| Show THE TIlE DAILY WASHINGTON MERRY MERRY- ROUND GO GO ROUND Trade Tude Mark l By Drew Pearson and Robert S. S AlIen Allen Authors of ot Round Merry and nd More Mora GO Rb W WASHINGTON WASHINGTON O Officials fj ar gre are k keeping ping quiet about it but army and navy intelligence report an in unusually large number of Japanese military and naval officers in the United States acting under suspicious suspicious- circumstances Several of them have been arrested the latest latest latest lat lat- lat lat- est being Major Takahashi taken in inon inon inon on a deportation warrant by the labor department department department depart depart- ment in Detroit last week Takahashi was or organizing organizing organizing or- or a society for the promotion of colored races races negroes negroes East Indians Japanese Japanese Japanese-in in the United States He had no visible means of support support support sup sup- port and had entered the country illegally Other cases include that of two junior Japanese Japanese Japanese Jap Jap- anese naval officers who Vho were studying at Harvard Harvard Haryard Har Har- vard yard and during their vacation took a motor trip to California Near San Diego they had a smashup one was killed the other seriously in in- in In their pockets were found sketches of ofSan ofSan ofSan San Diego harbor Another interesting case was that of a Japanese Japanese Japanese Jap Jap- anese naval officer who spent several days ridin riding rid rid- in ing f back and forth in buses between Los Angeles Angeles Angeles An An- geles and the naval base at San Pedro What he was interested in was talking to American enlisted men who also rode the buses His mission proved fruitless for for formost most of them were and suspicious wouldn't talk The navy kept close track of his movements movement and had hada a line on most of his conversations His chief questions were regarding the treatment of en- en enlisted men who also rode the buses He lie was interested in morale WHITE HOUSE RUM 1 Now that bootlegging in the national capital is supposed to become a thing of the past it might be recalled that bootlegging once took place in the White House itself It was during during during dur dur- ing the Rutherford B. B Hayes administration Mrs Hayes was a determined dry She in insisted insisted insisted in- in that no wine or liquor be served at the White House table But Secretary of State Evarts was a determined wet Working behind Mrs Hayes Hayes' back he usually arranged with the chef to spike to-spike the punch The chef als also served oranges oranges' containing a concoction of St St. Croix rum Secretary Evarts' Evarts chief difficulty according to historians of that day was in making sure that none of the spiked oranges was was was' served to Mrs Hayes UNAVAILING George Peeks Peek's recent up flare-up with the liberals liberals liberals lib lib- lib lib- of the A A A caused deep perturbation in inthe inthe inthe the br breast ast of his good friend and time one boss Barney Baruch When the tile first press stories broke telling elling of the rift Barney began burning up the wires with messages to the president urging ging that Peeks Peek's views be upheld As the tile undercover struggle progressed to the climax Barneys Barney's telegrams increased in number and size The president was much amused Peek Peck and not the liberals lost put out l ROUND MERRY ROUND GO The unsung heroes of the turf the hard- hard riding working hard-working exercise boys want a anew anew new v d deal al in their business They are demanding demanding demand demand- ing an 1800 a year minimum in the horse racing racing racing rac rac- ing and breeding code pending before the AAA At present their pay ranges from 30 to 50 a month and keep The Fellowship Forum Ku Klux Klan weekly weekly weekly week week- ly which at tl tile tHe e height of its power in 1928 had hada a circulation of over is dying It is isnow isnow isnow now b beng ng published monthly h has S a circulation of only a few fey thousand The government union among em em- set in motion several weeks ago with a fanfare of publicity is is a flop At the second meeting only 60 out of a total of 1600 showed up Author of the bill which will be introduced at the coming session of congress congress congress con con- gress is a gentleman of f. f distinguished southern Professor lineage James H. H Chadbourn of the University of North Carolina He worked three years in preparing the measure had the assistance of a number of outstanding southern lawyers and law school deans According to Chadbourn persons have been lynched since 1889 and only 67 h have ve been punished General Hugh Johnson is not the author of the expression crack down in connection with activities A red-headed red reporter put the words in his mouth when he inquired what was contemplated against Henry Ford Acting Secretary of the Treasury Morgen- Morgen thau is not the only cabinet member having press trouble Secretary Perkins and the correspondents correspondents correspondents cor cor- respondents who cover coyer her labor department are rapidly approaching an open rift X The real lowdown on the recall of Japanese Ambassador was that he was considered considered considered consid consid- ered too friendly to the United States He was fired by the Japanese military after Roosevelt moved to recognize Russia Russia for for which was considered responsible Alice Roosevelt Longworth in her book Crowded Hours refers to the late President Harding as just a slob She once referred to Franklin Roosevelt as 90 per cent Eleanor and 10 per ce cent t mush Incidentally Alice never has been quite forgiven for this The presidents president's mother Mrs James Roosevelt Roosevelt Roosevelt Roose Roose- velt beca because se of her unassuming charm is known among her intimates in Washington so society society so- so as Aunt Sally S a Commerce Secretary Dan Roper is reorganizing reorganizing reorganizing izing the press bureau of his department He feels he is not getting enough publicity wants to break into the news more frequently 1933 by United Feature Syndicate Inc |
