| Show THE TUE D DAILY lLY W WASHINGTON Merry Rou nd Trade MarkBy Mark Marie MarieBy MarkBy By DREW PEARSON PERSON and nd ROBERT ALLEN W WASHINGTON Official WASHINGTON Official intelligence reports received here indicate that war between Italy and Abyssinia is certain The British who usually exert powerful in influence influence influence in- in fluence with Mussolini have talked to him earnestly and privately But they have not made a dent Mussolini is determined to carve off a slice of Africa Two methods of attack are open 1 He can attack soon by air bomb Addis Ababa the capital which is a collection of mud huts and drive Emperor Haile Selassie into the jungle Then he can offer the emperor a puppet puppet puppet pup pup- pet throne and a fat salary under the rule of Italy if he w will ll come back 2 Or Mussolini can wait until the rainy season is over in September and then use the same strategy The latter method is safer because be because because be- be cause by that time his men could travel by motor During the rains it is impossible Which strategy Mussolini will employ depends depends depends de de- de- de chiefly on Adolf Hitler The Austrian ex-Austrian house painter is getting a greater kick out of the Abyssinian ruckus than anyone else He figures it will give him hima a chance to accomplish the annex annex Austria his homeland When Mussolini's back backis is turned on Austria Hitler would like to send in his nazis This is why Mussolini has to gauge his at attack attack attack at- at tack on Abyssinia carefully This is also why the French and British are worried sick over II Duces Duce's war plans Privately they are calling the Abyssinian campaign Folly Frank Friends Between Arkansas Arkansas' massive Senator Joe Robinson Robinson Rob Rob- inson jason and Kingfish Huey Long there is no love lost lost and and Joe goes to no pains to hide the fact Huey who disdains asking other senators to put his speeches in the Hie Congressional Record Record Record Rec Rec- ord rose on the floor the other day and said Mr President I ask unanimous consent to have a radio address printed in the record What is the speech demanded Robinson A speech I made over the radio A CIA speech the senator himself made Yes and a mighty good one too The senator senator senator sen sen- ator ought to read it It couldn't be a good speech snapped Joe if Li the senator from Louisiana made it Presidents President's Pet Word is being slipped quietly to the Democratic Democratic Democratic Demo Demo- cratic rank and file on Capitol Hill HiU that if they want to keep in the good graces of the White WhiteHouse WhiteHouse House they should watch their step on the utility holding corporation bill And there is no fooling fooling fooling fool fool- ing about the nature of the warning The boys are being told with pointed emphasis emphasis emphasis em- em em em- that the president is so interested in the fate of this legislation that he is having an in individual individual individual in- in record kept of the vote and attitude of every member Those who dont don't come clean can expect to feel the full weight of his displeasure on such hi highly important matters matters matters mat mat- as patronage and local pork Already it is whispered two men have been marked down for future attention The first is is Illinois's stomached barrel-stomached Senator Senator Senator Sen Sen- ator Bill Dieterich the lone Democrat to op oppose oppose oppose op- op pose the bill biU in the senate interstate commerce committee Dieterichs Dieterich's warring against the measure in th 7 secrecy of the committee room has incensed in incensed incensed in- in censed White House advisers The other bolter is Alabama's wavy haired Representative George Georgc Huddleston He deser deserted cd to the Republican minority on the house interstate commerce subcommittee when it considered the portion of the bill abolishing abolishing abol abol- holding corporations This deadlocked the committee and delayed action for weeks This particular lar provision si n is not only the heart of f the legislation but ut it is 15 the presidents president's own idea He is determined that it shall shan become law lawand and has so informed Democratic floor leaders Copyright 1033 13 by United Feature u. Inc |
