The Washington herald., 1920-10-24
REDFIELDNOH
EXPORT HEAD
ForNer Commerce Secre-
tary Elected President Of
u. S. Association.
ny GEORGE PERRY nonRrs.

ny oEOk6E FENhN AOA1IBs q
When william c. Rednelo left thu
Department of Commerce. for
reasons never fully disclosed. he re-
turned to his former occupation Of
manufacturer and exporter. His
ability and sssiduity have cAussd
bis election during the past week to
the presidency of the American
Manufacturers' Export Association.
and like many other lesser but able
men recently In the government
service he will bring 10 his new
post assets In the way of informa-
ton that could not have been sc-
quired save as a public official The
disposition that was so prevalent
during Mr.. Redfeld's regime as Sec
retary of Commerce 70 poke fun at
him never had any basis Of fact II
probed by a realist- He had enemies
to be sure but IL was due 70 his re-
fusai 10 delude the public. II he
were the misfit that some Of his
critics made him out to be, he would
not be the new president of an as
ISOLATION that must operate success
fully on an international scale
II, as reported. DR.. wolfang
who for four days was president of
the German Republic. really plans
to come TO the United States next
spring and lecture on the economic
and Industrial condition Of the de-
feated nation. he will raise interest
Ing issues for American educational
institutions. which they must face
sooner or later. II will be many
years before the old system Of in
terchsnge Of professors between our
universities and those of Germany
is reestablished; but in the mean
time there may be such personal en-
terprises as DR.. Kapp is contemplate
ing; and arranging the modus vi
venoi negotiations Will require tact
Slowly but surely the large fsuresr
in contemporary literature succuub
to the bait Of the motion picture
producers K1piing is the latest &C
surrender. and not only will he draw
royalties hereafter from filmed def
pictions Of his tales but also from
new work written specially for the
firm that has won him TO its list Of
scenario writers. II is even possible
that they will get Thomas Hardy
some day.
Many moons have risen and set
since Anna Psvlowa. the Russian
dancer, appeared before audiences in
this country and converted many Of
them TO believe that dancing could
be poetry and religion combined az
Margaret Fuller and Ralph Waldo
Emerson said after they had seen
Fanny Essler. With iucre recently
won in a South American tour Paw
Iowa now returns to new conquestA
and has little to fear from any in
quest as to her Bolshevfsm-
Harry Stillwell Edwards Of
Macon, Georgia, announces that he
viii stand as candidate for United
states Senator opposing the candf-
dacy Of Tom Watson, the winner In
the Democratic primaries He prob
ably has no expectation of winning
though he were to get what he
hopes for, namely, the support OF
Republicans and Wilson Democrats
on pro-lesgue platform He ss
quite as literary in his propensities
and attachments as Mr.. Watson, and
he has the right, which Mr.. Watson
has not won, TO sit as a member Of
the National Institute OF Arts and
Letters II he were to win he would
be the FIRST writer Of poetry, sonss
and fiction that the Senate Ia, seen
in many a day; but the stars in
their courses fight against the au-
thor Of The Runawsys" and in
favor OF the author of lives of JEFF
ferson and Napoleon
One OF the historic cases OF lities-
ton over bequests of American
1rT1 q 4 10
opened in the dispute now on over
the $4,000, 900 estate Of the late
Edward F. Searles Of New York
City and Methuen. In the prelim-
mary round the nephew and only
heir-at-law, who has for his coun-
sci Shernsn Whipple OF Boston, has
won; the Massachusetts court hsV-
ing decided that the case must Eo
before jury to decide on the COM
potency Of Mr.. SeRrles 20 make a
will, and also having ordered that
so much Of the estate as is in Mas
sschusetts shall be taken out OF the
hands of New York lawyers selecfed
by Mr.. Sesrles and placed IN the
hands Of Massachusetts sdministra-
tors. Mr.. Whipple, who might have
been Federal Attorney General in-1
stead of Mr.. Palmer, had he not de-
.clined the office, is most explicit in
his charges Of strange relations be-
tween Mr.. SeRrles and the clerk TO
whom he willed most of his estate.
For some time he has been the re-
cipient Of some OF the largest fees
in the history Of the Massachusetts
bar. In this case he has a chance
to attract national attention TO his
ability as a cross examiner and
plesder. His legal opponent,
Charles F. Choste, jr-, and he are
now getting the cream of the New
England business