Evening star., 1949-12-11
COP. Goes to Alaska for Gold
(And Votes) in Gridiron Satire
tContinued From First Page.)

cartoonist for The Star, was
elected vice president.
Officers Reelected.
The following officers were re-
elected: Paul r. Leach of the
Chicago Daily News, secretary;
Walker S. Buel of the Cleveland
Plain Dealer, treasurer. and Lewis
Wood of the New York Times,
historian.
President-elect Stokes appointed
James L. Wright. Buffalo Eve
ming News; James Russell Wig
gins, Washington Post, and Ben
jamin M. McKelway, The Star,
members of the Executive Com
mittee for 1850.
Nat. Finney of the Minneapolis
Star and Tribune was initiated
into the club in a skit congratu-
lating Robert Lincoln O'Brien,
veteran Washington and New
England newspaperman, on the
50th anniversary of his initiation
Music for the show was pro-
vided by the United States Marine
Band orchestra under the baton
of Mai. William F. Santelmann
leader of the Marine Band and
musical director of the Gridiron
Club.
Distinguished Guests Present.
Among distinguished guests
who enjoyed the impartial roast
ing of all parties, departments
and nations were the Chief JUS
tice of the United States, Fred M
Vinson; Associate Justices Hugo
L. Black. Stanley F. Reed, Felix
Frankfurter, Robert H. Jackson,
Harold H. Burton, Tom c. Clark
and Sherman Minton.
The Ambassador of Norway
dean Of the diplomatic corps in
Washington, was present as well
as the ambassadors Of France
Iran, The Philippines, Canada and
Great Britain.
Every member of the cabinet
attended.
Military circles were represented
by Gen. j. Lawton Collins. Chief
of Staff of the Army. Admiral For
rest P. Sherman, Chief OF Naval
Operations. Gen. Hoyt S. Vanden-
berg, Chief of Staff of the Air
Force. Gen. Clifton B. Gates. Com
mandant, United States Marine
Corps, Admiral Louis E. Denfeld,
and Gen. Mark w. Clark.
Gen. Sir William Morgan. chief
Of the British military mission,
was a guest, as was Capt. John G..
Crommelin OF the Navy, q figure
In the recent Pentagon contro-
versy.
Governors Attend.
Governors of four States were
present: Thomas E. Dewey of New
York, Alfred E. Driscoll Of New
Jersey, Frank j. Lausche Of Ohio,
and Adlai E. Stevenson Of Illinois.
.Chairmen of the national COM
mittees of the two major political
parties, Guy G. Gbrielson, Repub-
lican, and William M. Boyle,
Democratic, led the list of political
personages.
Arthur Godfrey and Morton
Downey from the entertainment
world were present. Carl Sand
burg, poet and historian, also was
a guest.
Labor, Special Interests Roasted
The entertainment opened, on al
theme that roasted both organized
labor and the. special interests
simultaneously. The curtain rose
on a chorus in two groups, one
clad in white tie and tails and
the other in overalls and denim
caps. The formally-dressed "spe-
cial interest" sang to the tune Of
Winter Wonderland:
"Profits high, make 'em higher
Dividends our desire
We shout beware OF
but we want our share OF
Spending in this welfare Won
derland."
And the overalled choristers
representing labor responded:
Pensions high, make 'em higher
One more boost our desire
Taft-Hartley's a myth
Cannot interfere with
Striking in this welfare wonder
land"
Me-too-ism in the Republican
Party broke out like the measles
at the opening of the COP Forty
Miners skit.
The party leaders, costumed for
q gold rush, gathered at Fish
wheel House, forlorn with disap-
pointment> at seeing the COPS
November 8, 1948, claim peter out.
Chairman Gabrielson called for a
report from Sinclair Weeks, chair
man of the COP Finance Com
. mittee, and Weeks sang:
Dollars are not dropping
In the Grand Old Party's bank,
And the checks we're getting, they
are mostly blank!
No money in the till.
Gridiron soloists impersonating
Sinclair Weeks. Representative
HaIleck, Gov. Driscoll and Senator
John Bricker. with the Gridiron
Chorus described what the Grand
Old Party lacks to the tune OF
"There is Nothing Like a Dame"
eve got Dewey, Stassen. too,
We got Warren. we got Taft,
We got candidates galore who,
Are entirely free from graft,
We got disaffected admirals
Unhappy with their boats.
What amt we got?
We amt got votes!"
Former Senator John Foster
Dulles of New York passed up the
Fishwheel meeting, but Senator
Brewster discovered he had posted
a notice on the Fishwheel bulletin
board. ,-
IT have surrendered all claim
to my claim" Dulles had written.
my pick and shovel are for sale,
cheap Who was the man who
made 'spigot' rhyme with 'bigot'
and Dewey rhyme with 'fooey'?"