Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-04-26
'MuIey' Gets
Ears Boxed
By Rayburn
Douqhton S Stubbornness
Initiates Speaker
BY PAUL MALLON

WASHINGTON, April 26 -
w Speaker Rayburn admins
tered a boxing of the parliament
tary ears to House ways and
means chairman Doughton TO
revive the pay-as-you-go tax
plans.
Mr.. Doughton's nickname Is
"Muley," and the suggestion
of stubbornness which il con-
veys is not overdrawn. Rayburn
is understood TO have'threatened
10 take the tax subject away
from this main House commit
tee unles something was done.
The administration obviously
could not much longer stand the
public pressure for some inn
provement of tax collection
methods. Even the treasury re-
allied that a pay-aS-you-go plan
would not only be politically
wise, but financially necessary II
these stupendous tax rates are
10 be collected in full.
AN OBSTREPEROUS news
"A man nearly broke up the
Observation-Disclosures tax re-
vival meetings by demanding 10
know Of Mr.. Doughton:
"WhO ate crow"
Doughton banged his fist, in
SiSting no crow was present Re-
publican Rep. knutson rushed 10
the reporter and shushed him
into silence. saying personalities
were so frayed inside. that such
an embarrassing question might
start the whole fight over again.
Thus. Mr.. Doughton's para
lying hold on the situation has
been broken. and some kind OF
action will be taken. The only
thing certain is that the fight
viii be wide open and all plans
Will be voted on this time.
Agreement was effected on
that-and only that The selec-
ton Of A plan is likely 10 be
decided by what the congress-
men hear al home during their
present Today Easter recess.
THE substitution OF Mr.. Ray
Il burn for Vice President
Wallace on the neither end of the
fourth-term ticket is being dis
CuSSed a m o n < congressional
Democratic politicoS. The next
time Mr. Roosevelt will need
aid from the n6t-So-Solid South.
and choice of the Texan as "A
running mate would restore the
Vered strings between Mr..
Roosevelt and the southern
political leaders Of the party.
a vice president is usually
chosen solely because he can
make political contribution 10
the ticket. Mr.. Wallace is sup
posed TO have brought in the
farmers the last time.
But the main political weight
he carries now seems largely
confined 10 extreme liberal ele-
ments which are most violently
New Deal anyway, and do not
need Turing
TREASURY secretary Morgen-
Il thau was shared into losing
the Presidents devaluation pow
erS. lie is never at ease before
congressional committees. but
was never more fidgety than
when Senators Danaher and Taft
went after him in the Senate
banking committee hearing.
At one point. Morgenthau
urged Taft not 10 make state
ments disquieting 10 dollar valu-
alton in the middle Of a bond
drive" Taft replied the bond
drive could get no better adver-
Using than for Mr.. Morgenthau
10 drop his request for continue
ance Of the Presidents devalua-
ton powers.
Democratic Chairman Wag-
nor and Senator Maloncy be-
came worried about the press
publishing such testimony and
feared its possible effect on bond
buying Both Wagner and Nor
genthau consulted newSmen and
urged that much Of the testi-
mOny be kept off the record.
The committee tried, in eXeCu-
tive session. 10 find some way 70
keep the whole story out OF the
papers. but in the end. Mr. Nor
genthau agreed 10 drop the de-
valuation powers and thus Con-
greSs. for what ! believe is the
first time in the history Of the
New Deal, has taken back an
important grant OF authority
from Mr. Roosevelt.
Frankly. the apprehensions
over letting the public in on this
debate sc m q unnecessarily
high-strung. With advancing
prices effecting a real devalua-
ton OF the dollar in every gro-
Gerry in the land for the past two
years. an argument over execu-
tive fidgeting with 20 per cent
of the gold backing. sounded
purely academic. The President
failed 10 change prices by such