Evening star., 1934-04-15

Twas called great Caesars rubber
stamp,
His bond slave, chattel, fawning
hound,
Which. when he oped his lips, dared
not to bark.
Then came the Ides Of March. The
tarpon called
, And Caesar, hasting seaward, left be-
hind
A solemn mandate to the vassal
branch.
Then uprose Mcclellan, Cutting, Nc
Carran, Smith and Walsh;
They ripped the mandate into shreds
and cast
Them to the breeze. See what q rent
| the envious
Copeland made! And this and this
y the faithful McAdoo
Not that they loved our Caesar less,
but that
They loved the Legion more.
Again the Penquins.
Following this came the last major
skit Of the evening. the Penquins. The
great French philosopher, Anatole
France, dreamed Of those regimented
people, only to suddenly awaken to
| find himself on Penguin Island sur
rounded by Penguins, existing by the
suffrance Of benevolent government.
Penguin politics, the venerable France
was informed, now consists of formu-
las which the voters no longer under
stand. The Supreme Quarterback"
who rules the people, he was told, has
the claws of q lion, the wings Of an
eagle, he looks like q mountain, vomits
fame, is bigger than George Washing
ton and is kept propitious by constant
applause. His assistants are known
as THE Team" Mr.. France evinced
interest at the political formulas.
"The main formula" he was told
''is that all ,Penguins. from the mere
fact of being Penguins. are entitled
to jobs and that their wages must be
10 per cent higher"
Higher than what? he was asked.
"Higher than that"
Their hours must be 10 per cent
lower, he was informed. "As the two
10 per cents get further and further
apart, in the end Penguins will get
paid for not working at all. We call
it social engineering"
What wonderful scheme" re-
flected France.
When any of these formulas slow
down, the Quarterback" appeals to
patriotism and, the Penguins said.
patriotism causes us lot Of trouble"
The technique of the Penguin ruler is
continual action" the philosopher
was told. 1T leaves no time for
thought"
The list Of guests at the dinner fol-
lows:
The President OF the United States
The Vice President of the United
States.
The Ambassador to Germany.
The Ambassador Of Germany.
The Ambassador Of, Union OF So
Wet Socialist Republics.
The Ambassador of Japan.
The Secretary of the Treasury.
The Secretary Of War.
The Attorney General
The Postmaster General.
The Secretary Of the Interior.
oCIACbdAy O1
The Secretary of Commerce.
The Minister of Denmark.
The Minister Of the Union of South
Africa.
Dean c. Acheson, Eugene G. Adams,
Phelps Adams, the New York Sun;
Julius Ochs Adler, the New York
Times; Newton Akin, The Sun, Bal
timore, Md; Clyde B. Aitchison. In
terstate Commerce Commission; Els
worth C. Alvord, H. Russell Amory.
Vance Armentrout, Louisville, KY;
Matthew C. Armstrong, Hampton. Va;
Robert E. Armstrong and M. H. Ayles-
worth, New York City.
Senator Nathan L. Bachman, Ten
nessee; Frank B. Baird, Buffalo, N.
Y: Charles H. Baker, Ray T. Baker,
Charles w. Barber, New York City;
Senator w. Warren Barbour, New
Jersey; Thomas S. Barclay, Stanford
University; Russell Barnes, the Detroit
News; Robert Barry, New York City;
Norman w. Baxter, Rodney Bean, the
New York Times; Uric Bell, Louisville
Courier Journal; Paul Bellamy, the
Cleveland Plain Dealer; Henry Adams
Bellows, New York City; Raymond
Benjamin, Ira E. Bennett, John J.
Bergen, New York City; Richard Ber-
lin, International Magazine, N. Y: G..
K. Bergman, The Washington Eve
ming Star; James T. Bergman, The
Washington Evening Star; H. M. Bit
ner, the Hearst Newspapers; Senator
Hugo L. Black, Alabama; Paul Block,
Paul Block Newspapers; Paul Block,
jr., New York City; John S. Blue,
Canton, Ohio; Samuel G. Blythe, Sat-
urday Evening Post; Harold Boeschen-
stein. Toledo, Ohio; John Boettiger,
the Chicago Tribune; Chester c. Boil
ton, Representative from Ohio; Jo-
seph Tyler Bowie, John MacGregor
Bowie. Spruille Braden, Riverdale,
New York; Thomas w. Brahany, Ray
mond P. Brandt, the st. Louis Post
Dispatch; Capt. Taylor Branson, Har-
old Brayman, Philadelphia Evening
Ledger; DR.. Paris E. Brengle, King
man Brewster, Mark L. Bristol, rear
admiral, U. S. N. (retire6; Ashmun
Brown, Providence Journal, George
Rothwell Brown. Washington Herald;
Harry j. Brown, Salt Lake Tribune;
Merwin H. Brown, the Buffalo Eve
ming News; Powell Browning, George
B. Bryant, jr.. the Wall Street Jour-
nal; H. E. c. Bryant, E. A. Buel. Bal
timore. Md: Walker S. Buel, Cleve-
land Plain Dealer; Gene Buck, Great
Neck, Long Island; George Buckley,
New York City: John Buckley, Hart
ford, Conn; Neil Burkinshaw. Ebert
K. Burlew. Harry c. Butcher, Ovid
Butler, American Forests Magazine;
Justice Pierce Butler, Supreme Court
Of the United States, and Representa-
tive Joseph w. Byrns, Tennessee.
Louis G. Caldwell, James M. Carson.
Miami, Fla: Turner Catledge, The
New York Times: Senator Bennett
Champ Clark, Missouri; G. Bowie
Chapman, Raymond Clapper, The
Washington Post; Edward T. Clark,
Edward B. Clark, Representative John
J. Cochran, Missouri; Negley D. Coch-