Show Round Merry By DREW V PEARSON and ROBERT S. S ALLEN WASHINGTON That packed isolationist senate interstate commerce subcommittee appointed ap ape pointed by Senator Senator Burton K Wheeler to investigate in war propaganda in the movies and radio may get more than it is bargaining for when it tackles the movie makers They haven't advertised it but they are quietly prep preparing ring to give the committee a hot head on reception on all issues it undertakes to raise One of the surprises up their sleeve is to have Wendell L. L Willkie as their spokesman and legal counsel The Republican leader is an old hand in dealing with congressional committees Before Before Be fore he entered the political arena he faced many of them and the repute he won battling them had a lot to do with his meteoric rise in politics A militant isolationist anti Willkie also has strong personal feelings about Wheelers Wheeler's handpicked picked committee Willkie considers it ita ita ita a sneak investigation and part of an organized or or- isol isolationist drive to terrorize opponents into silence t The charge harge of sneak investigation n ap appears pears well weH founded The senate has riot not a au the probe the committee has no power to anyone and is operating wholly on Wheelers Wheeler's say so as chairman of the interstate commerce committee Four of five members he appointed are fellow isolationist zealots and the filth fifth McFarland of Arizona is a rookie of only seven months' months senate ex ex- How lIow Congressmen Vote The houses house's refusal to 1 override the the- presidents president's presidents president's presidents president's dents dent's veto of the pork loaded highway bill bilI did not set well welI with Representative tive Wilburn Cartwright chairman of the roads committee Ordinarily the Oklahoman is genial and tolerant but he worked long and hard to put over the measure and the rebuff stung him to the quick So he sent a letter to his fellow congressmen congress congress- men telling them caustically what he thought of them It was an interesting tussle he s said aid a I d among other jibes It was funny to watch congressmen change back and forth before the vote was announced Being a congressman is isa isa isa a great character builder Some have to take a referendum every day to find their P S. S There are three things hard to pre pre- dict what diet what a mule will do whom a woman will iII marry and how a congressman will vote Round Merry-Go-Round Edwin L. L Groome Washington radio commentator commentator commentator com com- has a novel plan to encourage the development of new arms and combat methods by members of the army navy and marine corps He proposes that the government establish establish establish es es- es- es an annual award similar to the Pulitzer prize to be given to the officer or enlisted man making the best contribution to military science science science ence are making a big ado over the fact that they have signatures on ona ona ona a house petition for a hearing on their bill But they say nothing about the fact that the rival general welfare old age pens pension on bill has signatures on a similar petition Although less publicized the general welfare bill h has s much stronger backing than the Townsend measure in both the senate and house Civil D Defense Troubles Real reason for that mysterious visit to he White House of Dean James Landis of Harvard law school and former chairman of the securities and exchange commission was waso to o try to persuade him to become second man to Mayor LaGuardia as civil defense admin admin- With LaGuardia at his Washington desk only one or two days a week civil l defense preparations preparatIOns prep prep- have been progressing at a limping pace This has caused considerable undercover grumbling and in an effort to meet the criticism criticism criticism cism LaGuardia conceived the idea of making Landis his right hand lieutenant Landis already is regional director of civil defense in New England But he declined subbing subbing sub sub- bing for LaGuardia in Washington Landis' Landis excuse was that he couldn't leave certain special special special cial work he is doing Failing Falling to persuade Landis himself LaGuardia La La- Guardia hustled him over to the White House in the hope that Roosevelt would have better luck But Landis refused to be moved The same day also undisclosed there was another eruption in LaGuardia's he headquarters headquarters' staff Russell Davenport Willkie truster brain n n last years year's campaign threw the t up sponge and dand and walked out He is the fourth LaGuardia assist assistant nt to depart Davenport was brought to Washington to work on plans for a morale campaign After several weeks of doing nothing during which tIme Ime in e LaGuardia was in town toyn twice Davenport told him he saw no reason for staying any longer and andt andi left a t t d Feature Syndic Syndicate te Li ij i 1 1 If r III |