Evening star., 1940-01-29

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" agents-beg par
Charles G. Ross. don, counselors
and associates-ply their calling in
the old familiar ways.
Let's have look at the offering.
Here's a mineographed sheet from
the office of Senator Styles Bridges.
Senator Bridges is from New Hamp-
shire and is running for the Re-
publican nomination for President.
One Of his associates sends along
a copy of letter he has written
to Chairman Hamilton of the Re-
publican National Committee pro-
posing that the next G. o. P. con-
vention be "streamlined."
Further reading discloses that
under the Bridges plan each candi-
date, whether presidential or vice
presidential, would be invited to ad-
dress the convention for specified
period. A candidate" would be
defined as any one whose name had
been presented to the convention.
So Senator Bridges would be GER
tain to be invited to make speech
to the convention.
Under Senator's Frank.
The Bridges contribution to the
national welfare Is sent out under
the Senator's frank. In the upper
left hand corner the envelope bears
the inscription: United States Sem
subcommittee on Appropriations
Free"
Tut, tut, Mr.. Bargeron!
AS an associate of Senator Bridges
tell him to see that the little mat
ter of stamps is not overlooked the
next time his Office uses the mails
for a communication on party busi-
ness. The law says that the frank
ing privilege of a member of Con-
gress shall be restricted to official
Of departmental business" All other
considerations aside, Senator Bridges
shouldn't be made to swell the ma
tional debt with his championship
of a "streamlined" convention.
/ When you come right down to it,
Mr.. Bargeron, this is what some
body has made him do, and you can
imagine what Charlie Nicholson Is
going to say if Senator Bridges be-
comes the nominee.
Nicholson Still Has Touch.
Speaking of Mr.. Nicholson, here's
his regular piece, "Dispelling the
Fog" from the Democratic National
Committee. The hand that did SO
much to grease the skids for Hoover
has not lost its cunning. All that
Mr.. Nicholson can see emanating
from the Republican candidates Is
eight months more of generalities,
platitudes and composites. It's
happy circumstance for the gifted
director of Democratic publicity that
he doesn't have to try TO dispel the
fog around the third-term question.
Has Mr.. Nicholson, one wonders,
begun to think up arguments for
third term?
With competing contribution
from the Republican National Com
mittee comes a reprint of editorials
against the third term in the Cleve-
land Plain Dealer and the Louis
vile Courier Both these
papers are described as Democratic.
Now if the Republicans think, as
great many profess to think, that
Roosevelt would be the easiest can
didate for them to beat, why should
the Republican committee be send
ing out this anti-third-term mate
rial7 Shouldn't 1t, rather, in the
interest of the G. 0. P, be doing
what it can to egg on the third
termers?
1t is at least possible that among
the Republicans there is greater fear
of Roosevelt, as candidate, than
they profess They seem to be
taking out little insurance.
Tinkham Is a Regular.
Another reach into the pile of
releases" and out comes a state
ment by George Holden Tinkham,
Representative from Massachu-
sets. He is an old Monday-release
friend, and the words have a ia
miliar ring. The United States
is slowly but surely treading the
road to war in Europe and in Asia"
Mr.. Tinkham is not speaking under
the aegis of any organization; he
is simply accommodating the press
with his personal views on an in
teresting topic.
Here's pamphlet with the invi-
tation to Meet Thomas E. Dewey"
Here's an "open letter" in which
Frank Gannett sets out the Meth
ods to Insure Republican Vic
tory" Here's a handsomely printed
brochure on the career and views
of Mr.. Gannett, THE Man Who
Stopped the New Dealers" Here's
a broadside about Mr.. Gannett, tell
ing us in the headline to Keep
U. S. Out Of European Conflict and
Restore Prosperity Here" Here's
a speech by Styles Bridges on how
to solve the farm problem.
The Chamber of Commerce Of the
United States Is represented with
statement from its Committee on
Manufactures urging the repeal Of
the wage and hour law. It will not
be repealed.
With peculiar appropriateness the
Treasury releases for Monday an
elaborate analysis of the national
debt.
The pile is deep and the content
varied. But there is one great lack.
Representative Bloom is not here.
miss his eager publicizing Of
George Washington.
Death Toll Is Reduced