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4 Salem, Oregon, Thursday, September 15, 1949
Truman Reveals the Politics of His CVA
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; c A couple of days ago Senator Morse made a cautious
n "non-political" appraisal of the controversial Columbia
i 4 Valley administration. He described the issue as too im
8 portant to be dumped into partisan politics. He said the
j development projects should be built first "so we have
I r something to administer."
t But President Truman doesn't see It that way.
' a In a typical squeeze-play move, the president has bluntly
I told congress that if he doesn't get his CVA, then no funds
' " for development of the Columbia river basin. Truman's
t stand came out In a communication to the chairman of the
j senate public works committee. The president asked con
s gress to defer approval of a billion dollar development pro-
' I gram of th region by the army engineers and the recla
i mation bureau, the existing federal agencies in the field.
' i This Is playing politics with the future of the Columbia
"river area. If Truman doesn't get his pet project out
"here, he doesn't want the region to get any further de
I velopment.
By taking such a stand, the president will force a show
down on the controversial issue. With the veto power in
1 his hands, he could kill off any appropriation measure that
i congress might pass despite his threats,
i This is just what the Capital Journal has feared and
fought against. This newspaper has contended all along
that development of the Columbia river basin was the
' most important thing. That was what the people of the
J region were interested in. Too many backers of a CVA
, appeared more interested in setting up their pet scheme
than in seeing that the region got developed. Truman has
now shown such to be the case,
i By trying to sidetrack development for the sake of
establishing a bureaucracy, the president has made the
1 Dolitics of a CVA clear. Truman and his crowd, and that
includes many "fair dealers" in Oregon, want a bureau-
cratic administration for the region. They are more in
, terested in that than they are in developing the Pacific
, Northwest or else they wouldn't take the stand they do.
1 The CVA now stands unmasked unmasked by its cre
1 ator, President Truman. The polit:" of a rV A a- ''ad
1 and dangerous as suspected.
1 Minton for Supreme Court Justice
President Truman has named Sherman Minton, 58, of
Indiana, judge of the Seventh U. S. circuit court of ap
' peals which embraces the states of Indiana, Illinois and
Wisconsin, to be associate justice of the U.S. supreme court
to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Justice Wiley
' Rutledge. The appointment breaks the New Deal prece-
dents by selecting a supreme court justice that has had
" previous judicial experience, and is over 50 years of age,
;J but It fulfills the requirement of being an aggressive New
f' Dealer.
I! Minton is a native of Indiana, a graduate of Indiana uni
1 versity with master degree from Yale, long practiced law,
served as captain of infantry in the first World War, was
," public counsellor of the Indiana public service commission,
i 1933-34, and served in the U.S. senate, 1935-41. On his
', defeat for re-election he was appointed administrative as
; sistant to the president and a few months later to the
U.S. circuit court.
Minton is best known for his vigorous fight for the
Roosevelt administration measures, especially his cham
, pionship of Roosevelt's plan to stack the supreme court
; by adding new justices to the ranks of those over 70 who
did not retire, which would at the time have enlarged the
' eourt from 9 to 15 members, because the court had de
clared unconstitutional some New Deal measures.
In 1938 Minton introduced a bill providing stiff penalties
for newspaper publishers who published anything they
knew to be untrue. The bill, which embroiled Minton in
; heated oratorical exchanges with Colonel Robert R. Mc
Cormick of the Chicago Tribune and other publishers,
was finally withdrawn.
Minton's rise in Indiana politics was coincident with
the governorship of Paul V, McNutt, who later became
federal security commissioner, war manpower commis
sioner, high commissioner and then embassador to the Fhil-
ippincs and a candidate for the presidency. Minton is
also a close friend of President Truman and while in the
; senate, had the desk next to him.
' Republican Democrat
i Washington, on being inaugurated as president, howd
' In the performance of his official duties, to stand poli
tically neutral; he was opposed to partisan politics. Ham-
ilton, his close friend and political adviser, however, was
; all out for party politics. It was he who founded the old
Federalist party, and with which Washington became
! rather unwillingly identified.
Those who opposed Hamilton and his Federalist asso
ciates were republicans. The words republican and demo
crat were synonvmous, and in time were used indiscrimin
ately. However, the name republican seems to have been in
use as late as the beginning of Van Ruren's administration,
for we find at that time a new paper, "The Madisonian,"
appearing in Washington, and very much to the political
concern of the retiring president, Andrew Jackson, who
referred to it as "a viper in the hypocritical guise of a
friend to the administration, it intends to sting by dividing
the republicans."
