Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-03-15

vste counsel. he is plea ding in support
or action originally taken at his ON
cial instisation. The dispute ia also
or international importance Canada
lonE has claimed tina, illinois diver.
sion operations affect tho ca pacitv Of
valua Die waterpower plants on The ST.
Lawrence and Mia CARA Rivers.
Garrard h. Winston. Undersecretarr
or the Treasury. who has charge OF
the plan for restoration Of alien prop.
erty ard payment OF American claim.
ants against former enemy countries
thinks the history OF the French
spoliation claims ought to hasten
action on the present occa sion. Al.
though the Treasury has the nancy
to pay those ancient claims. which
date back to the time Of the JEFF.
ferson and Adams administrations.
they remain unhOnored. President
Coolidge in messa gea to Congress has
repeatedly urged legislation to enable
their settlement. but. like Muscle
Shoals. they drag on forever. The
claims have been examined nv the
Court OF Claims. and their validity
and amount determined. Uncle Sam
IL pressing his European debtors to
settle up, but Congress has never heed.
ed Mr.. COolidge's admOnitiOns that
the United States ought to paw it's
debts"--One of his numerous obserya.
tons In reference to the apOIia ion
laimS.
Ii isn't everybody who can get the
President Of the United states to
boost new book. But that Ia what's
happened to volume recently pub.
lished. which deals with the Coolidge
mental processes and IN tabuiated
form with the Presidents principal
political utterances since 1929. While
recently enlighteninE the newspa per
correspondents on events Of the hour.
the White House spokesman recon-,
mended that their employers ought
to buy the Coolidge hook for them
an well indexed and handy work
OF reference! A scribe piped up and
asked If the President would auto
graph every volume 30 supplied
WhereupOn the White House spokes.
man. with q wonderfully lifelike imi-
tation of the Coolidge smile. dra wled.
Yes. I'll do that"
His friends are thinking Of present.
ing Senator Caraway. Democrat. Of
No h>o"' Will pcuOIuclSt IOG uNc
on the moor and In the cloakrooms
or the Senate. Caraway spends far
more OF his time walking about the
Sehate than occupying his seat In IL.
With hands plunged deep in trOuser
pockets. head bowed on breast and
q half.cvnical smile usually chasing
across his face, the meanest and
keenest man in Congress" strides
about the cha mber. OF in and out of
1t. almost necessarily. He seems to
be able to follow 4 debate better
while he Is in motion than whom he
In static. Frequently he breaks In
with a typically cutting Carawayan
sally in the midst of his proMena de.
The Arkansan like Herbert Hoover)
hardly ever wears anything except a
dOuble-breasted blue serge suit.
Representative Maurice r. Crum-
packer Of Oregon. who has just been
President. is one Of the up-and.cOming
young Republicans of the country.
He has the making of a successful
politician in him--hes 4 native ct
Indiana. and his father was d Con
gresham before him. Crumpa cker
took his A. 3. at Michigan
and law degree at Harvard. He came
out of the World War a captain. and
has. been at the bar in Portland since
1912. Serving his first term I'm the
House. and built like an Oregon big
tree, Crumpacker has not vet reached
90. He sings bass like Chaliapin.
Copyright. 1920