| Show Merry R Round Merry und By DREW EARSON and ROBERT S. S ALLEN WASHINGTON WASHINGTON The The justice department has been trying to keep it a when Attorney Attorney Attorney ney General Frank Murphy visited Alcatraz some time ago every cell was unlocked As Murphy walked down the cell block he was greeted first with absolute silence Then as he passed a quiver of rage went through the penitentiary Men pounded on their bars spat into the aisle howled and cursed They did not know who Murphy was but they always show their resentment against any visitor What they also did not know was that their cells were unlocked This happened by acci acci- dent It was the noon hour at which time they file down to the dining room The cells are are re unlocked simultaneously by an n a automatic time signal and in this case the time signal h had d unlocked unlocked un un- un- un locked the cells but the bell waiting for Murphy Murphy Mur Mur- phy to finish his inspection had not rung Thus with the bell silent the convicts did not know that they could have rushed into the corridor There was nothing to restrain them I Hoovers Hoover's Choice Herbert Hoover who has been getting about the country much more and holding more q quiet let meetings with key political people than most people think has come to some definite conclusions about state governors I He has looked over most Republican governors governors governors gover gover- nors and the two who rate highest in his opinion i ion n are Governor J John hh W. W Bri Brick Bricker ker r of Ohio and G Governor vernor Raymond E. E Baldwin of Connecticut lt i- i Of the two he rates Baldwin as the abler in fact as the ablest governor in the country However he doesn't think Baldwin has a ghost of a chance for 1940 while while while-of of course Bricker has Hoover puts Bricker emphatically ahead of Taft Hoover is inclined to think that Governor Bricker may be the best Republican bet for 1940 but he isn't advertising that fact fr m the housetops housetops housetops' house house- tops tops' as yet t. t Baldwin is Connecticut's first Republican governor in eight years After taking office he immediately proposed the elimination elimination- of jobs which no longer loncer justify their cost together with salary cuts and the drastic reduction of relief costs Baldwin was one of five Republican governors who attended the New York banquet to hear Hoovers Hoover's Lincoln day address this year Runners Runners- Runners Up Up to Cox Representative Gene Cox of Georgia who has nine relatives on the federal payroll is the undisputed czar of con congressional but buthe buthe buthe he has two ambitious rivals in the senate Running close behind for high nigh nepotism are Cotton Ed Smith of f South Caro- Caro ina and nd Burton K Wheeler Montana's veteran 3 In In number of jobs Smith is right on Coxs Cox's fi heel c though his total take is lower Wheeler has dropped behind bu but bu all of h his s jobs pay well welland welland welland and run up an in dollars dollar This is the box score between Wheeler and Cotton CottonEd CottonEd Ed to date A ASmith Smith 1 The senator salary only mileage and other perquisites not included Charles E. E Jackson cousin deputy commissioner commissioner commissioner com com- missioner of the bureau of fisheries C C. Alfred Lawton son law secretary Isobel Lawton daughter clerk 1800 Anna B. B Pi Pierce Piece ce daughter clerk 2200 Mrs Pierce husband husband R F C clerk 1440 Albert T. T M cousin capitol doorkeeper doorkeeper door door- keeper i 1740 Mrs Charles J i wife of Cousin Charles assistant mith's office 2220 Total 8 jobs Sj r Wheeler r r The senator salary only John J. J Wheeler son special kf Justice department department de de- de- de attorney in lAIr L Angeles Youn Young Wheeler has been on the government gov gov- payroll alternating amon among various agencies since he graduated from Harvard in 1933 Mrs Maude W. W Mitchell sister secretary Alexander Mitchell nephew bituminous coal commission investigator Total 4 jobs I Note Note Not Not long ago alO Wheeler had eight relatives rela rela- tive tives on th the rolls for an income topping Smiths Smith's including Mrs Elizabeth Colman Cotman daughter federal housing ing authority h her husband f S SEe SEC E C 1400 two Wheeler sons Richard and i Edward rangers rane In m Glacier r rational national park durI during dur dur- I ing Uti college vacations vacation at rach each per month Distributed by United United Feature Syndicate |
