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NATIONAL AFFAIRS Revitwed by CARTER FIELD Imjtortance of Senators Glass and Johnson in the presidential campaign . . . W ashington expects Presi dent Roosevelt, disturbed by the camfmign s course so far, to make a surprise move, (Bell Syndicate—WNU Service.) WASHINGTON.—Two of the most interesting figures in this political campaign are Senators Carter Glass of Virginia and Hiram W. Johnson of California. Glass will vote for President Roosevelt, he says, because he con siders himself bound by the fact that he was a delegate to the Chicago conven tion which renomi nated the President for a third term. His mere statement, of course, is virtual ly an invitation to Virginia Democrats not so bound by this caucus idea of a Carter Glass convention to bolt, and to bolt on the third-term issue. Certainly the statement by the most prominent Virginian of his day, the man who fathered the present federal reserve system, the greatest banking reform of all time, and, curiously enough, a reform which worked, is not cal culated to give aid and comfort to the third termers. It is interesting to note, by the way, what is going on among the men and women who were close to Woodrow Wilson. Of these, Glass is outstanding. He was secretary of the treasury for a period under Wilson, and was always very close to him. Vance McCormick, who was Wilson’s chairman of the Dem ocratic National committee, has come out for Willkie, Mrs. E. T. Meredith, widow of Wilson’s secre tary of agriculture, has come out for Willkie. BARUCH NOT BOLTING Bernard M. Baruch, who was ap pointed by Wilson to run the vital war industries board, is not bolting. Baruch prides himself on being an unreconstructed southern Democrat. His father was an officer in the Con federate army and Baruch was born in Camden, S. C. But while Baruch is not bolting, it is interesting to note that so many of his friends are. His two “bright young men,” George Peek and Gen. Hugh Johnson, are both out for Willkie. Hiram Johnson was bitter in 1932 with hate for Herbert Hoover. He still hates him, for Hiram seldom gives up an enmity. So when F. D. R. sent the California sena tor word in 1932 that he would be glad to meet him and shake hands with him on his visit to San Fran cisco if it would not embarrass John son, the senator was ripe for the compliment. In 1936 Johnson virtually took no part in the campaign. He had been souring rapidly on Roosevelt but not to the point of bitterness. ‘DRAFT* THIN DISGUISE President Roosevelt, much dis turbed by the course of the cam paign so far, is certain to take some step calculated to shock the coun try, make it forget the present cam paign issues, and center all interest on the international crisis. But—up to now—the administra tion’s political strategy has shown few signs of the old political cun ning so disastrous to Republican hopes in 1932, 1934, and 1936. For instance, appointment of Hen ry L Stimson and Frank Knox, Republicans, to the cabinet. This did play hob with certain figures at the Republican convention, as when John Hamilton read them out of the party. But the net result was bad for the Roosevelt side. Some folks wondered why a 72-year-old man was all right for the toughest job in the defense plan, head of the war department, but not to sit as a justice of the Supreme court. Moreover, this led to the firing of Louis Johnson, who had demonstrat ed more vision than any one around the administration. ROOSEVELT DISTURBED Another instance was the thin dis guise thrown over the "draft” of Roosevelt, the prominence given the bigrity bosses, Frank Hague of Jer sey City, Ed J. Kelly of Chicago, Ed Flynn of the Bronx, etc., and the clear dictating of the vice presiden tial nominee. All this came on top of the treat ment of John Nance Garner, Paul V McNutt, and James A. Farley, to mention three of the would-be as pirants crushed by allowing Roose velt’s name to be used in the big primary states where machines could be depended upon to do the President’s bidding. The point in all this is that they were not clever, politically. Roose velt could have been renominated had he insisted from the first day that he did not want it, and if he had refused to allow his name to be used in any primary. The Dem ocrats at Chicago were so afraid of Willkie that they would have voted overwhelmingly for a third term even if Roosevelt had