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Show I . e etG . tG tGR R E EEN EN ENWasbmgtoa _ IVashinfton Washmgton Wasbmgtoa D C CClUCAGO CCHICAGO CCHICAGO ClUCAGO CHICAGO LINEUPSSpeaker LINEUPSSpeaker LINE-UPS LINE UPS LINEUPSSpeaker - - Speaker Bill Bankhead BanIJ1ead is m in a ad ad ad d reful reul ! predicament . . It s a White Wlute House secret , , but the thecourtly thecourtly tnecourtly courtly mannered and able Ala Alabaman Alabaman Alabaman baman is the Presidents President s personal personalcho personalcho personalchoce cho ce for keynoter at the Demo Democrat Democrat Democrate crat c convent on-a on a on - a high honor honormuch honormuch honormuch much sought after by a number of ofb ofb ofbg leaders At least leasthali leasthalf leasthalf b g shot party hali half a dozen arc are pulling pullmg every pos possIble possable possible sIble sable wire to land it it . . But Banhhead Bankhead who can have it on onas ona ona as a s Iver platter doesn t know wheth whether whether whether er he wants it or not . . Reason for his dilemma is a avlrulcnt avirulent avirulent vlrulcnt virulent case of vice presidentit presldentIt s sBankhead sBankhead sBankhead Bankhead feels he is a strong sec second secand second the thekeynote thekeynote thekeynote ond and place paee ] possibility and that keynote speech customarily is made madeby madeby madeby by a dignitary dlgmtary . who v.ho vho is not 1 z ' candl candi candldate candidate candidate date For him bum to accept the role roletherefore roletherefore roletherefore therefore would be an admIssion admIssionthat admissionthat admissionthat that heas he ' \ was \\as as out of the running runrung And AndBankhead AndBankhead AndBankhead Bankhead is anything anythmg but that . . He Heis Heis Heis is very much m In the vice presldentlal presidenteal presiden preslden presidential tial tlal teal raceRoosevelt raceRoosevelt race raceRoosevelt Roosevelt picked Bankhead be beca because because ca cause use he liked 1l1.ed 1l1ed . the speaker s wItty wIttyspeeches wittyspeeches wittyspeeches speeches at the last two Jackson Jacksonday Jacksonday Jacksonday day banquets Buthlle But \ while \\hlle hlle flattered flatteredthe flatteredthe flatteredthe the speaker is 15 still sbll undecided wheth whether er to accept the President s 5 offerNoteRoose"elt offerNoteRoosevelt offer offerNote Note-Roose"elt Note Roose"elt Rooseelt Note-Roosevelt Roosevelt Note - Roosevelt " s choice tor for per perffii.nent perminent pernuinent ffii.nent ffiinent minent . chairman of the can convention contentionis conventionis " entlon entlonIS IS Senate Floor Leader Alben Bark Barkley Barkley Barkley ley 1936 keynoter keynotcr and also a VIce VIcepresIdentIal vicepresidential vicepresidential presIdentIal hopeful though not a avery avery avery very hot and bothered one The ThePresident ThePresident ThePresident President s choice for his floO foot floe ! . * man manager manager manager ager is brainy bramy little Senator JImmy JImmyBymes JimmyByrnes JimmyByrnes Bymes Byrnes assisted by Senators M nton ntonof ntonof ntonof of Ind ana Pepper of Florida L ster sterHIll sterHill sterHill HIll of Alabama and Maor Mayor MB } ) or IdKeily EdKelly : Ed Id EdKelly Kelly Keily of Clucagoo Chicago Clucago o 0 01I00VJR 0 * HOOVER 1I00VJR : VS LNDO'lBehmd LaNDONBehind UNDOV L\NDO'l L NDO'l NDOl LaNDON UNDOVBehind . \ ' Behind Behmd the scenes a bitter strug struggle struggle struggle gle is shaping shapmg up between bet.een beteen . Herbert HerbertHoover HerbertHoover HerbertHoover Hoover and Alt Ali Alf Landon at the Plula Pluladelphla Pluladelphia Philadelphia delphla delphia conventionThe conventionThe convention conventionThe The ei e"4C e4C eY " President is bent on Writ Writmg writmg writing mg into mto the platform an endorse endorsement endorsemerit endorsement ment merit of his adm n stration strahon along alongthe alongthe alongthe the lines lmes of the one in the Glenn GlennFrank GlennFrank GlennFrank Frank Program committee report reportLandon reportLandon reportLandon Landon is not flatly opposed to thiS thus thiSalthough thusalthough thisalthough although he cons ders it unnecessary unnecessaryand unnecessaryand unnecessaryand and 1 Ikely kely to prove a campaign campaignhandicap campaignhandicap campaignhandicap campaignhandicapBut handicap handicapBut But he is prepared to " , wage age a last lastd lastd lastd d tch fight tor for a liberal hberal platform platformHe platformlie platformHe He lie is determ ned to res st to the end endHoo.er endIiootier endHoover Hoo.er Hooer Iiootier . s plans for a platform to fit fithis fithis fithis his conservative ve.s ves v ews . Landon 1S is 1Sag isag isag ag mst inst any blanket denunciation of ofthe ofthe ofthe the New DealLandon DealLandon Deal DealLandon Landon w 11 II ll be in m a powerful