The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-10-12
Washington
Merry-Go-
Round
By DREW PEARSON and
ROBERT :. ALLEN

ROBERT s. ALLEN
XXTASHINGTON. Oct. 12-Sena-
w tor Borah is planning a
speech which will take the hide of
Herbert Hoover. He is convinced
that Hoover is one Of the greatest
obstacles to ProgreSSivism within the
Republican Party. Father
Coughlin has given definite assur-
ances to Borah that he will sup
port him for the presidency.
This. together with the recent fir
tation between Borah and Town
send. makes the Idaho Senator the
most potent contender the G. o. p.
has. President Roosevelt recent
~ received an Indian luck charm
from a British Army officer who
wrote that its mate was in the pos
session of Queen Mary. The State
Department. is returning the gift.
said. in effect: The President is
not permitted by law to receive gifts
from foreign sources. even if its
counterpart does bring luck to
Queen Mary"
I'M FARLEY is in a unique posi-
~ ton to gauge the reaction Jouett
Shouse gets from his Liberty League
radio broadcasts against the New
Deal. He can simply count the
mail Jouett receives. After one re-
cent broadcast, Jouett got a mere
handful of letters. Nevertheless,
general business of the Liberty
League is booming 1t has just add
ed new suite of rooms in the Ma
tional Press Building. Office
space in Washington has become
so scarce that the newly appointed
BituminouS Coal Board had to set
up temporary headquarters in a
hotel. The Navy Day stamp.
due from the presses by Oct. 81.
has Big jim Farley on the horns
of dilemma. Irish partiSans are
urging that the picture Of John
Barry be put on the special stamp
as the Father of the United States
Navy. Holly opposed to this are
SCotchmen who insist that the
honor belongs to John Paul Jones.
Jim has tried to pass the buck to
the Navy Department The
election of Iowa's j. Raymond Muir
ply as National Commander of the
American Legion means a big
shake-up in personnel of headquar-
tiers staff at indianapolis.
MRS. ROOSEVELT has been
Iva counseling with close friends
regarding the widespread criticism
about her public activities. She is
much concerned over the volume Of
the unfavorable comment and is
asking her intimates what she
should do-diSregard it or retire
from the limelight. The razzing
received by Rep. Wright Patman ct
the American Legion convention was
the only mauling he was subjected
to by the veterans. The day before,
at the conclave of the 40 and 8, he
was given the silent treatment"
when he rose to talk. &. Although
Congress is in adjournment. from
dome to Sub-baSement, is being Ov-
erhauled and refurnished. The
august Supreme Court is consid-
ering employing a press relations
assistant. For the first time in his
tory, the Courts new building has
several press rooms, but the CORE
spondents are urging special at
tache to act as liaison man between
them and the justices. -. Among
those who wrote to Miss Mary
O'Reilly, assistant mint director,
congratulating her on the Presi-
dents order extending her tenure
of duty. was Ogden L. Mills, Hoo
ver's Secretary of the Treasury.
NNE thing to be remembered
" about the Italian march into
Ethiopia is that Aduwa is not in the
mountains but at the foot of them.
When the Italians really get in to
the mountains their trouble begins.
American military experts es-
innate that MuSsolini may be able
to take Adds Ababa in relatively
short time, but it Will take two or
three years actually to subdue the
country. The estimate is based on
the French campaigns in Syria and
the Riff and the Spanish cam
paignS in Morocco. The State
Department has been seriously
handicapped in getting accurate
news from the Ethiopian front.
News from the American Legation
depends almost entirely upon EN-
peror Halle Selassie. and he in turn
depends upon tom-tons and signal
fires. There is no telegraph or ra-
dio connection with the Ethiopian
armies. News from the Italian
front has been heavily censored.
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