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Show ,t2ffMEM8 BEVERLY HILLS. Well all I know is just what I read in the papers, and what 1 see. Well here ' m ,,! the last few weeks I have JsCSfiJflS seen more than fm&m 1 rtti Tbey 8ay that ' travel is an edu- Jt&t- cation to you. Yes and its a - ' '. "- Dotner too. But A-'"ndo 1 must back -dZd a couple of weeks in order . . " "" to get at some GffdBk.J old 8tuff First place I saw some mighty poor farms flying over Missouri, eastern Oklahoma, and Indiana, on my way to -Washington. Just little lit-tle 'renter shacks, and it was snowing snow-ing and lots of em dldent look like they had any wood, much less food. You see its the country folks that are suffering more than the city onei" in this hard year. Well I got Into Washington and went of course Immediately up to "Opera Comlque" both ends of it, the Senate and the House. Gillette of Mass. was talking against the Government going into the fond business just for our own ' home talent. Well Smiator Caraway of Arkansas Arkan-sas was prowling up and down, and one of the (toys In the Press stand says. "Caraway is thinking up one now to hit -him with," and surt enough he kept sidling over toward the Republican side. You know they have a line drawn there so you can tell the Republicans from the Democrats, Demo-crats, they have to have nowadays; there is ho other way telling. Well Caraway said, "What about that time when Salem, Mass., was destroyed by flames, or was it Witches, and the government appropriated money to help the distressed, you Senator Gillette was in the House of Representatives, Repre-sentatives, did you say then that it was a Dole, did you say it was "bad Precedent" to set, answer me?" ,to jiuui umeue was in thi ' hole. Well be said that he dldenl vote for the relief, or against it either, be just answered "Present," then Caraway pounced on hinj again, (he was Just playing with him from paw to paw.) "You Just voted Present did you, well thats courageous Statesmanship. Your State was stricken, they needed help, but their Congressman voted ir neither to help, or not to help, he Just announced that he was there." Tom Heflln In the last days of tiia stay In there made one of his plays while1 1 was In the gallery. They were going to go down to Alabama Ala-bama and investigate Toms election. elec-tion. Well his opponent had sent ordlhat he welcomed the investigation. investi-gation. But Tom said that was just a gallant gesture, that he dident welcome the Investigation and be told this story to illustrate it. "Down in my old fine State of Alabama at Hot Springs was Rastus Lincoln, a Nigger. His white Neighbor bad lost a Shote, little spotted one weighing about nlnty pounds, Well the Neighbor got the Sheriff and went looking for the hog, and they went to Rastus house. He was sitting in front of the fire place rocking a cradle and singing a baby song, with the covers cov-ers in the cradle all tucked in betn lioad and foot till you couldent see a thing of the Jaby. 'Rastus you seen Jones hog?' 'Oh no sir I aint -een him, you can serch the place, I aint see the Shote tall.' Tbey searched, but found nothing, noth-ing, then they asked, "Whats In the cradle?' 'Thats my baby Gentle-niens, Gentle-niens, tbats my little baby.' 'Let us see the Baby?' 'Oh no, the Baby is sick and the Doctor said If I raised the klvvers on the Baby and the air hit him he would die. You cant see the Baby.' But they went toward the cradle and started to lift the quilt and Rastus said, as he moved toward the door, T cant stand and see aim die, I just got to go,' and he did right out the door and across the cot- ton patch. They lifted the Klvvers and j thoi-a lov OlA Oft TBS pound hog, and that's what will happen when you Investigating Committee get to my old State of Alabama. You won't find my peo-,o!e peo-,o!e are crooked. My people in Ala-"ttma Ala-"ttma are the finest people God ever let live. I love my People In Alabama. I am not saying a word against the great folks of Alabama. I don't want any blot to be on them. It's the crooked Politicians Poli-ticians that done it It's not the fine people of Alabama. They are the finesit folks on this green earth. They elected me. They done it fairly. But the crooks counted me out, and that's why I want this election Investigated. You come to Alabama and lift the Klvvers, and you will find the Hog." ($ 1931, MtNiufbt Syndicate, Inc.) |