Show Inside Stuff By Ey PAUL MALLON l WASHINGTON Feb 18 The 18 The political political po po- po- po campaign may seem to some Bomo people to be hot enough already but apparently it Ii 11 not Promises to stoke it up are ore currently currently cur cur- cur I being spread by export pyro pyro- technicians on the forgotten but no not gone sonata senate lobby Lobby committee Chair Fireworks man Black is per per- Threatened mUting his pals pal to say that he has secretly accumulated a storehouse full of gasoline cons cans and now is Js about to light his hi match One Ono can is supposed to be loaded facets of with six no less lell new that absurd old insanIty insanity lean lean- ity story You may recall that an unrecognized advertising genius from New Now Jersey confess confessed cd that he had advised utilities to spread the word that the president was waa not quite bright brightA a A facet primarily means moans a small face which indicates that Black has accumulated a half dozen more of the same presumably those of or non-new non dealers The alertness of Blacks Black's firemen Js is s attested also by this story straight from the inside Reports recently came to the committee committee com com- fire house that a downtown motion picture house was was showing a film detrimental to the Tennessee Valley Authority program It was said that a public was be beIng being be be- ing shown speaking at length against the T TV V A. A No compensating ing ng T pro-T V A speech was Included Blacks Black's men answered tho the first alarm witnessed the movie wrote A report Frankly the best informed authorities au au- here do not expect Blacks Black's conflagration to live down to those these and other subrosa aa advance Most of the tho alarm political May de Prevail in the past around here have not required such luch advance press Also there thero is a a. strong movement insIde President Roosevelt's Roosevelt own immediate official family designed to o take Senator Blacks Black's matches away from him Certain high presidential presidential presidential counselors believe bellevo Blacks Black's storehouse of explosives can best be used by not being used Their threat value is probably greater than their actual value These counselors probably will prevail more or less Jess in the end Postmaster General Farleys Farley's right right- hand land political prognosticator prognosticate EmU Emil HurJa is Js understood to have prepared prepared prepared pre pre- pared an interesting confidential report on the tho political situation He HeIs Heis is 3 said laid to have advised Farley to concentrate efforts and money in four our states Massachusetts Massachusetts New Nework NewYork NewYork York ork Ohio Ohl and Illinois He figures that if Mr Roosevelt can win two of f those fo four r states he cannot lose the el elections This ThIs' theory writes off the rest of f the tho cast as probably lost but claIms the tho whole of the tho south and tho 10 bulk of the west for tor Roosevelt The extent to which the economy fever ever has possessed c congress can be discovered in hi house consideration of the he war department appropriation blU ill The house subcommittee worked so hard on the bill that each member congratulated his fellow tellow members in speeches on the floor Their diligent toil toll in the public Interest Interest in- in terest erest was begun last December and the terrific ceaseless strain was over only a few days ago The net result of the strain atraIn was wasa a curtailment of in tho the appropriation for lor military activities That is Favors avora about one ninth of ot Economy one per cent At But But But- the same time the tho happy but weary legislators let Jet it be known that they are arc in favor of strictest economy That tells tho the stol story Everyone In n Washington is in favor of at economy econ econ- omy my but not necessarily to the extent ex ex- tent ent of cutting anything Note Congress Note Congress is thoroughly sold soldon soldon on n national defense War scare Icare stories lories have frightened the legislators legisla legisla- tors tore There was less than normal resistance to this bill which boosted army cos costs by over the tho current year Two adjoining stories in tn a recent issue of tho the Johnston City CUy IU III Progress were wore No 1 1 More More than two wH weeks k ago Johnston city made application for tor fora fora tora a W P A Apro project ct to help stop slop the flood which is threatening to destroy its coal mines Not Ifo 2 2 An An extensive recreational project was launched in Johnston city this week with allotted tt d to ca carry rY o on the tho work Tho The pr project jec will wiil include instruction in checkers checker calisthenics moss mass gem games indoor and outdoor group games etc Pinochle Pi PI- bridge and dancing will be included if It the community does not object Tho rho official inside explanation of why and the FlorIda FlorIda Flor Flor- ida ship canal funds were wera loft out outI of tho the war department appropriations appropriations I bill w was that the bill was WM thought to be too big That is Is it would have looked bad to include all nil that money Int Interested parties hero havo have been n noticeably calm Tho The Quoddy boys say Mr Roosevelt will find funds lunda for tor it all right The ship whisper that the senate will Insert Inert the mon money y for tor that project Copyright 1936 for The Telegram II I |