Show Round Merry By DREW PEARSON and ROBERT S. S ALLEN LOS ANGELES Behind ANGELES Behind Jimmy Roosevelt's new appointment as a movie mogul are two motivations the motivations the justice departments department's antitrust suit against the movie industry plus the fact that the heads of the industry are as sensitive to politics as their stars are to public criticism Ninety per cent of the movie industry is vigorously pro This includes actors screen writers technicians But the heads of the industry are not They are violently opposed wether Bell-wether of the antis is Louis B. B Mayer head of Metro Mayer close friend of Herbert Hoovers Hoover's and and the gentleman who led the crusade against Upton Sinclair's EPIC Mayer has favored close cooperation between the movies and th the tt Republican national committee committee com corn was one of those who helped put Will Hays former G GOP 0 P chairman in as czar of the movie industry One reason for Hollywoods Hollywood's staunch new is the memory of the film moguls demanding demanding demanding de de- de- de manding actors technicians writers to contribute contribute contribute con con- tribute a percentage of their salary to aid Governor Governor Governor Gov Gov- Merriam against Sinclair Mr l Dooley's Son Since November 8 the movie moguls have been dangling far out on the political limb Before Before Be Be- for fore th the election they faced a a Democratic administration administration administration ad ad- ad- ad ministration in Washington but could console themselves with a Republican administration in California This is one reason for bringing Jimmy Roosevelt Roosevelt Roosevelt Roose Roose- velt into the picture now The election also has had another interesting result It has thrown into the foreground a hitherto unknown young screen writer Phil Dunne who is now of Hollywood the political mucky muck Son of the famous Finley Peter Dunne author of Mr Dooley and that famous wisecrack The supreme court always follows the election returns Phil Dunne was Hollywood manager of Governor Olsons Olson's campaign At that time Hollywood moguls were none too pleased with his activity But now that his hisman hisman hisman man is in the governors governor's chair they are asking Dunne for all sorts of favors in Sacramento The Dead Committee They are still quoting Harold Ickes around Los Angeles as a result of his visit last October One such quote is Ickes' Ickes reply to an inquiry for his opinion of the Dies committee tion It is much better he replied to lito refer to itin itin it itin in the past tense Ham-and-Eggs Ham Senator Those who expect California's new Ham-and- Ham Eggs g s s senator ator to tobe o b be another Huey Long are going to be oe disappointed Sheridan Downey is a sincere shy idealist He is no back slap per or hustings He works unobtrusively reads a lot has little to say In Sacramento during a recent meeting of Democratic political moguls of whom Downey was the most important the new senator slipped quietly into the hotel avoided greeters did not even take the elevator In Washington it is probable that he will lie low work hard say little until he gets his legislative legislative leg leg- legislative feet firmly on the ground Ham-and-Eggs Ham Advice Here is the advice given Sheridan Down Downy Downey y byone by byone byone one of his close friends astute Manchester Boddy of the Los An Angeles eles News When you go to Washington Sheridan said Boddy dont forget the way waya la a bear climbs a tree He never takes his hind legs off the lower limb until he gets his front paws firmly around the limb above The lower limb of California is a firm foundation foundation foun foun- dation daHon pf of agriculture shipping mining and commerce Lets Let's not take our feet off that lower limb until we have our hands around a solid limb above Note In Note In Washington Downey is expected to work for moderate modification of the present social security act shun Thirty Dollars Every Thursday Boulder Dam DamIn DamIn DamIn In view of the tremendous amounts of power and water being developed at Bonneville and Grand Coulee dams southern California's use of Boulder dam is significant Great gobs of Boulder dam power and water are being contracted for in this area so much so that the dam soon will be paid for and the government given 4 per cent on its investment Cost of the dam was At that time it was the most controversial public works project ever built Congressional debate regarding regarding regarding regard regard- ing it lasted eight years Now however contracts have been signed whereby the government will have a profit of over initial cost in the 50 years al allowed allowed al- al allowed lowed by congress as the period in which the dam darn was to be paid for And it will still have havethe havethe havethe the dam Note Note Contracts Contracts for Boulder dam power w were re let before the government set a low yardstick yardstick yardstick yard yard- stick rate at T V A and southern Californians now demand that their rates be scaled down accordingly Copyright t 1938 for The Tel Telegram gram r |