WISCONSIN IN THE CAPITAL
Mobley, Radford E.
Wisconsin in the Capital [By RADFORD E. MOBLEY] WASHINGTON, D. C—Pleased with their first victory in New Hampshire, Roosevelt supporters turned attention this week to Wisconsin, where they...
...Bert Wheeler...
...Washington can't believe the current report that Sen...
...He isn't advising anyone how to vote...
...paiLme:-t in Washington...
...What if the Republicans nominated an accepted liberal, surprising everybody, and the Democrats put forward Vice-Pres...
...Martin Torkelson...
...Merlin Hull, Black River Falls Progressive, a pioneer in the field who has been urging this legislation for some time...
...When the bill is passed it must be recalled that credit also is due Rep...
...La Follette started a first class row this week with his resolution asking why newest types of American fighting planes, designs heretofore secret, are being released to foreign nations for purchase...
...The Glenn Frank report seems to be entirely satisfactory to the Republican party...
...no idle forecast, but based on what he saw ! as an American envoy in Europe...
...He is an invaluable ob-j server...
...The treaties were devisd to stim-ulat foreign trade as an aid to national recovery, and the department believes they are doing the job, but it is always willing to hear the other side, and to make adjustments if convinced they are needed...
...La Follette will devote his chief attention to his campaign at home and that is as far as you can go in predicting the course of a La Follette always eager to champion the progressive cause in Wisconsin or abroad...
...He was one of the first to predict the present j war...
...Witness its last action in behalf of the fur industry when it was threatened...
...Alexander Wiley used the report as the text for his speech this week at a Republican rally in Richmond, Va...
...The latter are privately much concerned about releasing new craft to other countries before they have been tried by the army...
...Torkelson has long been an enthusiast over this project...
...Frank: I haven't seen you ; smile since you came down here...
...The state department has taken to heart the testimony of various industries that they are bemg injured by the trade treaties...
...It isn't in the cards, say incredulous observers...
...j Informed sources here say Josepn E. Davies of : Wisconsin, now special assistant to Secretary of \ State Hu'l...
...Secretary of the Treasury Morgentb.au...
...Sen...
...Sen...
...Bob and Former Gov...
...The | House at present is engaged in hearings on a simi-\ iar measure, and advocates are now hopeful of : action before adjournment...
...Rep...
...would find the Berlin ambassadorial : job interesting if the United States again exchanges representatives with the German gover.i-i ment...
...He has sent for his ballot and will have his vote in on time...
...I Interested in this subject, he plans to hold hearings and gather information...
...Officials are studying the committee reports thoroughly in the light of facts they already possess to determine if there is a serious hurt...
...There are too many combinations which might find Bob and Phil in the fight swinging to count them out at present...
...What if Herbert Hoover were nominated on the Republican ticket...
...Involved in the scrap arc cabinet officers and high army officials...
...It is true that Sen...
...Sen...
...La Follette this week on legislation sponsored by the sen-: ator to create the national Mississippi river parkway...
...Frank Bateman Keefe...
...Phil are hands-off national politics this year...
...Their aim is to have the Democratic primary thoroughly informed that the Broughton slate is the true-blue one...
...Garner...
...I "What's the matter...
...The Badger senator charged the Roosevelt administration with being "too prone to copy the Wilson administration, feeling that Europe's problems are our problems," and urged "more thinking about America...
...One member of the cabinet, Postmaster General James A. Farley, the Democratic political strategist, has already placed his stamp or approval on the Broughton ticket, and other cabinet members may lend their voices next week if it is considered necessary...
...Bob La Follette is setting an example for the Progressives...
...Bob Jackson or Sen...
...Bavies is not encouraging this talk, but ! he was once willing to attack the Russian assign-I ment with a degree of success and would not turn ; down the Berlin post if his chief wanted him to go there...
...The department believes the treaties are the quickest means of making such adjustments, particularly where evidence of dumping can be found...
...Army officers restrain their feelings that the secretary, untrained as a military expert, should not be permitted to decide on these sales...
...Wheeler and Bankhead...
...secretary of the Wisconsin state planning board, conferred with Sen...
...The most progressive Republican and the most reactionary one can quote scripture from it to support his point of view...
...Wisconsin in the Capital [By RADFORD E. MOBLEY] WASHINGTON, D. C—Pleased with their first victory in New Hampshire, Roosevelt supporters turned attention this week to Wisconsin, where they predict a decisive campaign vote favoring the Broughton third-term slate in the April 2 primary...
...La Follette readily agreed to amend his bill to protect trappers in the area...
...Davies' chief asset is an inquisitive, legally trained mind which quickly gathers facta ; and impressions for transmission to the state de...
...who is most pro-Ally among the cabinet members, is in the center of the controversy...
...I haven't seen anything to smi:e about," replied j the Cshkcsh Republican...
...a colleague said j recently to Rep...
...Keefe this week was named chairman of I the House unemployment conference group sub-j committee on social security and old age pensions...
...What if Roosevelt ran again, or the Democrats nominated such a liberal as Atty...
...Much progress is being made on the farm debt J adjustment bill, sponsored in the senate by La Fol-| Iette along with Sens...
Vol. 10 • March 1940 • No. 12
