The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-11-23

w AoHlNG1ON' NOV zS--Seh-
W ator Bill Borahs recently
published letter to Young Teddy"
Roosevelt. in which be denounced
"reactionary" Republican leaders.
was lot hotter in its original form.
AS first written, the letter con-
tanned the names of a number of
G. o. P chiefs who, Borah said.
should be thrown out of the partyS
councils. Among those he listed were
Charles Hilles, New York National
Committeeman; j. Henry Roraback.
Connecticut National Committee
man; National Chairman Henry
Fletcher and Vice Chairman John
Hamilton. Political advisers per-
Suaded Borah to eliminate this
portion OF the letter. The Ca
madam reciprocal trade agreement
was stroke OF luck for Senator
Pat McCarran. Last session the
hefty Nevadan, backed by the late
Huey Long, attempted to repeal
the law under which the Hull trade
treaties are negotiated. He got no
where. But now, with the Canadian
agreement as a talking point. he
plans to renew his fight Probably
he won't get much further. but he
will have a lot to talk about.
Attacks on AAA Administrator CheS-
ter Davis from within and withou:
the Administ ration are not bother
ing him. Says Mr.. Davis: The AAA
is now so efficiently organized that
1t can function regardless of who is
running it. 1t is my firm belief
that in this agency we have the
most efficient and honest staff in
the government service" The
American Guide, now being written
by jobless newspapermen and au-
thorS for the WPA, will consist of
six volumes with a total of 2,7500
words Each volume will contain
1900 pages of thin India paper.
NEW Dealers haven't discovered
~ the fact yet, but Ben Allen,
ace publicity man for Herbert Hoo
yer, has a government job His title
is: Supervising Cancellation COM
missioner for the United States Dis
trict Court for the northern district
of California" Mr.. Allen gets S25
a case for acting as referee between
farmers and mortgage holders i'll
negotiating agreements under the
Federal bankruptcy act. Ordi-
narily Secretary Cordell Hull is de-
liberate and slow of motion, but
he can act fast when necessary.
Tie other day he walked briskly
into the White House press confer
ence, grabbed a portfolio of papers
on the Presidents desk and walked
out He had forgotten his priced
Canadian treaty after it was signed.
Press Intelligence, the govern
ment clipping bureau, peruSes over
400 newspapers every day, clips
every item relating to Federal ac-
tivity. Sales at auto shows have
been so heavy that the motor in
duStry has revised its estimates for
this months production to 100000
cars. q. The recent reelection of
Mrs. Herbert Hoover as head of the
Girl Scouts of America inSures one
president in the family even if her
husband does not make the grade
next year Senator Pat Harri-
son is taking no chances on his re-
election next year, even though the
menace of Huey Long has been re-
moved. Pat has been touring the
interior regions of Mississippi
where the late Kingfish had great
strength-assuring the voters that
state interests are his first concern.
Mr.. Long had accused Pat of go
ing national
TNDIANA'S ex-senator Jim Wat
Il son, for years a powerful Repub-
lican leader, has been trying to sell
his memoirs to magazines. Sen
ator," asked a newspaper man Of
William E. Borah, do you think
Gov. ALT Landon is a candidate for
the Republican nomination." Re-
piled Mr.. Borah, We'll, it certainly
looks rather suspicious" Irked
at PWA chiefs for squelching sur
vey projects favored by the Nation
al Resources Board, of which he is
vice chairman, Frederick A Delano,
the Presidents uncle, has gone di-
rectly to his nephew for help. Many
New Dealers are accusing the PWA
executives of trying to hog the show
by rejecting all projects over which
they have no control
Friends Of Alabama s Senator John
H. Bankhead say that he was Of
fered the Federal judgeship recent
ly made vacant by the death Of
Judge William 1. Grub, arch New
Deal foe, but turned it down. He
prefers his seat in Congress.
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