Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-19

the paper and she ses Joe do
YOU know that a fellow in the
Congress in Washington gets
ten thousand dollars a year
salary? I ses yes 1 guess he
does Ethel but what Of It? l
ses that don't seem too much
for a guy who has to take all
those headaches. She ses DO
you know he can put his wife
on the payroll as his secretary
and give her q good salary too2
I SEES yes ! believe / have
heard that Ethel and she ses
well do you know that he can
also put his son and his daugh-
ter in jobs that pay very nice?
ses now look Ethel. l ses
what is all this leading UP toP
She ses 1t is not leading up TO
anything. I am just asking you
II you know these things be-
cause I have read them IN the
paper and never heard OF them
before and now 1 went 70 ask
you another question. / ses well
Ethel make 1t an easy one will
you because I don't feel much
like arguing tonight. She seS
there isn't going to be any
arguing but We elect the fellows
to the Congress don't we?
I SEES sure We do II they are
good Democrats. She Ses We
elect them because we like them
don't we? ses we'll Ethel 1 guess
its really mostly hecanSe
Sweeney the leader likes Them
but your general idea is all right.
/ ses anyway let's say we elect
them because We like them and
you 90 ahead with your story.
Ethel ses we'll We don't elect
their families to anything with
them do we? SEES Of course not
and she seS but isn't it the same
thing as electing them when
they get all those nice Jobs?
1 SES we'll Ethel l suppose
when a guy gets hold OF a good
thing he likes 20 cut his family
in on II and Ethel ses Joe but
that isn't justice to lot OF
other people who could use those
jobs and besides maybe IL those
fellows told us in advance that
they were going 10 give their
families the Jobs we wouldn't
elect them. Maybe we
wouldn't like their families es-
peciallY their wives. / seS Ethel
! don't think / quite follow you
and she ses well Joe suppose
Dink Doyle was trying 10 get
himself elected TO the Congress
and came around asking us to
vote for him?
SES all right we will suppose
II but I don't think Dink Doyle
knows enough 20 get himself
elected dog catcher. ses he
is a nice guy but that lets him
out. Ethel seS yes but you would
vote for him IL he asked you
wouldn't your I ses well ! guess
l would Ethel because he is
really a nice guy even II he Is
two pounds lighter than a bag
. Of wind. She ses we'll would you
vote for his wife Berry, for nice
iobp ses Ethel you know
very well I wouldn't vote for
her for anything except a dose
of poison. I ses that's the mean
est dame in Brooklyn and the
way she treats Dink is shame.
ETHEL SEES yes everybody
knows that Joe and 1 ses any
way she wouldn't be running
for anything would she2 Ethel
ses well you know If Dink got
elected to something where he
could give her q nice job he
would have to do II don't your
So It would be just the same
as her running. And II Dink
told people in this neighbour
hood in advance he was going
to give her nice job If he got
elected he wouldn't get many
votes would he Joe2
SEES not one Ethel. I ses
! am commencing to see what
you mean. 1 SEES you mean
those guys who run for Congress
ought TO tell the voters In adj
vance that they arc going 20
keep ali the jobs they can in
the family If they are elected?
Ethel SEES what else do you think
I have been talking about?
mean they ought TO especially
tell the voters in advance about
their wives. I'll bet II makes a
lot Of ladies mad after they have
voted for some fellow for the
Congress and then find out they
have put his Wife in nice job
too besides the rest Of his family.
/ ses well Ethel we won't have
that trouble II I ever go TO Con-
gress and make you my secre-
tary because nobody could be
mad at you and Ethel ses
wouldn't take it Joe. I think
that's hoggish but I would let
you do something nice for my