Good Evening, Everybody: J-;i' in the political fire in New York City. i.:is Ionr eAp^cteu. stg-teinont from Joseph V. McKee, former ^resident of the Board of Aldermen, an... acting mayor after Jimmie Walker hopped it for ■ urope, was made public today, and his statement is lihe fiat of the celebrated Barkis in Dickens* David Copperfield. You "..ay remembc • that Barkis* s proposal of marriage was conveyed Soy by a third party in the terms "Barkis is v:illin*#n argtj^like Barkis, Joe agj^ is will in* and will be ^ew York’s next mayor. tliat ia, provided Vie gets enough votes. This me to s it a "chrse cornered pol.t cicc.l fignt betvveen theVgEESiiiEH^incumbent of the mayoralty, the Honoraole John Patvich O'Brien; «w picturesque ex-Congressman Ifejor FIBrello La Euardla, and now Judge McKee, who to some of his associate In the political world is known as Holy Joe. As he threw his hat in the ring Mr. McKee aimed LSAD - ; all of his brickbats at Tamraany. lie xxikxkEx dec la redone thing tile u the reason father KnickeroockerTs credit is on the blink today is he govf rm A T-b'n^iany has made such an unholy mess of the nuien' ^ S:\j3 hr, lichee: "The city is under an arrogant leadership of stupidity and corruption, unmatched since the days of fea* Boss Tweed.” He says the way the Tammany leaders have run Father Knickerbocker1 s business has been marked by not only incompetence and stupidity, but by utter callousness to public opinion and a total disregard for decent standards of political life. Judge "icKee was at one time a school teachex sne though he doesn’t advertise it among noli tleans, even now reads Latin and Greek ks*t.eK poetry just for fun. He’s the only man who ever sat in the Mayor's chair who was able to answer joking letters in spontaneous verse. He throws his hat into the political ring as an independent canninat^, and promises the*. --- «JUt f e fTOm political domination r-cat public that he ’.U-H be LFAD - E or obligation to any leader or set of leaders. -k-x bfuJUv*'' {fe. -&eJx£t^eA ^tha c de'.,' done voters vvant Vvhat the country at large is getting, a ne'':_ deo.l.. This he undertakes to provide. I,m not a political expert, but some of those dio are tell me that Judge McKee*s entry into the ring kills the chances of the anti-Tammany forces for winning the election, the- .a for Tammany is always sure of/^Knr.txy=^g^h±a. support of^quite numberous bio do of voters who always vote the same way. The anti-Taiimic.ny vote they tell me-:, will now be split between che O-Jt R l A**/ ■ous .Mm/iui“IniL. a: ougnaclous A n . and Holy Joe. N.B.C. Mean,, a lie the efforts of the Tammany Administration of Gotham to^fcaJ^ the city out of its f inaneseem to be getting no further. The last few weeks theyfve had the help of Samuel Untermeyer* the celebrated orchid raiser^a^d^£^^^£^C^U*^ /V Mr. Untermeyer got sore today and says that if he doesntt get better cooperation from the city officials in the way of economy he will throw up the job in despair N.B.C. ST Hi XI yriie.'" 's no doubt that the N.R.A. today is in a touyh spot over the strUc situation. It seems too ironic that Just as unemployni in; tn.e country over has been reduced, the movement should striihfe a snaj in catwalk-out on the part of the orkers. Nevertheless, the dope from Washington is that no less than a hundred thousand coal miners are out, and what’s more, those labor troubles are spreading in the automobile industry, in the tool and Hie plants, in the steel mills, and the industries depending on these. / For instance.A there was a big disturbance at the A bsat U.S. Steel Corporation plant at Clairton, Pennsylvania. three thousan min rs marched on that factory to get th . steel workers to join them. Their parade v/as escorted by state troopers, but y/hen th-. y got to the Allegheny County line, they were stopped, by deputy sheriffs who wanted to prevent them entering the county. However, the state constabulary informed the aeputi s that Gov^ .nor Pinchot bed given orders that the men had a right to enter the town and they, the state constables, were there to see rr 'i :r - 2 that the -en :ot their rights. Accordingly the steel company^ depu(.y sneriifs .•ic.d. st ’p aside^ the miners entered the torn,, and picketed the steel factory. In some cases it is said they took away the workers* dinner pails, *^hen in Detroit four thousand tool and die workers X3JBM v'ho are on strike, held a meeting under the sponsorship of the Mechanics Educational Society. They drew up a statement, calling for wage increase of twenty-five per cent. An official of the National Labor Board arrived in the automobile capital to try hi si’land Eaaxsfi at settling these labor difficulties. Senator Wagi , the head of the Labor Board, tells us that similar attempts will be made to mediate the differences of opinion in the Ford plants at Chester, Pennsylvania, and Ldgewater, New Jersey. i I COTTON nere Soros good news for you if ycu*re a cotton farmer. Uncle Sam is going o lend you ten cents a pounds on this year1 s crop. The Federal Farm Administration has completed plans for