pOSI pose pOSItIOn posetion position tIOn tbwage tb wage his battle In addition additionto to leading leadmg a mid vestern bloc of at atleast atleast atleast least 100 " votes "otes otes rotes he also will be the theKansas theKansas theKansas Kansas member membcr on the resolutions resolutionscommIttee resolutionscommittee resolutionscommittee resolutionscommitteeIsote commIttee commIttee1Io0teIn committeeNoteIn 1Io0te-In 1Io0te In Note-In Note Isote - In its ong OrIg nal form the ar arrangement arrangement arrangement rangement underluch under \ which \\luch luch Hoover win will winspeak willspeak willspeak speak Tuesday night mght , , the first ses sess sess sesson s on of the com convention contention entIOn also called calledfor calledfor calledtor for a speech by Landon But th s sv.as swas swas v.as vas was . droppedhen dropped \ when \\hen hen it was po nted ntedout ntedout ntedout out that as a delegate he can get getthe getthe getthe the floor any t me meo o . 0 0WILLIHE 0 * WILLKIE WILLIHE BOOSTERRemember BOOSTERRemember BOOSTER BOOSTERRemember Remember the Liberty league leagueah leagueih ah h ch crusaded against agamst the New NewDeal NewDeal NewDeal Deal m in 1936 19369 ' And remember Jouett JouettShouse JouettShouse JouettShouse Shouse its ltS dapper head who was a acrony acrony acrony crony of Al Smith and the duPonts duPonts'Well duPontsWell ' " ' ' Well Jouett is now the No 1 Wash Washmgton Washington Washington mgton ington booster of Wendell WlllkleDe WillkieDe Willkie Wlllkle WillkieDe De vey will lead on the first bal ban ballot banlot ballot lot he says but that will be h s sh sh sh h gh point pomt From then on he WIll WIllfade willfade willfade fade out of the picture On the sec second secand second ond and ballot Taft will jump to the thefront thefront thefront front . . But he tooon too ' \ won \\on on t have the thestaymg thestaying thestaying staymg staying po ver and on the third bal ballot ballot ballot lot Vandenberg will forge to the tore fore forefor forefor toretor -for for - tor a moment But that w 11 shoot shootrus shoothis shoothis rus his bolt He v \ ' . on t have \ what \ hat It Ittakes ittakes ittakes takes to make the grade and the theleaders theleaders theleaders leaders will then turn to the one oneman oneman oneman man " , who ho has-WillkIe has WillkIe has-WiI1k WiI1k hasWillkIeOn has - Willkie WillkieOn e eOn On the fourth ballot Willkie WIllkle WIll WIlllead willlead willlead lead and after that it will be a stam stain stampede stainpede stampede stampedeShouse pede pedeShouse Shouse s explicit eJlphClt : forecast should shouldlIlterest shouldinterest shouldinterest lIlterest interest part datespart the other cand eand dates-par dates par dates - t cularly Senator Tatt Taft who has pub hcly tidy pubhcly pubtidy declared he will lead on the first thefirst ballot . . It also is interesting mterestmg m m.iew inview \ .iew iew . Iew of the fact that Willkie Willkle is the theone theone theone one dark horse . who v.ho vho so tar far hasn hasp t a asmgle asingle asingle smgle single delegate pledged to rumo lumPOLITICAL him rum lum o 0 * 0 0POLITICAL POLITICAL CHAFF CIIAFF CIIAFFTh CHAFFTh CHAFFThrly Th Thrly Thrty rty years ago a young man man.lamed manlamed manjamed .lamed lamed . James Mead came from fromBuffalo Buffalo to Wash ngton to take Jobas a Job ] obas as a Cap tol to ! pol pal ceman He was befrIended wasbefriended by another pohceman policeman policemanJames pohcemanJames James Re lly 1Iy fly Today Mead a sen sea senator seaator senator ator forRe is trying trymg to get a raise for Re lly fly now dean ot of doorkeepers doorkeepersAirplanes Airplanes have hae ha\ ha hay \ e a brought a mos qu mosquto mosqu whichis to from Afr Air ca to Brazil which IS spread ng malaria malafIa downthe downthc up and down thc the Amazon Public dreetors rectors health d rec tors agree that it if not checked It m itmght Itm ght decimate the populat on of ofsouth ofSouth South AmericaAmbassador America AmericaAmbassador Ambassador Joe Davios Davlcs Davies is fillIng fillinga donem doneIn a Jobwh lobwh job lob wh ch should have been done In m the state department long ago agoHe agoHo He Ho is contact man with congress For congressFor years the state department has hasdepended depended upon natty young men to togo go up and lobby with senators Re suIt ResuIt Fore 01 " gn 6 " pohcy polley policy ? ,1 1 lae lagged laggedon on Cap Itol Captol , , H y 1L lL IL But Joe speaks the fIght right rightlanguage fIghtlanguage language languageTour Tour sts are In pouring pourmg at the White theWhite Hou Houie House e at the rate of 8 000 a day aday ol of whom 1 700 see the pnv pr1\ pr1 prix pr1ate \ ate ateparlors parlors by congiess congless congress onalletter onal oval letter The others Theothers see only the East room and ground andground floor |