Evening star., 1926-02-05
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE.

There are plenty VI people oH ap
iti Republicans. Democrats
rrOsrcssiNe<. Insurgents et il-wh,
would like to tilt Al Ihe tooiidss
cit adei With soiis persi-tshcA. Bu'
The trouble Is that nobody worthy
VI the name seens ready IL become
The captain VI such drive. Ever
and anon il is observed that In IN.
saIne Of politics You cant beat some
body with nobody. A President "i
The United States as strongly IN
trenched in public esteem as Mr
Coolidge is not going 10 be disiodsed
from favor by spa sn,odic snipink AT
tacks IL any appreciable dent III
his armor is to be made, knight
of battling dimensions Will have u
take the feld-in other words, a
man endowed with all the qualities
requisite in a political leader. " here
is there such gladia tor in sisht
on capitol Hill today? one or t"u
could he named who possess some vi
the bone and sinew OF leadership. Bit
ia each and every case thet= are
prohibitions and inhibitions 'sat dis
qualify. calvin Coolidge = .hcky In
many things, but al The moment III
none more fortunate than The iaet
that there Is no single figure on the
iloi iS.oI ''it NA'5
rapa bic Of unhorsing him.
y 4 \
For the first time since the Air SerN-
ice began To nnonopolile public atteh'
iluu. Dwight f.. Davis. Secretary OF
War. is about to discuss the subject
in speech His forum will be ,he
Republican Club of New York, Where
Mr.. Davis is due tomorrow rof a
luncheon address on the aviation
branch Of national defense. The See
retary does not plan to parry in AT.
vance The blows which W lillian Mitch
ell. United States Army, resigned. ex-
poets shortly To rain ;Ipon his former
superiors in the War Department. Da
Wis will rather confine himself to a
diSpassionate account of what the
United States is actually doing in the
air. lie Is not an extremist in the
field Of aVia ion controversy. Prob
ably the Morrow boards findings are
an accurate reflection at young
war ministers state of mind ann,
The n, ing service.
Is + 4
Lobbyists go la work 1T tender
age in Washington. There's an item
pending before ihe approprla lions
commit Sc Of the House ptoNldins Io'
81 100 for The Cnildren's division OF ths
Mount Pleasant branch of the wash
irgton Public Library. Although The
Budget Bureau approved il. Chairman
Madden OF the appropriations commit
tee frowns upon il. and. unless higher
powers intervene the division cannot
he opened. Meantime couple OF
thOusa nd books for kiGdies can I he
put at their disposal One day this
week 10-year-old Joshua Evans. I'd
son OF the executive vice president of
the District National Bank. :hought
ned do bit OF lobbying for the libra
ry apprOprlation. He called up Chalr.
man Madden on the telephone and foid
him just what is what. Little JOSH
hasn't put II over yet, but refuses l"
give up hope.
Have the farmers yielded Ia the
aii-conuuering and seductive ways o!
the Washington social lobby! Ihe
other day. for the first time In MS
tory, they gave a full-fiedsed O'Clock
tea party at the new Temple of Ag-
griculture, on | street. There were en-
Sraved Invitations. Il receiving line
fashionably gowned society women,
jazz orchestra n everything. 1t was
the most tremendously smart occa sion
Of it's kind on recent record. too. for
the President and Mrs. Coolidge at
tended. Evidently the farm politi
clans have come to the conclusion
that In Rome you must do Is the