| Show Between B f You and Me Silencer May Be Placed on Major Maior Berry Cabal Caba Fights Rex Bilbo's Bid By RAYMOND YMOND A CLAPPER W WASHINGTON Discussions Discussion are going on which look to putting putting putting put put- ting the old N R A out of ot sight and tucking It away safely under the arm of ot Secretary of ot Commerce Commerce Com Corn merce Roper before Congress comes come back Specifically Ernest G. G Draper assistant secretary of ot commerce A b business s man of broad experIence experience ence would be made custodian of ot the remnants Specifically nl also o a n. silencer would be put on Maj George Berry Berry Berry Ber- Ber Ber Ber- ry so there would be beno no more I scenes like the one which broke up his recent industrial confer confer- ence That show which ended in ina a riot rubbed both business ss and important administration quarters quarters quarters the wrong way It Inter Inter- with the breathing spell I In certain administration quarters quarters quarters i It is desired to get everything quieted down before congress starts a clamor One of or the few administration agencies which is on speaking terms with the business world is the department of ot commerce Busness Busness Busness Bus- Bus ness feels teel that Roper is tryl trying g to squelch the brain It also has confidence In Draper The program if it approved by the White WhiteHouse WhiteHouse House is to cut the N R A force torce down to or in invite invite invite in- in vite business and trade representatives representatives representatives to sit in and help liquidate it It and to give assurance that the ghost of the blue eagle wont won't break loose Joose again and frighten business The inside battle over Dr Rex Tugwell continues Every few tew days the rumor is revived that he is going to be sent to Geneva for lor the duration of the presidential campaign cam cam- Mr Roosevelt has indicated no such intention On the contrary contrary con con- he is reluctant to throw a any y loyal adviser overboard Mainly critics of Tugwell within with with- in the administration would like to s e him pipe down It is his speeches that cause trouble and revive suspicions that the presidential presidential breathing spell is only a preliminary to another spell of choking Efforts have been made to have all nIl speeches by administration administration administration admin admin- officials at t 1 the h he White House Some Sonic officials do this Others do not Mr Roosevelt has been hesitant to crack down and new dealers have continued to say what they pleased any time anywhere One of the most faithful officials in the matter o of submitting a advance d v van a n c e manuscript is the secretary of ot agriculture ag ag- ag- ag and and he is one of the rankest frankest speakers in the administration admin admin- Yet he seldom goes off the deep end and rarely provokes es esan an unfavorable kickback If you should be bo drawn into an argument about the Michigan Townsend election election in in the tho Third congressional district you ou can take either cither side On the affirmative your point is that the Republican candidate backed td b by the polled a majority of more than two to one a far greater margin than h has s been registered in years in that normally Republican dis dis- dis- dis On the negative your point Is that considering the effort made b by the the the ballyhoo bally bally- hoo boo the 60 or more campaign meetings they held the flying about of Real Estate Promoter R. R E Clements who is the real brains for Dr Townsend they got out a pitifully small vote It was only about half what the district district district dis dis- dis- dis has been registering Comparative election f figures I 1 g u r res e s for the he Third Michigan district Com Com- Demo- Demo bean licon crat Total 1032 1932 1934 returns return The Roosevelt-Hoover Roosevelt debate Is the first on one between a president and a former president since the theother theother theother other Roo Roosevelt evelt carried on a n running running running run run- ning wartime debate with Woodrow Woodrow Woodrow Wood- Wood row Wilson It promises to be equally bitter It was during TIts T. T Its R.'s attack on the Wilson administration administration administration admin admin- that he coined so many famous ous political epithets such as pussy pussyfooting tooting weasel wor words s pacifists and poltroons Hoovers Hoover's speeches have brightened brightened brightened bright bright- ened up considerably since his former former for tor- mer publicity genius Ben Allen Alien returned to work recently Already Already Already Al Al- ready we have from Hoover joyriding joyriding joyriding joy riding to bankruptcy suicide roads rainmakers cabalistic dance and alphabet juggling Politics needs a a. fresh lar lary 1 If we are to spend the next ten months hearing about balancIng balancIng balancing balanc balanc- ing the budget and the tho constitution constitution tion a 0 few tew good gags would help keep the audience interested To Whom It May Concern The editor of the Washington Post has received from rom Senator T The Theodore h e 0 1 0 T reG e G. G Bilbo variously known as The Man Bilbo The Pearl of Pearl River County The Old Maestro of ot the Stump and Bilbo the Builder an announcement announcement announcement an an- mailed malted from Poplarville Poplarville Poplar- Poplar ville Miss which reads as follows fol follows fol- fol allows al- al lows United States Senator Theodore Theodore Theodore Theo Theo- dore G. G Bilbo announced today that he will open wide the doors of ot the thc Bilbo Dream House next Saturday and nd Sunday December 21 and 2 22 and he states that a cordial invitation on is extended to not only every friend he has in the state but also to the public in general The Dream House is situated at the Bilbo Juniper Grove homestead home home- stead stead five five miles east of Poplar- Poplar ville vile Refreshments will Ill be bc served to everyone such as coffee cakes cheese sardines and crackers This was the diet the senator subsisted subsisted subsisted sub sub- on when he made that famous famous famous fa fa- fa- fa and vic victorius orius campaign for forthe forthe forthe the United States senate in 1934 The reception will be from 10 a.m. a.m. a. a m. m to 10 p. p m m. m both Saturday and Sunda Sunday December 21 and 22 Bilbo began work vork on his Dream House during his second term as governor of Mississippi Construction was halted for lack of oC funds Two years ago a United States marshal seized the in com completed residence when the senator failed tailed to satisfy a GOO judgment It was auctioned and Bilbo's son- son law in-law bought it Recently with the aid of his senatorial salary Bilbo completed his Dream House Copyright 1935 b by the Washington Post |
