| Show National Whirligig By Ray Tucker e WASHINGTON WASHINGTON Frank Frank Knox has been severely severely severely se se- verely lectured by two members at recent executive executive executive tive sessions of the house appropriations subcommittee subcommittee which handles naval funds lunds Chairman Harry R. R Sheppard of California and J. J William WilHam Ditter assistant Republican leader have warned him lira that Plat he must acc account for every penny he i receives from them But the boys softened their ultimatum by y congratulating him on his performance as secre secre- tary For on one one thing he has chosen capable men for key ey posts He did not hesitate to supplant Admiral Stark as chief of naval naval operations with witha a more aggressive figure figure Admiral Admiral King He backed King Jn in substituting ting Vice Admiral WilHam William William Wil Wil- liam Ham F. F Halsey for Vice Admiral Robert L. L Ghormley in the Solomons area He relied on the opinion of his experts when they recommended ended an an art all out all out attack on Japans Japan's periphery Of islands even though failure might have cost him his official i- i cial head He delegated command of navy yards to Assistant Secretary Bard who has quietly smoothed out difficulties with the unions unions Roosevelt Anti Hazing methods l Roosevelt Anti-Roosevelt Democrats in hi the house have hit upon technique a for hazing the president without appearing to be accessories to a party mutiny They simply step aside when Republicans cans aim a blow at F D DR R. R Most spectacular cular demonstration of the method method method meth meth- od was staged the day the house voted vote on the Keefe amendment to the treasury post office appropriations appropriations appropriations ap ap- bill This provided that federal agencies agencies agencies agen agen- cies must pay for their postage instead of sending sending sending send send- ing out releases pamphlets and booklets under the franking franking- privilege a practice which costs taxpayers millions of dollars annually The proposition was bitterly fought by administration administration ad ad- ministration helmsmen With 1944 not so far distant distant distant dis dis- tant they want to retain the privilege of floodIng flooding flooding flood flood- ing the country with departmental propaganda But it was carried by four votes It would have been defeated but for the absence of three important important important im im- majority colleagues from the south who I Iare are chairmen of weighty committees They did not have sufficient interest in the issue to walk walka a hundred yards from their offices to the cham cham- ber Becomes Evangelist Stuart Godwin former Washington newspaper newspaperman man now associated with the Reconstruction Finance Finance Finance Fi Fi- nance corporation sent the following telegram to Eddie after his hiJ rescue in the southwestern Pacific You are a lucky bum You will probably live to be and be hanged for disturbing the peace Yes replied the man with the ch charmed life you are probably right I have no d doubt that I Ishall Ishall Ishall shall come to some end The aviators aviator's old acquaintances report that his harrowing experiences have transformed him He has become an evangelist without knowing it There is an unworldly gleam in his eyes and a quaver in his voice these days But administration friends wish that such a dramatic figure would emphasize other subjects than what he calls governmental extravagance gance and inefficiency in the conduct of the war It is doubtful whether he will ever Over again be sent onan on onan onan an official mission by th the war r c department pa F D R Inches Thebes Toward Farley Fancy While Hoover and Willkie factions of the thea a GO GOP 0 P drift apart Franklin D. D Roosevelt appears to be inching has way nearer to James A. A Farley in a supreme effort to overcome m most st formidable opposition to a term fourth-term nomination So far farno farno farno no answering gleam can cart be discerned in the frank blue eyes of the Democratic party's ace organizer Failing a reconciliation with his bas s erstwhile chief lieutenant F D DRs DR's Rs R's strategy strategy and and it has been known known to work before will before will aim at kicking the props from under Mr Farley In his own bailIt baili- baili props wick It is in this light that insiders Interpret a re recent recent recent re- re cent spurt of administration appointments and feelers The old musical show hit If Youre You're Irish Come Into the Parlor seems to be the theme song at the White House these days First Admiral Leahy and former Justice James F. F Byrnes were given tactical quarters in ina ina ina a new wing of the executive mansion Next came reports of side door visits by Ed Flynn of the Bronx Collapse of the ambassadorial project perhaps was not the fiasco some people think Shrewd Democrats argue this way Millions of voters in New York Chicago Boston and other big cities know that the big boss wanted to do something for a guy named Flynn and the Republicans Republicans Republicans Re Re- publicans stymied it McClure Newspaper Syndicate Immediately after the war government aid to war-torn war countries is a foregone conclusion But not th the rehabilitation of their economy or the reforming of their lives W. W. W P. P With- With president National Association of Man Man- |
