Show Round Merry By DREW PEARSON and ROBERT ALLEN Trado Mark CLEVELAND The CLEVELAND The efficiency and farsightedness farsightedness farsightedness sight far edness of Governor Alf AI Landon's newsmen board of strategy is wondrous to behold Apparently Apparently Ap Ap- parentI the they have overlooked nothing in the way of preparedness In the midst of the turmoil of lining up delegates fanning the fires of publicity waging waging waging wag wag- ing war in the platform committee and I keeping keeping keep keep- ing a close rein on the entire convention here they have also found time for quiet counseling with the boys from back home re regarding the kind of election campaign they think the K Kansas Kansas Kan Kan- ln- ln sas governor should make The problem weighs heavily on the minds of the Landon managers Although charming and attractive personally and in direct conversation Landon is not a magnetic or effective platform figure or radio speaker During the nomination contest his handlers were able to keep him in the background background back back- ground under blankets so to speak But the election race means that the candidate has to show himself Landon will have to step forth and stand on his own feet and his campaign master minds are are pondering how to make him hini appe appear r to best advantage Most of the party timers old-timers so far consult consult- cd have advised a modified front porch porch cam cam campaign aign They oppose an extended tour such as Roosevelt made in 1932 Instead they suggest a half-dozen half or so carefully carefully care care- fully staged rallies in centers such sucha's as a's as New York Bost Boston n or Chicago Landon would spend the rest of the time at t his home in Kansas Kansas Kan Kan- sas saWs sas meeting d delegations legations holding daily press conferences conferences conferences con con- and making an occasional address from his front porch Such a plan appeals strongly to the Landon managers It would also fit in with the desire of the governor to spend several weeks at Chautauqua Chautauqua Chau- Chau N. N Y YM where he has vacationed in the past From this central point he could meet eastern state leaders and deliver a speech or two Muzzled l For William Allen White Emporia's famed publisher this convention has been a trying ordeal One of the most companionable of men White loves loyes to mingle with people exchanging- exchanging gossip gossi and swapping stories But that has been strictly taboo for him here He is the Landon spokesman on on the platform committee and in in order to prevent any leaks has imposed a vow of silence on himself He has adhere rigidly to this rule But he admits admits admits ad ad- mits it has been a terrific hardship I r feel like a horsepower dynamo op operating operating op- op crating from a shaving mug he observed rue rue- fully Out of the Past The big lobby of the Cleveland hotel main gathering point of the delegates and newsmen was was' jammed to overflowing A tall haired gray-haired nattily attired man slowly pushed his way through the crowd No one greeted him few noticed him Finally he made his way to a little balcony sat down quietly and viewed the milling mob He was Dr Hubert Work secretary of the in interior interior in- in tenor in the Coolidge cabinet and Hoover campaign campaign campaign cam cam- manager in 1928 Also Forgotten Shortly after Works Work's appearance another I haired gray-haired man elbowed his way into the lobby lobby lob lob- obby ob- ob by He was short and simply dressed Occasionally Occasionally Occasionally Occasion Occasion- ally someone greeted him but he attracted no general attention He was Simeon D. D Fess former former for for- former for for- mer senator from Ohio and national Republican can chairman during diring the Hoover administration Cleveland Round Merry Colonel William Villiam Donovan assistant attorney general Jeneral under Coolid Coolidge e and one of the Hoover managers in 1928 made a strong the behind-the- scenes drive to write a forceful antimonopoly plank into the platform The twice-daily twice press conferences of John Hamilton Landon manager are held in a cocktail cocktail cocktail cock cock- tail lounge adjoining his suite of rooms When in inthe inthe inthe the room Hamilton is always careful not to appear appear appear ap ap- ap- ap pear in iii front of the bar so that the photographers photographers photographers cannot snap him in that position Senator Frederick miffed Cleveland- Cleveland ers proud of the cool weather of t their ci city y b by having his picture taken in shirt sleeves with his collar off and waving a fan Dr Francis E. E Townsend passed up rio no rio chances his picture taken He readily all comers corners S Several of the late Huey Longs Long's henchmen visited the headquarters of the various candidates candidates candidates candi candi- dates but refused to talk to newsmen Landon buttons everywhere in evidence evidence evi evi- dence have been copped by some opposition delegates They cover the name Landon with paper and print in names of their favorites ww and Copyright 1036 1038 b by bl United Feature Syndicate Inc 1 |