| Show THE DAILY WASHINGTON Round Merry-Go-Round Trade Mark Maric MarkBy MarkBy By DREW DREV PEARSON and ROBERT ALLEN V WASHINGTON WASHINGTON- Latest WASHINGTON Latest cloakroom report is that the government has completed its protracted protract protract- ed secret probing of or Huey Longs Long's financial af affairs affairs at- at fairs and a sensational denouement is due Ad- Ad contend Huey knows this and that is why he is raising such an uproar for an investigation of Big Jim Farley He can then claim that any administration attack on him is in retaliation for his attacks on Farley The Kingfish is more closely guarded than the president Several of his bodyguard accompany accompany accompany pany him everywhere armed with sawed off shotguns carried in specially made brief cases To friends who ask him why his wife and children children chil chil- dren are rarely seen with him Huey explains that he is in constant danger of physical attack and does not want to place them in jeopardy When Huey takes to the senate floor for one of his harangues the presiding officer abandons all aU attempt to preserve order in the visitors' visitors gal gal- With senators laughing 50 so over Hueys Huey's antics it would be impossible to ob obtain obtain ob- ob tam tain silence from onlookers The large staff of extra clerks and stenographers stenographers stenographers raphers in Hueys Huey's office needed to take talce care of his daily flood of mail are on the payroll of the state of Louisiana No other member of congress congress congress con con- gress gress enjoys such a privilege If they hire extra clerical help they pay for it out of their own pockets 0 S The work-relief work bill has been beena a wracking nerve-wracking ordeal for Maines Maine's stocky Senator Senator Senator Sen Sen- ator Freddy Hale An old guard Republican his natural impulse has been to line up with his fellow fellow fellow fel fel- fel- fel low partisans in warring on the measure But Maine has a big stake in the bill biU It is seeking money for construction of its famous quoddy tidal power project and if the thc bill is is modified the chances of getting this money will willbe willbe willbe be lessened Torn between the desire to play partisan politics and the clamor of his constituents constituents constituents for public work funds Freddy has had a desperate time deciding how he will vote Pat McKenna deft receptionist in the executive executive executive exec exec- offices holds the long time record for continuous continuous continuous con con- White While Wh t House employment He has been beena a member of the executive mansion staff for 31 years years and ears and and he he says he has no intention of writing writing writ writ- ing mg any memoirs Enlightenment necked Bull D. D Lane Powers Jersey congressman congressman congressman con con- gressman and product of a military college reached his height of eloquence in support of military appropriations ons when he declared declared- reading from his manuscript If the members will take time to read General MacArthurs MacArthur's remarks remarks remarks re re- re- re marks they will be generally enlightened Though the statue of Lincoln in the memorial is remarked upon its verisimilitude few visitors realize the magnitude of the work The height of the sitting figure is 19 feet ears cars are 11 inches long and the bended knees so high from the floor that workmen in cleaning walk freely under them without stooping Widening Breach The smoldering long-smoldering feud between the White WhiteHouse WhiteHouse House and Massachusetts' Massachusetts Democratic Senator David I. I Walsh is on the verge of breaking into open warfare Walsh and his colleague Marcus Marcus Marcus Mar Mar- cus Coolidge are demanding the reappointment of the incumbent Boston postmaster James Roosevelt eldest son of the present and Boston on insurance salesman wants a man of his choice named If Jimmy prevails Walsh is threatening a fight from the floor S S S Few know it but Robert Jockson now handling the governments government's case in the Mellon tax suit is is the principal author of the administrations administration's administrations administration's administrations administration's admin admin- drastic holding corporation bill under which such organizations would be taxed out of existence in five years S S S Rookie congressmen have just uncovered a I cushy pork grab quietly pulled off last year yearby yearby by the previous congress In an amendment to the postal appropriation bill biU defeated members members members mem mem- bers of congress were given gwen franking rankin privileges on official mail for six months after retiring from office S S S Privately members of the securities and exchange exchange ex ex- change commission believe the New York stock exchange is preparing for a court test of their power They reached this conclusion because the stock exchange has retained John W. W Davis to examine the commissions commission's recommendations for changes chances in the election of exchange officers ln 1835 by United FeMurs Feature Syndicate ate Inc |