On September 14, 1837, Jackson wrote to Van Ruren
from the Hermitage: "I fear only one thing, that the paper
lately set up in Washington, "The Madisonian," will do
mischief by dividing the republican ranks."
It is quite evilent, therefore, that the words'"democratic
party, did not come into general and exclusive use until
after the above date.
Does Own Operation - Vith .22
Mt. Clemens, Mich. U1 Wayne Bacon, J. I'tlra, won't
have to worry about having his appendix out, doctors at
General hospital said today.
He did the job himself by accident with a .U caliber re
volver. Physicians said th healthy appendix was snipped off "al
snout as well as If It were professional Job."
Bacon, shot Tuesday whit cleaning the gun at his home,
tsifftrad other InUrnal injuries.
BY BECK
Parental Problems
KO-HUM-MWf STAYED "J AKO XXI ASSURED M 33?
,W9 AWAKE SO LATE LAST Cfvf HOW MUCH BETTER VOU'D KVl,
NI8MT TALKING ABOUT SUEP IN A TENT OUT IN JW'
V&Pv WHAT WE WERE BOIMS JT?e THE FRESH AIR. THE
rSf TO 00 TODAY..THAT-. SV( NEXT TIME SALLY ffSW
'YtV HO -HUM. .WE'RE TOO J V STAYS CVER-NI6HT RfifWS,
'- nr -EEPY TO T YOU'LL SLEEP o8-1Si
iff V0"' ' aJnbep- jfglsSEz!?
'UlA'L'V-:
SIPS FOR SUPPER
Last Time
By DON UPJOHN
Some guys are old enough so, as the boy said, they should oughts
know better. But by gum, it's the last time as far as we're con
cerned. As we sit here this a. m., attempting to start pecking at
the old typewriter our muscles so stiff and lame we can hardly
make it, we vow here and now it's the finish. Never again will
we crawl out
early in the
morning to haul
water to the ele
phants. If we
can't sneak in
under the tent
somewhere we
don't go.
Getting
Prepared
The Fourth in rpioh.
Ark, Inc., re
ligious organization, filed sup
plementary articles of incorpora
tion here todav in furtherance of
a campaign to raise "five bil-
lion and one million dollars to
form a fourth ark for the salva
tion of the righteous for the com
ing destruction of the world."
The organization states it also
Intends to re-erect Solomon's
temple in Portland. Founder, di
rector, secretary and treasurer
is Rev. Theodore H. Irving, col
ored minister, Portland.
Foregoing is what might be
termed an ambitious project. Portland and Multnomah coun-
ty are getting to be the recall
Note on our desk from Ewing ingest places in the country.
McCroskey who retired from Whatever else may be said of
Willamette Grocery company Sheriff Mike Elliott he's the
July 1, last year, after the bet- No. 1 free publicity grabber.
What-Next Department-
Chicago All!) u took the Poultry and Egg National Board
to come up with the ultimate In the "ten best" lists.
The board plans to name the "ten best dressed fowl in the
nation."
It's all slightly confusing and the board hasn't explained
the purpose but district, state and regional fowl fashion
shows will be held. It all will be climaxed with the na
tional fowl fashion show at Kansas City in February.
At that time, the barnyard biddies will strut down a run
way in French bathing suits and formal gowns and such stuff.
The board actually wants to see the chickens and turkeys
cavorting around In such outfits wants to see It so badly
that It Is going to give an automobile to the designer of the
outstanding outfit for a fowl.
Anyone can enter the contest. The board suggests that
costumes be made from colorful poultry seed bags.
MacKENZIE'S COLUMN
Money Talks Amount to
First Aid Not Cure
By DeWITT MocKENZIE
I I'M Forttin Affilr Anljll
That seems to be a business-like and practical Job the Amer-lcan-British-Canadian
conference at Washington has done by
way of giving emergency aid in John Bull's economic crisis.
It's more than just an economic remedy. It gives a real lift to
the morale of a very hard-pressed England and to the numerous
countries whose
welfares are in
terlocked with
hers.
The agree
ments werrl
worked out
with due re
gard to the dig
nity of Britain,
and to the bond.',
of friend ship
The conferee
tackled the
D.WIII kUckml.
problem in the
same spirit of unity and co-operation
shown during the dark
days of the world war.
