Evening star., 1941-10-31

&%2sss% - Ssa2s1s@S"% brayS, the Re-
Henry McLemOrs. publican eIe-
phant trumpets, the Tammany tiger
yowls and the lesser political ami
mails squea1, bleat and howl.
This discordant symphony, In
which every musician is out OF tune,
is being directed simultaneously by
the most iu-assorted group of mae
stros ever to miss beat.
The Toscanini Of the baton WELD
ers is President Roosevelt who, for
the first time in his life, is trying
to make his donkey section har-
monize with the elephant section.
La Guardia is the Presidents choice.
despite the fact that Fiorello is the
Republican nominee.
The President is having devil
of a time blending the bray and
trumpet because he has several noted
Democratic hecklers on the plat
form. Foremost of these is Gov.
came out for ODwyer just one edi-
ton after his lifelong friend and
chief had declared his preference
for the Little Flower.
That would be enough to make a
ward heeler run straight to the
nearest bar, but that is only one Of
the perplexities this campaign has
produced. Lined up against the
President (and La Guardia) IS the
man generally credited with making
Roosevelt President in the first place.
Jim Farley Also in there swapping
punches with him is Ed Flynn,
Democratic national chairman, who
ran his campaign last year. but who
is now just as strong for ODwyer as
ne was for Roosevelt in 1910.
On the other hand, the President
is being backed by Wendell Willkie,
the man who tried to have him
evicted from his Pennsylvania ave-
nue. home a year ago. Willkie wants
LaGuardia, but you don't have TO
have the memory of an elephant,
even a Republican elephant, to re-
call that in 1910 La Guardia wanted
no part of Willkie. II your memory
goes back to 1898, and you don't
mind becoming more confused, you
will remember that La Guardia was
one of the most ardent advocates OF
the election of Lehman over Tom
Dewey in the New York State guber-
Material race. Now. what do you
find?
Dewey is out for La Guardia and
Lehman is out for his opponent.
You can see what's happening
around here. Damon is hitting
Pythias below the belt, and Cain and
Abel are bosom pals and going out
on blind dates together.
Up until now I've tried to keep
the explanation of this political
hodge-podge fairly simple, but from
here on it is likely to get completely
out of control and you'll have to un-
scramble it for yourself.
For example, here's one thing
which I have asked Einstein to
analyze for me. 1t concerns Jimmy
Walker. symbol of all the municipal
tomfoolery which La Guardia Is
supposed to have eradicated. You
know where Jimmy Walker is right
now? Right here making $4,000
wear on a Job to which he was ap-
pointed by La Guardia. And 1t was
President Roosevelt, now yelling out
Of the White House windows in La
Guardia's behalf, who threw Walker
out of Office in 1882.
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Don't get lost in the maze, folks;
there's more to come. The distortion
mirrors are just ahead. We now
have the amazing spectacle Of ultra
conservative Republican Bruce Bar
ton on the same side with group
| that follow the Communist party
line right down to the last curve in
the sickle. Mr.. Barton calls for La
Guardia and so does Mike Quill of
the Transport Workers Union (six
months ago he wouldn't have been
caught on the same soap box with
La Guardia).
When election day comes what is
the voter going to do?
His President says the little man
in the black hat and feet that don't
touch the floor is the best Mayor
New York ever had.
His Governor says the little man
in the black hat is getting too big
for his breeches.
III tell you what the voter is going
to do. He is going to forget all the
things that the crossed-up leaders
have told him and vote for-well,
here's a clue. The name of the
worlds largest airport.
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