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Show PAUL MA LION Republican Strategy Pays Profits THE Republicans brought themselves out of their first new leadership session of congress in greater unity than any political party has achieved since long before the New Deal. Defections generally drew only three of their senators. This was accomplished by a peculiar inner system of organization. Normally steering committees are bossed by one or two men, but the Republicans made theirs truly representative of the party. For instance, in the house Speaker Martin was boss, but he worked closely with Floor Leader Halleck (which is not unusual). They both cooperated genuinely with a steering committee, which made many decision to which both Martin and Halleck were opposed. Out of this system of operating from the grass roots up. Instead In-stead of from a top leadership down (as Mr. Roosevelt did), came the dominant party characteristic of their first session. Now this guiding committee-leadership had an operating system which was kept completely under cover. They had a two-pronged base policy from the start. They strove (A) to keep down the amount of legislation, selecting only the bare essentials for beginning a new policy era for the country, and B to get away from emergency and "must" legislation. Their delay on the union reform bill was deliberate. Nothing was said about this yardstick. They kept the Democrats from knowing their formula. for-mula. But they feel rather good now about the way it worked out. . . pmu,ws ! 'lMl"llli,sasBjjsjBaiiaTsi Letter for Special Delivery Mr. Averell Harriman, Secretary of Commerce, Washington, D. C. "My Dear Mr. Harriman The papers pa-pers say that the Committee of Nineteen which is to look into this country's capacity to do all our for-eign for-eign lending and underwriting has started on the job in a big way and that it will 'make a study unmatched un-matched in history.' Fine and dandy! Some such study to find out where the bottom of the barrel is. what's between it and the top, how big the bunghole should be and whether multiple spigots are advisable ad-visable is certainly overdue, bub. And it will comfort most Americans to feel for the first time in many years that 'Stop, look and listen' is replacing the slogan 'Shoot the works, let the poorhouse come when it may.' " Bill Powell Is reported the Hollywood choice to play Elwood Dowd in the movie of "Harvey." This underlines America's reputation reputa-tion as a melting pot: We have 256 different religious denominations. ... A democratic form of government govern-ment in America had its origin in Virginia under Governor Yeardley two years before the Pilgrims landed land-ed at Plymouth. . . . Polish. German Ger-man and Irish workers began to battle their oppressors in Virginia long before the Revolutionary war exploded. . . . During nine of the last ten years America's annual immigration im-migration quota was not filled. Those who say the Indians are a vanishing race are spread ing a myth. Their population has doubled during the past dec ade. . . . Many American Indian reservations have modern homes. They look like any other oth-er small town. I We can't Imagine him as even close to the type, and the actor we think would be a scream in it would be Barry Fitzgerald. He is the only performer on stage or screen who could touch Frank Fay. Why not. by the way, Fay for the picture version. ver-sion. Too much as the author intended, eh? It is our guess that Hollywood Holly-wood will put the rabbit into the play, visually. And that, were John Bunny alive, he would get the part. "So far as this airplane business is concerned I have been in it 13 years and lost $14,000,000." Howard How-ard Hughes. "Is that good?" seems to us, reading about those gjy parties as an amusing interlude in the uar contracts routine, that there should hat e been a "Miss $200 of 1944." DREW PEARSON Congressional Junket for Peace CEN. GLEN TAYLOR of Idaho, a former cowboy vaudeville crooner y who has come to win the respect of his senatorial colleagues, will take an unusual trip this summer. While some senators will be junketing to Alaska or touring Europe. Taylor will ride horseback from the Pacific to the Atlantic coast The senator from Idaho candidly admits that it is a publicity stunt, but not for Taylor, for peace. Along the way, Taylor plans to speak for the United Nations and world cooperation. .v, tt!Xe,ltSiJeSSln 0f con8ress- he hPed introduce a bill to strengthen the Un ted Nations and help eliminate the veto power by which one nation fvf" ,,UP, e PfaCe efrrts of the rest of the worl- Taylor feels that the Middle West is becoming isolationist, is worried over the threat of war and wants to dramatize the problem of peace The Idaho senator planned to buy two horses in California and begin k E? 6 GldCn Gate bridge' San F"ncisco. One horse will follow behind on a trailer, while he rides the other, alternating each day. Taylor says he plans to ride horseback every inch of the way. even in eluding western deserts and the Rocky mountains. He figures the trip will take him three months. v WALTER WINCH ELL i Land of the Melting Pot Historians have said that the American Revolution was the achievement of an "aggressive minority." The colonies consisted of men and women who came from Ireland. England, Scotland. France. Germany. Holland. Switzerland. Sweden. Poland and Italy. And every ev-ery religion also was represented among the soldiers who formed Washington's army. AMERICA IS A NATIOS composed of minorities. And when compared uilh the rest of tht world's population popula-tion Americans as a whole also art a minority. . . . Bigots who blame all our troubles on foreigners should be reminded that only 10 pee cent of America's population is foreign-born. . . . And u e must not forget America's most beloved immigrant the Statue of Liberty. WALTER SHE AD Cost of Living Spirals IN PRESIDENT TRUMAN'S state of the union message to congress last 1 January he warned of the spiral of Inflated prrces. In the succeeding seven month, the President filed with congress two economic reoorU oS condition, in the country, and In both of these he urged TongS, to 2 something about the high cost of living. In addition, more Jan month before adjournment of congress he sent a special messase mail. , tive action against the continued spiral of King 2 . iXZt a plea to private industry to reduce costs voluntarily ' All through the long months until congress adjourned, no ac Ion was taken. In the meantime, living cost, reached their peak Immediately before adjournment. As price, .oared, profits soared and 1947 earnings will be approximately 50 per cent abov. year, record of fl2.S39.000.000. " On the last day of the session the senate named a Joint commltt. and appropriated $100,000 for it to hold hearing, to prob Z 2 whether or not there Is a high cost of living problem That is 3 f did. These hearing, probably will get undJr way ISd WRIGHT PATTERSON Useless 'Jobs' Will Remain POLITICS being politics, regardless regard-less of which party I, in power, it probably wa, too much to expect any considerable reduction In the many agencies, bureaus and administration, admin-istration, of the federal government Useless a. many of them may be to John Q. Public, they do provide jobs, and Jobs represent patronage. Those bureau) were created by a Democratic administration, but the Job, they represent can be filled oy a Republican administration if nd when there come, such . HI ed by Democrat, the present ad- ;is r' n wan them continued contin-ued Anticipating, a possible chance the Republican, wish to retain these' |