Evening star., 1946-08-08


want not only to Jump out of the
nearest window, but to pull out their
hair as they Jump. Except for q
change in the characters invariably
grouped about the President, and
an occasional change In the Presi-
dents haberdashery, the pictures
are all the same. The President
pen In hand. is looking down al
the document to be signed. Flank
ing him are DIS from Colorado. r.
from Vermont, Ds from Texas and
Rs from Connecticut.
1t Would Save Time,
For the sake of the photogra pliers
who have to take the pictures. the
President and the legislators who
have to pose for them, and the
public who has to look at them, l
have a few suggestions to make
One OF the suggestions is that in
order to save the time of the Presi-
dent and the lesser characters in
these pictures, life-size papier-
mache cutouts be made of them
and substituted for the real flesh
and blood. don't know how many
working hours this would save dur
ing a year, but 1t would be substan-
tlal. 1t certainly would enable Sen
ator Tom Connally, Democrat, of
Texas to get lot more work done.
becaus>' Mr.. Connally is a habitual
poser before the White House cam
eraman. It's a wonder he doesn I
have Kleig eyes A friend Of mine
who collects these pictures, saws he
VIII not accept one as genuine un-
less the Senator from Texas Is in
view.
Another suggestion: why not
liVen these pictures up a bit by
using gayer props and backgrounds !,
nave in mind the employment of
those props which one finds In pic
ttlre galleries at Coney Island, alone
Broadway and at almost all amuse-
ment centers. You know, the an
cient papier-mache automobiles. th.
old-fashioned bicycles, which. when
YOU get on one makes you look as
IN you were wearing a black and :
white bathing suit of the Gay Nine
Ties, the OK cart, and. always. a
background of booming surf and
palm trees.
Dull As Huntinx.
Take the recent picture showtna
president Truman signing the
atomic control bill. It was like ali
the others. with the President play-
ing center, and with Senator Con-
nally playing right end, Senator
russell OF Georgia at left end. and
Senator Milliken of Colorado at
right tackle, Senator Austin of YER
mont at left tackle, Senator johnson
OF Colorado at right guard, and
senator Hart of Connecticut at left
guard.
1t was as dull a picture as =.
man could find in half a lifetime
OF hunting, and 1t wasn't made anv
the less depressing by the fact that
1t dealt with that goat and mics
extermlnator. the atom bomb
wouldn't 1t have been much bet
.er 10 nave posed the group in one
OF those old automobiles 1 men
tioned? President Truman could
nave had the place of honor at the
wheel, with the witnesses erouned
attractlvely In the back seat ana
on the running board. The co,,n-
Try would have gotten a mild
cnuckle from such a snapshot. and
with the way things are in the
world right now. a mild chuckle or
TWO wouldn't be bad for the nerves
Thinking again of the wear ana
tear the President has to end,,rs
posing for pictures. why not a life
size dummy of the Sacred Cow with
a dummy OF Secretary Byrnes CO.
ing up the steps, and a dummy of
the President waving him a fond
farewell9 The President has snent
SO much time at the airport fare
yelling and welcoming home Mr.
Byrnes, that two more trips and
he'll have enough hours for a pilot 3
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