Imperial Valley press., 1937-01-07
News Behind the News
Burning the Hatchet :. All Because
of the Election The AdminlStrd-
ton is Willing.
Thank you please.

ASHINGTON.-Senator Royal b Copelana
of New York has said that he would be gIaa
To hurv the hatchet with the administration,
election results apparently having suggested to
him that the New Deal enjoys certain popu-
larity. , -.
hatchet too The burial rites if possible, will
be performed in the region of the senator's neck
COPELAND somewhat after the manner OF Holt,
took a walk in the last campaign thou2n hs
didn't walk as far as Al Smith After few haro
slams at the administration before Tamanys
l5Oth celebration and refusal to be delegate
to the Philadelphia convention, he took hlnSeii
off to the Holy Land. subsequently ne endeareo
himself to the State Department by demand
ing that it protest the way Great Britain was
handling affairs in Palestine.
Mrs Copeland made at least one Republican
speech. promising that several members Oh nsr
family would vote Republican-without men
tioning her husband.
The senator is chairman of the Senate Com
merce Committee which handles merchant
marine legislation, but there's some doubt whe-
ther he will be as vocal in the shipping feld
as in the past A few newspapers recently pub
lshed excerpts from correspondence indicating
that the senator had asked for free passes on
steamship line to Bermuda.
The correspondence showed that Copeland
had obtained or had been asked TO do obtain GER
tain favors for the y; Lnson line and that later
the lines representative in Washington had
written c. w. Munson to the effect that Cope
land had indicated a desire To ldke IIIp "
Bermuda with Mrs. Copeland. It appeared that
the representative had assured the senator Of
the courtesy of the line feeling sure that Mr..
Frank c. Munson would do this, in view OF the
very valuable assistance we--have recently re-
ceived from the senator as4-.-p...
Frank Munson wrote a fdW days later that
Senator Copeland would prefer tickets rather
than passes and I am glad TO- enclose them IN
his favor -
When questioned. Copeland said he didn't
recall the correspondence. -z's.---..-.-
Last year Senator Copeland sponsored mer-
chant marine bill which was licked after oelng
attacked as opening the Treasury to IAN un-
limited raid by private shipbaiiaefs and private
shipping operators.
ST Louis newspapers recently charged that
he had used his poStion-he is also an M. D.
to propagandize there against the y. s. standard
milk ordinance drawn up for municipalities by
the u s. Public Health Service as providing
safe standards of milk sanitation and opposed
in St Louis by the big dairy companies.
Elsewhere the senator has been charged with
going into secret huddles with patent medicine
manufacturers to revise the already weakened
food and drug bill which ne sponsored. But, IN
his favor some Of the moSt-raolcal advocates
Of strong food and drug law insist that Cope
land worked hard and honestly for their cause
All Of which is not to suggest that Senator
Copeland is or is not much and unJuStIy aouS-
ed man. But in case any of you ever develop
ambitions 10 be U. S. senator, you can realize
how hard life it can get to be-free trips to
Bermuda not.