Evening star., 1939-12-15

proved 1t out In
Indiana. 1gy
ed, you mean"
"And Roose- Charles G. Ross.
welt has got him in this social secur-
ity groove, got him hog-tied, 80 he'll
have to stay liberal. McNutt's an En-.
lightened opportunist."
Leave of the adjective"
Furthermore, he's . great ad-
ministrator, and what this country
needs Is a Job Of sound administra-
ton"
Changes Framed.
"1t's not q question of what the
country needs. We were talking
about who would get the Democratic
nomination. You've changed the
frame of reference"
1.-THE what?"
"The frame Of reference"
whats that? 1t sounds like
something from Frankfurter opin-
ion."
well, 1t might be. It means
er-it means-You know, it's an ex-
preston the columnists use. As I
was saying, the point Is whether or
not F. D. r. will give Paul Venus
the nod
Paul Venus? That's . mean
crack: sounds like something Alice
Longworth might have said You
heard what she said about Dorothy
Thompson"
ut was Genevieve Clark Thomson,
BENEFITS sister, who said that.
Pretty good, I thought. Who's Alice
for, by the way?'
She's for Bob Taft. Favorite-
son-of-O Ohio stuff. That lines her up
against her friend, Ruth Hanna Nc
Cormick Simms. who's joined the
Dewey Brains Trust"
Speaking Of Dewey, did you hear
what Ken Simpson, the Republican
New York national committeeman,
said about the boy wonders speech
at Minneapolis"
well Mr.. Bones. what did Ken
Simpson say about his friend Toms
speech?"
"He said 1t was the best money
could buy"
Now take McNutt. He made a
fine speech at the Gridiron Club
dinner the other night"
Quotes From Speech.
Il heard it was a rotten speech"
mo. it was a swell speech"
What did he say?"
- - - -
$50 that was it? I still think it
was spinach"
you don't seem willing to give
him credit for anything"
Don't need to. He attends to
that himself"
"As I was saying when you went
highbrow, McNutt's q strong man.
That's point No. /. Point No. 2 is
he's on the liberal track. You get to
him by a process of elimination"
And they'll get rid of him by
the same process. A fellow high up
in the New Deal was telling me the
other day"
Il know. I know I've heard all
about the Hoosier Hitler and the
per cent clubs. Now when it comes
to the per cent business, it's lot
better, I say, to take the money in
little bits from the Office holders
than to get 1t from the fat cats"
who's theoretical now? That :
per cent thing is bad medicine, like
the relief row out in Ohio for Gov.
Bricker."
Eyes, that was bad for Bricker.
They tell me some Of the big boys
were getting things lined up for
Bricker. He's q dead one now"
Il wouldn't 60 that far. Remem-
ber that Harding came out Of Ohio.
wouldn't say that Bricker Is as
dead q candidate as McNutt is"
Process Of Elimination Again.
"There you 60 again! Now, take
McNutt. Roosevelt's going to be for
him because McNutt's the only man
who even looks like New Dealer
that Roosevelt can put across. The
other fellows will be for him because
they know he won't 60 too far. Both
sides can rationaliZe him. He's
natural. You arrive at him by the
simple process Of"
"EliminatiOn?"
Precisely. He's q great ,adminis-
traitor, he's strong man but not
too strong, he's got political it, he's
q middle of the -roader, steers clear
Of the bitches on either side. That
v stands for victory. Better come
on in."
Think I'll wait and see whether
he runs into any bitches on the way
to the nomination. Remember
Lowden and the Gold Dust Twins,
back In 1920. Remember"
eyes. yes. But Pauls got it in the
bag. The No. man will be for him
100 per cent and Jim Farley"
Whats that about per cent?"
II said Roosevelt, when the time
comes, will be for him 100 per cent.
He won't be for Hull, or Garner, or
Wheeler, or anybody else you want
to name. But take McNutt-"
"You take him .. I was
thinkip0 of Q nor rent -