pretended he wouldn’t take It. Meanwhile, Willkie, to date," has not made a mistake so far obvious. Household News WHEN YOU PLAN A PICNIC FOR A CROWD (Recipes Below.) Community picnics are fun! They offer an opportunity for a carefree day under the open sky—carefree for even the chairman in charge of affairs, if she's planned her program well and chosen her helpers wisely. If the crowd to be served is a really large one, it’s a good idea to have one com mittee member > responsible for each main dish such as meat, po tatoes, salad, des sert, and bever age, and one re sponsible for extras such as buns, butter, relishes, etc. There’ll be a serving committee end a clean-up committee, as well. Picnics for four or five families are usually co-operative affairs. Each family may supply its own lunch, but more often each one pro vides one item in large enough quan tities to serve the crowd. One fam ily might provide the salad, one the meat, and still another family the dessert, which might be watermel on, a luscious chocolate cake, or a freezer full of old fashioned ice cream. With a little planning, the cost can be fairly equally distrib uted. When an outing is in the offing and it’s up to you to plan the menu for a crowd, you’ll find these picnic pointers helpful. 1. If lunch is being prepared at home, choose foods that permit be forehand preparation, and that are not too difficult to carry or to serve. 2. Provide a fairly simple meal, with plenty o{ everything but not so much variety that it will cause con fusion and lots of extra work. 3. Unless you are sure of a good water supply, it’s better to carry the water from home. 4. Carry fruit juices, tomato juice or milk in thermos bottles. 6. The main dish for the picnic— which might be chili, baked beans, or escalloped potatoes, can be cooked the day before, then in the morning brought to the boiling point, and the dutch oven or casserole wrapped in several thicknesses of newspaper to retain the heat. 6. Don’t overlook the possibilities in frozen foods for picnic use. Quick frozen meats can be carried, with out ice, even on a warm day. They thaw out on the way to the picnic ground and will be ready to use. You’ll find other picnic pointers in my cook book, "Easy Entertain ing." There are menus and tested recipes for beach parties, hikes and a “Colorado beefsteak fry.” When you write to me, won’t you tell me something about the "com m unity meals your group has served? Do you serve dinners for the church, for ( business men's organizations or for the farm bu reau, perhaps? How many peo pie do you serve at meals like this, and what are your favorite menus? I'll be waiting to hear from you! Eleanor Howe is going to give you, next week, some of her fa vorite recipes for cool, refresh ing summer beverages, and dain ty cookies to serve with them. Watch for this column next week. Grandmother’s Ginger Cookies. (Makes about 6 dozen) iy« cups shortening 214 cups sugar 3 eggs (separated) 114 cups molasses 1 teaspoon cinnamon 1 teaspoon ginger 1 teaspoon nutmeg 1 teaspoon cloves 1 teaspoon salt 3 teaspoons soda % cup cold water 9 cups flour Cream shortening and add sugar gradually, creaming until smooth. Beat egg yolks until light, and add to the creamed mixture, with the molasses, and spices, and salt. Dis solve soda in cold water, and add to the first mixture; blend well. Beat egg whites until stiff, and fold into batter. Add flour, and mix until smooth. Roll out to y4-inch thick ness on a lightly floured board. Cut There’s something very social and heartwarming about enter taining friends in your own home. And entertaining needn’t be ex pensive, nor does it necessarily mean a lot of work! Eleanor Howe’s cook book, "Easy Entertaining,” will give you the secrets of doing just that —entertaining without fuss and bother, and to fit your budget. You’ll find in "Easy Entertain ing” plans for almost every kind of party. Send 10 cents in coin to “Easy Entertaining,” care of Eleanor Howe, 919 North Michi gan Avenue, Chicago, Illinois. with 3%-inch cookie cutter, and press a raisin into the center of each. Sprinkle with sugar. Bake on a greased cookie sheet in a mod erately hot oven (400 degrees) for about 10 minutes. Barbecue Sandwiches. (Filling for 3 to 4 dozen buns) 2 pounds beef 2 pounds pork 1 tablespoon chili powder 1 teaspoon white pepper V* teaspoon red pepper 1 teaspoon dry mustard 1% tablespoons salt V* cup