Judge — January 1939 — page 17: what you’re looking at

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HERE is a strong international flavor to Washington conversations these days rem- iniscent of the years before the Great War. There is a striking similarity, too, to those earlier expressions. The projection of Euro- pean personalities into American homes and of- fices by radio, motion pictures and newspapers has made the European situation extremely close to the understanding of Americans. There heels a little while before he's led down the aisle to take his oath. Wheftgbert J. Bulkley of Cleveland was defea, Kovember he proved true to the entleman and a sportsman, His fea) 0 his successful op- Ws one. By nine * is one noticeable difference between the ex offOck tion Day he was “ pressed opinions today and those of 1916 and reaching for ty II of William Gibby McAdoo, with a screwdriver "17 and that is that where the carlier feeling thoye who had State of in his hand and a song in his heart, has been was one of resentment and anger toward the Ohio. He th dismantling his office in the Kaiser and the German high command, the friendly newspa ld fla comes Senate Office Building in , feeling today is one of disgust and anger toward = men. who had sup: Sh Washington, It isa rare Hitler. ported him and he treat to watch his swinging : even thanked those i walk down Pennsylvania Ave- “ who had opposed : nue, or in the Mayflower lob- ‘The statements made by Senators and Con- him and were fair in purgees’arri giving the lie to all gressmen who successfully resisted purge at- their opposition. — It * His 75 years sit so tempts are surprisingly free from post-election is an interesting turn 5 on him that they are criticism, ‘The attitude toward the President of events that in de- a son is missed le. loo way never scems to be that he was caught ina mistake feat he ix more popu * a truly man in the which was rectified by the purge. Jar and respected in United Scnate. He is we Ohio today than he a man named Schultz of the highest way @ year ago when ) to, and skilled Out in Ohio the Republicans for the first it looked as though * in, ofahifafion and adminis. time in a good many years are in complete con- nothing could prevent . . tration. “The quiet of the trol of the State government, Inaction to hie return to the Sen: winter Washington Upper, House’ and the inflexi- that, the Junior Senator from Ohio will this ate, Down in Mariet- bility of its rules irked him. year be a Republican with a distinguished ta, Ohio, the former Governor, George White, The Senate furnished a retirement for his years name, Robert ‘Taft, of Cincinnati, Again Demo- a great national Democratic figure who eppoved but not for his mind or body. Hiy long record cratic Vie Donahey becomes a lone voice ay he Bulkley in the Primaricy, must wonder today of successful accomplishment will have added to has been so many times in the past; and auto. that if his anti-New Deal campaign had been a it his operation of the American President Line, matically becomes the Senior Senator from the Tittle more vigorous he might have be nil he brings to its guidance an experience so Buckeye State. Vie thrives and increases his cesful in Auguyt and perhaps given ” rich and so rare that it cannot be measured in stature always on an isolated pedestal. harder battle on the same issues. money. He is an unique and interesting per- sonality whom history must treat generously ow ~ for the indelible mark he has left upon his na- It isn’t at all sure that all of the new Sena- The Senator from New York, Robert Wag: tion's progress. tors and Congressmen successful at the Novem: ner, had to dodge a few missiles in the last ber elections will be seated without protest. four year, but the barrage that will be laid oe Some of those feeling most secure are going to down on him in the next twelve monthy will To many, Washington ay a city is more in- be shocked at the objections and the reasons really give him something to think about. He teresting at this season of the year than it is therefor before they are permitted to take their —_is going to have to be more nimble than he has even in’ its Springs and Summers of almost places, and at least one Senator will cool his been in the past. legendary beauty, “With the foliage gone from the trees its beautiful architecture and monu- ied ments stand out in sharp relief and it seems to Jimmic Roosevelt won't be evidence a greater energy. The serious business around the Executive Offices of of ruling a nation is more apparent and the the White House so mtich this visitor gets an entirely different impression than winter. And he’s going to be in other seayony of the yeai missed by thove whose activities gave them a daily contact with “we him. When he first appeared as Newspaper men do not often write about secretary 10 his father and gov- newspaper men. If they did, the name of J. Rus- ernment liaison officer he wasn't Washington Correspondent ‘of the too wildly cheered. As the weeks Washington Star, Dean of the White House went by newspaper men found prrespondents;_known_ variously as “Russ,” him 10 be a mighty likeable “The Senator," and “The Dean,” would be young man who had an honest more famous than Franklin Roovevelt. A kind- desire to do a good job, That , courteous gentleman, he can feel his news. carned respect first and then af- well as see and hear it. Unknown, to many fection. The day he comes back of hiy associates even, is the fact that he iy an he'll have his heart warmed by artist of great ability and seme of his paintings the reception he gets, Jimmie of Maryland's Eastern Shore deyerve a place in always sat in press conferences the better galle No man in America can with his eyes fastened adoringly make an afterdinner speech like him. And to on his father and when occasion» hear him tear the ears off the great and the ally the Pyesident glanced his neargreat of the nation, speaking at a dinner way there was evidence of the or on the platform “off the record” is one of perfect father and son relation. fe’ great treats, A_ broadcasting company ship. : * smart enough to get him on a program with ww George O'Connor to sing Irish ballads and wl THE JUDGE FOR JANUARY “The job pays well, but it ain't steady.” Joe Keenan, busy Assistant At- torney General, has a. friend named Schultz, Nobody. not even Joe, ever saw Schultz. One day out at Joe Himes’ Alfalfa Club party Schultz whispered through a micro- phone to Joe's attentive car and has become the inspiration of Joe's lighter moments as Blackstone is of his more serious ones, Schultz, first name unknown, is by way of becoming a rather famous figure, credited with being an el- derly sage and the author of those remarkable statements prefaced by: “Schultz says ‘Tom Brahany to tell Irish stories, would give existing air talent a mark to shoot at forever and a day. —-THE SENATOR-AT-LARG HN. comicbooks.com