The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-07-15

are bold and brazen. Before this they were present in the back ground, but afraid to lift their heads. Even the lobby against the Stock Market bill last year, which was immense and ehec- tive, kept as much as possible in the background.
 But now 1t is different. And the most significant thing be- hind this change is the change in public sentiment, or at least in that part of public sentiment which is vocal.
 FORGOTTEN
 Three years ago-when Roose- welt denounced the money tchangers-public sentiment was rabidly bitter not only against the bankers and against big busi- ness. but against almost anyone the least bit tainted by contact with the money-changers.
 Now this is partially forgotten. There has been pickup in prosperity-just enough to dull the edges of memory.
 Especially forgetful are cer- tain groups in Congress. Relief rolls are not vocal. Organized Hobbies are.
 Three things count most with Congress at present:
 1. The vociferousness of the
 appeal. This is particularly
 true of minority groups.
 The louder the yell, the
 greater the effect on Con-
 gress.
 2. The volume of the appeal
 This applies to large and
 less wieldy groups slch as
 the farmers. By emitting
 low, but throatey moan, the
 farmers gather enough vol-
 ume to make Congress jump
 with alacrity. 3. The monetary value of the
 appel-in other words. cash.
 Not cash into the pockets of
 congressman but cash paid
 through such devious chan
 els as campaign contribu-
 tions, or merely threatened
 to be paid on the other side.
 It counts.
 LOBBYING FINESSE
 To-day they use more finesse. There are two general types of lobbyists, with many different categ .ries and subdivisions Of each. There are those who work i. in the open, or the Outside Job .bers; then there are those who bore from within, or the Inside Jobbers.
 The Outside Jobbers include patriotic aid peace societies, church and temperance lobbies, and on the whole they have an educational and beneficial value. The veterans and farmers also make use of these mass forma- tion, non-secret tactics. When properly organized such Hobbies are tremendously powerful. MANY VARIETIES
 The Inside Jobbers are the boys who employ really great skin. They are the ones to be watched. Their notifications are almost beyond almost beyond numeration, but here are five general classifications:
 1. The Lame Ducks-men >. forced to retire from public
 service, who take up lobby
 ing as the most lucrative
 means of livelihood.
 2. The Close-Up Men-Gov- !. ernment officials who delib- erately retire in order to
 capitalize their inuence and
 inside experience in the
 great game of lobbying. :. The Inside Men-sometimes
 deliberately placed in key
 positions in order to use
 their inuence for those who
 place them there.
 4. The Super-Lobbyists of the
 voice from heaven type.
 The United States Chamber
 of Commerce, with its son.
 orous statements for and
 against the administration,
 is typical of these.
 s. The Outright Hi-Jackers-
 These use cash, political
 pressure of any kind.
 The most successful lobbyists use a combination of all vari- cites. The Power Lobby. for in- stance, which exerted terrific spressure against the Holding Corporation bill, operated not only in Washington but back in the congressional districts. Its methods were both secret and above-board. It used Close-Up Men, Lame Ducks, Inside Men. and pontifical statements by big business organizations. THE TOPS
 It was more adroit and more successful than any lobby in years.
 Lobbying by the administra- ton for the Holding Corporation bill was equally vigorous, also took both secret and above-board channels. Lobbying by an ad- ministratioiI is not new, despite all the hue and cry raised about it. It is no newer than any other kind of lobbying. Jim Farley began keeping card file of congressman early in the New Deal. On the cards were recorded sthc way each man voted, and that record governed the generosity in jobs accorded to each congressman.
 Mr.. Farley was a little more efficient than his predecessors, {, but every administration |. has done it. The only reason for the howl at present is that 1t is no
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