Evening star., 1936-01-20

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he might possibly reinstitute the en-
tire A. A. A. under it without any
important new legislation. Mr.. Davis
buzzed an assistant for a copy of the
act, read it and concluded the news
men were right
With some elation, he pushed all
buzsers on his desk, called con-
ference. Within two hours the
Government had a detailed neU
farm program and the t,Uo news-
men had scoop.
Note.-Foremost agricultural au-
thorities seemed agreed that the new
program will permit the Government
to do virtually everything 1t did un-
der the A. A. A. Only the legal meth
Cd will be changed.
It is undoubtedly true that Mr..
Davis andshis lawyers would have come
to the full hidden possibilities of the
obscure soil conservation act in due
course, but the swiftness of the dis
covery can be attributed to his two
news friends. although their names
will never appear in history.
Bond Bonus Veto Expected.
The general inside understanding
among Democratic Senators IS that
President Roosevelt will veto the baby
bond bonus bill. but not attempt ac-
lively to prevent its passage over his
veto. When the bonus was up in
Congress last year. the White House
pulled certain very important wires to
prevent 1t from being enacted, and
succeeded. This year the wires have
been permitted to hang loose.
Evasion, Not Falsification.
Non-partisan authorities who have
looked into the record of Woodrow
Wilson's testimony before the Foreign
Relations Committee generally char
acterize it as "a diplomatic evasion, u
rather than Justification"
Mr. Wilson was being interrogated
by his two most alert antagonists on
the League of Nations issue, Senators
Borah and johnson. Naturally, Mr.
Wilson did not tell them all he knew
Shearer Trick Checkmated.
During a lull at the Morgan hear
ing william B. Shearer. self-described
''big bass drum" lobbyist for shipbuild-
ers in former years. walked up to j. p
Morgan and shook hands. Morgan did
not know who Shearer was. but geni-
ally neglected to mention the fact.
Two photographers snapped them in
pose which made 1t appear that they
were two long-lost pals.
Morgdn's capable public rela-
tions counsel recognized Shearer
and asked the photographers not
to send out any pictures like that.
They appreciated the humorous
aspect of Shearer's trick, and
agreed to destroy the negatives.
The arrangements were made with
Shearer looking daggers at all con-
cerned.
Note.-Lobbyist Shearer Is still lob
bying. He maintains an apartment in
which a number of Congressman
have been occasionally entertained.
although not on the scale which
Shearer made famous at Geneva.
where he attempted to discredit a
disarmament conference 10 years ago.
New Money Action Studied.
Certain New Deal fiscal authori-
ties have been quietly looking into the
idea Of some new gold and silver ac-
tion. They have, at least, considered
the possible economic effects of re-
onenin1 the domestic market for the
two banned commodities.
The siluer suggestion ,Das offered
in bill proposed by Senator Nc
Carran, but the gold end Of it vas
their o,Un idea.
The matter is in a formative dis
cussion stage as yet, but probably
nothing will be done.
Nye Aide Powerful.
A powerful force behind the Nye
neutrality investigation is Josephine
Joan Burns, on sabbatical leave from
Mount Holyoke College. It was she
who prepared most of the data on
events leading up to the World War.
The Senators who used 1t proclaimed
1t an excellent job.
Long Machine Victory Seen.
Certain Democratic congressional
authorities have brought word from
Louisiana that the Long machine will
sweep the State in the primary elec-
ton Tuesday. They say anti-Long
men privately agree their chances are
slim.