The Washington
Merry-Go-Round
Blackwell Smith, 27-year-old chief
:| of the blue eagle legal section, former
assistant to Donald Richberg when
he was NRA general counsel. Smith is
an able lawyer, but because of his
youth and inexperience has kept in
the background until recently when
he has begun to assert himself—
usually on the Hillman-Henderson
side.
Walton Hamilton, Yale pro-
WASHINGTON, Dec.
One of the chief obiects of in-fessor o£ constitutional law,
7 * „* ^,,«,^„ ™«Jh^« economist and liberally inclined, but
terest of returning members hantjicapped by uncertain health. He
of congress IS the board Of has not been active.
Seven men comprising the high Arthur D. Whiteside, president of
command Of the NRA. 'P™ & Bradstreet, dapper, spat--—
Capitol Hill is brimming over witt
questions concerning the blue eagl<
rulers, their views, background, whal
they have done.
When the congressional spotlight ii
focused on the group it will reveal tlu
following picture:
Sidney Hillman, the strong man oi
the board. In the more than twc
months of its existence this stanch
laborite (he is president of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers) *—
ing, strongly big-business minded.,
Whiteside devotes most of his time
to making speeches before business
men assuring' them the NRA means
them no harm, that all's well that
ends well.
Paying Host and Guest.
Axel Astrom is about to retire as
Finnish minister to the United
_ States. He bears the distinction of
J^' representing the only country which
=y showT=f toWgj«5 h^° othef K
of his colleagues as a strategist and
other diplomat i
debts.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 'irtually
negotiator. Quiet-mannered, persua-t^e Bame category. He is genial
sive, fast-thinking, Hillman dominates Michael MacWhite, minister of the
the board Irish Free State. His government not
S. Clay' Williams, chairman, a to- °nly hs>« Pai<i its debts religiously,
bacco manufacturing big industrialist, P* during Ireland's war period, its
Inside word is he wants to retire.
Dr. L. C. Marshall, secretary,
economist and statistical expert. Mar
s'board! "republican government"—then i
existent—borrowed heavily here. Even
this is being repaid.
Although the departure of most
Shall has" won the" high "praise "of" his diplomats" is attended by a round
• ■- of farewell dinners, the retirement
of Michael Astrom has attracted
little attention.
So last night, Michael MacWhite,
ninister of one country that always
a hard-driving administrator. He inclines toward the lib-!
era! side, but is suspect in organized!
labor circles.
Leon Henderson, young head of
."liberal and pro-laborite, Henderson ountry that pays 11
