MERRY-GO-ROUND— SUNDAY, JUNE 20— PAGE 3.
IKE’S BIGGEST SHOWDOWN FIGHT WILL BE OVER FARM LEGISLATION, A
BATTLE HE STANDS A ..GOOD CHANCE TO LOSE. THE FARM BLOC WILL VOTE IN
A PHALANX AGAINST FLEXIBLE PRICE SUPPORTS, REGARDLESS OF. PARTY AFFILIA¬
TION. THE PRESIDENT ALSO DOESN’T STAND MUCH CHANCE OF RAMMING THROUGH
THE TAFT-HARTLEY REVISIONS, OR 18-YEAR-OLD VOTE, OR HEALTH REINSURANCE.
MEANWHILE, THE REST OF THE LEGISLATIVE PROGRAM HAS PILED UP INTO
ONE OF THE WORST LOGrJAMS IN RECENT CONGRESSIONAL HISTORY, AND WHEN
SENATOR KNOWLAND CLAIMS CONGRESS WILL ADJOURN BY JULY 31, IT IS PURE
WISHFUL THINKING.
— SGHINE’S PSYCHOLOGICAL WARFARE —
BROOKS HAYS OF ARKANSAS, ONE OF THE FOREMOST CONGRESSIONAL EXPERTS
ON PSYCHOLOGICAL WARFARE AGAINST COMMUNISM, WAS ASKED WHAT HE THOUGHT
OF A REPORT ON THAT SAME SUBJECT BY G. DAVID SCHINE, WHICH CAUSED A
CERTAIN AMOUNT OF HILARITY AT .THE MCC ARTHY-ARMY HEARINGS.
HAYS REPLIED BY TELLING HOW HIS FATHER, THEN A CENSUS ENUMERATOR
in Arkansas, approached a man who was driving a "jitney" bus and
BEGAN INTERROGATING HIM ABOUT HIS FAMILY BACKGROUND.
"WHAT’S YOUR NAME?" HE INQUIRED.
"HEARN."
"HOW DO YOU SPELL IT?"
"SPELL IT YOURSELF, STRANGER," REPLIED THE JITNEY DRIVER. *I’M
A NON-SC HOLAE.’'’
CONGRESSMAN HAYS WENT ON TO SAY: "ON THE SUBJECT OF PSYCHOLOGICAL
WARFARE, G. DAVID SCHINE IS A NON-SCHOLAR."
—CHAMP CLARK’S STENOGRAPHER-
GENIAL, WHITE-THATCHED DAVID LYNN, WHO HAS SERVED UNDER SIX SPfcAKSRS
AS ARCHITECT OF THE C APITOL, TgLeTtHIS STORY ABOUT ONE OF HIS FORMER
BOSSES, CHAMP J^rftK OF MISSOURI.
CLARK, A FAMOUS DEMOCRAT, WAS INTERVIEWING A YOUNG WOMAN FOR A
STENOGRAPHIC. JOB WHEN SHE BLURTED OUT:
"MR. SPEAKER, THERE IS SOMETHING I MUST TELL YOU, BUT I’M AFRAID IT
MAY DISQUALIFY ME. I’M A REPUBLICAN.’
"YOUNG LADY, DO YOU KNOW THE PRINCIPLES OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY?"
INQUIRED CLARK STERNLY.
"NO, SIR, I HAVE NOT STUDIED UP ON THAT,'" SHE REPLIED.
"ALL RIGHT, THEN," SAID CLARK, "DC YOU KNOW THE PRINCIPLES OF THE
DEMOCRATIC PARTY?"
THE' YOUNG WOMAN AGAIN REPLIED IN THE NEGATIVE.
"IN THAT CASE, YOU’RE HIRED," DECIDED CLARK. "THERE’S A GREAT DEAL
OF WORK TO BE DONE AROUND HERE AND IT’S EASY TO SEE THAT YOU WILL NOT
LET POLITICS INTERFERE WITH YOUR JOB."
(END MERRY-GO-ROUND RELEASE SUNDAY, JUNE 20, 1954.)
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