—* T • ~ feUijOCO_. MOiviDAi, JuLx 1937 GOOD EVEi'JlNG EVERYBODY; Few people outside of New Y ofk ever heard of the late James J. Doolinfe but everybody has heard of Tammany Hall, the most famous municipal organization in the world. And at this particular,time the passing of the Wigwam's leader becomes a matter of interest all over the country. As you may have heard, old Father Knickerbocker is nervously entering, tne most curious mayoralty campaign in years, with the anti-Tammany LaGuardia in the City Hall, the last four years have been lean ones for the Wigwam. But the more enthusi­ astic of the Braves have been proclaiming loudly that the forth­ coming election was their big chance, their chance'to get bac* into the gravy. However, there were acute dissensions among them as to whom they should pie* to topple the effervescent LaGuardia from his throne. In the eyes of Leader Dooling, LEAD - ic United btates senator Royal Copeland v/as the man or the hour. Borne of the lieutenants did not agree, but Cooling, actually a dying man, stucK to his guns, and the medicinal Senator became Tammany's choice. He hardly had time to consolidate his victory when he died. That leaves the Wigwam in a tough spot. The Braves have to put over a candidate whose principal champion has passed out of the picture, what's more, the name of Tammany no longer means what it used to in hew York: politics. For Tammany rules over only the one borough, the island of ^ajOiat- tan. In the last few years the other boroughs, such as Brooklyn, Queens and the Bronx, particularly the Bronx, have increased so hugely in population that they've also gained in importance and influence. Over the Bronx reigns a staunch supporter of President Roosevelt, Edward J. Flynn. And Mr. Flynn has picked a rival candidate, the highly decorative Grover Whalen. So here 's the pictures LaGuardia strongly en­ trenched in power, with a huge host of friends and partisans. LEAD - 5 However, tne fiery Fioreilo has made himself numerous enemies. But the opposition to him right now is split by two candidates, senator Copeland, and Grover Whalen. And now out of the picture passes the Tammany leader. ihere1s mourning in hew York today over the passing of dames J. Dooling and with reason, for it was tragic. Only three years ago he was elected leader of Tammany, the youngest ever to hold that cnucial, difficult and most influential berth. As the embodiment of young ideas in politics, it was fondly hoped at the time that young Dooling(s leadership would presently show the country a new and rejuvenated Tammany. But throughout his incumbency he met nothing but obstacles. In the first place, the organization had practically no patronage since it was not in the good graces of ^unny Jim Farley# and for the latter part of his term Dooling was seriously ill. -^e had an apopleptic stroke months ago. Indeed, physicians said that the only thing that itept him alive was his zest and interest in his job as Tammany leader. How another stroke and he dies at forty-four. usut.X t» o uliis uime oi* till© vefcr, uliepe T s 0110 px'j.iioij *1 a-ji* oi.ae.-i u in oon, ^nd it well nigh unanimous • ■'Let > rf je u iiii’ougii with hie job i.ud go home, * is the big- idea. iiid there aeoras to 00 ; oiua'ioe tiv t this sentiment iiay bring another conflict between Goin;ress tad the presi­ dent • hr. Roosevelt has several bills on the calendar that he wants passed, heat or no heat. The trend anoug Representatives and Senators is to :uit v/mur-lin.;, finish up onl;; such legislation as is essential for the carrying on of governEient and c 11 it a day. ih<t uales it tough for the majority leaders, espec­ ially senator "arhley, newly elected to his steering job. There are one or two straws thioh sho.7 which way bhe wiiid blows, indi oat ions of a reoelli ous xc-eling. lor iustance, oil ere ’ 3 the jrowiug opposition to the Blech-Connery Rill, tile ! :0 31 >'I’e which would esta0lisn EiiBiimum v/ct^e s 1 liU itcixmniti hours for labor throughout the United States. It»s one of the President's pet met suites, and the oliorus oi opposrti on to it ;ru-es louder every neh. Then, again the Republicans are going to ba ij for :,n amendment uO the WASHINGTON - 2 Wagner Labor Relations Act. Its object i» to make employees as responsible as employers. And there's bound to be a fight about that. And Senator Wagners bill which provides housing at low f-r , cost^ jphere*s another matter thatfs going to provide food for squabbling, As we saw last week. Congress showed its teeth to the