The Washington times., 1936-07-02
NOW
Coolidge out
Says Barber
ZIONCHECK-ING
By HELEN ESSARY

Coolidge is going 10 run again
All they can discover is that Mr.
Coolidge hasn't made up his mind
yet.
But at the Capitol barber shop
one of the old BARRIERS says
firmly:
"De Senatuh amt comm
back. All tells you fO' suah.
Howzit happin' an know?
Listen. When the Senatuh left
the Capitol the day Congress
finished up, he took his own
Shawn mug and brush with
i'm"
According to the BARRIERS and
the bootblacks who know the
habits of the congressional gen
tlemen, taking a mug and brush
away from the Capitol is an I'm.
failing sign that a Senator is
through. For year after year,
term after term, each Senator
keeps his own mug and brush in
the Capitol barber shop if he
means to come back.
Now that KitSap and King
counties out in Washington State
are about to receive their hero,
Marion A. Zioncheck, into tn e
family fold, it may be of inter.
est to learn what they think of
the hometown boy who made
good on the front page. A friend
from Seattle has sent me these
local opinions.
A motorman on the street car {:
"That's what happens W h n
you send one of them darn rad
icalS to Congress. The people
of Seattle should have known
that a guy with such balmy,
hair-brained ideas was bound
for the BOBBY hatch"
A big longshoreman on the
docks:
"MariOn's all right. l don't
care what they say. He votes
for the common people"
A nice old lady:
81 think it's a shame the way
the newspapers are writing
about that poor young man."
A blond waitress:
81 think ZiOncheck's cute.
We'd be better off if all those
old Congressman were as poppy
and as gOOd-lOOking as &c is.
He's my idea of a real law
maker. bet he'd be swell
date"
Lawyer:
This will give the thinking
people of the community an ex.
cellent opportunity to retire
Mr.. ZiOncheck to private life.'
Business man:
"ZiOncheck'S a New Dealer.
All the New Dealers are gOOfy."
Lumberjack:
"ShOw me Congressman
with a better voting record
than ZiOncheck."
Night club singer:
ooh, I think ZiOncheck Is
grand. He's getting the minds
Of the people off their troubles"
Physician:
"The conduct of Mr.. Zion
check is a disgrace to the ma
ton"
Newspaper reporter:
"Greatest publicity stunt since
Mrs. OLeary's COW burned down
Chicago"
Billiard-playing gentleman:
"ZiOncheck does less harm
than those other nuts in Wash
ingtOn. At least, he's been out
of town when they voted"
Farmer:
IT disapprOve of Mr.. Zion
checks conduct, but he is sup
porting the Frazier-Lemke farm
bill and consider that more
important than his personal af-
fairs"
81 Prominent Republican:
"This District will be repre-
sented by a prominent Republi-
can next year."
University of washington ath
lete:
"When that dummy was
thrown into the lake eight years
ago they should have let him
sink"
The General Himself:
A few days ago I remarked in
notes from the Philadelphia con
vention that the rumor that Hugh
s. johnson wrote the keynote
speech of Senator Alben S. Bark
ley was certainly untrue.
This morning comes letter
written in longhand in small neat
penmanship inscribed by the gen
eral himself. The letter is datec
the st. Regis, New York city.
1t begins:
Dear Helen:
I've never met the general. But
It is agreeable to be addressed as
an old friend. He goes on:
Someone has told me of a
Squib in your column about
rumor that 1 had written some
of Senator Barkley's speech.
"YOu were perfectly right in
suggesting that the rumOr was
untrue. Nobody ever writes
Senator Barkley'S speeches but
Mr.. Barley. Of course, the
rumOr is absurd.
II did, however, make small
suggestions as to things hat
might be covered. Some of
which were accepted and some
not"