Evening star., 1952-05-11

the dinner, these sensitive animals
must be Washington correspond
ents ideally qualified for Gridiron
membership. Unmasked, they were
introduced as the three new club
initiates: John M. Hightower of
the Associated Press, Martin s.
Hayden of the Detroit News and
Jack Steele of the New York
Herald Tribune. ~
Against elaborate stage settings
the club chorus, Gridiron soloists
and actors parodied popular songs
in musical skits roasting politi-
clans of all parties.
6. o. P. Victory Special
Snowbound in Sierros
Recalling last winters story of
q Streamlined train snowbound in
the Sierras, the club reconstructed
such a train-the G. o. P. Victory
Special. Aboard it were found all
the top men of the Republican
hierarchy.
The Republican skit, set in
Donner Pass, opened with an inn
personated Guy G. Gabrielson, the
q. o. P. national chairman, COM
planning unhappily that "Mr.
Hoover was certainly right-for
20 years the Republican Party has
been Just around the corner
But Senator Bridges came on
stage to report that things were
picking up and to lead the chorus
to the tune of I'm On My Way
as he sang:
Pack your bag and pack your
kit, no time ,,otD to be slow!
We k1,oD tDhere tDe're goin' and,
By golly, here tDe gol
Eisenhower, Bob TAFT, too: also
Macarthur, that's for Ger
tain.
Calitornia's Warren's on his
1D1y-
When ,OiH we get there? Fifty
two!
What will we do there? We
amt certain-
All toe knoD is, Ue are on our
1DGy!
Senator Millikin of Colorado
pointed to a field of four fast
running G.. o. P. candidates-Gen.
Eisenhower, Senator Taft, Gov.
Warren and Gen. Macarthur
and every one tried to recall
the name of a fourth candidate
who had once been around.
Minnesota's Senator Thye sud-
denly rememberer and, as the
band played II Wonder What's
Become of Sally" he sang:
! wonder what's become of
Stassen, that old pal of
mine?
I Donder lDhere he may be
pGSSin',
Since he ,Oent awqy, that Ne
brdSkG day?
No matter Dhat he's done,
WhereUer he may be,
IT no one DGntS him no,D, Just
send him back to me.
I'll Gl,UGys tDelconle Harold
Stassen, that old pal of
mine!
An actor impersonating Gov
Dewey Of New York trudged onto
the winter scene complaining that,
in G. OF tradition. he had been
showed under again. But he re-
vealed his hopes were high be-
cause, Gen. Eisenhower had just
cabled from Paris reassuring him
that he is still a Republican. To
the tune of Sound Off," Soloist
Dewey sang:
Our heads are up, .aue're on a
hike,
Our arms are swinging for tDe
like Ike
We think in Nineteen-ftty-tt0o
Ike'S the only one ,Dill do
Sound of!
Eisenhower!
Senator Taft appeared to admit
that, in Wisconsin's primary. he
had cut himself quite slice OF
cheese" The orchestra played
Dance Me Loose" and the Sen.
ator sang:
The uoterS Uho pote in She
boygan,
Milwaukee and Madison, too,
Made me so ercited, as 1pel as
delighted,
/ felt I'd Just made my debut!
II / Were girl in SheboygG1a,
Where's dancing to tDdltzeS they
play,
I'd join in the dance, I'd sure
take q chance,
And then you'd hear me say:
! D1rm so. easy, so dance me
loose, dance me loose, dance
me loose,
I tpGrnG so easy, so dance me
loose, it makes like Uictoryl
And for the G. o. p!
Next came Senator Smith o
Maine with the idea that Repub
Ncans could win next November