| Show Round Merry By DREW PEARSON and ROBERT S. S ALLEN WASHINGTON WASHINGTON Attorney Attorney General Homer Cummings may be the lawyer sent to Paris by Dorothy Thompsons Thompson's committee to defend Herschel Herschel Herschel Her- Her schel Grynszpan the year old refugee who murdered Ernst vom Rath Bath German embassy official Cummings from the cabinet in Jan Jan- uary A number of his friends have urged his selection as a fitting tribute to his long career as champion of civil and religious liberty Cummings first attracted public attention as asa asa asa a young district attorney in Connecticut when he lie reopened the case of a young Jew accused of killing a priest and sensationally revealed the mans man's innocence Known as the Isaacs case it is one of the most famous in the annals o of American jurisprudence Comic Relief When Mayor LaGuardia assigned Jewish cops to guard the German consulate in New NewYork NewYork NewYork York German Ambassador Dieckhoff now recalled recalled recalled re re- re- re called from Washington laughed heartily In times of tension like this he said we should have something to laugh about Note Note Note-Dieckhoff Dieckhoff is not a member of th the nazi party Diplomats are wondering whether the new rapprochement of the British royal family may not mean the appointment of Little Eddie the Duke of Windsor as ambassador to Berlin The king ex-king has long been a warm admirer of Hitler and Chamberlain is leaving nothing undone undone undone un un- un- un done to woo Hitler's good will In establishing group health units the government requires a minimum of nine months membership to qualify qualify qualify for treatment Too many expectant mothers try to join a day or two before they go to the hospital Conferring with Roosevelt Oklahoma's red- red haired Governor Leon Phillips made no secret of his opinion of the crop control act Its no good Mr President he said bluntly and you had better lose no time chucking it Frank E. E Vanderhoof of Greenwich Conn who claims he is the father of f the defunct is writing a book to prove prove it s Best wisecrack on on the election outcome Mutiny Mutiny Mutiny Mu tiny on the bounty War Var in the Airmail A stormy undercover feud has developed in inthe inthe inthe the civil aeronautics authority between Chairman Chairman Chairman Chair Chair- man Edward J. J Noble and the trial examiners he inherited from the interstate commerce com com- mission Noble is hopping mad over the manner manner man man- ner ncr in which the examiners have conducted hearings of airline irline applications for route certificates certificates certificates under unde the new act The examiners in turn are peeved at Noble for riding them Recriminations have been hot since Noble his patience exhausted curtly ordered the examiners examiners ex ex- to snap up the hearings so action could be started on the important work of adjusting airmail rates Recently when another CAA CM official complained about the delay Noble threw up his hands in despair said Those fellows What can I do he were wished on us by the and it looks like were we're stuck with them Note Under Note Under the aeronautics act the trial examiners were transferred to the civil aeronautics aeronautics aero nero authority from irom the bureau of airmail airmail airmail air air- mail without permanent status Noble can shift them to other jobs change their pay or get rid of them entirely when the fiscal year ends next July Congressional Chaff Forest A. A Harness new congressman congressman congressman con con- gressman from Indiana was the justice department department department depart depart- ment agent sent to Greece to arrest the late utility tycoon Samuel Insull New Hampshire's Hampshire's Hampshire's Hamp Hamp- shires shire's defeated new deal senator Fred Brown has long been high in the presidents president's good graces races but never more so than now Asked by Roosevelt what job he wanted the time one-time big league pitcher replied Dont want anything Mr Mr President I took care of myself before I went to the senate and Ill I'll do so again Connecticut's new Congressman Albert E. E Austin Austin Austin Aus Aus- tin is the th step-father step of Clar Clare Booth Brokaw Luce author of the hit plays The Women and Kiss the Boys Good-by Good and wife of the publisher pub pub- Usher lisher of Time Life Fortune As As- Asa a youth new New York Senator Jim M Mend Mead ad served as a member of the capitol police force From a small dealer in Reading Pa Chairman Martin Dies of the un-Americanism un committee received this request Please look into my business It Itis Itis Itis is way in the red Border Patrol The fame of the U. U S. S border patrol guarding guarding guarding guard guard- ing the country's miles of land border and 2000 miles of sea coast against alien smuggling is widespread But few realize how dangerous danger danger- ous a service it is A simple plaque has just been unveiled on the ground floor of the labor department build- build near the northwest entrance Carved on the stone are the names of 31 patrolmen who have been killed in the line of duty since the thep p patrol was organized in 1924 This is nearly three times the number of men G-men who have died in action Most of the men were ere killed on the Mexican border by smugglers or aliens trying to enter the country illegally Five were killed on the Canadian border and several in the the gulf gulf area The border patrol is a uniformed organization tion of men It functions in six districts on the Canadian border three on the Mexican border and one covering the southeast including 1 ing mg Florida and the gulf states Since its es establishment establishment es- es in 1924 it has made more than arrests including about alien smug smug- The border patrol is the enforcement arm of the immigration division of the labor depart depart- tn ment nt Patrolmen are civil service with ranks the same as in the army up to the grade of captain Copyright 1938 for lo The Telegram I J |
