, 1935-07-24
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By Raw Tucker


are less complacent about 1886 than
they used to be. Under certain cir
cumStances-continued unemploy-
ment and soaring expenses-they
can see how the election may be q
ca~t-and-dog fight instead Of 9 push
over for President Roosevelt.
What worries them most is word
that several anti-New Deal demo-
Gratis who carry great weight ma
tlonally viii dissasociate their re-
election campaigns from the admin
situations. These men have voted
against almost all the so-called sex
periments' and win not recant.
They will run on a personal rath-
er than a party platform.
The most eminent in the group
has already mapped his campaign
strategy. He WONT advertise his dis
satisfaction-hes a traditional party
man-but If the republicans cross
examine MIN, he'll speak up. He viii
recite the pledges he made on MIR.
RoOsevelt's behalf in 1892 and then
point out that the president has re-
pudiated every promise. It's not hard
TO imagine who the senator Is or the
national effect Of his attitude.
Shush-Although the bonus bill
seems headed for the committee Tor
disposal Of useless documents at this
session. the men charged with put
ting il to sleep are still jittery over
the issue. They went ven talk out
loud about moves TO revive Il.
Brig. Gen. Frank Hines, veterans
administrator, won't let II be men
toned in official papers II ne can
help 1t. His bureau. like many 9TH
ers. prepared a digest OF Newspaper
stories affecting the veterans in
terests. The summary Is an interde-
partmental memo meant only fcr
official eyes here and throughout
the country.
Until a short time ago the head
line items concerned pros and cons
on the bonus. Recently Gen. Hines
ordered that there must be no men,
ton OF the controversial subject. IL
might fall into strange hands and
excite the boys OF ~.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. OF congress are
surreptitiously slipping out OF town
every day. Friendly colleagues don't
inquire too closely into the dis0r-
der q their going but IL is estimat-
ed that about 100 have discovered i'm
portant reasons for being somewhere
else during the capitals prolonged
heat wave. More than a score are
under physicians care.
The hcgira got under way after
President Roosevelt demanded a tax
bill at this session. Many members
make arrangements each year for
leaving by July /. Their leases on
homes have expired and II IL too ex-
pensive for them at hotels. Some
had contracted for residences else
where. Wives grew unhappy when
their bridge partners decamped.
Youngsters begged to 60 home.
Though house and senate cham
bers are ~air-cooled. congressional
restaurants, corridors. committee
rooms and the capitol grounds are
steam-heated. II h e won't be
enough for a quorum !. II keeps up.
The utilities bought and paid for
thousands of kilograms and fin
anced other forms OF propaganda. It
looks now as IL they viii take a
licking-pa-tial or complete. Some
army contractors entertained milit-
airy officials at hotel parties where
liquor ran like water and, though II
hasn't appeared In testimony yet,
chorus girls did their niEht-club
stuff. The bankers confined their
activities to appearances before COM
mtttees and interviews with treas
Try. reserve and congressional Off
Gals.
The bankers won't get all they ask
In the omnibus bill. But as Whirli-
gig predicted weeks ago. their more
conservative efforts will be proved
the best in the long run. The Pecora
investigation taught them q lesson
which the utilities shQHld have
learned long ago.
observation-disclosures big business
ano the administration miss their
cues and humble their speaking
lines on the stage. minor actors are
carving on the show in the wings.
Business leaders and Industrial
lists are making more intensive use
OF the governments various facil-
!ties than nj any time since the de-
preston. Their appetite for Stats
tical information. trade. advise and
industrial surveys furnished BY the
labor. agriculture and state depart
ments Is more voracious than since
before the depression. Economists
interpret this as a sign that busi-
ness Is waking and picking No..
Here's another funny one: Though
Roper. Perkins. Hull, Wallace and
Errln0 are pfrtfYrpd ne thfrmhin