, 1934-11-12
WASHINGTON
BY George DurnO

overfed men with big cigars II
their mouths and a Spider-wet
look In their eyes.
III you took a stand on Capito
Plaza the opening day OF Congress
you wouldn't spot anybody goinE
in answering to that mythical de-
Scriptlon-but a keen eye might
detect half q dozen well-grOomeC
gentlemen who are all set TO func.
ton as, or for. bosses. You woulC
need around-the-corner vision X
actually see the men who will b
pulling the strings for most o.
them, but rest content the string!
are going to be pulled.
Roster-Take a front seat anc
get acquainted with some OF the
new members OF our National Leg.
islature who will figure important
" In the goings-on OF the next
few years. Here they are:
Joseph r. Guffey has been un-
Official democratic senator from
Pennsylvania yer since Mr.. RooSe-
welt was elected. Where before he
controlled only Pennsylvania pa
JrOnage, Guffey now steps up To
assume the proportions OF a Demo
cratic Boies Penrose In national
affairs.
"A. Harry Moore, governor OF
New Jersey, Is now senator-elect.
owes his election to that
nationally : recognized democratic
boss, Frank Hague. You will hear
many an idea OF Hague's conveyed
through Moore.
Harry 5. Truman. former judge
ana now Senator-elect from Ms
souri,. was put UP BY Boss Tom
P~rendergaSt. and PrendergaSt has
demonstrated ne controls Missouri
from one boundary line TO the
other. Boss Tom has been known
TO make a deal involving national
politics.
Michael L. Igoe. Of Chicago. new
congreSsMan-at-large from Illinois
knew his oats at the Chicago con-
vention which nominated Mr.. RooSe-
welt. only those VINO sat IN al the
closed-doOr sessions OF bosses could
say exactly now lar and wide he
can swing the state whose chief
Is the coming metropolis OF
the nation.
The cagey Arthur Mullen, demo
cratic national committeeman fol
Nebraska ana chief Roosevelt iloo-
Lieutenant III the Chicago cOnven-
ton fight, lett his lucrative Wash
ington law practice long enough *
hit Edward r. Burke from the
.oWer into the upper house.
And last, but very from from
least, one must consider Big jim
Farley, the boss OF item all. WHAT
the democratic national chairman
postmaster general says ought X
bear weight specifically With the
New York congressional delegation
and hang very heavily oyer count
less other precinctS-if he elects X
turn down the magnificent buSS
ness offer now on his desk.
Wires - Farley. Guffey. Hague
P~rendergaSt. Igoe, Mulen-there
YOU have a sixsome that can "a
through no matter how crowded
the course may be. They all got
together at the 1882 Chicago con
yention when a bit Of trading was
necessary here and there 10 head
off the Stop-Roosevelt movement
They don't always see eye 10 eye
Immediately but they can compose
their differences, as the past two
and a half years have shown. And
this doesn't call the complete roll
by any means.
Lest you be republican, don't get
indignant. The practices and habits
OF the good old days from Harding
to Hoover are simply being given
a democratic complexion and con-
GREETED as such.
III perchance the wheels should
grind loudly enough to be heard,
don't worry. III will near only that
the machinery got geared too high
momentarily In the course OF fash
a democratic organization as
~ one.
Applicants and supplicantS for
the speakership OF the house, made
vacant by Henry II. Rainey's death,
are full well aware OF the new
setup just voted IN by an admiring
p~opulace.
Rep. Joseph r.. Byrns OF Ten
neSsee. last sessions democratic
floor leader, Is In a commanding
position 10 become speaker through
traditional promotion. His lieuten-
ants claim he had 80 per cent OF
the old house membership lined up
behind him.
When the final trading starts you
will find the bosses dominantly IN
the background pulling the wires
Byrns Is forced into a position
where he must pick up the rest
OF his necessary strength vote by
vote. The bosses can get together
in one Of those famous smoke
filled rooms and rig up a solid bloC
OF votes overnight and either beat
Byrns or scare him into the house
broke condition they nequire.
Limit-CenSus Director william
L. Austin got credit for making
one OF the frankest patronage state
ments on record when ne an
nounced that the $4,000 field EN-
ployes necessary 30 take the i'm
pending agricultural census would
be hired on a basis OF COMPRESSION
al recommendations
But even this fat piece Of pie
failed to satisfy the appetites Of
some Of the hungry patronage
seekers.
Austin further announced that
the 1000 additional employees ne
cessary here In washington must
Be- taken from civil service rolls
and be further qualified with past
census experience. The Civil Ser
vice Commission has beer flooded
with requests from politicians TO
get executive orders giving their
constituents civil service status
The answer has been NO.
ONE MINUTE PULPIT
Receive my instructions. and not
and knowledge rather than
nhnana Cold AIN