President twice. First on the Court Bill, then by overriding his veto on the Farm Loan Bill. And only this afternoon a Democratic member of the House let loose a charge of fireworks against the Labor Relations Boar*?. Representative Rankin of Mississippi declared thatofficials of the Board were nothing short of Communists in their activities. In his own state^at Tupelo, Mississippi, the Board had closed a cotton mill. And, said Congressman Rankin, IT officials of the Board were heard boasting about it. So, it looks like a stormy summer on the banks of the Potomac. One of the matters that may come up before Congress goes is the appointment of a new Justice of the Supreme Court to succeed Mr. Van Devanter. The gossip in Washington today was that one of the LaFollettes of Wisconsin might be nominated, either the Senator or his brother, Philip. X a ABOR : 0x* 0 coujle ox v;e:-j:g ./a’ve oeeii i'fi irly tvi-1 ox' u;^ly l: bor a Goriea, 1’uu rxo-tin.,; reared its hexd a^ain uod .y, twice infaot, uid ooth uimes at Cleveland; outside the Republio Steel plant. The i'irat brojee loose earl; t.tis morning, Just * as che d tvj shift oa: o on. j orov/d or a thousand, pickets, sympathisers, and the usual innooeut bystanders, were Jammed •■round the main entrance to the plant. They barred the way of the men goin^ back to work, hlouy came a shook troupe of a hundred policemen, some on horseback, some on motorcycles, o tiiers afoot, clear in-; : pi th through the crowd • . ovi~ that pa bli marched the day shift, to tne accompaniment of boos, cat calls and loud cries of ’’SoabJ" Then somebody tlirev/ a rock, .,id the trouble v/as oil. y.efore it v/as over, tv/e^-oy people were injured and eleven arrested. "• ut .he evening riot was worse. It started in Just the sane v y. some fifty oars, carrying './oruers xor tne night shifo /ipain someone hurlea a brick and a fhis ti .e one person v* s killed before drove up aO the plant-. pitoLei. b bjtle ensue . o rd e r m ■ s ro s to red. JAPM1 war news from the Far East - the fat's in the fire,, the Japanese are in Peiping^--Peking. There's martial law in Tientsin with train after tr-in full of the Mikado’s soldiers pouring through on the way to the old imperial capitol. The taking of Peiping is the aftermath of this morning's battle at Langfang when seventeen Japanese planes bombarded a Chinese garrison midway between Peiping and Tientsin. The word "battle" has been pretty freely used In dis­ patches from the Far East. In pint of numbers involved and casualties inflicted, these encounters so far are skirmishes compared to the carnage in opain. The garrison at Langfang consists of a bare thousand Chinese soldiers. However, the big thing of course is^the invasion of Peiping, It marks in epochal fashion the definite beginning of a new invasion, a new aggression, an occupation of furhter Chinese territory• They had givefcthe Chinese until noon Wednesday to yield to their ultimatum. Consequently, the defenders of Peiping were unprepared so that a couple of companies ot Japanese JiiPAN - ic soldiers, five hundred in all, cut their way into the city. iMevertheiess, there was savage fighting - one party of Japanese wiped out. it was throughjthe historic Chang Yimen Gate that they ■nade their entrance from the south. and at this moment the crackle of machine guns and rif­ les is heard in the streets of the capitol called the "City of Peace in the North11, ho was captured the city of centuries of Chinese dynasties, visited by Marco Polo with astonishment soon after it was built by Kublai Khan. Marco Polo called it Cambaluc. lor more than five centuries, under the name of Peking, that old picturesque place was the seat of the Chinese government. And now under Japan, it may become the capitol of China again- under a Japanese controlled dynasty. I it seems to be on the knees of destiny whether today's events result In a vast oriental warwe've been hearing now determined the Chinese were, how infuriated at Japanese aggres­ sion. well, the Central Government at wanking voices that spirit of defiance• nut conservative ctnd, sober obsei^ers xell JAPAM - 5 us that for all their numbers and all their martial ardor, trie Chinese armies are no match for the Japanese nor likely to be lor years to come. They haven't the equipment, they haven't the training, they haven't the generals, ctrictly speaking, there is still no such thing as a Chinese army. There are a number of armies composed of Chinese men, com­ manded by leaders most of whom have different and conflicting aims . as