Show back in washington naton by FRED washington wahington correspondent of 0 the ilie park record washington march 14 1931 some ot of those who road read these lines listened in n and heard the noise others doubtless read the reviews ot of the professional critics but washington was the audience actually at each ol of two recent allstar all star performances perform arices one was the follies of 1928 staged by the democratic national committee the other was the scandals of 1931 presented b by y veteran thespians unionized and incorporated under the name of progressive republic cans with sith accent on the progressive 0 0 0 O of couise here in the district of col COI embla we are denied the right to vote fortunately tor for us as yet they have not taken away from us the use of our vocal organs and from republican house tops comes the cry that the bartys managers would do well to grasp the seem angly available opportunity for chortles of fiendish g glee lee over the threatened split and other d doubt ou bt and difficulty creating distractions which aich were brought to light at the meeting of the democratic national 1 committee prom from the other side of the political fence comes the retort that they would better laugh while they have a chance bance for their own troubles lie ahead 40 0 0 aw before very long they will lie be called upon to define their attitude toward i president hoover it goes without saying that unless tor for some reason not at this i moment apparent he dee decides ides to eliminate hm himself self as a candidate he will be that Is admitted even by republicans who fought him at every turn overrode his policies spurned his advice ridiculed his bis recommendations however it Is one thing to nominate him quite another thing to write eulogistic planks tor for the platform even before the republicans in III congress lug jug gernau ted over the presidents veto ot of the veterans bill the republican press called attention to this rather awkward situation vy 0 O Q 0 0 senator arthur H Vander beig ot of michigan at once enlisted in the descue colas with vehemence he denied that republicans could be charged with repudiating ting their own president because tiley they refused to stand by him in one ot of his most outstanding and vital decisions wherefore it would appear that a group ot of self styled republicans can vote Fi against tn fresia iii inca goule im humiliate him and at the same time lasp clasp hirn him fondly to its fieast and resolve to 0 o support him in any event and at any ost 0 0 0 49 the spellbinders spell binders may be able to make pretty good political dope out ot of that situa situation 0 11 but when shen it comes to platform building n ig and it has to be written down ir or 1 calm I and deliberate perusal someone is g going to come to the conclusion that something else again in that other 6 reel thriller the scandals of 1931 headliner george W norris or of nebraska rapid fire artist painted a dark and gloomy picture of conditions in the united states and called upon the other members of his union none of whom Is unemployed to find remedies the nebraska senator said bald that while millions of people are suffering from hunger an apparently oversupply over supply of food has been produced by the tolling telling farmers who sho are unable to obtain a financial return sufficient to compensate them for the cost of production he described a condition of slavery in this country with labor manacled mana cled by means of judicial decrees he pictured the power trust rust with its slimy fingers enmeshed in n the warp and woof of human life regulation he said has failed because the regulators are regulated by this monopolistic trust 00 a 0 40 referring to senator watson ot of indiana republican leader ot of the senate as little jimmy watson and as a lobbyist before he be became a senator the nebraskan suggested that senator wat son might propound his question questionnaire aire to his own political machine instead of sending it to the progressives Progress ives senator norris was referring he said to published accounts of a question questionnaire aire which senator watson had sent cent to him from new york the watson letter called upon senator norris and the progressive conference to say where they stood on prohibition hibi hibit tion lon an oil embargo immigration government ownership of railroads and many other controversial subjects v 0 0 the watson question questionnaire aire Is thought in washington to be not necessarily an attempt to throw a monkey w rench brench into the machinery but as something which may do tor for the progressive conference con terence what the progressives Progress ives have undertaken in the last congress slid and in several previous congresses to do for the republican organization of the senate the pro gres may assert that senator watson son I 1 a republican has no business catechising catechi sing those who believe in III progressive principles but if they do they are laying themselves open to the charge that they aie dodging questions which either now confront the country or will inevitably confront it soon or later 0 0 O 0 0 10 the question of prohibition and an oil embargo are both to come before the next session of congress mr watson would like to know and possibly Is justified in inquiring what the progressive progress 1 ve program Is to be in regard to these matters which after all are considered important by a very large number ol of people in this country 0 O 0 0 O to the unbiased observer each performance for mance disclosed not to say Weber fieldian forensic ingenuity |