Show nfl NEWS BEHIND THE NE NEWS j for The Telegram S By Ray Tucker WASHINGTON Despite a bandwagon boom for his nomination nomination nomi nomi- nation President Roosevelt apparently apparently apparently ap ap- ap- ap remains unshaken in his determination not to run again He has told at least two political delegations since Hitler's Hitler's Hit Hit- lers ler's attack on the low countries that he has not changed his mind Mr President said the spokesman of a group from a a- a S north central state you can have our delegation to the convention convention convention con con- jf you want it We h have ve canvassed the Democrats out our way and 90 per cent favor you The president smiled and admitted ad- ad that he appreciated the compliment Then he added But gentlemen I see no rio reason why I should run unless run unless the United States should be actually invaded Such a happening is obviously an impossibility before the day arrives for him to make his decision which decision which will be late in July The president may be putting away the crown only temporarily ily fly for reasons based on domestic domes domes- tic politics and the international situation He may want to control control con con- on- on the direction of the party and the tile war war war-to to influence the neutrals neutrals neutrals-by by kee keeping ing silent to the last minute But if he does mean to try it again he persists in in fooling a lot of important people In a small shabby office at Washington Dr J. J E. E Pope of Tulsa is doing his bit for the theold theold theold old fo folks s. s In fact he has done donea a land office bit for he has collected collected collected col col- col- col for them in the thelast thelast thelast last eight years Dr Pope heads the National Old Age Pension association 4 which js dedicated to passage of the Dunn bill providing 50 a month for everybody over 50 with an income less than 1200 a year To untold thousands he distributes coupons inviting each one to send him 10 cents and to persuade five others to do like like- wise He also aso publishes a four- four page subscription subscription 1 He makes no promises except that the 10 cents entitles contributors contributors contributors con con- to membership in the oldest and greatest membership of its kind in existence He cannot estimate the total membership but he admits re receipt receipt receipt re- re of a year since 1932 He declines to discuss the 50 SO bills bill's prospect of passage But when asked what his organization tion does does or or can do to do-to to facilitate facilitate facilitate tate congressional action he re replies replies replies re- re plies snappily and succinctly Agi Agitate ta te The C CIO I 0 leadership is a strange place to look for a friendly feeling perhaps feeling perhaps more practical contributions toward Wendell Willkie but it does ex ex- ex- ex It has been demonstrated on numerous occasions When John L. L Lewis' Lewis men walked out of the plants pants of a power company in Michigan some months ago the public utility magnate did not fulmiS fulminate fulminate fulminate S nate or demand formal confer confer- He reached for the telephone telephone telephone tele tele- phone in his New York office OffiC got Mr Lewis on the line and the controversy was settled without without with with- out delay deay A few years ago President President President Pres Pres- ident Preston Arkwright of the Georgia Power company a Commonwealth South Southern rn subsidiary sub sub- outlined outlined a policy of wages and hours eminently satisfactory satisfactory satisfactory sat sat- to the For selfish reasons reasons because because he recognized that good pay increases in increases increases in- in creases purchasing power power Mr Arkwright said his firm had long ago adopted this attitude It was one of the first policies which Mr Willkie inaugurated when he hit the utility top And it wont won't hurt him if he edges toward the G. G 0 O. P. P presidential nomination Even the European crisis cannot cannot cannot can can- not prevent Washington wags from having their little jest lest Here is the latest A smart American salesman was permitted an audience with King George in return for his commercial services to the em em- pire Listen king he said in his freezy manner we like you in America We think youre you're a grand guy and doing a good job We hope you get this guy Hitler But let me give you a bit of advice If I were you I would woud put my colonies in my wife's wiles name Notes The coast and geodetic survey plans an exhaustive study this summer of the Aleutian islands the navy wants better charts of their coast line The wage-hour wage division is starting starting starting start start- ing on a campaign to round up employers whose wage and hour records are incomplete or in in- in accurate Forty of the United States housing authority's low- low rent housing projects now have nursery schools to care for small children while their parents are areaway areaway areaway away at work I Copyright 19 1940 McClure Syndicate I |