Evening star., 1936-01-13

OlQ NOC make CledT WlttllCI AC 1idu
continued his devaluation authority
or not. News seekers would have to
check up with the Treasury on that.
Treasury Adviser Present.
Present was the Treasury's excellent
publicity adviser, Mr.. CASTOR. He did
not know either. He would also have
to check. To do so, he went of, not
in the direction of the Treasury but
back into the White House secretarial
Offices. Later it was announced that
the President had "also" apparently
continued his devaluation authority.
unbeknown to himself, If you can
imagine that.
Newsmen, emerging, said to them
selves: well, the London devaluation
rumors today must be wrong, because
the President did not even know about
the subject" This was the desired
glow. 1t was reflected all over the
financial world.
Too Much Like Traffic Signals.
1t would be simpler If the New Deal
shading system were not occasionally
like the street traffic signals in Wash
ington. Some Of the red stop-lights
here mean go-right and left. Some
of the green go-signals mean stop Gone
at the main entrance to the Capitol
Grounds).
Thus, while Mr.. Roosevelt ,ras
turning his green DINNERS on the
deDdludtion rumorS, some OF his
Democratic Congressman mere
publicly seeing red imitation prob
abilities from the A. A. A. decision.
Also. the House lDas passing a two
or three billion dollar bonus bill
1pithout funds, and Postmaster
General Farley Uas telling the
Democratic National Committee
that Mr.. Roosevelt pas q sound
money man.
Through the kaleidoscope this much
can be seen for certain:
Mr.. Roosevelt is preserving his de-
valuation powers solely for currency
dickering with foreign nations if oc-
casion arises. It may or may not
come within the next year. He will
not devalue any more of his own &C.
cord. Imitation threats were put for
ward by New Deal Congressman
solely to sober up conservatives,
cheering over the A. A. A. decision.
The Congressman could not resist
the temptation.
No devaluation or currency imitation
Is planned.
Roosevelt Stands Fray Well
Thickening of the fray has left no
noticeable mark upon Mr.. Roosevelt's
countenance. Callers over the week
end noted the ruddiness of his skin.
No more than the usual characters
tic nervousness was apparent. He still
blinks his eyes frequently in a sort
Of squint-blink. He smokes inces-
sanity, twitches his cigarette holder
in his fingers. From the front his
thin hair Is as gray as the smoke
which he bellows forth in large puffs
Che does not inhale much). But from
the back his hair is thicker and
a brown-gray.
A comparison of the photos at his
Inauguration and at the jackson day
dinner reflects a less striking change
than might be expected.
Bonus Cheers Representatives.
The size Of the bonus vote in the
House bespoke the internal joy of
Representatives at being able to cast
it. Once Speaker Byrns stopped the
roll call to request order because it
was "a most important vote" Mr..
Byrns considered it 50 important, he
voted for the bonus himself. After
ward fully dozen bonus Representa-
tives asked the clerk how they were
recorded. They did not want any
mistake made about their approval
of this issue.
About IS Representatives pho
Uoted against the bonus last year
Doted for it this time. Their er-
PLANTATION ,0il be that this ,oas q
non-tnfationary bill. No one
kno,0s yet tDhether it is or not. No
method aDas provided.
A better explanation Is that this Is
an election year.
Note-The House Ways and Means
Committee decided not to specify
either ways or means of raising the
bonus money in this bill. However, it
eliminated the original introduction of
the bill, which mentioned the three
veterans organizations as the sole
reason for passing the bill.
Democrat "Fixings" Unstable.
The historic trouble with Demo-
cratic gatherings has been that, al
though the leaders try to fix things,
things rarely stay fixed. That was
what happened in the selection Of
Philadelphia as q convention site.