The Washington times., 1934-10-17

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what Federal
position he
will take, was >''Es
called tn the Helen Essary
phone by reporter before he
left Chicago, and told this piece
Of news:
Doctor, we understand that
Jack Garner has been made
Ambassador to Great Britain.
And that President Roosevelt
has appointed you to take Jack
Gamers place a. Vice PreSi-
dent"
Marvellous! Marvellous, Doc.
tor Hutchins was delighted with
the news. He didn't know about
Jack Garner. But as far as he
was concerned, he certainly
haden't been appointed" Vice
President. That is, he couldn't
have been. Regardless Of some
opinions about the present state
Of dictatorship in America, ZAP
pointing" Vice Presidents is still
one Of those things that isn't
being done. Said DR.. Hutchins:
you'd think the reporter
would have known that . Vice
President has to be elected by
the voters Of the entire cOun-
try.
"Strange, too! For If one can
Judge by a voice, / should say
that that reporter was an edu-
Gated man. Probably a college
man."
Remarked a listener:
maybe he went to the Univer-
Gity Of Chicago"
There's a psychological joker
somewhere in this incident. Just
as there always is in every Sit
uation you think you have man
aged neatly.
Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt in
announcing her plans at a press
conference to make stump
speeches for Mrs. Caroline
O'Day, who wants to come to
Congress from New York, made
clear that her interest in Mrs.
O'Day is a personal matter. It
is inspired by her admiration for
Mrs. O'Day. It has nothing to
do with Mrs. Roosevelt in her
official position as the wife Of
the President.
Every letter planned to help
Mrs. O'Day with her candidacy
will be written in New York on
New York stationery. Mrs.
Roosevelt will sign the letters
and return them to New York
in envelopes provided by Mrs.
O'Day. Neither Melvina Schnei-
der, Mrs. 1.ooSeVelt's secretary,
nor any other White House
secretary will have any work to
do for Mrs. O'Day. Not even a
White House stamp will be
Squandered for Mrs. O'Day. In
short, in Mrs. O'Day's campaign.
there will be no suggestion in
any way of the White House in
1luence or responsibility.
And then, typewriter slips
were were passed among the
newspaper women showing that
the chairman Of the commit
tee for the election Of Mrs. Car
oline O'Day is:
''MfS. Norman Whitehouse!"
The shouts of joy with which
the Republican publicity bu-
reau was about to attack Mrs.
Roosevelt's campaign for Mrs.
O'Day, are somewhat Softened
by the fact that Mrs. Calvin
Coolidge made a speech last
week at q Republican rally in
western Massachusetts,.
Next Thursday afternoon
some charming and energetic
ladies will journey down to
Stratford Hall and spend the
night in cabins in the woods
surrounding the big house
where Robert E. Lee was born.
It is quite true and likewise
fortunate that the cabins are
not the identical ones that were
on the Lee plantation when
the General was a boy. Ger
tainly not those occupied by
the slaves Of Richard Henry
Lee and Frances Lightfoot Lee
Signers Of the Declaration Of
Independence.
They are nevertheless rep
licas Of the slave quarters on
the famous old estate which
the Robert E. Lee Memorial
Foundation Is restoring. The
cabins have been rebuilt by
directors Of the foundation
from 81 : ates. Mrs. Gaze
move Lee, director for the Dis
trict of Columbia, other mem.
bers of the District committee,
Mrs. Cary T. GraySon, Mrs.
Harry B. Halves, Mrs. Lloyd P.
Shipper, Mrs. Lewis s. Greene,
Miss Peyton Halves, and 7, II
I have what my laundresS
used to call the "stren'th." will
gather up sheets, blankets and
towels on October Is. And
start for Westmoreland county.