Show Round Merry-Go-Round By DREW PEARSON and ROBERT S. S ALLEN WASHINGTON WASHINGTON Attorney Attorney General Jacksons Jackson's selection of Maurice Milligan to run his nationwide nationwide nationwide nation nation- wide probe of campaign expenditures is a tip- tip off to the political TNT behind it District Attorney Attorney Attorney At At- torney Milligan who sent Kansas City's notorious notorious notorious no no- Boss to jail is no boy but one of the toughest and most relentless bloodhounds in the prosecuting business When Milligan hits the warpath he always comes back with scalps This time he is armed with a potent weapon which a lot of the boys overlooked that overlooked that forgotten section 6 of the corrupt practices act which makes it a penal offense fC for anyone to fail to report contributions above 50 for political purposes in two or more sta states tes Milligan already has a considerable pile of evidence concerning wealthy G. G O. O P. P backers who distributed large checks over widely scattered scattered scattered scat scat- state lines A check from a prominent prominent prominent nent midwestern manufacturer turned up in the Willkie campaign in Kentucky And from a abig abig abig big eastern manufacturer went a splatter of four-figure four checks to Maine Vermont New Hampshire and Massachusetts War Chest New dealers are firmly convinced that the Republicans spent at least in the re recent recent recent re- re cent battle This figure may be fetched far-fetched but Milligan is out to learn just how much was poured out through the innumerable Willkie campaign organizations On Milligans Milligan's list for federal grand jury probing are scores of individuals in more than 15 states states' among them Indiana Minnesota Michigan Illinois Missouri Ohio Pennsylvania and New York Last but possibly not least Milligan plans to do some ome quiet checking of the G. G O. O P. P convention convention convention con con- convinced that this might prove a fruitful fruitful fruitful fruit fruit- ful field for inquiry The Democrats were pressed hard-pressed for cash during the recent campaign but even so they got a laugh when the Democratic congressional campaign committee opened two identical letters letters letters let let- and found in them two checks one checks one for signed by Felix du Pont Jr and another for signed by him but drawn to the account account account ac ac- ac- ac count of Lydia C. C du Pont With each check was an identical note on paper without a letterhead reading Gentlemen Gentle men Attached you will find a check to be used solely for the Willkie campaign Both envelopes were addressed National Congressional Campaign Committee Apparently Apparently Apparently the Du Ponts Fonts had forgotten to specify Republican However the Democrats returned the money Hoover Visits Capital Although Herbert Hoover constantly shuttles shuttles shuttles shut shut- back and forth about the country he sedulously sedulously sedulously avoids Washington The president ex-president has hasa a phobia against Washington under the new deal and has seldom come here during the eight years since he left the White House Hoovers Hoover's last public visit was last winter when he appeared unannounced before a congressional congressional congressional con con- gressional committee in behalf of a loan for forthe forthe forthe the then embattled Finns Since then he has not been seen in the city where he was a dominant dominant dominant domi domi- nant cabinet member and White House resident for 12 years years that that is is not by the public Actually Actual Actual- ly however he spent the entire day here sub subrosa subrosa subrosa rosa a week ago Sunday It was all very very secret Hoover stayed at the home of William R. R Castle undersecretary undersecretary undersecretary tary of state in his regime Hoover spent most of his time conferring with Castle and some old newspaper friends about his plan to force the British to open their blockade so that food can be shipped into nazi- nazi occupied Europe This campaign is now Hoovers Hoover's ruling passion He is constantly driving to build buildup buildup buildup up a wide nation-wide organization and drum up public sentiment particularly in m churches colleges colleges colleges col col- col- col leges and charity circles Round Merry William Reuther young red-haired red executive executive executive tive of the United Auto Workers has submitted submitted submitted submit submit- ted a plan to defense authorities whereby by using the entire auto industry as one plant it would be possible within six months to produce produce pro pro- duce an metal all-metal single single motor motor pursuit plane lane at the rate of a a da day In the he new new congress congress con con- gress South Carolinas Carolina's Carolinas Carolina's Senator Jimmy Byrnes is slated to play an even more important role as White House spokesman than ever He has become one of the presidents president's most trusted political political political po po- po- po and legislative advisers Distributed by United Feature Syndicate |