The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-30
WASHINGTON
DAYBOOK
By JACK STINNETT

WASHINGTON, April 29.-Capital barber
shop:
Barber: Coed afternoon, Senator. Looks
like springs here.
Senator: May be. Leave it long. Got to 60
back home and make a speech next week.
Don't want the folks to thing I'm trying to be
another political glamour boy.
Representative from next chair): Heb, heb.
HoWya, Senator. What you got against glamour
boys?
Sem: Not a thing, not a thing. But one in
the hmelight in each party is enough.
Barber: You mean McNutt and Dewey?
Sem: Know anyone else who could wear that
shoe?
Barber: Well, I guess .
Rep: Say, what a race for the ladies that
would be-McNutt VS.. Dewey. Any chance of
such a thing happening, Senator? How about a
little roundup on the way you see things now.
What happened to that so-called Roosevelt
Farley split? How about Taft lodging Dewey
in Maryland? How about
Sem: Whoa. One thing at a time. Congress-
man. There's always a chance of anything
happening in politics. You know that. McNutt' S
still in the running. If he comes out of that
Indiana business with his boots shined and
no mud on his britches, he'll be somebody to
figure with. The boys who are really practical
ABOUT lQlS lllllS, mink a MCINuII-t dfley TICKET
would be the biggest vote-getter the Demo
Gratis could put in the field-that is, if, of
course, FDR steps down.
Rep: But would Farley take .
Sen: Not only would, but will. l don't care
what Jim says, I'll bet a hat that's not in the
ring he's playing for second place. Why, way
back there months ago, when he made a
junket to the west coast and talked to old
political cronies along the line, they told him.
l know that. And he's too smart not to know
they know what they're talking about. What
Jim's counting on is staying in politics and
in front line of the Democratic party no
matter what the Chief does. That's the reason
you can take that Roosevelt Farley split with
a couple of pinches of salt. Why, if FDR keeps
his hand on the helm as firmly as it is there
now, Jim would be walking the political plank
with his eyes open if he broke with the Chief.
Don't think he doesn't know that, too.
Rep: But where would Farley fit in with
Hull?
Sem: Maybe he wouldn't but I thing that's
Jlm's favorite fit the combination he'd
like best. In that Boston speech the other day,
didn't Jim get him a foreign policy and a
good strong one but did it clash with
Hull's? 1t did not. And by the by, wind is
blowing Hullward again. Haven't you noticed
Rep: Yeah, I have. But how about Dewey
and Taft and Maryland?
Sen: Well. the Maryland dodge could have
hurt Taft, but l don't think it did. People
take too little interest in primaries, or Dewey's
men didn't get their publicity rolling or some
thing. l dunno. IS for Dewey, he's riding high.
That's plain. But the whole history of pri-
maries since the law was passed is that horses
that run ahead in the primaries generally get
Winded before the home stretch. Those prac-
teal politicians again say the best Republican
vote-getter would be a Vandenberg-DeWey
ticket and even politicians who aren't practi-
cal will admit that would be a hard one to
beat.
Rep: But hasn't Vandenberg been hurt
by ...
Sen: Hurt, yes. But great guns, man, the
conventions still weeks and weeks off. The
only thing you can be sure about now is that
Roosevelt is in the saddle. Never heard of
anybody ever having his party so completely
in control this far ahead of convention-time.
Anything he wants at that convention, he can
have. But I'll let you in on a little something:
He's o going to run again. Go the Bar
ber) Ye gods, man, what you putting on my
hair? You trying to ruin my career!'