The Washington times., 1938-03-26

United States
- - to pre- serve
"O"A0 carter peace" The
other day he changed that and
made it "our peace"
The State Department and
the Administration have been
aStounded and dismayed by the
violence of the peace senti-
ments of not only the midwest
and Western sections of the
country, but also in the indus
trial centers, especially among
members of the CLIO and the
AFL.
Labor knows that the moment
this country becomes involved
in warfare and Mr.. Roosevelt
declares an emergency, labor
loses its freedom and its unions
will come under Government
control. The depth of the ma
tional feeling about keeping out
of Europe and Asia has stunned
the imperialistic group in Wash
ington. Now its members are
afraid to stick their necks out.
Hence the extreme caution Of
Mr.. Hull's speech.
Gust Can't Vote"
0ENATOR A: Bill, I know I
~ should vote for this amend
ment. Why, the bill is the most
damnable concentration of
power in one mans hands this
country's ever seen. 1 know the
amendments the right thing.
But I just can't vote for it."
Senator B: But, Joe, you
must. You've simply got to.
We're counting on you"
Senator A: II know, 1 know!
That's the tough part of it, Bill.
But. you see. Jim's voting the
other way. He's going along.
He hates the bill as much as I
do, but he has to. He's up for
reelection this fall and the crowd
at the end of Pennsylvania Ave
nue. have put the screws on
about dozen of the boys in the
same fix. No, thank God, I'm
not up, I've got three more years
to go. But since Jim'S going
along, how can I vote against
the other Senator from my
State9 Why, they'd think I was
trying to embarrass Jim. No,
Bill, although you're right and
this amendments right and the
whole rotten bill ought to be
thrown out, I've got to vote
for it,"
The Wheeler amendment to
the reorganization bill which
would have made mandatory
congressional approval of any
and every change in Govern
ment setup attempted by Mr..
Roosevelt lost by six votes.
IVA Begged DoWn
THE IVA is begged down in
l. a mess. The Federal Coal
Commission, formed without
Civil Service protection, reekS
with incompetence. Before he
went to London, one of Joe
Kennedy's bitterest complaints
was that not a single commits
sion, including his own, was
functioning properly; that he
couldn't reach anybody to do
any work after 4 p. m, and that
even the White House secre-
tariat was out playing bridge,
poker or golf after 4::30 p. m.
Stronger and stronger grows
that Intangible but very def
mite feeling that something IS
going to pop in this town before
the next three years have gone
by which will debate whole
pile of overrated regulations.
Agriculture MOUie
WHEN the first official movie
w was put out by the Depart
ment of Agriculture, aimed to
propagandize resettlement, It
proved flop because OF bum
distribution. A new film is now
out, dealing with conservation
and flood control. A Hollywood
motion picture company pro-
duced it. A Hollywood agency
is doing the distribution job.
It's professional from start to
finish, and therefore AL circula-
ton in the local movie houses.
What the movie-goerS don't
know is the story behind the
making of that picture. The
Government decided to take no
more chances with amateur mo-
tion-picture production. They
called in the Hollywood men.
The professionals listened. They
did not want to touch it. An
other conference was called.
When this conference was fin
ished, they agreed to make the
picture-and distribute it! What
changed their minds?
A lawyer from the Department
of Justice, an expert in the anti
monopoly section of the depart
ment, sat in on the conference.
He took no part in the proceed
ings. His presence at this
meeting to discuss the making
of a movie was covered by the
brief explanation that he was
just interested, that's all.
The inference, of course, was
that if the Hollywood producers
and distributors refused the
Government second time, then
it might just be barely possible
that the Government would be
curious about charges of mo-
nopoly among certain COM
panies.
COpvrtght Ledger Syndicate