Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-22

Quakers additionally are men OF
peace. but the principal Quaker IN
Congress-Represen Thomas ).
Butler, Republican, of Pennsylvania
| is a believer in peace by preparedness.
He Is the outstanding leader In the
pending fight to bring the American
Nays cruiser strength up to Wash
| ington treaty parity with that OF
Great Britain. The veteran Congress-
man. who first came to the House
with the advent of the Mckinley ad-
ministration In 1897. is the chairman
of the House committee on naval al
fairs, The feet never had a stancher
advocate than the 71-year-old Friend
from William Penn's commonwealth.
Nv a curious coincidence, the strug-
gle for an adequate Navy Is a case
| Of Quaker against Quaker. The spear
head of the national pacif1st move
ment at Washington Is Friend, IKE
Butler-Frederick j. Libby, executive
secretarv Of the National Council for
prevention OF War. Libby's ex-
cheouer. as recently disclosed to a
counrnittee Of the Senate, Is largely
supplied by Philadelphia Quakers
who have a different attitude TOWARD
ways OF keeping the peace than
Fighting Tom" Butler.
One Of the Japanese war scare
incidents that were not briught OUT d.
the Fall Doheny trial relates % Wnat
is said to have been the real cause Oh
I'tha "scare" in 1921. The story Is now
making the rounds of Washington
r. is to the effect that what exclteo
tha emotions Of the Navy Depart
ment was not a Japanese moDlnzatloIi
plan for war on the Uniteo Suites.
The disgusting news from tne tm
Eas+ CONCERNED some huge subter-
ranean oil storage tanks that the
sroirio government was constructlis.
Thasa tanks were destroyed by lne
a. ~ hnuake that wrought such terrible
| Sar,a oo in Iapan in the FAN OF 1870
THE seas of Oil that were releaseu w
tina shocks along the coast were Iha.-
ters of picturesque description AT 'he
/ time.
Reuhen Clark, jr., of Utah, Tor
roer general counsel OF the MOI ihoi =
church. Is one OF the lowers ~
strength at the command OF the S LIZ
idge administration IN the PEANUTS ,,a :
crisis with Mexico. Mr.. Cin ...S va va
hrou9ht ON from Salt Lake Clty Iast
J,Iv To be a counselor of the Amer
icar agency on the Mexican American
TsIo i,os commission in washington.
aa is a thorough student OF lnterna-
tionaI law and particularly well In.
| fo,road as to the tortuous STATE OIL
aTairs associated with American
| rirhts in Mexico. AS q protege OF
Senator Reed Smoot or utan. MI
Clark is in position to keep tnat DOW.
| erful parsonage on Capltol HiI nuny
| acquainted with developments peSonu
| the Rio Grande. It will not De many
| days now before these assume the
| importance of a paramount issue at
| Washington.
| REPRESENTATIVE Wallace White, Jr..
| Republican. OF Maine, VINO Ia ~,
| charge Of the House bill on rauio, was
| asked this week how he Is progress
| ing in the attempt to reach COM
| promise with Senator Dill, Democrat.
| Of washington, who is in charge or
the Senate radio bill. "Al can say
| is" said Mr.. White, ''that we are all
filled with the Christmas spirit. "
| Translated into English, that means
that the holidays are likely to come
| and 20 with radio still a bone or
| contention 'twixt the two houses.
| Senator John B. Kendrick, Demo
crat, OF Wyoming, spent the week
| before the congressional recess buying
neckties. They weren't for his own
| wardrobe. He got them for the 40
or so working attaches of the Sen
ate. whom, for years, the sheep-rais-
/ ing solon has always remembered in
that way. Kendrick takes the trouble
to sire up the boys and men he buys
/ 20 IN rarncnnf
each with the particular style OF
| cravat best suited to his particular
brand OF manly beauty. Assistant
| aer9na nfa- af.arnnn. doorkeepers, clerks