| Show Round Merry-Go-Round By DREW l PEARSON EARSON and ROBERT S. S ALLEN WASHINGTON WASHINGTON According According to the Duchess of Atholl whip of the conservative party ort ori the floor of parliament Prime Minister Chamberlain Chamber Chamber- lain and his party have been kept in power only through support by President Roos Roosevelt velt Roosevelt's statement supporting Chamberlains Chamberlain's agreement with Mussolini was a lifesaver according according according ac ac- ac- ac cording to the duchess and staved off probable parliamentary defeat While the duchess was making these statements statements statements state state- ments at a New York luncheon Sir Willmott Lewis astute and charming Washington correspondent correspondent correspondent cor cor- respondent of The London Times and unofficial ambassador of Great Britain was nudging her herto herto herto to keep quiet The last thing the British want known in this country is any cooperation between between between be be- tween Roosevelt and Chamberlain Too Much English Evidence of this cooperation is worrying some of Roosevelt's close advisers They are saying nothing about it publicly but bAt the abrupt election upset and the recent Gallup poll showing showing showing show show- ing a sharp drop in Roosevelt's popularity since the tragic Munich accord are giving them the jitters The Gallup poll showed that Roosevelt's popularity had shot up after his telegrams urging ing irig peace upon Hitler then had dropped when it became apparent that his peace pleas were ignored and that Chamberlain was no friend of the democracies The lessening popularity of Chamberlain strikingly evidenced by the defeat of a conservative conservative conservative con con- candidate last week in one of the largest largest larg larg- est districts district has made Roosevelt's advisers anxious anxious anxious ious that his name not be linked with the British premier in any manner shape or form Yet simultaneously some state department boys are equally determined that tha Roosevelt shall continue in step lock-step with Chamberlain Particularly is this true of Under Secretary Sumner Welles who has just returned from a visit with the rarefied nobility of Europe The latest Chamberlain deal now just around the corner is on Spain He lie and Mussolini are about to sell the Loyalists down the river and some state department career boys are anxious to have Roosevelt give the deal at least silent blessing This has aroused the opposition of three cabinet members Ickes Wallace and Morgen- Morgen thau the only ones who dare talk out loud at cabinet meetings on foreign n matters They are pulling wires to prevent Spain from being sold out propose that instead of following in Chamberlains Chamberlain's Chamberlains Chamberlain's Chamberlains Chamberlain's Cham Cham- footsteps Roosevelt should act independently independently inde inde- perhaps lift the Spanish embargo as asan asan asan an indication that Chamberlain is not running U. U S. S foreign policy The Italian Prince Princ Ascanio Colonna who is isen isen is isen en route to Washington as ambassador is js a prince because his family a thousand years ago couldn't keep the peace In medieval times there were two great families of feudal barons in Rome the and the They had private armies and waged murderous war var on each other The pope decided he would have to make them behave Employing the tactics of a modem modern modern mod- mod em ern child psychologist he gave the two families appointed tasks to keep them out of mischief He made the and the princes assistant to the apostolic throne This meant that one representative from each family had the honor and duty to stand next to the pap papal l throne at all ceremonies Today the Colonna family is represented in the holy place by the brother of the new ambassador A cousin is governor of Rome New Rules Chairman Its It's a sure thing now that the next chairman chairman charman chair char man of the potent house rules committee willbe will willbe willbe be Representative Adolph J. J Sabath The chunky Czech-born Czech Chicagoan who has served longer than any other member in congress congress congress con con- gress is no world beater but he has the one quality above all that administration leaders of the house now are desperately seeking seeking seeking-he he will take orders Sabath has first claim on the chairmanship by right of seniority Under normal conditions however his advanced age poor health and parliamentary parliamentary par par- parliamentary ineffectiveness might have provided leaders with an excuse to skip him for a younger and abler man But not this time The painful memories of the trouble kicked up by the insurgent John OConnor O'Connor are too fresh in the minds of the floor leaders They know they can depend on Sabath and they are going to make him ch chairman irman The decision was secretly made within a week after OConnor O'Connor lost the Democratic nomination in the September Septem Septem- ber primary It will mean the realization of Sabath's life ambition for although he has been a member of the house for 32 years Sabath has never been chairman of a committee Somehow this coveted cov coy eted honor always escaped him He might have been chairman of the immigration committee during the Wilson regime except for his friendship friendship friendship friend friend- ship with Representative John L. L Burnett of Alabama Burnett kept himself in office chiefly by raising raising raising rais rais- ing the bugaboo that his defeat would mean the relaxation of immigration laws If I am licked he would warn his constituents Sabath Sabath Sabath Sab ath of Illinois will become chairman of the immigration immigration immigration im im- im- im migration committee The gates will be thrown wide open for everybody who wants to come cometo cometo cometo to this country because Sabath is a foreigner himself Copyright 1938 for The Telegram |
