Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1925-09-18
A Weekly Panorama OF Events In the
National Capital
(By PETER KEEGANl

A Weekly Panorama OF Events In the
National Capital
(By PETER KEEGANl
NOT the least among the Presi-
dents worries at the moment is
the great aircraft controversy, which
promises to precipitate one of the big
questions before Congress this winter.
The crash of the dirigible Shenan-
doah, followed by Col. William Nit
chell's sensational statement virtually
charging Secretary of the Navy Will
bur with responsibility for the loss Of
the ship, has touched off an official
conflagration which will burn for
many months. Predictions are already
being made that some official heads
here in Washington will be off before
the development of military aeronau-
tics ceases to be the chief topic of
discussion of governmental circles
| Without waiting for the report of the
Navy Board which investigated the
Shenandoah disaster, Secretary Will
bur broke into print personally de
Tending himself from the charges Of
Mitchell and others. While the Pres
ident is sizing up the situation and
getting ready to take action, the War
Department is taking steps to punish
Mitchell by court martialing him and
running him out of the Army in dis
grace. Mitchell says that he WEI
comes such treatment, but that he
will keep on hammering away for
better and more efficient aircraft
control in Washington.
HAVING learned lesson from the
40 last Congress, which refused to
heed his recommendation for tax re-
vision, Secretary Mellon has decided
not to take the bull by the horns
again. Of course, he has a very def
mite idea of Wnat he and the Treas
ury wants in the way Of tax reduc-
ton and amendment of the revenue
law, but he Will wait until Congress
invites him to submit his views aid
will make nothing more than "sug-
gestions" even then. The Democrats
have already declared war Oh The
Treasury's plan for paying the entire
public debt of twenty-five billion del
lars during the next twenty-five
years Their view is that this liquid
alton, one of the greatest financial
operations in history, should be
spread over a period of fifty or
hundred years so that future genera
tiOnS would bear part Of the burden
instead of those who are now living
THE Government has decided def
initely to make no move toward
settlement of the anthracite strike
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| from one side or the other, or the
country is faced with serious suffer
| ing bcause of a coal shortage. The
feeling here is that the industry will
| find ways and means to adjust its
own difficulties to avoid federal i'll
| reference, but the President is in no
mood to trifle with the leaders Of
either the operators or miners and IS
preparing to ask Congress to enact
| legislation which will prevent similar
strikes in the future. This probably
will mean strict Government super
vision Of the entire industry.
BUSINESS has picked up with a
roar around the Government de
partments with the return of the
President, back in the Capital after
his long vacation in Massachusetts.
| Mr.. Coolidge came back to the White
House to find mountainous program
of work awaiting his attention, but
he has plunged into it with vigor.
Most of the Cabinet members who
have been away most of the summer
have returned, too, to be on hand for
any tasks for which they may be
called upon.
TWO world championships in a row
is the dream of Washington base
ball fans as the team which climbed
to the top last year shows every dis
position TO repeat. Citizens of the
Capital, from the President down, are
backing the Senators to the limit as
the time draws near for another
world series, and streets in the vi
entity of electric score boards become
impossible in the afternoon because
of the dense crowds gathered to
watch the climb of the Mats.
| pLANS are being made to erect two
monuments here to the memory of
William Jennings Bryan. One would
be a statute ir the northwest resi-
Dental section to commemorate Bry-
ans leadership of the Democratic
party, while the other would be a
cross over his grave at Arlington to
symbolic his fight in the interests of
fundamental Christianity. Josephus
Daniels, former Secretary of the
Navy, heads a committee which is il
charge of the project.
LA TOILETTE WINS