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Show SEARCHLIGHT THE § Simple Lessons in Politics Prof. I. M. GREENE, Teacher Children, I hope vou have enjoyed your vacation and will study hard throughout the Spring Quarter. Have you any observations to make on the progress of the Legislature? Yes, Professor, we have. You told us that State Senators were smart politicians but we can find no evidence of it. Now! Now! Children. Don’t be hasty. The Senators are all right. Maybe they have been so absorbed in contemplation of Jeanette Garner, and attending Chamber of Commeree banquets that they haven’t had time to do anything else. And tough problems confront them. They are going to have to fix the Mozley Moonshine bill so it will look airtight and yet be flexible enough to let the right people have their customary eve-opener. No doubt they’ll get around to all those matters even though it may be at 11:45 on the 60th day. But: Professor, you haven’t explained why they are making such ernor. Are they trying to drwe him out of office? My goodness, letting off steam no, Children. for Where did you get that foolish idea? the entertainment, and to convinced His Excellency is a flop. buekaroos are trying to renominate Surely, Professor, to renominate and you cannot ease the blood a fuss about the Gov- The boys are merely pressure of voters who are You may be surprised to learn that most of the Senate the Governor. mean that Senator Richards and Senator Melich want re-elect the Governor? That is exactly what I do mean, my dear young friends. You see politics is a game where you keep your eye on the main event and make all necessary moves to attain that objective. The two Senators realize that Governor Maw has lost the confidence of the labor unions. As matters stand he cannot count on their support for renomination. Consequently Senator Richards and Senator Melich with some of their associates are trying to get some nasty pin-pricking anti-labor legislation through both Houses so the Governor can come forward as the fair-haired boy and veto the questionable bills. Then labor in Utah will be so obligated to His Excelieney that it will feel compelled to support him for renomination and re-election. It’s the old game, Children, where the hand is quicker than the eve, and the vocal passages are made to do double duty. What about the same game? the House of Representatives, Professor? Are the House members playing Why certainly, my young friends. You will notice that most of the kicks in the teeth for labor originating in the House come from members closely allied with the Farm Bureau. And who is the King Fish in the Farm Bureau? Why Tracy R. Welling, of course. And Tracy is the Governor’s alter ego—next to Gus—and may even be His Excelleney’s hei apparent. So you see, Children, the pattern is quite plain. Maw’s renomination and _ reelection is becoming more certain day by day. He already is satisfactory to the utilities and most of the other predatory corporations who have the money. The next job is to make him equally satisfactory to labor—which has the votes. The Legislature is attending to that little item right now. Well, Professor, Sh! cuarded Sh! will they nominate Gus also? secret, but Gus feels so certain It’s supposed to be of renomination that even now he is preparing speech of acceptance that will be a knockout. Class a carefully friends. Don’t even whisper it, my young The campaign is dismissed. of 1944 is almost decided. a |