Evening star., 1943-01-20
McLemore-
Urges Flynn to Toke
Mayor Hague Along
By HENRY McLEMORE.

This is the little man in the
street speaking again. You know
me. You've seen me a thousand
times.
I'm the little fellow who buys
razor blades and potato peelers from
the pitchman on the corner, the
little fellow whose patronage made
the drugstore sandwich business a
ma jor industry. I'm the little fellow
who gets his ties and socks IN the
cigar stores and who every once in
a while slips off and gets q free
shave and haircut from the fresh
man class at the barber college.
But don't knock me. brother.
Don't kick me around. I'm one of
the guys the world is fighting for.
AS I get it, they're fighting this
global war to take care of me.
To show you how important am.
I was leaning up against corner
Of building this morning. taking
a drag on that first cigarette that
always makes me little dizzy, when
a young guy ups to me and says he
would like to ask me some ques-
tionS
1t turns out he is from some sort
Of poll, has a job hustling informa-
ton from guys he runs across as he
walks around the town.
Shoot. brother" 1 said. I'm
listening"
Come Again, Brother"
He got out his fountain pen, a
little notebook, cleared his throat,
and said:
How do you. the man in the
street. feel about the Presidents
appointment Of Edward J. Flynn
as Minister to Australian"
told him to come again-to let
me get 1t straight He did I told
him had never heard of Edward
j. Flynn, If he wanted me to be
honest.
SO he told me about Edward J.
Flynn. He said he was a big New
York politician, an Irishman and
national chairman of the Demo-
cratic party.
I asked him il by appointing
Flynn Minister to Australia the
President was paying him off.
from you," the young guy answered.
I'VE want to know how the man
in the street feels about Mr.. Flynn's
getting such job"
Whats all the shooting about?"
I asked. "Is there something wrong
with Mr.. Flynn?"
"A lot of people think So" he
answered.
Then he told me how the Repub-
licans didn't think that a man who
had been under a grand jury in
vestigation should be sent as Min
ister TO Australia, and how certain
members Of the party had shouted
all sorts Of charges at Flynn.
don't think the young fellow will
ever print my opinion concerning
the appointment of Mr.. Flynn as
Minister to Australia so I had bet
ter give it to you here, through the
medium of my fellow man in the
streets column.
All I Had to Say.
I said almost all I had to say
when I said this:
Mr.. Flynn's appointment as Min
lister to Australia is right only if he
Is the best available man. II the
President knows of another man in
the United States who. because of p
training, education, understanding
and general background would make
better Minister to Australia, then
Mr.. Flynns appointment is a po-
litical sop and unworthy of the
President of the United States.
AS a citizen of the United States
and as Democrat, I would like to
think that Mr.. Flynn is the best
possible choice. 7 would like to
feel in my heart as I walk along the
street that the old Tammany hot
shop knows all about kangaroos and
koala bears and Darwin and sheep.
and, well, all about Australias S
problems and that he will impress
Australia as quiet, tactful, feeling
scholar.
1 didn't tell the young fellow who
questioned me this, but I think the
only way to make the Flynn ap-
pointment perfect would be to send
Mayor Frank Hague along as his
charge d'affairs.
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