, 1935-07-30
WASHINGTON
BY Raw Tucker

BY Ray Tucker
neutrality-suspicious. pilgrims TO
Palo Attic are spreading word that
Herbert Hoover has q presidential
CLEAN In his eyes. Although Mr..
Hoover declined to reveal his inten-
tons his visitors came away with
the conviction that he wants q re-
nomination.
MIR. Hoover Is more buoyant and
hopeful than he has been since his
disastrous defeat, according 70 those
who talked with him. He convinced
eastern politicians that the COP
has a chance to come back next year.
But he emphasized chiefly the need
for mobilizing squabbling factions
in his own party for a large-scale
attack upon the New Deal.
He sold" his guests on both ideas
Three visitors who had been fairly
mild towards the administration
Colonel Frank Knox, Governor Nice
OF Maryland and Pat Hurley-lit into
Mr.. Roosevelt viciously and per-
scnally after leaving the Hoover
homestead. Then Governor Nice col
lected q group OF Hooverites, Old
Guardsmen and HoOver-baiters fer
q weekend on Chesapeake Bay. They
underwrote the Hoover program with
the exception OF his desire 70 lead
the fight next year.
Observation-Disclosures connivers
are cooking up some sizzling strategy
for breaking the senate-house con-
ference deadlock on the holding
company bill.
Three house conferees-one dem
ocrat and two republicanS-oppose
the "death sentence" They won't
agree to any conference action which
will permit a clearcut vote en- this
provision in the lower chamber. They
get word from their scouts that the
lines are wavering because Of the
Black lobby revelations. The fiji
buster in conference Is based on the
presence OF Bonnie Cohen. but the
real purpose Is To block q showdown
in the house.
House rules provide that n con-
ference committee NAV be discharg-
ed n II has not reported 20 days after
its appointment. The 20 days will be
up August 2. Unless the lam is brok-
en- by that date. Speaker Byrns may
defy tradition by naming house rep-
resentatives who will GO along with
the White House. And then you'll
hear some hOllering.
Battle-The appointment OF Tom
Tom Helm as FILA ballyhooer fur
niShes a tip-off on the political BOYS
respect for the trouble-making quail
tiles OF Huey Long and Governor
Talmadge OF Georgia.
Insiders thought long and hard be-
fore they placed Alabama's sartorlal
pride on the federal pay roll. They
anticipated and received many pro-
tests from powerful people who re-
called his religious TRADES In the
senate and his one-man revolt
against AL Smith. Restoration OF
Helm 10 favor is a daring move IN
view Of personal and political cir
cumstances.
Nobody In the know expects Mr..
Helm to stick 10 such a routine sub
ject as housing promotion. He has
been assigned to the states az Flor
ida, Georgia, Louisiana. Alabama.
Arkansas and MiSsissippi-the ter
ritcry where the Long-Talmadge
team may put on an act next wear.
AS a political crocner and rabble-
rcuser Tom-Tom has no equal. He
can fight fire and phantoms with
the best Of them.
Rescue-The assignment OF Char
lie west to the Interior Department
represents a presidential attemBt &C
make peace inside and outside hts
official family. Mr.. Roosevelt has
told friends that too much OF his
time Is given TO soothing politicians
sore az Harold Ickes snubhinR.
Mr.. West lacks experience and
nOlitical polish. He Is young. en-
thrsiastic and idealistic. But he IS
peTsonable and likable. AS Mr..
Roosevelt's liaison man with Cap
itol Hill. he has achieved prestige
bv proxy. When he opened his black
upper bag and extracted morning
merlos signed "FDR," he smoke with
reflected authority. 1t was q fine
iuilc-up. He has established many
friendly contacts with house demo-
Gratis.
Mr.. Ickes has been bereft or any
Congressional friends. His deDart-
ment Is stacked with republican
followers and p~rogressives. The
politicians carried their complaints
to the White House when he named
Edgar Puryear. former secretary 10
the late Bronson Cutting, as his
patronage guide. Another renub-
lean 10 say no TO us" groaned the
democrats. SO the president count
cred with Under-secretary West.
Tndlcator-Fateful papers lie on
Attorney General Cummings desk.
How he acts upon them viii deter
mine whether the administration
intends TO remove the antitrust