1930–31 Volume 55 No 1–5 - Phi Delta Theta Scroll Archive

Vol. LV, No. 4THE SCROLLPHI DELTA THETATulane, '95, Chief of Staff, UnitedStates Fleet.Lieutenant General Edgar Jadwin,Lafayette, '88, Chairman of the InteroceanicCanal Board.Wm. E. Lee, Washington, '05, MemberInterstate Commerce Commission.Thomas Connally, Texas, '00,United States Senator from Texas;member of Senate Committee onFinance.Duncan U. Fletcher, Vanderbilt, '80,United States Senator from Florida;senior Democratic member of Committeeon Military Affairs.Arthur R. Robinson, Chicago, '13,United States Senator from Indiana;member of Committee on Foreign Relations.Elmer Thomas, DePauw, '00, UnitedState Senator from Oklahoma; memberCommittee on Finance.William B. Bankhead, Alabama, '93,member of House of Representativesfrom Alabama.William B. Oliver, Alabama, '87,member house of Representatives fromAlabama.Burton L. French, Idaho, '01, memberof House of Representatives fromIdaho.Frederick M. Vinson, Centre, '09,member of House of Representativesfrom Kentucky.Ross A. Collins, Mississippi, '01,member of House of Representativesfrom Mississippi.Olger B. Burtness, North Dakota,'06, member of House of Representativesfrom North Dakota.J. Banks Kurtz, Dickinson, '93,member of house of Representativesfrom Pennsylvania.Royal C. Johnson, South Dakota,'06, member of House of Representativesfrom South Dakota.Lindley H. Hadley, Illinois Wesleyan,'84, member of House of Representativesfrom Washington.Clinton W. Gilbert, widely syndicatedWashington political correspondent,gave a discriminating interpreta­[277]tion recently in his column of theposition of Jouett Shouse, Missouri,'99, in the Democratic party organization.Brother Shouse is the chairmanof the executive committee of theDemocratic national committee. Inpart Mr. Gilbert said: "It is seldomthat a man comes out of the managementof a political campaign with anincreased reputation. Even the winningof an election often does the campaignmanager's fame no good. It isusually thought he won in spite ofhimselfSo one has to setdown Jouett Shouse, who managed therecent successful congressional campaignfor the Democratic party, as anexception to the fate that usually overtakescampaign managers. Mr.Shouse, previously an assistant secretaryof the treasury and known out inthe Southwest as an able lawyer,emerges from the recent contest with anational reputation"The shaping of issues, the furnishingof ideas for his party in the campaigncame largely from Mr. Shouse.He had the boldness to point out whichway his party should go in the sessionof Congress out of which the issues ofthe campaign grew. And he thoughtless about what would be "slick"things for his party to do than whatwould be consistent and sound thingsfor it to do. The declaration after theelection was over that the Democratswould not follow obstructive tacticswas on the plane of higher politics"I have seen a good deal of himsince he became executive chairman ofthe Democratic national committee andnever saw him flustered or worriedabout the course he should pursue. Healways had the capacity to make decisionsquickly and stick to them. Heseemed to me very nearly the idealcampaign manager. The Republicansadvertised him by trying to make anissue of the sharp criticism of the administrationthat came from his office.Their doing so was really a tributeto his effectiveness."