Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-04-12
Mccarthy Aids Dulles
As Super Secretary
In Gridiron Sketch
Continued From First PageO

matlOn ana PRESIDENT E1Sen'
hower's caddy as their mos
sought-after source" in thu
Capital.
President Eisenhower, as guest
Of honor, and Senator johnson
of Texas. in the role of "opposi.
ton" spokesman, were the
speakers Of the evening. In keep
ing with Gridiron tradition, theil
speeches were of the-record.
More than 500 guests, includ-
ing Cabinet members, Supreme
Court Justices, foreign diplomats
members of Congress and many
prominent in Government, journ.
alism and business attended.
The traditional speech in the
dark" was delivered by Duke
Shoop, Washington bureau chief
of the Kansas City Star, who was
inaugurated as this years Grid
iron president. Mr.. Shoop re-
marked that, while "try, try
again" was the watchword Of the
hour in Washington, the dinners
guest of honor was trying to
break 80" whereas "the rest Of
us are trying to break even."
Missouri Flavor Again.
The menu had distinct
Missouri flavor, in honor of the
Gridiron Clubs new admins
tration rather than the Nations
old one. 1t featured Mississippi
catfish chowder, Missouri country
ham, Kansas City beef and fresh
strawberries.
The evening began with a
musical tribute to "a certain five
star general" who was attending
his first Gridiron dinner as
President of the United States.
The United States Marine Band
Orchestra, led by 1t. Col. Will
liam F. Santelmann, director OF
the Marine Band and musical
director of the Gridiron Club, and
the Gridiron chorus and SoloiSts
sang a medley of songs from
earlier dinners tracing the poll
teal education" of this general.
A soloist, imperSonating the
general and dressed as Gen.
Custer. revived a song from the
December, 1947. dinner to the
tune of kiss Me Again.:
Sweet G. o. P. whispers to me.
Asking 1Dt1t / 1DiH do.
DeWey and TAFT
Feeling a draft,
Kansas is calling me, too.
Democrats fear U11at they tUill
hear
Hoping it tDill be in Udin.
But it's too soon,
Some time nert June
Ask me, ask me again.
Clad in academic cap and
gown, the general then recalled
his mood of defiance in May,
1913, and, to the tune Of civiliza-
tion," sang:
They tell me Wh1te House mlght
be Just a do0houSe
That's tUhat / fear
SO Columbia can have me,
That's my career!
In a more confident mood, the
general explained his position as
of December, 1949, as he sang,
to the tune of Some Enchanted
Evening:
Once you haze found me, hour
after hour,
Say to the NGtton- y
"Vote for Eisenhower"
An impersonated Gov. Thomas
E. Dewey took up the generals
story as Of May, 1852. and to the
tune of Sound on" sang as
follows:
Our heads are high, we're on a
hike,
Our arms are swinging for ,iOe
like Ike
We think in nineteen ftty-ttDo
Ike'S the only one wiH do.
Sound of
Eisenhower
Sound of
Eisenhower
We all like Ike, ne all like Ike.
Finally Herbert Hoover, in his
usual mood of caution, gave the
General some advice ir Deem
Der, 1852. about the troubles he
would face in the White House.
An impersonated Mr.. Hoover
sang, to the tune of This Is
The Army, Mr.. Jones':
This amt the Army, Mr.. Ike!
You haze been doing as you like,
YOU'VE had your DUN 1Oay in
things before
But you iDon't haze it noW any
more.
This amt the Army, Mr.. Ike
Senate and House are Just alike.
You may haze thought they are
Just q bore
But they mont bore you now,
any more.
The clubs chorus, Soloist and
actors presented a series of
musical and entertainment skits
lampooning their targets in ira
ditional gridiron fashion.
First, in an Inauguration skit,
Roy A. Roberts, president Of the
Kansas City Star and a former
president of the Gridiron Club,
called the roll of directors of
the Star and discovered one was
missing. To his feigned surprise,
he found the missing director
Mr.. Shoop-presiding over the
dinner.
Republicans Take Over.
Republicans next took over the
Gridiron stage. Dressed in rags
and tatters as hoboes, once
wealthy cabinet members gath
cred around a jungle campfire
and simmering can of mulligan
stew. A stock market ticker
a memorial to past pursuits
clattered in the background.
One of the hoboes. identified
as Secretary of Defense Wilson
crept away from the fire to sneak
a look at the ticker. He said he
wanted to see how Genera
Motors stock was selling. hllt