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son OF the United Press Associa-
tions. reelected secretary: Walker
S. Buel of the Cleveland Plain
Dealer. reelected treasurer, and
Lewis G. Wood of the New York
Times, reelected historian. Elected
to the clubs Executive Committee
were Dewey L. Fleming of the
Baltimore Sun, and Fletcher Kne-
bel of the Minneapolis Star and
Tribune. Reelected was William
K. Hutchinson of International
News Service.
The dinners poStelection theme
was set as members of the Grid
iron chorus. costumed as cruSad-
ers. marched solemnly on the
stage. The United States Marine
Band Orchestra. led by 1t. Col.
William F. Santlemann, director
of the Marine Band and musical
director of the Gridiron Club,
struck up Dixie" whereupon the
crusaders broke out Confederate
flags and sang:
Away down South in the land
of cotton
Harry Truman's done forgotten
Look away. look away, look
away, Dixieland
'In Dixieland where Ike was
born
early on one frosty morn
Look away, look away. look
away, Dixieland!"
The clubs chorus, soloiSts and
actors, impersonating the leaders
and leaders-to-be of political life,
presented a series of musical and
entertainment skits lampooning
the Nations great and near-great
in traditional Gridiron style.
Electoral College Campus.
The campus of the Electoral
College was reconstructed for al
cabinet skit. The colleges new
football coach, Herbert Brownell,
jr., put the team through its PAGES
as the students practiced their
new yell: There's no business like
big business!" Gridiron prospects
were pictured as bright with the
teams new Motor League" back
field, composed of such ball car
riers as Charles E. Wilson, Ar
thur E. Summerf1eld and Douglas
Mckay.
A Catskill Mountain village was
the scene of a Republican skit.
The thunder of last months elec-
tion had just awakened Rip Van
G. o. P. from his long slumbers.
Rip suddenly recalled that he was
ex-Presidert Hoover and gave the
President-elect this timely advice:
"This amt the Army, Mr.. Ike"
The Democratic skit was set on
a remote Pacific isle where surviv-
ors CT the "Mutiny Against the
Bounty" had landed. Capt. Adlai
BLY, Stevenson, Mr.. Christian Steve
Mitchell and other Democratic
bigwigs lamented their fate. Even
the Bounty's still-loyal seamen
were warned not to come looking
for jobs" next year.
Vice President-elect Nixon's
little dog Checkers transferred his
talents from television to the
Gridiron stage. but still couldn't
make his figures add up. In an
other skit, Republican financial
wizards went prowling through
Government files, but came up
with only an "IOU."
The Electoral College campus.
strewn with automobile tires,
wheels and old tenders, next took
over the stage. Football Coach
BroWnell was assembling his squad
and produced new guard, George
NJ. Humphrey Secretary of the
Treasury designate. An imper-
sonated Humphrey gave the world
peek at the teams future plans
as, to the tune of "There'll Be
Some Changes Made" he sang:
'Therell be a change in your
taxes
"Cause we said we would,
$50 that you'll shout you never
had it so good.
"Your bills will be smaller, your
debts and your rents,
well give you a dollar worth
two hundred cents"
Economy Size Backfield.
Mr.. BroWnell then introduced
the teams new three-man Repub-
llcan economy size backf1eld COM
posed of Wilson. Summerf1eld and
Mckay, all members designate of
the Eisenhower cabinet. A girl
cheer leader thought the backf1eld
was wonderful" and so loyal to
the general" Asked if she meant
Gen. Eisenhower, the cheer leader
said: mo, silly, General Motors. ;"
Mr.. Summerfield, a Chevrolet
dealer in private life, then gave
the colleges new alma mater song
to the tune of I'm My Merry Olds-
mobile" as follows:
I'm our merry Oldsmobile,
"Come away with our No Deal.
Down the road of life We'll flee,
Travelling automatically"
A bedraggled Secretary of State