Working through several senators, comment on Mr. Roosevelt's Gettys-
Frank Walker's outfit believes it has burg speech was rather caustic. The
fixed everything so the mortgage bill general opinion was that it was un-1
will get through the senate. They are clear, political and probably the worst
having trouble again with Chairman he has made.
Steagall of the house banking com- 1
mittee. He does not play bail closely! I Radio.
with the administration and no one '~~~ :"~7 . , 7T
knows what he will do next. ' ™e movement to impose further
There is no question but what thereSulatlons °n radl° L\n ■ f "mg
quiet congressional resistance to theanywhere- because the administration
mortgage bill is sincere. No one can P"vately is opposed
deny that the bill would encourage Ifc Passed word down the Une to
home owners to go into debt for reno- km the Proposed amendment to the
vizkig and new home construction. communications bill requiring radio
One republican leader went around to give 25 per cent of its time to
the floor of the house the other day educational and religious subjects,
advising all his friends to get "some The idea smacks too much of cen-
of the mortgage gravy for yourselves jf sorship.
this bill goes through." ■ "
Leak.....
Notes.
Vice President &•»"»
The AAA. and the press have be more intluential in the backstage
started a little private feud. When maneuvering over legislation than any
the sugar allotment figures were an- vice presldent has been before. He
nounced the other day, newsmen even !ent a hand in the eusting of
were gathered into a room for a Professor Thorp.
conference. An arrangement was
made so the news would not be sent Mr. Roosevelt felt badly about let-
out until the conference was over and ting Dr. Thorp go and has made ar-
the matter thoroughly explained. rangements to get him a private job
The conference lasted about half an which is better than the one he left
hour, but when the newsmen dashed as head of the bureau of foreign and
to their wires, they found the figures domestic commerce,
were out in the financial district in . .. ... „ — l
New York and actually had reached „ ***«* 1Staten SeacretalT Sayre
c b worked closely with Senator Walsh
It was found that some one in the ^ Inm ^JZflT SS ^ ad"
tAln^ '^luSr "."n™ T£l^ broU?ht "^ ^om the
sentatives of sugar concerns who ^ministration inner circle because
spread it broadcast, scooping the, Walsh comes from a st
press by half an hour or more. state
| War Debts.
All politicians privately admired them what v. „„
Mr. Roosevelt's war debt message. It posea adminisTrativT^amendments*" to
was so shrewd a handling of a dan- the agricultural adjustment act. They
gerous political issue that even the told him and he rewrote the amend-
republicans in both houses of con-! ments in accordance .with their sug-«
gress had to express approval of it. gestions.
On the other hand, the private
