Evening star., 1950-05-14
Vinson Honor Guest
ksGridiron Club
Roasts Both Parties

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produced a remarkable machine,
designed to turn dry speeches
into votes-but it only delivered a
snowstorm. Gen. Eisenhower,
tmpersonated by a member of the
club. almost yielded to "tempta-
ton"
The opening skit featured this
theme song by the Democrats:
We're of to fool the uoters.
Our Uonderful neighbors out
there.
We promise them tnu security
and old age that's free from
care.
HeDer. oh eper. they learn the
= facts,
IN the neck we each will get the
- at, becos, becoz, becoz, becos,
= becoz. becoz,
secoz OF the wonderful guys we
Unz.
We're of to fool the uoterS,
The wonderful Uoters back home.
Republican members of the club
ihorus joined heartily in this SEN
tment. indicating agreemnt.
Close on Serious Note.
Despite all the fun and laughter,
he dinner closed on a serious in
ernational note, when a club
!ctor, impersonating Secretary of
state Dean Acheson. sang:
When you walk through a 10orld
torn by storm and strife,
You Don't be afraid of the gale,
i you're strong to defend your
olDn iDay OF life,
You'll find friends ,Dhose support
tOiu not fail.
Entertainment skits found Treas
ary Secretary Snyder equipped
With huge razor and a toy lawn
mower. running a "taxorial par
Or"
His first customer, Representa-
dve Doughton. chairman of the
House Ways and Means Commit
zee, urged less conversation from
oquacious barber.
"Okay." said Secretary Snyder,
let's talk about you for a change.
What do you think of my tax
rogram?"
Doughton objected again, the
azor slipped, and Snyder said:
Don't turn your head until I
asten 1t back on"
Another entertainment skit
ound James A. Farley in person
IS a guest, receiving a bottle of
french champagne and in turn
presenting "a huge Coke bottle"
o the Ambassador of France, also
guest.
Stokes Inaugurated.
Thomas L. Stokes, columnist for
he United Features Syndicate,
Eas inaugurated as the 1850 pres
dent Of the club. He delivered
he classic speech in the dark"
6r. Stokes, a Georgian, was inau-
mrated against the background
Z skit on Uncle Tom." with a
little Eva and a number of Simon
RgreeS.
Music for the dinner was fur
ished by the Marine Band Or
hestra, directed by Maj. William
}. Santelmann.
Radford e. Mobley, assistant
hief of the Washington bureau of
he Knight newspapers, was in
Hated as a member of the club.
The Republican skit on the rain
aaking machine found prominent |
arty leaders. dressed in gaudy |
portSwear, standing beside a Rube
ioldberg apparatus out in the arid
lew Mexico desert.
On a secret mission, they had
discovered that a machine could
aake rain by shooting dry ice into
he clouds. They wanted to know
thy a similar man-made machine
ould not make Republican votes
y shooting dry speeches into the
DR..
Senator Taft cautioned Senator
odge mot to monkey with the
Machine" when the Massachusetts,
Ienator got too close. Beating
inself on the chest, Lodge said
hat what the party needed was
ngineers-"young, vigorous, ready
nd willing-willing for any place
n the ticket"
Wherry Hurries Up.
Senator Wherry hurried on the
tage, insisting that he. too. was
vigorous, ready and willing" but
ldding that he was also very
hirsty.
He broke into this song:
,ur pqrty's faced a barren Daste
tDithout q taste OF iOater, cool
1Ddter;
Ven neuer rest, ,De'H try our best
- to min the quest for Dater; ;
cool, cool 1Uater-
10 Ue may learn Just hotD to earn
zzI v I IE So