Evening star., 1924-03-23
VANDERBILT, PROBE ASSISTER.
ONCE SECRET SERVICE BOSS i
One of Bankers Present Enthusiasns Is to Create
NeiU System, of Handling Foreign
Relations of u. S.

that he had heard about the terrible
scandals at Washington, and beyond.
Mr. Vanderlip had been devoting him.
self largely to the internat tional sit
uation and the international relations
of the United States. He has been
somewhat side-tracked on domestic
issues now, but 1t won't be long until
he is once more in the international
home. For the moment however. he
is devoting his time and money to
helping the Congress committees.
particularly the one inQuiring into
the affairs Of the Department of JUS
tice. He has even gone SO far as to
have the bank examiner looking into
the affairs of the bank of the At
torney Generals brother, wire him
fully at his own expense just what
the trouble has been out in Ohio in
Frank Vanderiip is a very learned
man, Of distinguished bearing and
appearance. In his Washington days
he was rated as one OF the handSom-
est mon in the government service.
He has carried much of his good
sixtieth year, which he entered only
last November.
Ca1xht Eye. Of Bankers.
1t is just twenty-seven years ago
this month that the young journalist
state OF Illinois. He came as Secre-
tary to Lyman j. Gage, Secretary Of
the Treasury, but within a few
months had been designated as an
assistant secretary of the Treasury.
Vanderlip had studied finances long
before this and had been financial
editor OF Chicago newspaper. Like
many another likely young assistant
secretary Of the Treasury, Vanderlip
caught the eyes of the New York
bankers, and when his term IN the
"gobbled up by the National City
Bank.
His service with that institution
brought him into great financial
prominence. He received many hon.
ties. He was president OF tho bank
| all through the world war period and
he emerged from that conflict as q
chevalier of the Legion Of Honor and
was decorated also by the Monte
negrin, the Greek and the Belgian
governments.
Mr.. Vanderlip has his own ideas
for handling the foreign relations OF
the United States He thinks that
the present arrangement OF letting
the President, the Secretary of State
and the Senate deal with foreign
questions is all wrong, archaic and
incompetent. He would take the
treaty-making power out Of the
hands of the President and place the
whole business In the control Of q
council OF foreign relations, to be
elected by the people. He would have
the council composed OF at least
twenty-five men and would provide
that one-half OF the membership
should reside abroad.
Each member would have a ten
year term, so as to give some sort
Of continuity to our foreign relations.
This lack of continuity Mr.. Wander
lip regards as one of our greatest
handicaps. The present system fails
to express popular opinion. The
banker says no President ever was
elected because of his knowledge of
foreign affairs and the same thing
applies to members of the Senate.
Cites ComAsandmeat.
Mr.. Vanderlip believes that the
aatreds and prejudices which exist
n the world today are due to q vio-
alton of the commandment, Thou
shalt not bear false witness against
hy neighbor." He says IL a personal
iolation of this commandment is
wrong the bearing Of false witness
by one nation against another is one
hundred million times as wrong
Mr.. Vanderlip sometimes thinks
that the only good to come out of the
world war was the legitimization Of
the wrist watch and the glorification
of the cigarette. He hopes more good
than that will come out Of the con-
gressionaI Investigations
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