, 1935-06-13
WASHINGTON
BY Ray Tucker


Teeth - Here's a tip for the tired
business man who can't understand
the words or music Of the New Deal
show since 1t went on the rocky
road.
Not only are the antitrust laws in
force - the antitrust establishment
In the department Of justice has
been strengthened. Its personnel Is
larger than ever before. The NRA
experiment has furnished II with
detailed information on prices,
agreements. trade practices. II was
never better equipped TO detect and
prosecute violators Of the Sherman
and Clayton Acts.
The administration has already
antitrust violations to the limit.
tipped its hand. II will prosecute
President Roosevelt has made that
clear. And Attorney General Cum
mings' last case before entering the
cabinet was a suit for triple damages
under the antitrust statutes. He
won i'll
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sembiing quietly at Washington to
promote the revival Of trade asso-
Citations and agreements. The big
wigs OF business are framing a plan
for voluntary cooperation which they
intend TO present TO Mr.. Roosevelt.
He won't turn IL down fatty, but
he sees little hope there. IL was
tried and discarded by chief execu-
tiveS more friendly TO II than Mr..
Roosevelt will ever be. The Federal
Trade commission took the move
ment under its wing several years
ago but gave up in disgust. II adj
mitted that II could not formulate
a code az fair practices" which
would stick.
In those days the D. Of j. was SYM
pathetic. II gave fairly liberal
horseback opinions" on what bust
ness could safely attempt. Often
il was accused OF teaching industries
70 thumb their noses al the anti
trust laws. The Roosevelt admins
tration is in no such mood at the
present moment. The NRA is dead.
shouts Mr.. Roosevelt in one breath.
Then he adds. Long live the anti
trust laws" You don't have to be a
lawyer TO know what he's driving at
Mad - The McCarl-TVA clash Is
at the stage Of ugly charges and
counter-charges. Behind their hands
friends Of the New Deal declare that
the controller general has long held
a grudge against the experiment"
II is the first time in fifteen years
that anybody has dared 70 impugn
his impartiality.
According 70 TVA-ites. McCarl
asked Chairman Morgan 10 give a job
TO a friend. Since iva Is supposed
TO be out Of politics 1t placed Mr..
Morgan In an embarrassing position.
The Controller General was then
demanding the right to audit every
penny OF expenditures. The request
vas granted. II you believe the
iva people, the McCarl employe
turned out TO be inefficient. So he
was discharged.
Then MI. McCarl assigned audi
tors to 20 through the authoritys
books. II was this investigation
which provided the explosives nov
being used to blow up the Roosevelt,
power policy. And one Of the audi
tors wa a relative Of the discharged
employee. according to : the iva
crowd. They're pretty mad and may
air their soreness before e Senatori-
al committee.
Flowers - No New Dealer watches
developments more closely than the
sensitive. conscientious Henry Nor
genthau. All the Ro~oseveltlans like
TO know what the writing boys are
saying about them. And Mr.. Nor
eenthau'S treasury covers such a
wide front 800 foreign gold, domestic
liquor. taxes. expenditures. etc.
that his curiosity Is understandable.
Not so long ago Mr.. Morgenthau
installed a departmental press ser
vice. II summarizes every item Of
news affecting federal finances and
monographs the batch. BY early
afternoon the summary Is in the
hands OF every Treasury top Sar-
geant. They see themselves and
their policies as others see them.
The service is extremely efficient as
o rule.
But imagine Morgenthau's dis
may and laughter when the
humorless summary iuxtaposed these
two items: Washington says that
Controller j. F. T. OConnor will
elope with ELISA Landi. movie star
y. United States Health Service
warns against June fever induced BY
growing flowers
Tight - Naval building has given
Washington the filters. Germany's
pocket navy frightens our admirals
almost AS much as ii does the Brit
ish Admiralty. For II Herr Hitler
expands on the sea. so will France
and Italy. Great Britain will not