| Show 1 I Round Merry By DREW PEARSON and ROBERT S. S ALLEN WASHINGTON The The Republican party not ot only will have greatly augmented forces in the next congress but for the first time in years it will also have topnotch leaders in both wings of the capitol v vIn In the senate the G. G O. O P. P has long possessed the No 1 parliamentary and political strategist in Senator Charles McNary Canny and foresighted foresighted fore fore- sighted the slender popular Oregonian is al always always always al- al ways at least three moves ahead of his Democratic Democratic Democratic Demo Demo- cratic opponents But on the house side since the death of Speaker Nick Longworth the Republicans have not been so fortunate The bossy and ponderous ponder ponder- ous Representative Bert Snell who retired voluntarily voluntarily vol vol- this year after 12 terms was neither able nor liked But in the new congress the G. G O. O P. P will have a house leader on a par with their senate leader This will be Representative Joseph William William Wil Wil- liam Martin Jr of North Attleboro Mass There are other aspirants for the office notably Representative Representative Rep Rep- I James Wadsworth New York former formel former for for- mer mel senator and socialite but Martin has the election clinched No Breast Beater eater four Fifty-four years old short wiry and friendly friend friend- ly Martin has sat in the house since 1925 Like McNary he is no breast-beater breast or limelight limelight lime lime- li light ht seeker and is little known outside of official circles But he is one of the shrewdest organizers in U S. S politics The 95 per cent gain in Republican house strength can be credited in part to Martins Martin's skillful leadership As chairman of the G GOP 0 P congressional committee he directed the campaign campaign campaign cam cam- that swept 81 Democrats out of office and replaced them with Republicans Also like McNary Martin is a moderate He Heis Heis Heis is friendly to labor and agriculture and believes believes believes be be- strongly in social security measures Jews vs Mussolini 1 Edda Mussolini Russian half-Russian daughter of II 11 Duce is frequently blamed for Mussolini's new policy of Jew baiting Edda Edd fell heavily for blond during a trip to Germany two years ago and is all for aping the nazis However although Edda now the Countess Ciano is her fathers father's favorite child chUd she is not the real reason for tor his Jewish anti activity Be Be- the scenes reason is its effect upon the Arabs II Il duce is building himself up as the great leader of the Moslems and anything he docs does against the Jews gets a big hand in Palestine Palestine Palestine Pales Pales- tine Arabia and all of North Africa In these areas Mussolini already has made considerable headway toward becoming the new white hope of Islam That is one reason Chamberlain Chamberlain Cham Cham- is so anxious to ratify the Brit Anglo ish pact It is a case of bribing Mussolini to lay layoff layoff off oft British areas in the Near East Note In the diplomatic corps Britain's policy re Italy is called buttering up Benito No Fop The chief chic of protocol of the state department department department depart depart- ment is the master of official form and prece prece- dence deuce He decrees where guests shall sit at a state dinner whether an ambassador outranks a supreme court justice and whether a dignitary rates Your Excellency Your Honor or just plain Sir Present chief of protocol is George T. T Sum- Sum merlin When wants to smoke you would expect him to produce a gold case a lighter and nd a fancy holder In Instead Instead Instead In- In stead this quintessence of propriety pulls out outa a sack mck of makins rolls himself a neat smoke and licks the paper with his tongue Social form forin or no social form George T. T rolls his own If Purge Victim Jack Nichols dressy Oklahoma con congressman lessman is a very disconsolate young man these lays days Although Although Although Al Al- though not on the famous purge list he is an in indirect indirect indirect in- in direct victim of the late lata war Nichols an air enthusiast last session set his cap for the chairman chairmanship hip of the new aviation committee which the next house is expected to create To fo capture this prize Nichols counted heavily on the thc support of his bosom pal Rules Committee Chairman John OConnor But a alas as the anti antl new deal got left in pur atory purge e atory and Nichols is out of luck on his cherished chairmanship chairmanship- Democratic leaders harassed and arid badgered by the insurgent OConnor O'Connor last congress are extending no rio favors to his intimates particularly particularly Nichols who managed the unsuccessful OConnor O'Connor campaign for floor loor leader To Tp help stave off oft th the growing attack on his committee among house hO members Representative tive Martin Dies is secretly appealing to business business bustness busi bust ness and patriotic organizations to organize a lobby for his defense I Democratic Assistant Attorney General Thurman Arnold in c charge carge arge of the antitrust di division division division di- di vision was a Harvard law school classmate of Republicans Robert Taft Ohio senator elect and Charles Taft Jr sons of the late president I IOne One U. U S. S organization collecting funds for Spanish nationalists reported to the state de department de- de contributions totaling and expenditures expenditures ex ex- for administrative purposes of The remaining few hundred dollars were sent to Spain Another rebel pro agency collected collected col cal and spent I I S SAs As part of its soil conservation and flood- flood control program the T V A has planted more than trees in the Tennessee valley Copyright 1938 for o The Telegram |
