarally popular measure was
styTnied in conference for a month.
The White House spokesman -
bob" Wagner - stood adamant
against the Clark amendment legi-
timatizing private industry's PEN
sion systems. Though 1t seemed 10
be mn innOcuous proposal. IL struck
him as harmful in several unrealiz-
ed respects. Industry, the senator
argued, would fire older employees
and shove them into the federal
state rolls. IL would WOO younger
hands to- subscribe to its own PEN
sion plan. A plethora OF aged PEN
s.oners and a scarcity Of young con-
tributors would eventually bankrupt
the federal system, according 70 the
Roosevelt Wagner viewpoint.
The senator sees the possibility
Of an even more dangerous move by
some industries II permitted to re-
tain their private pension setups.
He fcarm that some employers may
jeopardize the success of his Labor
Disputes bill by offering pension
premiums. Their game, II the SEN
ator ts correct, would be TO make
larger contributions to their own
retirement fund provided the en-
ployes did not join a union or invoke
the aid OF the new National Labor
Relations Board.
Bag - Small-game hunters need
not worry about prospects for fall
shooting. Despite demands for q
closed season. Sportsmen Darling
and Roosevelt will not declare q
moratorium on the ducks.
10 looked like II for a time. Bio
logical Chief Darling has receget
almost 100000 protests against de-
pletion Of game. Some come frOr
professional. long-haired saviors g..
the fowl. but many were fcrwarCl1
by hunting and fishing enthusiast
IN Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa. the
Dakotas and the coastal regions. The
days mail gives the expert Ding"
a pain In his sportsman's neck.
But he thinks he has solved the
problem. He has recommended to
Hunter Roosevelt that ten birds a
day be made the legal bag. Since
existing regulations permit the kill
ing Of from five to twelve a day IN
various species, the new proposal Is
supposed TO strike a happy balance.
II Is understood that the president
will approve 1t with q few modifi-
cations which will placate the *
IRENE conservationists.
Solid? - Messrs. Long and Tai
madEe may not hurt FDR with their
anti-New Deal sniping in 1886. Even
II they elect Roosevelt dele
cations to the national convention,
they Will be tossed out the door
by Jim Farley. But the Louisiana
and Georgia bad boys r making y
hard for Congressman from about
six states In the deep south.
Most southern members r ex-
hibiting their traditional loyalty 70
q democratic president - Glass and
Byrd Of Virginia excepted. They
are voting for measures extremely
unpopular among their constituents
and they know IL. More than most
other sections the South fiercely re-
scented Mr.. Rocsevelt's Supreme
Court lecture with is suggestion OF
abolition Of states rights and lines,
Governor Talmadge and Senator
Long plan TO put these boys on the
spot. They win face severe opposi-
ton and cross-examination in the
primaries. They will have to bare
their real attitude toward expert
ments which ~displeases their con-