| Show Round Merry By DREW PEARSON and ROBERT S. S ALLEN W WASHINGTON Considering Cons ASHINGTON-Cons Considering dering the fact that F D R announced a off hands-off policy in the various various various va va- va- va rious state election battles his record for intervening intervening intervening inter inter- in them is remarkable A few of these interventions such as the hot blast at the Dies committee in behalf of Gov Governor Frank Murphy of Michigan and the bouquets bouquets bouquets bou bou- tossed at the New York Democratic ticket ticket tick tick- et got national publicity Many of the others did not But here are some of the candidates for whom Roosevelt went to bat Senator Fred H. H Brown New Hampshire New Dealer a letter of warm lau laudation lation urging his reelection Senator F. F Ryan Duffy Democrat an adroit letter which while endorsing Duffy also tossed a posy at Wisconsin's great progressive progressive pro pro- movement Roosevelt did not name names but he meant that La Follette's candidate candidate candidate candi candi- date Herman Hernan L. L Ekern would be entirely ac acceptable acceptable ac ac- to the White House Governor George Earle and Charles A. A Jones ol of Pennsylvania Democratic senatorial and gubernatorial candidates a letter praising both and vigorously assailing Republican claims that they did not meet with White House favor Governor Elmer Benson Minnesota Farmer Farmer- Laborite a telegram to the chairman of the Working Newspapermen's Campaign committee blessing Benson and expressing the hope that liberal governmental policies would be continued continued continued con con- in the state Culbert Olson and Sheridan Downey California California California Cali Cali- fornia Democrats individual letters for each urging t their cir election t Evasion Expert f Next to the press conferences of the president president dent those of Wage-Hour Wage Administrator Elmer Andrews have become the most popular in Washington Reporters flock to them bombard bombard bom born bard him with queries Mild mannered and courteous Andrews tries to answer all questions but with a large sphere of his authority still undecided he runs guns into frequent frequent fre fre- fre quent difficulties At one conference a newsman newsman news news- man after unsuccessfully trying to obtain information information information mation asked Andrews if he had heard that a Washington lawyer was advertising himself as asan asan asan an evasion expert on circumventing the new law No I haven't heard about him grinned Andrews but we might have a job for him here I sure could use him at press conferences Deweys Dewey's Record The securities and exchange commission has hasan hasan hasan an interesting case involving Tom Dewey New NewYork NewYork NewYork York candidate for governor which indicates that despite his racket-busting racket fame Tom still believes that a friend is a friend The case is that of the Continental ties corporation one of the smelliest cases before the S E C Cin in some time time time-so so smelly that when it itc c came came me before Tom Torn Dewey he indicted all of the important figures in the case except two men menat menat menat at the top They happened to be represented by his close friend George Z law firm former U. U S. S district attorney is isone isone isone one of the chi chief f backers of Tom Deweys Dewey's Republican Republican Re Re- publican candidacy The men Dewey did indict were Philip Frear an the over-the-counter trader and four lawyers S. S Leo Ralph H. H Robb Thomas W. W Morris Vincent Ferretti The only two Dewey did not indict were the two brokers Sartell Prentice and Jerome C. C Brady who executed the transactions under scrutiny According to S SEe E C investigators they were as deeply involved as any of their sub sub- ordinates But at the grand jury proceedings they were represented by bythe the law in of George Deweys Dewey's campaign adviser Dewey failed to ask for their indictment Later U. U S. S Attorney Lamar Hardy found the case so strong that he himself took it up se secured secured se se- cured an indictment Free Clothing The biggest mass distribution of clothing in peacetime history now in progress is b being ing done doneso so quietly by state and W P A officials that hardly a line about it has appeared in the press The clothes are the surplus garments garments gar gar- ments for men women and children that the government bought from manufacturers at a cost of to provide a stimulus for employment em em- Of this went for mens men's and boys boy suits and overcoats for women's and childrens children's garments the remainder for hundreds of thousands of knitted dresses sweaters mackinaws jackets and rain ram ram- coats The basis rule for all classes is is that no attire be given anyone who can afford to buy Claustrophobia British embassy officials tell this one about the questionnaires sent throughout Britain by defense officials to learn the degree of civilian preparation for air attack and ancl wh whether ther bc bomb mb shelters were adequate Among the questions asked was was' this one Do you suffer from claustrophobia claustrophobia claustrophobia claus claus- Officials were surprised to note that practically nil all ll men then answered No but many women women women wo wo- wo- wo men replied that they did They decided to see if the question had been properly understood I j. j Interviewing vieWing Wing a woman they asked We notice notice no no- it tice tice bce you have indicated you suffer from claus claus- Are you quite sure Oh yes quite sure came the answer But do you know what the word means Yes I looked it up in the dictionary It means fear of confinement Copyright 1938 for The Telegram I |
