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...session was also the longest on record, 186 days. Little constructive legislation was passed, but more money was appropriated than ever before-$250,000,000. The public and the press were disgusted. So was Charles Martin Hay of St. Louis, a big, easygoing, full-time lawyer and part-time reformer...
Known as one of St. Louis' ablest attorneys, Hay is a big, heavy-set man with a black mustache, a good showman who loves "fightin' and speakin','' a classic corn-country orator who began making speeches at the age of eleven on the Ozark farm where he was born...
...Charley Hay got mad. One evening he hired a truck, drove to the Capitol steps at Jefferson City, mounted the truck and began making a speech. When he was through, the reputation of the Legislature as a whole was shattered and that of certain legislators was in ruins. He named names, produced documentary evidence, told stories. In the crowd were several of the men he named, some cynically amused, some grimly serious...
...Hay made a simple challenge: let the Legislature investigate itself. He would appear, testify under oath, bring witnesses, produce evidence. Hay, reading his notes by a flashlight held by his niece, Mary Hay, attacked "sandbag" bills...
Responsible for the Hollywood aspects of this experiment is a man named Vanda of CBS. CBS has invested $50,000 in a series of twelve try out shows (blanket title: Forecast) that it hopes will make hay when the summer doldrums are over. Last year, from a similar showcase, CBS sold Duffy's Tavern, now sponsored by Schick Magazine Repeating Razor Co. Besides Marlene's Scheherazade, other straw-hat sustainers this year will include Mischa Auer, Adolphe Menjou, Frank McHugh...