Salt Lake Telegram | 1931-09-28 | Page 4 | A Washington Daybook

i mm m rn V r i i it t A Washington Daybook I IBy t By HERBERT FLUMMER L WASHINGTON Se Sept t. t 28 Around 28 Around election time in Memphis Tenn the they sing a song about Ed Crump a who ho comes to Washington In December to represent the Memphis district in n the house of representatives Crump onetime mayor major of or Memphis Mem biem county trustee and leader ofa of ofa a political organization famed in Tennessee as Little Tammany is holding his first public office outside of Shelby county Rumor has it that his seat in congress is the result of chance hance Dissension in the ranks of his on own organization as to who should con con- test est the seat eat Is accredited with prompting Crump to make the race himself BEHIND SCENES BEHIND SCENES WORKER Tall slender and red haired hatred Crump has leas for years ears been a plc- plc figure in Tennessee politics No orator he dislikes to make speeches peeches and probably has made few few- er r than half halt a dozen during all his career He Is 15 most effective behind the he scenes While he was mayor maor of or Memphis the he story is 15 told that he would frequently fre Ire appear at night in some otrice of of- rice Ice where he spied a light burning turn urn it of off and remind the negligent party the next day I He Ho has the reputation of or never asset for forgetting for I getting a person once he has met himle him He le carries a notebook in which he I jots down the names of people he he r meets Then he goes back to his office and commits them to memory 1 Crump campaigns in Shelby county county coun ty have a a. flavor of their oa own n. n His street band blares his campaign song from one end of Memphis to the other It was used years ago in celebration of a Crump victory and since has been a feature of all his campaigns I Crump Crumpl if he is not himself a show shoo showman man at least knows how to set the stage Long experience In politics has taught him th the value of such trappings as campaign songs and brass bands He uses them effectively After all a vote is a vote whether it Is s won by a a. brass drum or a bit of polished oratory READY READY FISTED FISTED He is fib the type of person who talks little But his temper Is well known and he has used his fists In an argument The Crump organization has been beena a accused by i its opponents of all sorts of things but the personal integrity of the man himself never has been challenged He neither smokes es nor drinks Milk is his favorite beverage and several times a day he makes his way to a restaurant for a glass When he retired as mayor of Memphis Mem he was ass a comparatively poor man Since that time however he has built bunt up a sized good fortune