Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-23

announces that Representative BlgWlnd
is going out the door.
Let him go!" groWls a correspondent
who hassjust been robbed of his jack.
Bring him in here if he's got any,
thing to say" suggests another. Tipping
a cigarette butt on the floor and STEP
ping on it.
Birth of Big Scoop.
who cares about what he's got to
Say?" inquiries a third, without looking
up from his hand.
Willy Collins, amiable liaison officer
for the press at the Hoover headquar-
tiers, volunteers to speak to Representa-
tive BigWind for the boys. He hurrleS
out and a moment later returns with
the Representative in tow.
Representative Bigwind will be glad
to tell you about his visit to Mr.. Hoo
yer, fellows" Willy vouchsafes.
One or two reporters come over from
the other side of the room and the boys
at the card table look up, obviously.
Il just came to pay MIR. Hoover my
respects" the legislator explains, almost
alphabetically.
How do things look back home?"
some one asks.
well, we've got hard fight on our
hands. A hard fight. But I'm conf
dent we will win out in the end. You
can quote me ON that But don't say
anything about the hard fight, boys.
That was just between you and me.
Quote me any way you want about my
certainty that the outcome will be a
signal victory for the Republicans. You
know how to word it. Thanks, boys
See you all again"
"Boloney!" mutterS one of the boys"
ho cOnc honl t0 hic YnaOo zinc An.
other goes to his private phone booth,
calls his Office and dictates:
Lead Hoover. Yep. Ready? Herbert
Hoover today received from Representa-
tive F as in Frank T as in tiddlywinkS
Bigwind, B-i-g-w-i-n-d, uh-huh, COM
ma of Delafornia comma a confident
prediction of an overwhelming victory
for the Republican candidate in that
State in November period paragraph
quote / have Just completed a careful
survey of the political situation in
Delafornia and quotes comma BigWlnu
stated following his conference with
Hoover period continue quotes. Every
things points to big majority for the
party ticket out there period end quotes
end lead thanks"
Interview Blossoms Forth.
Thus is born one of the big news
stories of a stirring political campaign
Secretary Nash across the hall, the
secretary whose engaging smile as he
denies your request to shake hands with
"the chief" makes disappointment
pleasure, is the busiest man at Hoover
headquarters. He is the outer guard
who must fend off from the candidate,
unstairs, the we'll meaning but unlm-
portant visitors who would like to see
Mr.. Hoover" Those who get by Nash
must deal next with Genial George
Akerson, Hoover's personal assistant;
who. more often than not, takes care
of the matter without botnerlng MS
boss at all.
Answering candidates personal cor
respondenCe is a task nanoieo JoAitS
by Nash and Akerson, with tne assist
ance of other members OF the HooVe.
staff Letters of acknowledgment must
be drafted for every gift sent 10
"the chief" These tokens range from
Texas horned toads and fishing tackie
to Georgia watermelons and fanny
And the advice" that comes to a
presidential candidate! 1t must be ac-
cented in the spirit In which it is gwen,
even though adoption of some OF the
suggestions clearly is impossible.
Bright Idea from South.
Take the novel suggestion sent in by
an admirer of Mr.. Hoover in the Soutn,
for instance. He thought it would pe
fine plan for Chairman Work to hlre
ventriloquist to stand beside Gov.
Smith whenever he was speaking over
the radio, and when the governor
paused have the ventriloquist say IN
the governors voice.
However, you should vote for Mr..
Hoover!"
The writer of the letter was sure
that good many Democratic votes
could be turned into the Republican
column by this ruse. Mr.. Hoover. how
ever considered the plan not only i'm
practicable, but quite unfair to his OPP
ponent, and consequently the proposal
joined pile of others-in the waste
basket.
The correspondence and the CORE
spondents, the curiosity seekers and the
politicians, the flashlights, the printed
propaganda-all the ballyhoo that fea-
lures campaign headquarters-are
necessary factors in the quadrennial
selection of the Nations leader. they
are factors that make themselves felt
in both parties.
Thanks to the sensible attitude
adopted by both opposing candidates
for White House honors, much of the
"bolOney" that featured old-time politi-