Evening star., 1949-12-11
Are voting for the GOP"

Across a smoke filled room;
And somehow you know,
You know even then
That often you'll see him again
and again.
Some enchanted evening
will pick a party.
You may hear me speaking
Across a smoke filled room.
And night after night, as strange
as it seems,
The sound of my speaking will
answer your dreams.
None can explain it in the G. o. P.
They give strange reasons why
you may want me-"
Chorus Joins In Song.
The Gridiron Chorus joined the
soloist in a reprise Of the second
chorus of the song TO close the
skit singing;
Some enchanted evening
If you find no other,
If hear you call me
Across a smoke filled room,
Ill fly to your side
And make you, my own,
Or all through your life, you may
vote all alone!
Once you have found me, hour
after hour,
Say to the nation,
VOTE FOR EISENHOWER"
One of the star skits of the eve
ming showed two sign painters,
both hard at work on billboard
portrait of the famous Bull Dur
ham bull, bearing in huge letters
the words: THE SAME OLD
BULL!
The painters identified them
selves as James and Franklin
Roosevelt. James accused Frank
lin of arguing with him. but
Franklin declared he hadn't said
a word.
|. "Now don't get ulcers. Jimmy" F"
Franklin warned. t 4 !
"Get ulcers, Franklin. I'm q
Roosevelt. I give EN-"
Junior" James asked Franklin,
how do you, like Congress?
. BE it..ever 50 humble, there's
no place like public office" Frank
lin replied. =.
British Christmas Depicted.
The Gridiron Club paid its re-
spects to the Nations foreign af-
fairs with skit depicting Great
Britain's first nationalized Christ
mas, in which the immortal Santa
was replaced by Attlee Claus. and
the days hallowed name became
Merry Cripps-mas. 49,.
To the tune Of Here Comes
Santa Claus" Anthony Eden Led
a Christmas glee:
Here comes Attlee Claus. here
comes Attlee Claus,
The Welfare States big brain,
He's got bag of socialist tricks
That will set us right again"
But from Winston Churchill,
Conservative leader, this drew
Bah, bah, BAH"
"The last time saw Santa, his
laugh was loud and gay,
And though you socialize him
Well remember him that way!"
Acheson Holds Conference.
News of Britain's nationalized
Yule reached Washington in time
to send excited reporters to the
press conference Secretary Ache
son held upon awakening from
his nap. To press demands for
denial or confirmation OF the
news from Britain, and questions
about whether it could happen
here. the Secretary promised to
answer with all the clarity and
candor that marks every utter
ance of the American State De-
partment to the American press.
"My answer, gentlemen, isl
wish you a very Merry Christmas"
The Gridiron Club took Its
guests to Paris for an interlude
with congressman busy investi-
eating conditions on the Left Bank
and at the Folies Bergere. Sen
ators Elmer Thomas. Democrat, OF
Oklahoma, and A. Willis Robert
son, Democrat. of Virginia, en-
tered sidewalk cafe with Repre-
sentatives Wayne L. Hays. Demo-
crat, Of Ohio and James P. Rich
ards, Democrat Of South Carolina.
Senator Thomas, addressing the
waiter, disclosed his identity and
introduced his colleagues. We're
investigating said he, and
warned: mo more Swedish mas
sage or look out Marshall Plan"
The waiter got q message Tor the
congressman announcing a quo
rum call. ~
McCarran Clad as Bull Fighter.
Senator Pat McCarran, Demo-
crat, of Nevada entered In a bull
fighters costume to beg his col
eagues to come back to Spain with
him and visit "a very, very close
and wonderful friend, francisco
Franco" Senator Thomas de-
clined on grounds that Spain had
no dilemmas.
mo dilemmas!" Senator Nc
Carran objects, "They got me,
haven't they?"
But it developed the quorum call
was from Luxembourg, and signed
by Mrs. Pearl Mesta. That brought
the congressman upright, rubbing
their stomachs in recollection OF
Mrs. Mesta's diners. "Mestabourg,
here we come" all shouted.
. The desolate South Sea Island
to which former Chief of Naval
Operations Louis E. Denfeld (for
purposes of the Gridiron enter
taininent) had been banished was
the setting for the roasting given
the armed services and. their