The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-10-05
Washington
Merry-Go-
Round
BY DREW PEARSON and
ROBERT ). ALLEN

hCDA-hA =. ALIEN
NTAsHINGTON. Oct. 5.-sona-
w tor Borah has determined on
definite strategy in the contest for
the Republican presidential nomi-
nation. He will get himself ap-
pointed chairman Of the Idaho
delegation, then make the speech
Of his life before the resolutions
committee, thereby draw up the
Republican national platform.
He confdes to friends that he
doesn't care about the nomination
himself. but is determined TO die
tate both the platform ard the type
Of liberal the nominee shall be. HIS
aim IS to write the Republican
platform or else tear It to pieces"
. Mayor LaGuarida Of New York
IS worried about Negro riots against
Harlem Italians because Of ETHIOPIA.
The night of the Baer-LeWis fight
he sent an undercOvcr commission
TO watch Negro feeling in Harlem.
II reported the Negro ba.tle-crv
was: Tonight we get BaCr. Next
MusSohnl!" Reason for the
referees ultra-strict admoniuon
against low punches in the Baer-
Louis match was the fear Joe Louis
would be disqualified on a foul,
causing Harlem riots against the
Jews. J. Edgar Hoover must
subscribe to a clipping service or
else have his G-men carefully scan
the papers. Whenever a friendly
story is printed about him the editor
gets a letter Of thanks from J.
Edgar.
TINE whisky, gas, ice and milk
L industries are in dither over
an undercover tip that Prof. Wal
ton H. Hamilton. NRA Consumers
Adviser, has sent sharply critical
reports to the President regarding
their trade practices. The produc-
ers, recalling the whitening NRA re-
port on the auto industry. are wor-
ried over possible publication of the
Hamilton reports.
Roosevelt friends on his trans
continental train considered it sig
nificant that the deeper he got into
the farm belt, the more cordial be-
came his receptions. Also that Mrs.
Roosevelt received much more APP
plauSe than in the East o.. RoOSe-
velt's big navy procurement was
rushed from the Presidential train
in order to take the front page play
away from the Snub given Roosevelt
by Gov. Ruby Laffoon and his
Kentucky faction. Steve Early. the
presidential press secretary, went
down the aisle of the newspaper
mems car making sure that they
realized the Importance of the
naval statement. In order to get
the special Boulder Dam stamp
completed in time for the PreSi-
dents appearance at the great
power project, Edward NJ. Hall, 73-
year-old Bureau of Engraving
craftsman, aided by Carl T. Art,
another expert, rushed through in
one week engraving that ordinarily
requires one month.
/ CECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE
- WALLACE has vivid memories
of Herbert Hoover, when the latter.
then Secretary of Commerce, spiked
the farm reform measures of Wal
lace'S father. then Secretary of Ag-
riculture It is Wallace's private
conviction that disappointment over
failure of these measures caused
his fathers death.
In 1888 Wallace told friends: The
job killed my father and it may Kill
me, but I'll take it, Funsters
aboard the Houston are telling the
President that whatever fishing luck
he may have, he is sure to bring
home trout. A radio expert on
! board is named Trout. While
the potato act is making all the
smoke these days, the AAA is quiet
~ preparing to put another COM
modify under its control. In this
case, the program Will not reduce
production, but increase it. The
commodity is faxseed. of which the
United States produces less than
the domestic requirement.
Not to be outdone by his fellow
diplomats, DR.. Enrique Bordenave,
Paraguayan Minister, is setting out
shortly on a tour Of southern states.
He wants to see the difference beI
tween cotton growing in this coun4
try and in Paraguay. . The pri-
vate life Of Steve Early, secretary 10
the President, is suggested in the
row of four pictures standing on a
desk in his White House office. They
all depict wild ducks in black
SWarms rising from the water.
The British embassy in Washington
has a third secretary named Philip
Broad and a first secretary named
Philip Broadmead. Federal sta
tisticians find that five farms have
automobiles, and three have tele-
phones for every one that has cleo
tricity.
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