for the aggressive Japanese, their attitude in almost so many words is tnat they have been stalled and de­ layed long enough. Unless, hanking withdraws all Chinese troops from the Peiping area by noon tomorrow, bombs will be rained from airplanes upon all barracks in the territory. European and American embassies and legations will be warned to see to it that their nationals are herded into sate and protected places. The word from Tokyo is that the Mikado's government is determined to put up with no more delays on the part of the Chinese. This, of course, isn't news. They've been saying that JAPAN - 4 for weeks. emperor Hirohito today summoned the heads of his government, the frime Minister, the Foreign Minister, the Finace Minister, and the chief of the general staff to the palace. boon after which Premier Konoye called an emergency session of the Cabinet. All branches of Japan’s military establishment are being mobilized for “emergency measures 11 I hope you folks had as many laughs over the week-end as I did. If so, your sides must still be aching. It was a rather rib-splitting affair to witness the baseball victory of Caspar Milquetoast, Major Hoopie and Colonel Stoopnagle. These three worthies appeared on our Dutchess County soft-ball field under the learned managerial guidance of Hendrik Van Loon, historian and philosopher. Our local talent reasoned that timid-soul Caspar Milquetoast in the person of cartoonist H.T. Webster, the boastful and ineffectual Major Hoopie in the person of cartoonist Wood Cowan and the blundering Colonel Htoopnagle in the person of radio comediam Chase Taylor v/ouldn’t be ablt to play ball so well*. Nor did they. Manager Hendrik Van Loon Is as broad as bulky and as slow as a Dutch bark of the sixteenth century. He had never had a baseball bat in his hands before and confided that his only experience was cricket in Lis pre-paunch dciys. Now even the cricket technique has vanished, as he whipped the breeze. So we, Quaker Hillers, out of the kindness of our hearts put onto the field our weakest line up, in which Aviator Frank Hawks - 2 - was the only numble player. We thought we would give the visiting Caspar Milquetoast, led by the mighty Major Hoople and Colonel btoopnagle a chance. What we overlooked was they had in their line-up archaeologist Greg Mason, Hill Billy Artist Paul Webb, bulky cartoonist Herb Roth and radio xx man Nelson Hess, and comic writer Ted Shane. They could play ball. We did learn about it only too late, when they had run up fourteen runs. Then we began putting in our good players. In the last inning we had an array of fleet-footed talent, boys of college baseball caliber. They blasted pitcher Colonel Stoopnagle to the far corners, they scored such runs, but still it was^t enough. That much-pitied team headed by Professor Van Loon, Caspar Milquetoast, Major Hoople and Colonel Stoopnagle beat us on a score of 16 to 10 in one of the most hard laugh games I have ever seen. bit too early for the eagle to scream. But tne tennis today over at 'Wimbledon turned out two to one, two : or America, one for England, in the Oavis Cup challenge round. In the Davis Cup doubles the American team won three sets out o± four this afternoon but the game was a good deal closer than that sounds, with Donald Budge and Gene ^ako naving to do their utmost to beat the Englishmen, Tuckey and iftilde. Thfe U. b. A, won the first two sets fairly easily. And then dropoed the third. Then came tne last, a hammer and tongs affair. The score climbed up two all, four all, five all, six all, seven all, eight all, and so forth, i'iot until they nad played twenty-two games was the umpire able to sey “game, set and match,^ with the final score of twelve to ten. But we’ll have to keep our fingers crossed until to— morrow evening, ^f the English hould take both the final singles matches, the Davis Cup would stay on the banks of the Thames. It’s all up to the red-head, Don Budge. If he - £ is at top form he can beat England’s Bunny Austin. But Austin has this advantage:- the American has had a lot of truelling tennis lately^ especially when he faced and beat the German ace, Baron von Gramm; added to which he bore the brunt of today's struggle, bo Bunny Austin ought to enter the lists a trifle the fresher of the two tomorrow a fternoon. nudge might easily have a let down. Here's an unimportant piece of information for you tennis fans:- Don Budge trains on malted mil and Gene Mako on ice dream sodas, as for me - I'll take Blue Dunoeo and —— oO LOi'iG UtNTIh TOMOtiBOW.