Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-07-18
On
Broadway
BY Walter
WincheH
Portrait Of a MGn
Irifh O. Hammer

THERE WAS a hilarious
low comedy performance IN
Congress the other hot after
noon when some OF the Hon
CRADLES decided that riding herd
on the Administration was dan
gerous work. They did a fast
turnabout when time came 70
override another Presidential
veto. This time they had no
appetite for revolt, not at the
price asked The President
had crossed them by describing
the subsidy measure in every
day words like dime" and
nickel" words the man in the
street can savvy without con-
sulting a Quiz Kid. Go ahead
and pass the bill" FDR tainted.
and take the responsibility for
initiation" Well. sir, anything
that strikes terror TO the heart
OF the vote-seeker is an oppo-
nent who talks the language OF
the proletariat.
THE FACTION trying TO take
the lid off prices hid behind
big, meaningless federalese,
jawing about "Iiquidity Of re-
sources" and controlled COM
pensation on the portistan. per
capita per diem via directive
every fiscal" Such talk left
Joe DOakes in too much of q
dare TO know who was for what
IL anything He didn't know
whom to punish on election
day The President enlight-
ened Mr.. and Mrs. Doakes;
This" he said. els an infla-
ton bill. n high-cost-of-living
bill, a food shortage bill" He
broke 1t down TO show how
much more every pound or
groceries would cost, and you
could see the rebellion Ooze
out Of the House.
THE PRESIDENTS dotDn to
earth language tDds Still ringing
in their ears Uhen the uote iods
called to qudsh the peto. my
gracious" muttered the er-reb-
els. "hotD that man taIksi Here
we pere, discussing the qudittd-
tire coddjudicdtton Of the franz
son. and he cuts IL dotDn to
mean q pound OF butter is going
10 cost the housewives q nickel
more. Can tell my constituency
TO spread jtirisdicttondl duton-
omv on their kids bread because
butter Is out of redch7 No, Stree,
! amt numbering any petoes to-
dnp, thanks all the same.
THE HONORABLES were sttii
pale and shaky the next after
noon when Cong. Dirksen OF
H., an Old framson and fiscal
boy. tried to salvage the infla-
ton bill. DirSsen submitted q
measure which would stop the
pay, you know. II its proponents
trating the subsidy program. 4.
This is q ducky little dish OF
democracy, this pay roll sabo-
tage, which could apply to army
pay. you know, II its proponents
could muster enough ballots. /.
This is the kind of Shyster leg
islation that Hitler found so
useful when he was feeling his
way. But the brothers slapped
down Dirksen's measure. They
wanted to hear no more Of that
nickel and dime talk.
YOU CAN LOOK for cagies
"ayeing" and "naying" In the
Congress now with elections
coming up next year. Some OF
tnC uOt6 ICChAC31 otASCohuCn kot
the scare Of their lives last year
when "The Illustrious Dunder-
heads" threw their quotes bach
In their teeth. Face-reddenins
rs the quotes were, the quoter
could nevertheless plead that he
had changed his views since
then. The war had made n man
Of him, he alibied. and his pa
triotism had grown so fiery that
1t was coming out all over him
in blisters But q vote cast In
war time is a different accuser.
There IL Is, marking him for or
against In unmistakable terms
-. The office. holder Is on the
record rs having helped up
prices can't pour on the feder-
alese. He's got to defend the
vote, yes or no. the two most
difficult words In the Language
for a man asking for votes.
By King Features Syndicate. In
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