The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1943-12-04
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By HELEN ESSapv

Hamilton Fish, two Of tbe -'a'lvs
dlstantly related public citizen m!0ss
Washington, met Oh the +os N
court of the Chevy Chase 'I cl'
Sunday afternoon. Henry WON C NJ
score?-wait-just a minute" lAe
OF course. I mean THE Hon..
Wallace Mew DeaD, vice nr
dent. The mai VINO has p be
preaching that the United st.t oeeA
responsible Tor the life, lbertr ,eS is
pursuit of happiness Of all tbs W ana
pies OF the world whatever p tSr
color or home tles. ne
And THE Hamilton Fish ID,
CONGRESSMAN from Duchess c ,l'5'
~, New York (Hyde parly '0q IN
fluence notwithstan6ing) u,ba y Ill
the United States should stay way Say'
IN its own Dordei5 come any, T E;u,
of fur'rin war. ' NIlo
caught the two, Henry ..,
Hamilton on the phone the mo pno
ing after the biz game, Henrl +'OEA'
at his office in the canitol Was as
hear you whackeo an isolatior,.l
down on the tennis court y ,aStI,s'
day | said. How about it9 9S'eI'
Sorry! No comment" lansbos
the vice president. 7 ALWAYS I nro
tect a fellow legislator p'o'
But mes on the senate side And
40 you mean to tell me that yo r
who believe ours is t. do auJ you you
in a big global way will m cllq u lie
comment afte1 doing a good III
on an America Firster? f FtTo jo0
ly a Republican America Fir rteIa y
All !. men are alike on the tenni,
court" the V. p. answered WILLY
ut seems not, Mr. vico p..
dent. Not On your court" '''
'Well, put it another wavp ,,;s
Wallace. "a tennis court !, ' ~
most democratic CT all placos u ~
Spelling Democrat with
small d. I assume?
mot necessarily So renrod
Wallace: ''spel it any way vor
want. Unfortunately. had two two
hours Of tennis before l met Fish >
Whatever makes you work ca
hard at having fun" asked
tIt'S 1:Ict pya
tons of middle-aged man. And
that isn't all | walked down ia
my office this morning as usual
Took me an hour. It's about sew.
en- miles"
"And when 1914 comes do YOU
walk, do you play tennis, do YOU
throw the boomerang or do w
run hand-in-hand with F. D. r.
mo comment" said the vice
president, and sounded as if he
hadn't a care in the world. (0h,
what a beautiful morning with
everything going his way)
1t was a beautiful morning for
Congressman Fish also when got
him on the phone. The country
was going his way in world think
ing, he said. I. was believing in
America io1 Americans and
'How about that tennis match
you had yesterday" I asked.
Heavens, don't speak of it. 1t
was too humiliating," answered
Fish Il told some pwople after
ward at Senator Balkley's birth
day party that if my constituents
knew how I lost to q New Dealer
I'd have to resigr quickly
WAS it as lad as that? And
once Harvard football starr
"It was pretty bed replied
Ham Fish (some people call him
that way. wallace was ahead
when we wound up. He's steady
And fast, too. Some people sa'
he's an idealist and a mystic
He's not that way OF. the tenf2
court-in singles
Have you no alibis?' l asked
politely.
Several. But Id rather not
use them. I'm out Of practice III
the game. Henry Wallace pl8"
almost every morning He'd oeea
practicing that afternoon WIN
professional He's left'handed' 'oo
That makes a lot eff difference j.,
tennis if you're as good as he IS.
II don't suppose there was tlns
for international discussion 0'''
the net?'
mot one second said Ham
Fish. "Of course, l like the VIE
president lot personally. Nevt.
knew a nicer fellow. He's SlAcelS
and able. But don't agree "lu-
one single thing he believes Il.
SAY, what do yo~ think peoPe
are accusing me Of now? why
they say l got the ThanksgTn.
Army and Navy game Tor "y'
Point Just because it's in my o-'
trict and l wanted to go. | tell Wv,
I was Inundated yesterday. Nv
just got to timber up. ,,...,
The boys, Vive President ll'Di
and Congressman Ham are
most the same age. Henry VT"
born Oct. 7, 16, 1858. Ham came ~,
life Dec. 7, 1858. Shows no" ~.
months can handicap leglSl@"
on the tennis court.