The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-12-11
Washington
Merry-Go-
Round
BY DREW PEARSON and
ROBERT s. ALLEN.

BY DREW PEARSON and
ROBERT S. ALLEN.
XXTASHINGTON, Dec. 11.-That
w thunder you have been hear
ing on the left the last few weeks
is the New Deal staging a political
counter-attack.
The bombardment of rhetoric by
Administration big shots is not a
coincidence. It is carefully
mapped out plan of political
strategy.
The New Dealers have taken
leaf from the book of modern mill
tary methods and have opened fire
on their opponents without both
ering to proclaim formal state Of
war.
Here is the record of operations:
Major speech by the President in
Atlanta, Ga. Another in Chicago.
Both campaign addresses.
SlaShing attack on Administration
foes by Secretary Ickes in Detroit.
Aggressive defense of AAA by
Secretary Wallace in New York.
Speaking tour by Work Relief Ad-
ministrator Harry Hopkins, featur-
ing warm defense of New Deal re-
lief expenditures and policies.
Several speeches by Undersecre-
tary Rex Tugwell. proclaiming the
Administrations determination to
adhere to liberal tenets.
Prediction by Big jim Farley that
Roosevelt will be reelected in 1886,
carrying as many states as he did
four years ago.
The Administration has set itself
stiff job. if it intends to keep up
this pace all year.
.HERR HERBERT SCHOLZ is first
l. secretary of the German en-
bassy. in charge of Nazi cultural
activities. The other day, while
attending diplomatic function he
got into a conversation with the
counselor of the Swedish Legation,
Baron Johan Beck Friis.
Baron Beck-Friis is sort of
MISUNDERSTANDING person
but actually he's just the opposite.
Il understand" said Herr Scholz,
you do not like Germany"
Il am fond of the German peo-
pie" replied Baron Beck-Friis.
In other words, you don't like
Germany since 1888" (The year
the Hitler government came into
power)
Exactly" replied Beck-Friis.
We'll, you don't have to worry"
shot back Scholz. I'm two years
France, and in twenty years Sweden
will be part of the Nazi empire
and you will like it."
HENRY WALLACE has spent
L more of the taxpayers money
on travel than amy other member
of the Cabinet-and is proud of it.
"a Secretary of Agriculture, he
says, "can not afford to lose touch
with farmers"
And he has developed a unique
method of doing it. All along the
way he stages conferences, takes
hikes into the country, asks ques-
tionS of almost every one he meets.
On his last Western trip, there
were long stretches of travel by
car, during which Wallace was
escorted by several of his county
agents. A dozen times day, he
would shift from one car to an
other in order to pump each agent
on local conditions.
Note-Wallace does not accept
fees for his speaking engagements,
as do some other members of the
New Deal. Only other member of
the Cabinet to out-travel Wallace
is Jim Farley, whose expenses are
paid by the Democratic National
Committee.
THE barrage of suits against the
l. Holding Company Act has OBJ
scured a significant fact.
The attack has been concentrated
entirely on one phase of the law
Title l, which regulates utility hold
ing companies, through the Securi-
ties and Exchange Commission.
But there has been no attack on
Title 2 of the same act. This sec
ton is no less far-reaching and i'm
portant than its mate 1t authorizes
the Federal Power Commission to
regulate the rates and transmission
of power that goes across state lines.
The provision has been operative
since last August. There are APP
proXimately 1900 operating utilities
in the country. Yet not one has
peeped against 1t.
More than that, Of IA companies
which have filed applications with
the power commission to simplify
their corporate structures under
Title 2, II are members of holding
corpora tons which have filed suits
against the SEC on Title /.
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