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Show LEHI FREE PRESS, LEHI, UTAH EEN and HEARD around the NATIONAL CAPITAL & Carter Field - Never very potent, Washington. either as an orstor on the floor or a manipulator behind the scenes in the senate, Joseph F. Guffey is being advised by close friends to run for governor of Pennsylvania. They contend, as diplomatically as they dare in their advice, that following GufTey's denunciation over the radio of the "ingrates" among his colleagues, his effectiveness in the upper house is destroyed. Guffey is a vtry unusual figure in public life. His importance for years was due largely to a general conviction that he played along with Tammany Hall in the days when Tammany was pretty nearly New York. At any convention he was much sought after, on the theory that he would "throw" the Pennsyl- vania delegation whichever way New York decided to go, and it was much easier to get a deal or a story, according to whether the inquirer was a politician or a newspaper man, from Guffey than from any of the New York leaders. So Guffey was always in the news, in the days just before and during a national Democratic convention. After the convention he subsided into comparative obscurity, save for occasional visits to national headquarters, when he would tell every politician and every newspaper man with whom he talked that Pennsylvania would be "in the bag" for the Democratic nominee if only he could get a liberal cash donation from the national committee. His success in wheedling contributions for these forlorn hopes was astonishing. In 1928, for instance, he had John J. Raskob convinced that Al Smith could carry Pennsylvania if Raskob would just let Guffey have enough money. "It's surprising," said the late Joseph T. Robinson, down at Hot Springs, Ark., for his notification ceremony, "what favorable reports we are getting from Pennsylvania. I believe we are going to carry tight-lippe- d that state." "Don't let Guffey kid you," said a newspaper friend. "He just wants some of Raskob's dough." Four years later, however, the Bun really began to shine on political fortunes. Right at the outset he came out for Franklin D. Roosevelt, breaking the hoary tradition (never apparently very much justified by developments) of his alignment with Tammany. He was credited with winning a majority of the Keystone state's delegates for Roosevelt. In a way assuming he could have delivered the same number of delegates to any one of the "allies" he nominated Roosevelt. For all of which Jim Farley was profoundly grateful. And so was Roosevelt. Guffey rolled in campaign contributions for Pennsylvania. He didn't carry it, but the gratitude carried on. He was given so much patronage that there was a real revolt among the Pennsylvania Democratic representatives, led by no less a personage than Pat Eoland, of Scranton, now whip of the house. As senator, Guffey has simply been another pro - administration vote. His speeches had a canned flavor. He was accused of having them written for him by the Brain Trusters, and he has never denied it. But he fumbles the reading! Now he has arraigned against himself every Democratic senator who revolted on the Supreme court enlargement, and, less openly, every Democratic senator who has revolted on anything. They don't like this reprisal idea. They suspect the President is accurately represented by Guffey, but that does not endear the Pennsylvania senator to them. So Guffey may decide to accept the advice of some of his friends, and run for governor. Guf-fey- 's Garner Manipulates Bill Vice President John Nance Garner's holding of the sugar bill after ' all the formalities had been compreventing President plied with Roosevelt from getting it in reasonable time for a veto, was one of the most interesting, if unnoticed, developments of the closing of the session of congress. Garner held that bill until late Saturday afternoonvirtually Saturday night before sending it to the White House, although if he had been in a real hurry to get it there it could have been delivered Friday evening. The point of course is why Garner did it. It must be remembered that the President had sharply rebuked Senator Pat Harrison, chairman of the senate finance committee, for his proposed "compromise." The President had publicly denounced the lobby of the refiners in mainland America as one of the "most pernicious" in history. When the final compromise was put through, in form totally unsatisfactory to the President, it merely provided that the provisions affecting the refining of sugar should expire ten months before the end of the threecaf period during which the quota System should prevail. Questioned orv the floor as to why this had not been made a full year, j W N. Y: State Police Lift Mask V from Hollywood's Wonder Man f Senator Harrison frankly admitted that it was because he intended to induce congress, if possible, to ex- tend these provisions in that first two months of the third year. In short, as Senator Harrison and his friends viewed the situation, it was not a compromise at all, but the winning of all they contended for the first 2( months of the law's life, By WILLIAM C. LTLEY with a chance to win everything also for even the remaining 10 M CHUCKS," said Bing ?m V' i.i Vf John Montague Beat Bimr Crosby at Golf Using Baseball Bat, Cros-k-Jby- months. Vice President Garner doesn't talk very much, but he knew what the President had been saying and how the President felt. Also he knew the temper of congress during those last few days. And he knew the extreme probability was that, it the President should receive that bill on Friday night he would vote it. In that event, Mr. Garner figured, there was little doubt as tc what would happen congress would rush the bill through over the President's veto. This would have been another setback for the President's prestige. It is the kind of thing that a good party man does not like. Garner is above everything else a good party man. Whether he sympathizes with the President's ideas or not has nothing to do with the case, in most instances. The paramount motive with Garner always is that the