Undoubtedly the aid would
have been arranged had no oth-
er nation than Britain been con-
cerned. But quite apart from tho
proposition of helping a staunch
war-time ally it was very .clear
than an international catastro-
phe would be precipitated If she
were allowed to collapse.
As Canadian Finance Minis-
ter Douglas Abbott put it:
"We go up or down together."
The ask of the conferees In
this initial meeting was related
to Britain's shortage of dollars.
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She is earning far less dollars the past generation greatly
than she has to spend for essen- speeded by two world wars
tial imports. Thus shortage had has upset Britain's economic ap
lo be made up. and the confer- pie-cart. She must devise new
ence divised a 10 point program ways and means to meet this sit
to meet requirements nation. She may achieve this by
The agreements include these: carrying out her plan of devel
The United States and Canada oping her potentially rich col
are expected to buy more tin onies.
and rubber from Britain for However, such development
stock piling. Britain will be per- Isn't in overnight Job.
ter part of a long life spent
there keeping track of the gro
cery figures. Ewing's been
mostly at Olympia and Spo
kane since leaving here per
fecting himself as a landscape
gardener and was seen in Frosty
Olson's today pricing carnations,
no doubt for some of his old
girls down thisaway. He'll be
here a few days and then in
tends to head for Hollywood.
Maybe he plans on getting out
the old musical saw and make
the movies.
Also on our desk a coupla
onions from the garden of that
old expert Otto Bush, 2295 D
street. Each of same weighed
over 2 lbs., was about 5'i inches
across and was all onion. Otto
still remains champ.
Manila. P. I. (U.R) A local auc
tioneer failed to record a sin
gle sale today. His wares were
11 caskets.
mitted to spend Marshall plan
dollars in countries other than
the Untied States, such as the
purchase of wheat in Canada al
though America has an export
able surplus. Britain will be
free to discriminate against U.S.
and Canadian goods to build up
her non-dollar Imports, and so
conserve dollars.
On the face of it, of course,
England will be benefiting in
soma cases at the expense of
America The answer to this is
that Uncle Sam's contribution
is an investment for insurance
against a greater calamity.
Sir Stafford Cripps, British
chancellor of the exchequer,
,av, nP , convinced the agree-
menl wilI block iny furlher
dangerous drains on Britain's
gi, reserve,
However, I don't believe we
,hould take this as indicating
that Brtiain's economic problem
ha been solved. It is first aid.
Her trouble is far more deep
seated, as this column recently
pointed out.
The vast Industrial develop
ment of other countries during
WASHINGTON MERRY
'Nine Old Men' Will Rule
Against FDR's Philosophy
By DREW PEARSON
Washington For the first time since Frinklin Roosevelt ap
pointed the majority on the supreme court, you can writ it down
that the "nine old men" will now rule against FDR's general
political philosophy.
This turn to the right will be apparent shortly after court
convenes in Oc-
tober, and
would have tak
en place even
had not Justice
Wiley Rutledge
passed away
last week. It
will be empha
sized all the
more, however,
witn nis aeain.i:
There will fr.
now be three
Drtw PMrsva
different and distinct groups on
fe4
the Supreme Court, with gen- Reading it. Justice Reed beam
erally divergent points of view ed: "If this stays in," he said,
on most subjects. "I'll go along with you."
Group No. 1 The militant
liberals have now been reduced Chief Justice's New Rule
to only two men Justices Hugo Fred Vinson, a great human
Black and William O Douglas, being, hasn't surprised those
Up until, Frank Murphy's death, wno know him wel, bv his drlf,
they controlled the court; be- to the right. The Chief Jus
cause they could usually per- tice', background and social sur
suade Stanley Reed or one other roundings always have been a
justice to go along with them, little right - of - center. Under
Now a definite minority, Black Roosevelt he was a faithful fol
and Douglas, will still have a iower of the New Deai Jeft.of.
powerful impact on the nation, center philosophy, but now he
will probably become like Hoi- j, traveling on his own.
mes and Brandeis in their ring- w,, . , .
in? hUlnrir rfim nt their . .wat has surprised some of
i ,i ,l. , t:
ty will be no more
'
GrouD No. 2 The conserva-
.. ' . , . ;r
tives are represented by Felix
, . . j . , . ,
ITronlrriirtAi. anH Hnh TanVcnn
. .v.. me most insignificant law clerk ly that atom'
Jackson, more astute than couid drop in to see him at any b o m b , will
Frankfurter and . more skilled time. mgke u wjld.
politician, is the dominant of t erness ,
the two. Both men were ap- , T Vinson, asso- ;
u.. r, w in -. cla'e justices have found not Tle pigeons
pumicu uy nuuseveii as nucleus,
both have drifted well over to
the right, and both are in oppo-
sition to most of FDR's social
and economic views.