raising the money, A federal commodity credit corporation will be erected, and this body will borrow the money from the Reconstruction Finance Corporation at two per cent interest to finance the undertaking. fc [ 1 I 1 I I I L BAN.CS And non tc encourage bank depositors. The Comptroller of the Currency announces that three huadred^seventy-five national banks which have been closed since March 4th, will be opened shortly. These banks are scattered over thirty-seven states. The details of their reorganization are now being completed. N.B.C, Uncle Spin's Income has been mounting steadily since the legalization of the three per cert beverage. The total tax ta en In since it T.ras inade^isgsJi^ amounts now to more than seventy-one million dollars. In fact, in August alone it was seventeen million. That takes some burden off the taxpayers in general. koosevult ■ividea'.Iy it’s aot so easy to be a President's son. At least Franclin D. Roosevelt, Jr., a freshman at Harvard University, set::isto be ?in. ing this out. I Last i ^^F^nklin D., showed up for the freshmen football squad. V.h n he arrived on the field ±fc he found a regular cohort of news cameramen waiting for him. The young man promptly turned in his football suit and decided to give up all idea of the game. Then today he appeared on the banks of the Charles River, all ready to try out for the rowing crew. Just as he was about to step into the shell he saw a Boston photographer trying to take a picture of him. He jumped out of the shell, val ,ea up to the camera men and said: "Ho look, if you don't leave me alone. Then he added: I'm goin; o punch you in the nose, and I mean not going to be hounded by *£& so and so photographers every time I move.” • 4- oiocni -f-^ because later on the His action brought results, u c - th-t the President’s son vill in University of Harvard announce a « ^ oosev : LT - ? future be prot< cted from molestation !;y newspaper men while on the campus ; nd, ^roun-hs of the University. And the Secretary of Information :t Harvard said: "By this action Mr. Roosevelt has von tv respect ■ >f not only his classmates, but everybody at Harvard. He wants to be treated just like the other one thousand and eighty-eight freshmen. He wants to lead his own life without being tied to the car of his father1 s fame, and the University is oin.g to see to it that he!s protected." Ariel I»m sure everybody else will say - good for him W / n. Hw ruW—i N.B.C. d\( ; ' ] / t 1 n r, ^ . d-\' , __ / IRTRO to dr . gamahr (^nd previous story with some bit of slang) I^d better watch ray English this evening^, my diction anu grammar, also my pis and Qfs, because I have a arned man, and pedagogue here in the studio with me. He is a neighbor of mine who adds distinction and dignity to our community up in Dutchess County. ^Dr. Frederick L. Gamage, founder of the Pawling Boy* s School, one of the top ranking nprep” schools in the country. Dr. Gamage has spent fifty years educating and the ( preparing/youth of th®a,l&nd for college careers. I wish you could see him as he ta here beside me.a^^oing toward his eightieth year, hale and hearty,- with about the noblest shock of white hair you ever saw, and all the fine distinction of a gentleman of the old school. And there* s a jovial twinkle in his eye. In paying a tribute to him I feel as if I were paying a tribute to the whole teaching profession which now, at the opening of the school year, is beginning By the way. Dr. Gamage, I have a letter, h■ vn uatbr n eal-1—forth—sfr0113 Miss Julia Moore of Indianapolis, who writes:- "I sincerely Tall Story Club has not gone out of existence; if it has, won’t you revive it?" What do you think about that. Doctor? INTRO TO DR. GAMAm? (^nd previous story with some bit of slang) iVl better watch my Engilsh thls eveningj oy dlction and grammar, also my P.s and Q,s> beoause I ^ a and pedagogue here In the stadlo with me. He is a neighbor of mine who adds distinction and dignity to our community up in Dutchess County. Frederick L. Gamage, founder of the Pav.ling Boy s School, one of the top ranking nPrep,T schools in the country. Dr. Gamage has spent fifty years educating and the preparing/youth of th®o,land for college careers. I wish you could see him as he ta sitting here beside going toward his eightieth year, hale and hearty,- with about the noblest shock of white hair you ever saw, and all the fine distinction of a gentleman of the old school. And therets a jovial twinkle in his eye . In paying a tribute to Mm I feel as if I wei e paying a tribute to the whole teaching profession which now, at the opening of the school year, is beginning ^ By the way. Dr. Gamage, I have a letter, awwrwteveh-jaaje- call^foi Hi juiuc conrmnnt fr^m Crom Miss Julia Moore of Indianapolis, who writes:- "I sincerely hop£l& Tall Story Club has not gone out of existence; if it has, won^t you revive it?" V/hat do you think about that. Doctor? I am afraid Lowell, that r » Lna1: 1 do i10^ agree with the eharm- in« la<i/- 1 ^ a olor^Ma^aIia I could hardly approve of the tell­ ing of tall stories. The radio audience, I am