Dem- ocratic party must be supreme must continue to present as solid a front as possible to the foe. So smart "Cactus Jack" decided to give the President a breathing spell to cool off. The President of course would know that congress had passed the bill in the form he did not want. Secretary of the In- terior Harold L. Ickes could be de- pended on to rush to the Chief Ex- ecutive with a little oil for the fire even if no one else carried the bad news. But the President could not veto the bill without having the bill to veto, and Garner saw to it that the White House did not get the doc-- j ument. As a matter of fact, if the Presi- dent had vetoed the bill when Gar- ner let him have it, assuming the veto message was dashed off with-- ; in five minutes of receipt, the messenger with the veto message would have had to hurry to get to the capi-to- l before the final gavel. And at that stage Garner could probably have gaveled his way to adjournment without most of the senators knowing what the "message from the President" was all about. Fight Only Beginning President Roosevelt's legislative program for the congress, as outlined in a conference with senate and house leaders on June 5, is very interesting reading now, but it would have been a rash prophet indeed who would have dared predict any such percentage of failure as actually developed. Not that this means permanent failure. Many of the things that were caught in the stampede for adjournment or went over for other sound reasons may be enacted next year. Only two defeats seem sure. One was actual enlargement of the Supreme court. The other was reorganization of the federal departments and bureaus. The President has not given up on either of these. Actually in the Supreme court case he has won, though he is not claiming victory. He has the substance, but he wanted terribly to have the technical knockout, shadowy as such a victory might possibly have proved. On government reorganization, as predicted in these dispatches many times, he can have a great deal when congress finally gets around to voting on the bill but not the things he particularly wants, notably executive control over such independent commissions as interstate commerce and federal trade. Wages and hours regulation will of course go through next session, but the chances are now that the bill even then will be much more moderate than the President wished. The little sawmill and factory owners of the South have felt their oats, so to speak, and will be even more outspoken from now on about things they do not like. Crop control was not mentioned at the June 5 conference. It really was on the agenda all the time, but intended by the White House to come after the bill enlarging the Supreme court had passed. Obviously the only satisfactory plan for contracts not to grow crops with individual farmers would not pass the hurdles set up in the old AAA decision until the court was But the probability now changed. is there will be sufficient change on the court before any such measures can be gotten through the next session to assure fair promise that this legislation will be upheld. Indeed the President for quite a time was for holding back the wages and hours legislation until the court bill had become law. National planning, as to water resources for the various regions of the country, was another item on that June 5 program. While the President has not specifically endorsed Senator George W. Norris' seven TVAs measure, this is generally understood as being in accordance with his ideas. On that bill there will be n renl fight next session, but the President has a better chance of victory there than on getting his own tax ideas enacted. Dell SyndlcaU.-W- NU Service, 's burly golf partner, "I could beat you using a ball bat, a shovel and a rake!" Now, if you have ever seen Bing Crosby play golf you will realize that this hovel and Rake. k.xv.;!' . ' - I.,,-ft. : - Really Heasu, , CIIEE . numciniiig umcieui m c roe he cnair or oavcntxiri kpt in strips! One strip makes an ' rest, three a chair ' davenport back. Once maue one, jusi Keep repeatirt .1 J : .i join uiem logeuier and y? rri. hn-l- - y.5fe' S Is - . - -- i .... . ...a fcv.v?sto '2a':a challenge would not be unlike telling Joe Louis, "I could lick you with one hand tied behind my back." The dreamy-eyecrooner's average is about 74, which is golf of a professional caliber. The arropant gentleman had been in the habit of "spotting" Bing a stroke on each of five holes and collecting with withering consistency. "It's a bet," said Crosby, and it was decided to play one hole, for Miss Lovel; . Shye? Yo ou tost anyt Mr. Shye- ve lost my CACI d b v': $200. Bing, using the regulation bag of clubs, took two shots to the green and two putts for a perfect par four. The other party to the arrangement strode to the tee, gave his ball a little toss in the air and whaled it with a baseball bat, l I $3 swinging in a manner that would have turned Babe Ruth green with envy when he was in his prime. The ball traveled 350 yards into a trap. With an ordinary shovel this remarkable athlete played an "ex: plosion" shot to a point within eight i 1 i feet of the cup. Wielding the rake like a billiard cue, he hold out the lv. "putt" for a "birdie" three. "That," trooned Crosby, "is enough for me." He wandered uncertainly in search of the nearest psychopathic hospital, poorer by Dead Canyon road three quarters $200. of a mile in five shots, with plenty Wonder Man Shuns Publicity. of room to spare. George von Elm, Some screwy, magnificently a member of the club and former screwy, stories have come from national amateur champion, testiHollywood, where press agents have fied that he played with Montague the imagination of an Edgar Rice for a month and Monty never was Burroughs and the conscience of over 68; such golf could win any Baron Munchausen. But the screw- - championship in the world! At Palm Springs, Montague broke the course record four times in four consecutive days. The last day he turned in the unbelievable card of 61! He wears out the exclamation marks on a reporter's typewriter. If is Still John Montague preferred