flour 1% cups tomato puree or condensed tomato soup 1% quarts meat stock 3 large onions (sliced) Cook the meat until tender in enough water to cover. Drain, and grind coarsely. Combine season ings and flour. Add tomato puree and the meat g stock, and cook for 9 minutes. Brown the onions lightly in butter or bacon fat, and add to the sauce with the coarsely ground meat. Serve hot on large, round buns. Chocolate Fudge Cake. (Serves 25) 1 cup shortening 3 cups light brown sugar 3 eggs (slightly beaten) 3*4 cups cake flour 2 teaspoons baking powder % teaspoon salt 1V4 teaspoons soda % cup sour milk % cup cocoa 1 cup boiling water 1 teaspoon vanilla Cream shortening and add sugar gradually, blending well after each addition. Add slightly beaten eggs and mix well. Sift together the flour, baking powder, salt, and soda. Add to the creamed mixture alternately with the milk. Blend cocoa and boiling water. Add to the cake bat ter with the vanilla, and mix just until the batter is smooth. Pour into 3 8-inch square pans, which have been greased and lined with wax paper Bake in a moderate oven (350 degrees) for about 30 min utes. Meat Loaf. (Serves 25) 4*4 pounds beef (ground) 1\4 pounds pork (ground) % cup quick cooking tapioca 3 eggs (beaten) cup onion (minced) 2 tablespoons salt *4 teaspoon pepper % teaspoon sage or poultry sea soning 1 No. 2t4 can tomatoes Combine ingredients in the order given, reserving about half of the tomatoes. Pack into 2 long, narrow loaf pans and bake in a moderate oven (350 degrees) for about lVfe hours. At the end of the first 45 minutes, pour the tomatoes which were reserved for this over the top of the meat loaf, and continue bak ing. Tomato French Dressing. (Makes 1 quart) 1 can condensed tomato soup % cup vinegar 1¥« cups oil ¥4 cup sugar 3 tablespoons lemon juice 1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce \Vi teaspoons salt 2 teaspoons dry mustard 1 teaspoon paprika Place all of the ingredients in a mixing bowl and beat until blended. Store in refrigerator in a quart jar. (Released by Western Newspaper Union.) WHO’S NEWS THIS WEEK I I By LEMUEL F. PARTON (Consolidated Features—WNU Service.) Marshall e. dimock, now slated, according to report, for appointment to the National Labor Relations board, got along famously -- L ft n- with fac* Marshall Dimock tions ot iabor May Serve on until last win Labor Board tter "hen *e together with Oscar Chapman, assistant secretary of the interior and Norman Littell, assistant attorney general, started to organize that convention of lib erals to be held in Salt Lake City. The project perished as the conse quence, so at least it is said, of a statement by John L. Lewis that the convocation had for one of its primary objects the formulation of plans to assist in the launching of a third-term boom. Since then suspi cion has been entertained that the symbol, two crossed fingers, has not accurately suggested the relation ship between the two men. While still a professor at the University of Chicago, Dimock was appointed consultant to the national resources commission. Then Secretary of Labor Fran ces Perkins retained him to sur vey the procedure of the immi gration and naturalization serv ice and afterward named him as her second assistant secre tary with full authority over that agency. It was a post that had been vacant for two years as a result of the appointment of Ar thur J. Altmeyer as a member of the social security board. Here Dimock served with efficien cy until last July when he was trans ferred to the department of justice following removal of the immigra tion and naturalization service from the labor department. If he goes to the NLRB he will succeed J. War ren Madden, the chairman whose five-year term of office expires the latter part of this month. And, if he does receive the appointment, it is not certain he will be named chairman, although the possibility exists. In various outgivings designed to acquaint both labor and busi ness with his theory that there was no quick route to social sta bilization Dimock has often spo ken with tolerance and cogency, but with firmness as well. As for instance: “Business must ac cept a new order in a period of administrative growth and ex perimentation.” He was speak ing, among other things, of the Wagner act and the fair labor standards act. Growing pains he regards as an inevitable re sult of so much new legislation in recent years. “They will di minish,” he has said, “as ad ministrators gain more experi ence.” NEW YORK.