Show Round Merry By DREW PEARSON and ROBERT S. S ALLEN WASHINGTON One One of the main reasons why Britain has been so desperately in need of destroyers from the United States is the tactics Hitler is expected to use in landing troops in Britain The Hitler technique has been to soften Britain from the air by pounding away at the airports railway stations stationS' docks navy yards an and factories in order to tie up transportation and paralyze industry Then after sufficient softening a horde of German French Dutch and Belgian transports carrying nazi troops will attempt to cross the English channel This is when Britain will urgently need de de- de- de These small extremely fast vessels carrying guns large enough to sink troop transports transports trans tram ports are exactly th the type of warship needed to put to rout an invasion of this kind And even if Hitler should land troops on British soil then there is the problem of feeding feeding feeding feed feed- ing them and keeping them supplied with ammunition ammunition ammunition am am- replacements hospital supplies and andall andall andall all sorts of equipment This is the biggest job of all and this is where the destroyers come ina in ina a second time A large force of destroyers could cut Hitler's supply ships into ribbons Note In 1927 when Calvin Coolidge called the Geneva naval conference to limit the construction construction construction con con- of destroyers and cruisers the British British British Brit Brit- ish under Stanley Baldwin claimed that they needed to increase their cruiser and destroyer strength to 70 instead of reducing it Economy minded Coolidge got irked at this adjourned the conference Later the British under Ramsay Ramsay Ramsay Ram Ram- say MacDonald ignored the wishes of the sea lords and agreed to reduce their light sea craft largely in order to please President Hoover and Henry L. L Stimson But it now pow looks as if the British should have stuck to their original war plans despite the United States Unhappy G. G O. O P. P Regulars Wendell L. L Willkie's novel campaign plan of subordinating the regular Republican organization organization organization organ organ- to the Willkie clubs is continuing to draw fire from the politicos On the surface the local boys are accepting the standard bearers bearer's edict but privately they dont don't like it at all They just cant can't get used to the idea of playing second fiddle to newcomers and outsiders This was the chief topic of conversation among the national committeemen who met in prior to the Elwood ceremonies They compared notes and found these common grievances 1 That in a number of states malcontent Republicans men who had had rows with the there re regular ular organization were flocking into the Willkie clubs Then from this protected haven they were throwing the hooks into their Republican Republican Republican Re Re- publican enemies 1 That complaints were pouring in from irate county and district chairmen because they had been asked to leave meetings jf Willkie clubs According to their accounts when Orin Root young New Hew York maestro of the Willkie clubs meets with state leaders he asks all who have official connections with the Republican party to leave His explanation is that the clubs are nonpartisan nonpartisan nonpartisan non- non partisan and have no up tie-up with the regular G. G O. O P P. P organization For party officials to at attend attend attend at- at tend m meetings ings would in Roots Root's opinion impair the effectiveness of the clubs in winning whining independent independent independent inde inde- pendent votes for Willkie Among county and district chairmen that sort of talk doesn't go down down especially especially when they get to thinking about patronage and the fact that they have no assurance the Willkie club leaders will not be much closer to the pie counter Merry Merry-Go Round Go Round Friends of Willkie privately are predicting that if elected he be will name at least two Democrats Democrats Democrats Demo Demo- to his cabinet Only a few intimates know it but this was the plan of Senator Taft if he went to the White House Howe The corn stalk discovered flourishing in a commerce department department department depart depart- ment grass plot was no accident It was planted by Lee Wood negro chauffeur of Assistant Secretary Secretary Secretary Sec Sec- Robert H. H Hinckley from a kernel he found on the sidewalk in April Wood and other department chauffeurs carefully tended the sprout and were so 0 elated by their success that they also planted a bean vine near by Proudest boast of Senator Homer T. T Bone of Washington is a bet he won on over a Civil war maneuver during the union army's siege of Vicksburg Though his opponent was Wa a participant participant participant par par- in the action Bone was right Distributed by United Feature Syndicate |