The Indianapolis times., 1935-11-05
Washington
Merry-Go-
Round
BY DREW PEARSON and
ROBERT S. ALLEN.

hODEh1 -. ALLEN.
NTASHINGTON, Nov. 5.-ThoSe
w in the State, War and Navy
Departments who scan every word
in the hundreds OF confidential ca
bles received daily from the Euro
pean front say that the prospects for
peace or war swing back and forth
like a pendulum.
The latest swing is to the gloomy
side.
The French, who had been hold
ing the British back. now seem more
willing to unsnap the leash.
This again may change over
night. For the man responsible for
this pro-British swing is Premier
Laval. Public opinion in France Is
just the opposite And it is posi-
BILE that Laval may be unseated
within the month.
Laval's swing toward the British
Is extremely significant. 1t is the
result of ardent acknowledgements
dickering between Paris and Lon
don.
What the French premier has
been pounding home to his would
be allies across the channel is the
absolute necessity of British sup
port for France against Germany.
The Rhine runs as far as the
Nile" is what Laval has emphasized.
He has said that If France gets
British help along the Rhineland,
Britain can get French help in the
Mediterranean.
AT first the British were hesi-
tant. Later reports, however, indi-
cate they have yielded.
That is the Interpretation placed
upon the recent meeting Of French
and British general staffs. On those
extremely rare occasions when the
two high commands sit down to-
gether, they do not play marbles.
NEW DEAL enemies havs
~ screened a special propaganda
film to expose Roosevelt's attitude
on the Constitution.
1t is called The Sentinel and
| consists Of a conglomeration OF
shots from newsreels and film
libraries. 1t charts the Constitution
from its signing down to the pres
ent day.
Sound effects consist chiefly OF
administration comment. The
League for UNFOLDING the Cons
| tuition" which ordered the film,
| stage the first showing this mo
in Baltimore. !
TTARRY BAGAN, 250-pound
L Cambridge (Mass) policeman
and president of the Fat Mems
Club of New England, is motoring to
Washington this week to lunch at
the White House.
Reason is that Bagan, long a fa-
miliar figure around Harvard
Square, has become father confess
sor to Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr.,
now Harvard Junior.
Rotund Officer Bagan has taken
Franklin under his wing to steer
him through his all too numerous
driving violations. In fact it was
Mr.. Bagan who advised Franklin in
his latest brush with the law, when
he was sued by Maiden (Mass)
necktie manufacturer for $1,000 after
his car collided with Franklin's at
o'clock one morning.
The case was heard in the Maiden
civil court by Judge Emma Fall
Schofield, who reserved decision but
said she would make up her mind
within 10 days.
lTHE Administration is keeping
l. an eye on one election today
the wet and dry vote in Kentucky,
home of the nations biggest dis
tilling industry.
During prohibition days, Ken
lucky was made dry by constitu-
tional amendment, always difficult
to change. Rather than try to
change it after repeal, Kentucky
lawmakers put through bill where
by any one can walk into a saloon
and prescribe" for himself what
ever drink he wants.
Naturally this ran afoul OF the /,
drys, who are testing the constitu-
tionality of the act in the Ken
lucky Supreme Court, where it Is
almost certain to be found uncon-
stitutional.
The Supreme Court, however, has
withheld it's decision until after the
vote today.
|
iTHOUGH Congresswoman Vir-
l. ginia Jenckes is In Terre
Haute, Ind, another Virginia
Jenckes occupies her Office in WASH
ington. She is the Congresswom-
ans daughter, who keeps staff Of
four busy full time.
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