Seals at Chicago

The experienced political writers who covered the Republican convention last week found themselves elbowed more closely than ever--both for space in the press section and space in their papers--by the trained and untrained seals of the "Ha Ha" and "I Was There" schools of political reporting. Some notable examples:

P: By Hollywood's Hedda Hopper (Chicago Tribune-New York News Syndicate): "I've seen more good-looking men in two days in Chicago than I'd look at in a week's ramble around the film lots. Republicans? Well, yes, and no, I suppose."

P: By Sportswriter Bill Corum (Hearst): "Governor Warren is lefthanded. This should account for the left-wing vote. But if the Governor is adamant about not running, the ticket-makers might do worse than try Babe Ruth. Babe has a big following and also would be popular with the southpaws."

P: By Radio's Grade Allen (North American Newspaper Alliance): "The Republicans have decided to try to solve the housing shortage in Albany by moving the Thomas E. Deweys to Washington. If they succeed, Mr. Roosevelt will have to move out of the White House. My goodness, wouldn't Eleanor be surprised to come home and find him gone?"

P: By Sportswriter Joe Williams (Scripps-Howard): "One of the bellhops at our hotel got a dime tip from a Kansas delegate and snorted, 'Where are all those liberals I've been reading about?' "

P: By Hollywood's Louella Parsons (Hearst): "When I'm writing movies I think of nothing else. And when I'm writing politics I'd much rather not let any other subject intrude. But the minute any of the convention bigwigs hear my name, they start asking me questions about their screen favorites."

P: By the New York Post's Earl Wilson: "Us columnists find we are small potatoes here, and that goes for even the great Louella Parsons of Hollywood. People here actually say, 'Who IS Louella Parsons?' "

P: By society's Cornelius Vanderbilt: "This is the dullest, wettest political convention I ever attended. . . . Sitting here in this vast arena where history has been carved out so many times before, I cannot help but be reminded of the mediocrity of these meager men."

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