, 1935-05-29
WASHINGTON
BY Ray Tucker

WASHINGTON >
BY Ray Tucker
Feuds-President Roosevelt has
informed house leaders that he
banks upon them to jam through
reform measures at which the SEN
ate balks. The legislative program
which he has handed privately to
Speaker Byrns and Rules Chair
man O'Connor bears out Whirligig
predictions that the chief executive
has shifted sharply to tie left
and will stay there.
AS a result Of White House con-
ferences Speaker Byrns has crowd
ed his confidential calendar with
many measures which private in
terestS hope 70 kill. The eight
measures on the speakers slate for
enactment before the summer re-
cess ire: The Wagner Labor dis
putes bill. the AAA amendments.
the holding company bill. the NRA
extension for two years. the iva
measure, continuance OF the NUS
ance taxes. bus regulation and
transportation legislation.
The house has already passed the
banking and social security bills.
so that this new must" list Is in
addition TO those reform proposals.
Mr.. Roosevelt has told house lead
ers that he will not permit congress
to quit r/il 1t gets these measures
out OF It's system. Mr.. Byrns has
the assurance OF complete White
House support in feuds with the
senate over legislation.
Preference-By this strategy the
president puts the house back on
the political map for the first time
since the World War. With its
League OF Nations fight and its
postwar Investigations the senate
has hogged headlines and power.
It's fight with the house over MIRA
extension and other measures is
chargeable to soreness as much as
to states manShip.
In pl ng ing with the house.
Mr.. RoCoevelt shows a smart sense
Of political values. House members
must run for office every two years
and they keep their ears closer TO
the ground. They make a more &C
curate sounding board OF public
sentiment. Most recent presidents.
TO their discomfort, have tried 70
are and cater TO the senate.
Mr.. RooSevelt's distinct prefer
nj for the house was shown on
the day he delivered his bonus veto
message. Louis Deschler. house par
Humanitarian, was introduced 10
Af-~ 49, Gw4a~ uwAl Aaw knnf
four speakers straight" Mr.. Roose-
welt replied: why don't you let
him work on the senator"
MoIey - Mr.. Roosevelt regarded
his bonrl veto as his most inn
portant state paper since his in
Rugural address. He Stayed suggest
ions that he favored mild initiation.
indirectly answering such import
ant aides as Jesse Jones and Fed
eral Reserve Board Governor &c
cles. He rebuild Secretary Morgen-
THAI for his suggestion that Pat
man money might not bankrupt
the treasury. He stepped forth as
his own financial master and
mentor.
Although the president leaned
heavily on memoranda from the
Treasury Department and the Vet
Grams Bureau, his chief aide IN
whipping the speech into shape
was Raymond Moley former head
OF the brain trust" Moley's name
did not appear in the headlines but
he slipped quietly into Washington
a few days before the message was
completed. He put the conservative
punch" into IL.
An unknown incident illustrates
the care OF preparation. Reporters
fortified with advance copies were
called back TO Secretary Earys Of
flee for a few revisions just before
delivery Of \e speech. While the
newspapermen held their pencils
in the air awaiting substantial
changes, Mr.. Early cut two awk-
ward propositions
DefauIts-HOLC operations r
giving concern TO conservative cab
met members. DelinquencieS In
payments have reached an enor-
nous sum and they are increasing
every week. The beneficiaries, as
predicted. seem to feel that their
advances are a gift rather
than q d ~.
HOLC Spokesman brag that del
inquencies on sos. 100000 worth OF
billings amount to only so. 223, 900
OR 20.3 per cent. These r the
figures they give out publicly. But
there's q catch in their arithmetic.
According TO their computing, no
body is listed as delinquent until he
has defaulted on interest or prin-
cipal for three months.
The true figures paint a different
picture. OF ssh COO. 900 principal due
on MAY Is the borrowers were be-
hind TO the amount Of $4,000. 600
or AZ per cent. OF S00.000.O 900 Of in
tcrest due on May Is they were
delinquent TO the extent OF $685.
600. O00-or 81 per cent. IL Is true
that the Hole has confined aid TO
people in distress. but such collect
ing agencies as the treasury think
that business-like methods rather
than philanthropy should animate
tie official lenders.
Dead-President RooSevelt,s legis-
lative program Is rs important be-
cause OF its omissions as well as its
''musts." He leaves out many reform
measures which his friends had X
pected him to sponsor.
Despite his gestures against lob
twists the president is not insisting
upon enactment Of the Black pro-
poSal for a registration and cheek
en- the democratic gents who profit
from their friendship with the pres
ident and influential politicians. He
will not demand passage OF the food
and drug law so dear to Rex Tug
wells heart. There Is no place On