Diario las Américas., 1958-08-24
WIN ~PENoLEToN

WORD FOR STUDENTS - Sen
ator George SmatherS usually
keeps up to the minute on his te
lewiston report. He interviews top
names in the news. This week on
his show he chats with Rear Adm,
Hyman G. Rickover, the nan who
is chiefly responsible for the atom.
ic submarine and the first com
mercial atomic reactor. (Ironic
twist: Adm. Rickover has received
more newspaper headlines in the
past 10 days because he was snub.
bed by the White House than were
given to him for building the Nau.
tilus.) Last week, after Senator
Smathers had filmed his T-V show,
he and the Admiral were headed
for the Senate dining room. The
Senator stopped to speak for a few
moments to a group of fellowship
students. He introduced the AID,
miral who told the students, 81
think that education is the most
important thing in the world to,
day. If America fails to raise its
' educational level it will face de-
struction. Education is more i'm.
portant than all the atomic energy
in the world"
OLD RULE AT WORK = There
is one rule that smart politicians
never break - or even bend. They
stick to their own knitting and
don't mess around in their can.
didate's races. We never saw that
rule followed closer than in the
present Holland-P Pepper affair.
Most of the members of the Flori.
da Congressional Delegation will
tell you ~("strictly off the record.
don't quote me'), that they think
Holland will win. But, we haven't
found n who will take sides. One
member ever complains about the
number of letters he has been re.
ceiving from his district asking his
advice on how to vote. In another
of these don't use my name" con
verSationS, the Congressman says
that friends of both candidates are
hoping he will write a letter fav.
oring their man. The Congressman
knows that no matter how con.
fldential he might make such a
letter, 1t would end up in the
campaign. He answers that he will
have to work with the winner in
the Congress and he can't take
sides. Usually" he said, 81 can
tell which side the letter writer is
on. And I'm not about to get mix.
ed up in anybody else's race"
NO LOAFING - You can't be
sure of many things during an cleo.
ton, but here is one thing for Ger.
tain. Sgd Herlong isn't going to LEI
any Republican candidate slip up
on his blind side again. He's alrea.
dy working. Tonight will see hin
on WLOF-TV in Orlando; tomor
row, the 22nd, he'll be in Daytons
Beach at a big meeting with Con.
gresham Billy Matthews. (You
can be sure the visiting Congress
man will say a few kind words
about Syd). Saturday will find hin
in the Shrine parade in Jackson.
vile with Senator Holland and
Congressman Charlie Bennett and
Sunday in Titusville for the dedic.
alton of a hospital. This time he
plans to have two offices open in
the District. Probably in Leesbure
and Orlando. He's not sure wheth.
er or not he'll dust off his cam
paign house trailer this season,
but with our without the trailer
you'll see a lot of Sgd around the
fifth district between now ano
then.
SEEN ON CAPITOL SCENE -
James Gilmartin, us. Attorney
from Miami with his wife, Eileen
and two little girls, here for the
us. Attorneys conference. . Miss
Renee Shelhamer, II, pretty little
granddaughter of Mrs. James Ha.
ley, from Billings Montana, just
visiting. Marion Gardiner, form.
er secretary to Congressman Joe
Hendricks and Sgd Herlong, now
living in Riviera Beach after more
than 10 years service on Capitol
Hill, also visiting. . and Kay Eek
originally from Ocoee, now Con.
g%ressional Representative for Ma.
tional Airlines, talking about her
upcoming trip around the world
her second.