| Show Round Merry Thomas Faces Full Probe J By Colleagues s B By DREW V PEARSON W l WASHINGTON Oklahoma's Senator Elmer Thomas Thoma who finally admitted trading on the comm commodity market may get a full fledged investigation from his own own colleagues 2 Thomas told his side side- of or the speculating story in a a slushy letter full of self righteous alibis w which ich he sent to Senator Fergusons Ferguson's investigating sub sub- committee The subcommittee was called hush together for a n. very meeting in Fergusons Ferguson's private office Ferguson read the letter to other members Impatiently snorted that the committee ommittee had better s supplement nent the Information information information tion with specific questions about Senator Thomas' Thomas speculations specula specula- A letter was then fired back bluntly asking Thomas for names and dates of all aU commodities com corn e pur purchased However r Washington observers 1 f ers are arc are still sUll keeping their fingers fingers fin fin- gers gem crossed ossed as to whether the seri senators tors I really realI will probe another member of the club After ter all Senator Ferguson pulled d his punches when serious charges were brought against his G GOP 0 P colleague Brewster of Maine 5 A AGOP a GO GOP 0 P Goes Into Movie 10 BusS Bus n ness ness Memories Memories' of Hollywood are still stUl lingering from last years year's razzle razzle dazzle dazzle before the un-American un affairs committee As s a a. result GO P s senatOrs senator nat ci ar arnow are arenow arenow now planning to make movies movies' of their own complete with Hollywood H stars and animated car cartoons They plan to produce 25 poli political cal fl s before Nove No To- To ve vember vember- ber glorifying the of of the congress The movie idea was given the rousing approval of ot senate Republicans Republicans Republicans Re Re- publicans the other day at a secret luncheon-caucus luncheon which touched off the 1948 senat senatorial rial campaign First movie movie- will go into pro production d u c t ion tentatively May 1 Actors Ge George rge Murphy Robert Robert Robert Rob Rob- ert Montgomery and Ad Adolphe were were mentioned ed as loyal Republicans who could be called upon to help with the project But the main actors will be men such as Bob Taft and Arthur who played the heavy roles In congress They will be shown in action on the screen occasionally i in glamorous ous technicolor Cartoon characters characters characters char char- also also- will be used scrambling scrambling scram scram- bling ov over over- r.- r. ch charts ru and and graphs and 1 i g out favorable out statistics S ad adV V l fo for the he project was done by three senate sect seer sec sec- t r st r Ch Charles rl s' s Egenroad d secretary to Senator Capehart t of Indiana Senator Senator Sena Sena- tor Cain of Washington and arid Charles Kapnik Senator Martin Martin Martin Mar Mar- tin of Pennsylvania Egenroad told senators at the private luncheon that the movies would cost approximately 50 Do you think that will be enough V 1 broke in New Jerseys Jersey's Senator Albert Hawkes former president of of the U. U S S. S Chamber of ot Commerce Senator Arthur Watkins of Utah wanted to be sure the movies would not be used to campaign in the primaries and andS S Senator Joe roe Ball BaU of Minnesota asked how the Democrats were going to be dragged in to see Bee the pictures What good will it do just to show chow them to Republicans 1 he asked Senator Senat r If it you ann announce there ther is going to be a sh show w it will bring out more Republicans Republicans Burgess Borgess spoke up Then when hen election day comes along maybe some come o of those Republicans Republicans Republicans who would rather play golf will come out and vote in in- stead Note Smitten Note Smitten with the same movie bug the Democratic party is quietly buying up 16 mm movie projectors to show political films minded Economy Republicans are are not buying any projectors plan to ask each c county chairman to borrow a projector Instead Czar Petrillo U Unbends Unbend n b end s Music czar James rames Petrillo has han hinted to the h use labor corn com coin committee that he might be willing willingto to call caU off his ban on recordings recordings record record- ings tags if the Taft Hartley law is altered He He has asked for changes in the law Jaw in order to stretch the unions union's welfare fund to the full membership As the law now stands oni only the musicians who do live broadcasting and recording re are eligible f for r welfare benefits Petrillo made his proposal to acting chairman Gerald Landis of f Indiana Indicated he would be willing to o enter negotiations negotiations' to change his ban on recordings if the law could be revised Landis Landi consulted two of ot hl his colleagues colleagues colleagues col col- col- col leagues on the committee ommittee Congre Congressmen Con n gre gressmen Charles Kersten of Wisconsin and Richard Nixon of ot California who said they would not object to considering a Taft- Taft Hartley revision n Under the tho Dome Iome Another Another- strong hint that G General e n e era r a I 1 Eisenhower Is running was dropped by his former military aide aide ex Jim rim Stack of ot Tacoma Pacoma after spending last week end with the chief of ot staff Able cAble Graham Morrison who will be the new assistant attorney attorney attorney ney general In hi charge of claims has a hard time deciding whether hes he's a Virginian or a He was born at Bristol right Bristol right on the line line |
