The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1936-05-29
Washington
SCENE
By LEN DE CAUx


!. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Now that hot weather pervade,
: the scene with its sticky clothine
and dreams of long, tall, COO
drinks, political gossip seems to be
the order of the day.
One of the events causing the
greatest racuous humor is the adj
dltion of Bruce Barton to the staff
beng collected by the Republican
national committee, Barton, old
timers will recall, is the gentleman
VINO wrote the book called "The
Man Nobody Knows" The book
contained the, startling revelation
that Jesus Christ was in reality a
man with the ethics of big bust
ness: Head of the prominent adj
vertlslng firm of Barton. Baton,
Drustine, and Osbone, Bruce Bar
ton concocted his book to show
that advertising pays and that
christianity would be a much more
successful religion, on the whole.
had the crucifixion been better
Dallyhooed and had the resurrec-
ton been conducted bv an adver-
Using firm of the quality and cal
lber of Barton, Baton, Drustine
and Osborne.
Now MIR. Barton is trying to get
the Republican national committee
to succeed where Christ failed and
make Republicanism the RELIGION
OF the country, at least until after +!
November elections. His appoint |
ment led one wag of the Demo |
cratic committee to propose as a |
slogan for the Republican candi-
date The Nomination Nobody /
Wants Held by the Man Nobodv /
Knows Sponsored by the Author
OF the Book Nobody Reads"
Mr.: Barton's first effort, follow
ing the dubious success Of the COP
Draln trust in making dog food q |,
campaign issue, has been to press
Tor musical broadcast from the Re-
publican national convention in
cleveland on June 8. It is his s1o-
sestion that the tedium of speech
es charging the New Deal with
unAmerlcan" doctrines which he
expects, be relieved bv choirs 3
singing the national songs of the
various races making I'M the
United States.
Thus it is to be presumed that :
%nen a speaker finishes talking
ABOUT the communistic Russian
acelcS OF the New Deal a Russian
nor VIII sing the International III
n tnls way persons who listened
Q the speech will have the fI1II =
lorror.. of the situation imnress sod T
Ipon them while others lust tnnino- !,
Z VIII be impressed with the lib. Il
rallty and tolerance of the Re- n y
Similar mention of the Liberty b
1eague will call for DeutchlanS r,
loer Allies or GiovanettzaMfbo nj
.@uan narlonal anthem-makinp v,
~! -:i1 that the Germans and italians OF
Ill vote Republican on Noven1baT u
Negro groups are to be wooed :
eS@nMIaDly by a Negro choir sine?
u Old Man Riverg or Old RIseL .
De. Scandinavians will have ois fSa c
mess of the Republican na, y+l I
into them bv besTfnSg
= groups singing fro,595
lie convention. 'k Aroil
Mr. Barton is not presuminO
,urse, that the flattery to maize % 4
to1ps in the United States AT ss'; ;,,,s
lea ,'s1 IN the singing of their NATIVE I've
~ mgs at the; Republican co r,,Is,se
"a, is the only or most ef 5,sc f Gr
peal TIE party will have for s H.
U.S. Others are not So sure ire ''ie
, another hot weather tonic = T
Ter the adjournment ~ go ero,e TIP d,
the President. y congress, "a
According to tentative so,, L
3 ). Drawn the President nls sci,ea-
q To- canada on June 8 as : o,,o 70
. 'ne Governor- General ef guest C -
T. !, Although the CovernUoa,- S e
y OF Canada is now Tv0e en-.
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