sur% will understand that a clergyman should not condone any sort of falsehood, mendacity, or trirllug -..ith tiiQ1 truth* uiowsvsr, Strang© things do happen in lutchess County. ,/e have remarkable hunting dogs up there, O'or neighbour, Albert Akin, has a bird dog that will point the bird on Lei lie ^ s hat* One day that dog fell to point­ ing a stuffed owl in the attic* It refused to take food or water and 3quire Akin had to shoot the stuffed owl before the dog would, stop pointing* Jii&t bird dog also points fish* Once when Squire Akin took the dog on a trip to Bermuda, the faithful animal saw a flying fish. He was so sonfused that he started pointing his master* And the Squire almost had to shoot hi rise If * And now for the tallest story of all. fhree years ago this evening I sat at my radio at home and listened mte. 'i friend of mine was making his debut on the air, his first api]ear ?or - . Jaiaa^e. - 2 ~ anco in a re.^ilar program of the day’s news. He was Lowell Thomas. X have followed his progress ever since — for three years. How I’ll let Lowell, that it hasn’t occured to you that this is your third anniversary on the air, or at any rate that you haven’t thought of anything in particular to say about it. i siti afraid joctor that I am not Httic£^ood on birthdays. anniversaries and so on. I did remember vaguely that tonight marhen ^ '• enn of iay tiixrd year on the air, but there really isnTt muel to say about it, except one thing:- about how'^Sw the radio A. audience rus oeen^tu tarn*, People have gone out of their way to give me encouragement, and that helpful word that means so much, and even hen they have corrected my mistakes, as I have given them plenty of occasion to do, it has been with ssafe a genial spirit of friendliness and well-wishing, but itTs pretty hard for me to make an anniversary speech with so much crowding up MICKBY HOUSE For instance, take this bit of hot news. Here*s one about a real anniversary -- the fifth birthday of Mickey Mouse, I am informed that all the schools in America will be closed on that day# Mickey Mouse’s fifth birthday occurs tomorrow. So you see. Doctor, good old Walt Disney must have his joke -- the schools are closed anyway tomorrow -- it’s Saturday. Depperman Colonel and &rs. Charles ^r. Lindbergh are in Esthonia nov". They left Mo sc or this morning and arrived at Beval about three o’clock this afternoon. GENEVA demands of Gerraany to be allowed to re-arm were today, at Geneva. The principal powers of Europe announced that any increase of Germany’s war equipment will The V turned down not be allowed. TRIAL ^Also, a high spot was reached today at Leipzig in Germany where those five Communists are on trial •- the men charged with having set fire to the German Reichstag. The principal performer today was Marinus Van der Luhoe, the young Dutch brick mason who when the proceedings opened, expressed himself with scorn and defiance. Day before yesterday he admitted having set fire to three public build­ ings in Berlin, and today he confessed that it was he who had tried to burn down the Reichstag, NBC BLRLIN 1-ie • coo ad stage of the strained relations between Nazi urrM..i\v --ti-i Knssia lias been reached. I mean the dispute ov r the expelling of German newspaper men from Moscow. The German Government sent a note of protest to the Russian Embassy if and protest <1 that/these newspaper men were not allowed to stay on thf job. It vould be a sore strain on the supposed friendship bo two n the t'.o countries. Mosco of course, expelled those German newspaper men because Russian reporters had been barred from the trial at Leipzig. N.3.C. LEHMAN Friends of Governor Lehman of New York have been considerable upset by the news of his indisposition. However, a late bulletin frora the Governorf s Park Avenue Home in NevvT York City brings the information that his condition is favorable. Among those who telephoned the Lehman house to inquire were President Roosevelt, Cardinal Hayes and former Governor Alfred E. Smith. NBC LIFEBOAT Here * s something to interest athletic ladies. The Plying Canadian Pacific liner Empress of between V /< Vancouver and Asia, has a lifeboat crew composed entirely I of women. During that linerTs last visit to her home port those eight ladies,all of whom are employed on the ship. showed their expertness in handling that lifeboat to such effect that they were awarded certificates from Lloyds, the great insurance underwriters organization, M.B.C. HUBBARD pi , , A—v*l n Monday evening JfffSBBBt going to have another ^ A. interesting guest speaker. Father Hubbard, the famous Glacier priest. Father Hubbard^TTi^ev/ ^ \ at the first opportunity, to tell us some of his latest , Nf- adventures with Alaska^ glaciers, and he will be with us on K « Monday BUMG h LOW ending Jones and Brown were having a confab concerning Brown’s house. Said Jones; ’<Why do you call your house a bungalow?' To which Brown replied: *'If it isn’t a bungalow, what is it? The builder made a bungle of it — and I still owe for it.” So it’s a bungalow to me and a toodle-oo to you and SO LONG A