The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-11-11

Democrats or the Republicans con-
troll congress.
Each is keeping his own counsel
despite covert attempts of party
leaders to win them over.
1t is, indeed. a strange situation
in which the trio so often exiled
finds itself
Only a short time ago they were
assigned to the tail-end of minor
committees and given seats in the
back row in house and senate.
Now they can have almost any
thing if only!
DY their very silence all three
ID indicate they are getting grim
satisfaction out of the dramatic
transformation IN their status.
All three seems to appreciate the
vicissitude of politics which has
lifted them from obscurity to the
iimelight.
In their very personalities, too,
lie additional drama.
Shipstead's career here often has
bewiidored both his friends and his
enemies.
Though humorously referred to
as a dentist-senator, the handsome
senator has been taken up by cap
ital society until now he is a fire.
quent guest at the Massachusetts,
avenue salon of Princess Alice
Longworth.
1t has not affected his political
outlook, however. Many a night
Shipstead accepts the hospitality of
husbands and wives belonging to
the regular" set, only to line up
against his hosts when the senate
assemblies the next day.
Appeals to his vanity or to his
stomach have not influenced his
political judgment.
T A GUARDIA'S career has be-
IL lied his given name. Fiorello,
which means, in Italian. little
flower.
His path has been anything but
a bed of roses.
For supporting Bob La Toilette
in the 1924 presidential campaign,
he was cast out by his peers and
forced to run as an independent.
House leaders, in an effort to
humiliate him further. labeled
him as a Socialist in the official
congressional directory.
On the east side in New York,
however, he repuised attacks Of
political enemies within and with
out his own party.
one election morning, he entered
his clubhouse to hear two Repub-
lean district captains planning to
get La Guardia today
Last year ne had 'the satisfac-
ton of forcing his nomination for
The mayoralty from the New York
G. o. P.
Despite his frequent desertion Of
Republican policies. he is one Of
Speaker Longwo1 lbs closest friends.
the two often scheme together
during parliamentary jams, the
ar.stocra.c NICK ana the hdmoie
riorello, as they call each other.
outsmarting trouble-makers.
r r.
DETWEEN La Guardia and
d Kvale too. there is a close re-
lationship based on the New York
members friendship of Kvale's
rather during the latter's last years.
The elder Kvale was strange,
silent Individual Lutheran min
lister for most Of his life.
This death of his wife few years
ago shook his faith. however, and
in his last few years of sadness and
establishment he found greatest
comfort in the friendship of the
tolerant. amusing. bubbling La
Guardia.
Kvale spent many an evening
in La Guardia's three-room apart
ment. An excellent cook. the New
Yorker donned white apron and
cap and hustled around in the
preparation of delicious sphagetti
and roasted chicken for the former
minister.
Dinner done. the two often sat
far into the night in discussion of
problems of life-and death.
Or La Guardia, in lighter mood.
would get out his cornet and toot
out his soul to the stars on the
back porch. Kvale, before his death,
often spoke Of the happiness these
bizarre evenings brought to him.
THUS the big and little things
i Of life'S relationShipS-Ship-
Steads future fortitude in the face
Of political parties. La Guardia's
ability to force his Republican aSso-
ciates to adopt his liberal pro-
gram. and a sons gratitude to the
little Manhattanite for the care
and comfort he gave the elder
Kvale-may determine the answer
70 the question which is worrying
a President. a cabinet and the two