...
Middle-of-the-Roaders
Group No. 3 The middle-of-the-roaders
are led by Chief
Justice Fred Vinson, who for the
time, since the death of Mur
phy and Rutledge, will now con
trol the majority of the court.
With the Chief Justice will
line up popular Stanley Reed,
also from Kentucky. A trifle
lazy, easy to sway, ana worried
about increased government con-
trols and so-called "statism,"
Reed has been gradually veer-
ing away from the liberals.
Also voting with the Chief
Justice most of the time will
be hard-working ex-Attorney
General Tom Clark, who partly
owes his Supreme Court appoint-
ment to his old friend Vinson.
For it was Vinson who tipped
the balance in favor of Clark
when the President's mind was
undecided. Clark will be more
liberal than Vinson in many
cases, but most of the time he
will stav with his old friend.
Though a Republican, Justice
Harold Burton also lines up
rather consistently with the
Chief Justice. Burton feels a
great loyalty to President Tru
man, who appointed him, and
with whom he once served in
the senate. Furthermore, Bur
ton, a plodding lawyer who has
to struggle to turn out even three
or four opinions a year, is forced
by necessity to hang on some
body's coattails. And the Chief
Justice's tails are both the most
respectable and the most con
venient. Douglas vs. Frankfurter
tu - tm,
aiivic waa ti tune wutfti jam
Douglas seriously considered
rivuDninff rnm 'th. ,,-
Court. Still a voung man the
confining drudgery of the court
bored him.
With the death of Rutledge
and Murphy, however, he will
probably not resign first be-
cause he will not desert his old
friend Hugo Black, and second
because he will not desert the
liberal cause.
Also Douglas gets a kick out
of baiting his opposite number,
Felix Frankfurter. The only
member of the Supreme Court
who successfully and consistent
ly gets under Frankfurter's skin,
Douglas almost makes him fran-
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,.,,,,. ul ,rw wuioa, nrsi-ciass lun neia in tne norm- pal stadium problem, however, goodwill and thev are all gen
Douglas will sit listening at- west. The turf field at Salem I sincerely believe it will solve iusV, together Then someone
tentively to a long and involved High School is primarily a prac- not only the stadium question a'v-
h"iuii . t-rar-
t,i'ii.-;i. aiicu Buuueui.v,
A.o..n.u,,r. .cmr, ,,,,
climax. Douglas will intervene
.h J 2 v" rlfivv.
mean so-and.so.doou. Felix?
Those who sit In on the Su-
preme Court conferences iv
Frankfurter Is much more like-
ly to resign than any otiur
member of the court, the chief
reasons being the needling of
Bill Douglas and the lack of
yming people s company in
Washington. At Harvard,
Frankfurter was constantly sue-
rounded by adoring youngsters,
but in Washington they don t
come round to see him nymore
Fran, Fii.Iar nl ktm. 1
am..,itr. 1.IKIT, UllllBdl
quite a political trader, and used
to concentrate on winning Stan-
ley Reed, sometimes called "the
swing man" of the court. On
morning, as law clerks and jus
tices went to work. Frankfurter,
his office door wide open, could
be heard pleading on the phone.
"Now, Stanley," he said, ob
viously talking to Justice Reed,
"you know I don't want to In
fluence you, but don't you let
those 'So-and So's' take you In "
Th so-called "So-and-So's"
- GO - ROUND
were, of course, the court lib
erals, who several times did
bend over backward to win the
vote of Justice Reed. In the As
sociated Press case, for instance,
the liberals needed one mora
vote and instructed their law
clerks to study all of Reed's past
opinions in order to Insert some
of his pet phraseology in their
final opinion. After an exhaus
tive search, one of Reed's pet
legal theories was dug up and
woven into the AP opinion,
uupicuiE i.uun coueaaues.
Jiowever, has been Vinson' for-
mality. Chief Justice Stone
-..i-j 11 ,
court wun an easy-
ni inin.i;i.. ...u:.l
....v.. .iiajitv UIIUCI WI11CI1
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" y.that.th?y have to m.ake P-
' 7 .. n . " DUl are
"i"? te" X'?80" 8 creta.ry
what thej; want e Chief
Justice about. As a result, per-
tain justices do not call on Vin-
son any more.
icocrriiht !
