The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-09-28
Washington
Merry-Go-
Round
BY DREW PEARSON and
ROBERT ;. ALLEN

hObEhI y. ALLEN
NTASHINGTON Sept. % has
w not leaked out yet. but the
Postoffice Department is quietly
applying the ScOurge to ocean mail
contracts. Profting from the expert
ence when airmal contracts were
Cancelled this crack down is less
spectacular but eficaciouS.
The ocean-mail contracts contain
provisions requiring mail ships 20
make a certain speed For the first
time this specification is now be-
ing checked up. So far, only one out
Of nine mail-Carrying vessels has
met contract requirements Failures
are being reported to the Comptrol-
Ter General and he in turn, is hold
ing up mail payments.
In one case. 100000 has been
withheld.
The Postoffice Department also
is considering the further step of
seeking recovery of payments al
ready made. Secretary of State
Hull, when asked if Idahos Europe
rowing Senator James P. Pope IN
any way represented the Admins
tration. snappily replied: Neither
directly nor indirectly, informally
nor Speculatively.' Giving the
Capitol a new coat of paint is not a
trivial matter. The overall job now
being done will cost about $4,000.
J. Edgar Hoover, hard-boiled
nemesis of criminals, is a devotee Of
poetry, particularly the inspiraIional
variety. On his desk is a framed re-
production of Kiplings If"
NTHEN the Supreme Court con-
w venes Monday, Oct. 7, all
nine Justices will be in their places
and in good health. Rumors OF
Justice Cardozo being i'll are ground
less. The highest mountain in
Idaho. 1865 feet. is named for
Idahos talleSt political figure. 1t
Is Mt. BOrah. Back in the war
days when Steven Early, now the
Presidents secretary, was a United
Press newsman covering the State
Department, his principal compete
tor was the Associated Press news
man, Bill Hassett. Twenty years
passed, and Early, whose White
House duties have been heavier
since the illness of Louis Howe,
turned to his old rival HaSsett be-
came Earlys aid early this week.
Two high spots in the Ameri-
can travels of BraZiIS Ambassador
Oswald Aranha, who motored across
the country this summer, were the
day spent in the Grand Canyon of
the Yosemite, and the night spent
in the mining town of Elko. New,
where he won S85 in IS minutes at
roulette. CHe also had tea with
Herbert HOOverO
CENATE lobby investigators are
- quietly checking up on the
Transportation Association of Amer
lea, a newcomer to Washington,
which has all the earmarks of a
hugs lobby. Announced purpose Of
the organization is to fight govern
ment ownership in transportation
facilities. One reason Gen.
Hugh johnson resigned as head
of the WPA in New York City was
that constant contact with human
misery was getting on his nerves.
Washington tourist guides es-
innate that more out-of town cars
pass the White House daily than
any other spot in the United States.
Former Senator c. C. Dill, recently
returned to the capital from a po-
litiCal survey of the country. is in
timating that the Administration
wants him to run for Governor of
Washington next year The in
cumbent, Clarence D. Martin, is
Democrat, but got considerably in
wrong with organized labor in his
state. Some New Dealers fear that
his denomination will put Washing
ton in the Republican column next
year Dill says he is undecided
about running Bob Jackson,
brilliant counsel of the Internal
Revenue Bureau, has a rare exhibit
on the wall of his office, 1t is a let
ter in the Presidents handwriting,
warmly commencing Jackson on his
presentation of the Administra-
TONS viewpoint on the tax bill be-
fore the Senate Finance Commit
tee. The letter concludes: You
did grand job"
Il II
AHOST significant behind-the-
1FA scenes scramble at present is
the grim tUg-of-War between the
National Labor Relations Board and
anti-uniOn employers. The issue is
a cOnstitutionality test of the Wag-
ner Labor Disputes Act The NLRB
is bent on staving off such a show
down until Congress is back on the
Job; has given orders to its re-
gional directors to tread lightly and
exhaust every measure to keep out
of the courts. The hostile employ
ers, on the other hand, are just as
determined to get a quick decision
on the law. confident that the Su-
preme Court will throw it out.