—Current interest in Dr. Gerhardt Alois Westrick, noted German supreme court law yer. relates to the secrecy cover ing his move Secrecy Covers ments rather Movements of than his pres German Lawyer TeTn<:f . the United States, which, indeed, was generally known in business and government circles. His arrival in this country from Germany via Russia to California, thence to New York, last February was duly noted, as was that of his wife and two sons, aged eight and six, a fortnight ago. Ilis visit, he said at the time, involved a special mission deal ing with post-war economic ad justments. The fact that, as a lawyer, he has represented the interests of many American ' firms in Germany supplied plausibility to the reason ad vanced' for his presence here. Bui an element of mystery de veloped as a result of his where abouts after arriving in New York- He lived in various ho tels, and finally established head quarters at the Waldorf-Astoria. Here with a secretary, the hand some Baroness trmingard von Wagenheim, taking messages and receiving telephone calls, the doctor himself was rarely in evidence. Inquiries as to where he might be found elicited vague response. Eventually he was discovered as tenant of an attractive residence in Westchester where at this writing he has not been available to callers. A man of fine physique, 51 years old, gray hair and penetrating green eyes, he Ts a law partner in Berlin of Dr. Heinrich Albert who was active in this country as £ German propa gandist before the United States en tered the World war in 1917. Ac credited in the state department s diplomatic list as a commercial counselor to the German embassy, it is asserted that at least part, if not all, of his mission here relates to the interests of Joachim von Rib bentrop, foreign minister of the Reich, with whom he has been close ly associated for many years. By VIRGINIA VALE (Released by Western Newspaper Union.) Hollywood is ail agog over a contest that’s to take place on August 25th at the RKO studios. The par ticipants are Jack Oakie and "George Bancroft, and the event is—of all things!—a ta ble-setting contest! It all started when a Los Angeles department store persuaded ten prominent men about town to set tables as each thought they should be set. Oakie and Bancroft saw the exhibit, and the argument was on, each being perfectly sure that he could out-do the other if ever —heaven forbid—he had to set a ta ble. First thing they knew, they’d arranged the contest; the only rules are that they’ll use modern Ameri VIVIAN LEIGH can glassware and keep expendi tures down to $40. The loser will set a table and serve dinner for 16 of the winner’s friends. Vivian Leigh and Laurence Oliv ier are to be co-starred in a story based on the romance of Lord Nel son and Lady Hamilton, an Alex ander Korda picture. Remember ing what a superb picture he made of “Henry the Eighth,” it seems certain that his version of the fa mous love story of the famous ad miral will be one of the year’s best pictures. Phyllis Kennedy ought to succeed If anybody should—first she broke her back, and later she accepted ad vice that wasn’t very good and lost a grand opportunity—and now she’s started toward the top again. In 1933 she was dancing with a troupe in Denver, and fell and frac tured her spine. Doctors said she’d never walk again. Two years later she was dancing once more. She was engaged for chorus work in the Astaire-Rogers musicals, and her gift for comedy got her the role of the maid in "Stage Door.” Warner Brothers offered her a contract, but she hesitated, let people tell her what to do, and the chance slipped away. She’s working now in “Honey moon for Three,” and Lloyd Bacon, who’s directing, is helping by build ing up her role. Watch her—she’s bound to get ahead this time! Douglas Fairbanks Jr. may have been something of a playboy some years ago, but now he’s nothing if not a solid citizen. Married happi ly, and the proud father of a three year-old daughter, he’s not only the star of Columbia’s “Before I Die,” but its co-producer as well. That means being on the set early and late, whether he’s appearing before the cameras or not. The girls of Hollywood are wear ing red, white and blue these days. Penny Singleton appeared at a bene fit in a cotton evening gown hav ing a white skirt