Oscar the Turtle
Doomed to Capture in Lake
Churubusco. Ind.. Sept. IS U.R)
has outwitted every attempt by
nun, may lose his freedom to a gasoline driven pump.
Harris set the pump to draining the seven-acre fulslake where
Oscar lives. Harris figures that once the lake is drv it will be
no trick at all to cage the turtle
and haul him away.
No one has ever gotten a
really good look as Oscar. But
Harrj , ; h
about 500 ds u
a hal' ntury old.
Harris came closest to captur-
in the turtle when he and some
neighbors put two electrodes
into the lake and !'nt 2,500 volts
through them,
Stunned fish, frogs and Oscar
floated to the surface but before
'ne capture coum be completed
the wily turtle came to and
paddled back to the muddy lake who have called me a liar," he
In another attempt, Harris said,
STATE FAIR PROPERTY
Municipal Stadium Proposed
For Fairgrounds Location
The Long Range Planning Commission,
Salem Chamber of Commerce.
Gentlemen: The city of Salem has been in dire need of a
municipal stadium for a great number of years. Several years
ago, a stadium was voted for the city but at the same time the
ballot measure for aDDronria-
ballot measure for
. ' '
,ln money ,or th construction
was defeated. Since that time
there has been no further en-
deavor made to provide a sta-
dlum with adequate seating ca-
Pacltv or tle "ty.
The 1949-50 school year will
be the last season when Salem
High School and Junior High
school teams will be permitted
to use Willamette's Sweetland
Field, due to the Willamette
Building Program. Willamette's
athletic program will be ade-
quately accommodated on its
new field in Bush Pasture.
However, this field will be
used exclusively by the univer-
sity, due to the difficulty and ex
Dense involved n ma ntainine a
t- . . ,j , ., ..
nee iieia ana win noi siano up
jor 00111 practice ana m Rame
jcnrauic oy me mgn anQ junior
High Schools.
The that I wish to
make is that ,he stale of Qrp.
gon sell its present State Fair-
grounds and rebuild a beautiful
new fairgrounds on state prop-
erty in the vicinity of the Cot-
tage Farm and T.B. Hospital.
All of the present buildings on
the fairgrounds with the excep-
tion of the grandstand could be
either moved or torn down. The
grandstand is about the only
modern building on this Im-
mense area.
I feel that the land occupied
by the State Fairgrounds Is far
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about 50 weeks out of each
year. This entire area could be
sub-divided into residential
areas on the south and east, and
into industrial sites on the west
along the railroad track leaving
space around the stadium for
off-street parking and landscap
ing. It would also give oppor
tunity for more north-south
streets through Salem relieving
some of the traffic congestion on
North Capitol Street and the
Fairgrounds Road. At present,
BY GUILD
Wizard of Odds
ITSSOO TO I AMINST A QUALIFIED
WOMAN BECOMING A U.S.SEHaTOR. (HELEN
uAHAuAN P0U6LAS IS THE ONLY WOMAN
THE SENATE
NOW.)
! tP" BY ODDS OF 5 TO 3, ''"
i AMERICANS SPENT MORE ON BUYING
gOLDFISH THAN ON CANCER RESEARCH IN 1948.
POOR MAN'S PHILOSOPHER
Manhattan Lunches to
Destroy New Yorkers
By HAL BOYLE
New York MV-What will finally destroy New York City?
Time has washed down the drain the great metropolises of
many previous civmzauuns. jna 111 nine una uuuuuu-uii-mc-
Hudson probably will also be reduced to the whisper that now
echoes from Sodom, Gomorrah, Ninevah and Tyre.
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nut now: mr?
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.t.n in.. .,.
"h1 "te
' a ' t obl'gat-
ing Washington,
D-c- or. some
believe, the city
may be wiped out in
sudden
Appears
Oscar, th. .icantir turtle who
farmer Gale Harris to capture
staked out a ISO pound female
turtle to the lake shore but Os
car never even winked at her.
Nets, cages and even divers
yielder no better results.
...
All this took a lot of time and
Harris's farm work suffered.
But the capture became an
obsession with him and he se
cured permission from the Indi
ana conservation commission to
drain the lake into another lake
five miles awav via drainage
ditches.