obscurity. He refused to play in tournaments. Only once, after much pleading on the part of his friend Hardy, did he consent to compete. That was in the annual club championship play. He sprained his ankle on the sixth hole, but finished 18 holes anyway with a 64! Then he dropped out. Turns Down $20,000 Offer. He refused to talk to reporters. He would never allow himself to be photographed. Once when a photographer, concealing himself in i bushes, managed to expose a few plates before Montague discovered t him, Monty smashed the plates and A paid the man $100 for the damage. Offered $20,000 to demonstrate his Bing Crosby, radio and screen ability in a moving picture "short," rein who trimmed the star, got he said: "I won't permit one picture markable golf match, but befriended to be taken of me; why should I the victor in a time of need. pose for a whole reel?" Despite Montague's reticence, a lest thing about this story is that it is true. It happened two years ago, light like that simply can't be hidand since that time John Montague den under a bushel. Grantland or La Verne Moore or "Bull" Moore Rice, the eminent sports authority, reluctant to believe the stories (depending upon your point of was which came via the grapevine from view) has been the most talked-o- f the Lakeside club. They couldn't be man in the golfing world. John Montague, as the film colo- true. For instance, the one about the time Monty, calling his shot, ny knows him, came to Hollywood three years ago. His ability to play picked a bird off a telephone wire He was 170 yards away with a brassie shot. golf was astounding. handsome in his burly way. His Or the one about how he didn't get manners were delightful. He was a wink of sleep for five days and chivalrous with women. He appar- five nights, then shot a 70. Or the one about how he could hit a dozen ently had a bank roll. He had two Lincolns and a Ford. He could drink balls from any distance within 200 a fifth of Scotch and eight gin fizzes yards, bet $100 on each one that for breakfast and never bat an eye. ft would stop within 10 feet of the and win money. Or the one Montague shunned publicity. But flag, as Greta Garbo proved, one sure but why go on? He Couldn't Prevent Fame. way to get into the limelight is to Rice determined to find out for try to stay out of it. No one in Hollywood knew who Montague was, himself. He went to Hollywood and whence he came or where he de- played a round with Montague. He rived his income, not even Oliver decided all. that had been said was Hardy, the rotund comedian with true. During the round, Monty whom the mystery man lived for a "picked up" on the eighteenth hole, while. And apparently nobody where he could have had a 64! cared. Impressed beyond measure, Rice But a man can't do the things told of John Montague and his golf feats in a syndicated sports colMonty did and remain in oblivion. His feats of strength were as amaz- umn. Westbrook Pcglcr wrote a coling as his golf prowess. He held umn about him, describing him as up a heavy automobile while a a combination of Paul Bunyan, Pop-ey-e friend changed a tire. With one the Sailor Man and Ivan hand he picked up George Bancroft, Skovar. Soon there were husky moving picture "heavy," and other stories. stuffed him in a locker, upside These found interested readers. Some were even fascinated. One down, during a moment of horseplay. He could even lift OUie Hardy such fascinated reader was John in one hand. lie ate a dozen eggs in Cosart, of Troop D, New York state less than half a minute. He (it was police, Oneida, N. Y. Somehow this whispered) had whipped from three Montague, with to six men at one time. his golf genius, his strength and Drives 400 Yards. his huge frame, seemed But these exploits pale beside familiar. Cosart reflected. Monty's feats on the links. He Wasn't this drives straight as a die, and conMontague a dead ringer for Moore "Bull" Moore, as sistently from 40 to CO yards farther than the longest drive Bobby "the boys" called him whom the Jones ever made. Driving balls policeman had known seven years into a slight wind he hns avcrn;;od pgo? Moore, the son of a steel more than 300 yards per drive. With worker, had been a mighty youth. the same slight wind in back of him, He, too, had been able to lift one 375 to 400 yards per drive! end of rin automobile with one hand, He seldom putts; his approach could lick three men at once. He shots are so perfect they leave him used to smash dozens of cue balls putts conceded by his partners. To while "breaking the rack" in pool win a bet he drove a ball from the games. He had been a prep school first tee of '.I Lakeside club across football and baseball star once he V-- V 1 Ska-vins- thirty-two-year-o- ld 220-poun- d La-Ver- Pattern John Montague, strong man golfer equipped with the "clubs" he used in taking a $200 golf bet from Bing Crosby. of Hollywood, 19 batsmen in a game. Young Moore's golf had been good enough to land him a job as a professional at the Clayton, N. Y., country club. He once had played struck out municipal course at the Syracuse nine-hol- e in 28. Moore Had Police Record. Moore had a passion for making records, and some of them were police records. He got a six-mont- suspended sentence in 1927 for posing as a policeman and taking $50 from a grocer accused of selling liquor. On the night of April 5, 1930, four young men held up a roadhouse near Jay, N. Y., taking $700 from Kin Hana, the owner. When Hana's father-in-laMatt Cobb, objected, they gave him a vicious beating. As the robbers made their getaway, one of their cars struck a culvert. One robber was killed. Two were captured and got prison terms. The fourth, believed to have been "Bull" Moore, disappeared. The New York state police sent Moore's fingerprints to the Los AnOn last geles police department. July 9 Hollywood's strong man was arrested in the Beverly Hills apartment which he shared with Oliver Hardy, and charged with the New York robbery. When they took him to jail he admitted that he was "Bull" Moore and that there was no longer any reason for avoiding publicity. 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