The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1935-09-27
Wings
OVER
.washingt'n

ing music lately.
With all the zeal of u;n5
snake charmer, the hi0w;o e n II
goVernment-Messrs. Roosevelt
Hull and MOrgenthau have all hoa,'
busy turning out reams of notos
washington and Hyde PARK. II
seems are writing lovely I;ttio
epistles with all the ardor of 10
year-Old Johnny Smith. fallen y
love with that blonde little G;rl ~
the tniro desk in the front row.
The first group in the series
which has been keeping Washing
ton scribes occupied even bafoSe
congress adjourned in a blaze of
glory and a spell of humid heat
was the exchange of bon mots with
the Nazi government over the Bre-
men affair back in July. At that
time Sec. of State Hull Gained the
aroused feelings of the German fas-
clsts with tender note which said
nothing very vigorously and no.
thing very soft. It was a minor
keyed note.
Then Of course came the widely
publicized exchange of cOurtasv
cards-if such they NAV he cali.
ed-with the Soviet Union. No
longer dealing with the fascist
agents of big business, suave Mr..
Hull became quite Infatuated a.
bout the red menace in general
and the congress of the Commu-
mist International in particular.
Here were no soft words. no dipIo
matte beatings around the bush
but an OutspOken most emphatic"
demand for action. The govern
ment of the Soviet Union, of
course, replied that it doesn't con-
troll tie COmintern. The answer in
furiated Hull even mOre-but for
once he produced no note. In
stead, statement to the press was
handed Out-and the matter seems
dropped for the time being. This
song was written for big, bold,
bass voices.
Third in the series was the note
from the Roosevelt clan, steaming
clans and signing bills on the
banks of the Hudson, to the re.
mains of the Long clan of Louisi.
ana. That note has not-and un
doubtedly will not-be made pub
lie. The relations between F. D. R
and the Kingfsh were SO cordia
so pleasant, So idyllic, that thu
condolence message sent by tn
chief executive to the widow of hi
most bitter opponent in the 1873
election must have been touching
indeed. In all probability it resem
bled that acting bit by Katherin
Hepburn in New York show
year or two ago. At that time Dor
othy Parker, who is not far fror
being the leading purveyor Of cat
ty remarks in these AZ states, sal
little Kate "ran the whole gamu
of human emotions from A to B.
Franklin Delano, of course, is a
shrewd a politician and as lucky
one as Washington has seen
many a year, and Huey's diatrih
and filibuster which held up Ii
social security appropriations di
the President not a bit of harm
But now Huev lies peacefully III
der the sod of the Louisiana stat
capitol, and it begins to look {
though Roosevelt's luck is myst
cal in quality. That condolen'
note must have been full of Roos
: veltian tears-of joy.
Right IN the midst of the LOl
} episode came another note fro
4. Absolute AdOlph of Berlin. I
, trouble this time, it developed, "
the nasty, nasty sermon Mag
trate BrOdsky of New York deli
cred when he freed FIVE of the s
men arrested at the Bremen de-
OnstratiOn. BrOdsky is Jewish, a
the Jews haven't been treated gu
like fair haired boys in the hi
Reich. Therefore. BrOdsky's CO.
parisOn of the swastika with t
, black flag Of piracy was sOmewf
u to be expected, and so was the !
n mediate note from Germany. 5
! Hull referred it to Gov. Lehman
New York and he referred ii
somebody else and maybe sOme6
o something will come of it
e that's all very doubtful: 1t see
:, to be Just another tremulOus NJ
! helping to point out to those de
l, ed people who think that all
l. quiet on the Western front, Il
maybe international relations a
MT as cordial as they might be
n Meanwhile Morgenthau has b.
= able to peddle> off another half
III lion dollars of promissory notes
n the boys who run the banking S
IN tenn.
n The administration continues
be the lucky dog on American !
itics.
= No other administration CO
acclaim the upturn of profits
D. new stock market boom and
o. men to work at $19 a month
j. get away with the claim of BE-
the friend of the Forgotten N
II must he n goft.