"I want to show un the nennle
there Is but one street leading
north between Commercial
street and Lancaster drive.
i have no idea how feasible
tnis pIan might be possibly it
, jllst another "pipe dream,"
but as a citizen of a fast grow-
ing city I feel we should do
something now and plan for the
future.
As for the financing of this
pian t oeneve that the sale of
tne land by the State to indivi-
duals or to one company for
subdivision would pay for the
loss involved in moving and
wrecking buildings also pay the
Stale for the grandstand.
This is Just an idea that start-
ed As A Knltltinn In thp mnni.!
-- --- - --- --
DUl also tne problem of the
xuture growtn or Salem to the
norm.
If it
In your planning for the future.
,u well and good, if not just
file it with the rest of the crack-
Pot ideas that hatch out every
once in a while.
GARDNFR KVAPP
UAKUNtK KNAPP
P S. Another thought on this
plan inasmuch as the state is
taking a lot of property off the
city tax rolls through expansion
0f the captial grounds, they
should do a little toward equal-
iling tnis ricrea,e in property
by being willing to sell the land
occupied by the State Fair
grOUndS.
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LA a LS
Tarzan Weismuller Works Out
Hollywood, Sept. i Johnny Weismuller who ate him
self out of his Tartan role has dieted himself bark into jungle
movies.
He weighed in yesterday at Columbia studio at 199i and
will begin work as "Jungle Jim," a sort of Tarsan-with-clothes-on
role. A clause In his contract stipulates that he must pay
Producer Sam Kattman $1,000 for each pound of weight over
200.
The swimming star lost his Tsrsan role when h loomed
up to a paunchy 23S.
IN
BABIES. BY ODDS Of
IIN4,STARTUFT-HAH0E0
-BUT AS ADULTS ONLY I IN
20 WILL STILL BE LEFT
HANDED. (6M YOU AMP,
DAW HMD. SAUM.OUn
mass outbreak of violence by
maddered riders of the Long
Island railroad.
My own theory, however, is
that Shangri-York will be done
to death by the three-hour Man
hattan lunch. This is a spread-
i ing epidemic that attacks our
i social, economic and cultural
H structure at the top.
The modern three-hour Man
hattan luncheon is the old sim
ple businessman's blue-plate spe
cial raised to the stature of a
Hollywood production.
Its temples are the popular
restaurants of the midtown and
financial districts, places where
the waiters purr and the menu
prices look like a listing of the
war aeDl-
Gathered around the table are
two to four people who ostensi-
bly have met to undertake im
portant business, but whose real
objective is to gossip, see, and
be seen.
...
The ritual begins promptly at
12:30 o'clock.
"Anybody going to have a
drink?" says the first man tenta
tively. "Think I'll pass my
self." "Pass," says the second, after
a pause.
"Well" hedges the third. '
"Let's have one anyway," says
the fourth, mad because they
have all palmed the real deci
sion off on him.
So they all lap a double round
of martinis extra dry. And
the first man orders a third
martini, wondering if the others
think he Is drinking too much.
He wonders himself, too.
By then the havoc of the night
before and the cares of the morn
ing are gone. In a mellow glow
they go in to a half dozen oysters
or clams for energy. Next
comes a huge plate of chicken au
gratin with asparagus tips and
a side order of salad. Like wo
men they hesitate over whether
, , . , mu ,
" V"- V,c "
a'ways yes a chunk of pas-
try big enough to throttle a hip
popotamus.
Then comes coffee and
'brandy?"
"Oh, why not?" And a double
round seems only sensible. Why
let a good fire die once it's burn
ing well?
The four gents by now are
cooking on sixteen burners. If
they are radio writers they are
pitying Shakespeare. If they
are business executives, they
r th.t i t urin
.nirf v..,,- hi.i . ,'n.', ,..ith
man if he hadn't mad. .o manv
boners.
a -i i
n rusy kiuw wraps inem in
"Good Lord,
it's 3:30!'
They waddle out and grab a
hBri, tn fh. There
oy.t(,rs, alad, coffoe, and Kr(,nch
paslry churn them into torpor.
The afternoon is lost. Until
quitting time they sag like sug-
ar j,,,, over thp'jr desks They
have to stop off for' a couple
of qulck h(nball!1 on 1he wy
home to keep alive,
"Tomorrow I'm going to Just
have a snack lunch." they prom-
ise themselves. But they don't.
Its back to the same old trough
for another wallow,
Three hour luncheons may
take a long time to destroy New
York. But they do a quicker
.
Job on the men who eat them.