and a bodice that was red and blue; Anita Louise, told to wear a novelty necklace in “I’m for Rent,” chose a silver chain from which were suspended miniature flags of the 23 American countries; Evelyn Keyes has a red, white and blue straw hat, and Frances Robin son’s leather handbag has a flag on either side. Uncle Ezra’s Rosedale Silver Cor net Band rehearses longer than the actors on that popular radio pro gram, just to achieve those peculiar off-key effects that drive music lov ers mad. The reason the band has to rehearse so long to sound so dis cordant is that each man is an ac complished musician; “We work harder than Toscanini,” declared Director Bruce Kamman, “Just to perfect a musical mistake!” Paramount’s going to do right handsomely by Joel IVIcCrea—he’s been assigned to the lead In “Bot any Bay,” a story by James Nor man Hall,-one of the authors of “Mutiny on the Bounty.” “Bottom Bay” is one of those high ly dramatic tales, laid in the period just after the American Revolution. Jean Hersholt's dream of years, a Hollywood home for aged and in capacitated film workers, is soon to be a reality. As president of the Motion Picture Relief fund, he and members of the organization’s ex ecutive committee will soon begin looking for a site for the home. They have more than a half million dollars, earned by the stars who do nated their services to the CBS Screen Guild program so that the money could go into the fund. ASK ME A QuizmthAnswers r-pfs Offering Information ANOTHER on Various Subjects The Questions 1. How long was a round of box ing when John L. Sullivan ruled the ring? 2. How long was Abraham Lin coln President before the Civil war broke out? 3. What is the largest stadium in America? 4. What universities compete for the Little Brown Jug on the grid iron each year? 5. What is a Pyrrhic victory? 6. Does each star in the Ameri can flag represent a particular state? 7. Do kangaroos ever roost in trees? 8. £>o the Japanese ever say "no”? 9. Do the Basques speak French or Spanish? 10. Where is the deepest under ground restaurant in the world? The Answers 1. Until one of the fighters scored a knockdown over his opponent. 2. Six weeks. 3. Soldier field, located in Chica go, Illinois, takes this honor. Its seating capacity will handle a crowd of 125,000 persons. 4. The University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, and the University of Minnesota at Minneapolis. 5. One gained at too great m cost. 6. No, the stars represent the states collectively, not individu ally. 7. Australia boasts of kangaroos that roost in trees. . They are clumsy climbers, but have re markable jumping powers and a tenacious grip. A family of tree kangaroos will frequently use one tree for their permanent abode. 8. No. And they never say “yes” as these two words do not exist in their language. If you asked a Japanese if he wanted something, he would reply, “I do,” or “I do not.” 9. The Basques, who live in the north of Spain and in the south of France, speak neither French nor Spanish. They use a language whose source still puzzles philolo gists. 10. It is said to be the one in the Carlsbad caverns in New Mexico, which is located 700 feet below ground. Because of the chilly temperature of 56 degrees through out the year, the coffee cups have to be preheated. One thousand persons can be served at one time in the cafeteria. Not Quite Right When the office typist left to get married, the staff clubbed togeth er and bought her a vacuum cleaner. The honor of making the presen tation fell upon Smith, who spent much time and thought on his speech. When the time came, he stepped forward, blushed furiously, and said: “On behalf of my colleagues and myself, I congratulate you, and beg you to accept this token of our regard. We hope that, as you use it to free your home from un wanted dirt and litter, you will be reminded of your old friends at the office.” INJECTED He—There’s blue blood in my family. She—By transfusion? Up to Him Play foot—Your face is familiar. Haven't l seen you somewhere? Sally—Perhaps; that’s where I live. Next time you get around that way drop in and see me. Not the Speed “You hammer nails like light ning.” “You mean I’m a fast worker?” “No; you never strike twice in the same place.” Loud and Clear “Darling, do you think a dia mond speaks of love?” “Certainly; I’m not stone deaf." 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