Evening star., 1926-11-05

There's more than meets the eye
in the announcement that Mr.. Cool
idge's first post-election White House
guest Is Alexander P. Moore of Pitts
burgh. The former American AmbaS.
sador to Spain is held In high esteem
by the President as a political scout.
Moore crossed the country on at least
one occasion during the past year,
sounding out trends" and conveying
his impressions to Mr.. Coolidge.
King Alfonso's Yankee pal still looks
upon himself as a reporter. and poll
tics remains the thing he's fondest
of investigating. The presumption is
safe that the former newspaper pub
Usher will leave Washington with a
presidential mandate to sally forth
and survey the effects Of the late Re-
publican unpleasantness. Undoubted-
ly the Assignment" Of the reporter
politician is to find out whether the
Republican Senate slip is synonymous
with a Coolidge slip. as the Presi-
dents foes allege.
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Senator Borah will open the Wash.
ington speechmaking season on NO
vember 16, when he addresses the tri-
ennial of the National Council of
Jewish Women at its convention ban
quet. The chairman of the Senate
committee on foreign affairs will ap-
propriately hold forth on "Interna-
tional Relations" He is expected to
enunciate certain keynote features Of
American foreign policy In light OF
current events at home and abroad.
A thousand Of the leading Jewish
women of the United States will hold
conclave at the council trienn1al. The
president of the organization Is Mrs.
William Dick Sparborg of Port Ches.
ter, N. Y. Mrs. Alexander Wolf of
Washington is chairman of the local
committee and will preside at the
banquet. The Council Of Jewish
Women with branches in every nook
and corner Of the Republic. special
ICES in welfare work. 1t Is particular
Iy concerned with the problem of re-
lieving population congestion In cities
largely inhabited by Jews and In en-
couraging Jewish settlement IN agrl-
cultural communities.
The cause Of preparedness will lose
an effectiye friend when James W.
Wadsworth, jr., Republican. Of New
York, leaves the Senate. AS chairman
of the Senate committee on military
affairs, Wadsworth has fought long
and valiantly for adequate treatment
of the Army at the hands of Congress.
His Gettysburg address In Pennsyl'
yania last year. at the dedication OF
New York battle monument on the
historic field, was an eloquent attack
on the fallacy of reducing military ap-
propriations below the margin or ma.
tional safety. Jim" Wadsworth had
lust received his B. A; at yale IN
lS9s when he joined the United states
Army for service in Porto Rico. Dur
;no the World War Senator Wads'
worth visited France at his own ex.
nense to inquire into the needs OF
Pershing's Army at first hand. Ii
hannens that Senator Warren of wy
or1ing. Gen. Pershing's father-in-laWi
will inherit the Craftsmanship or the
military affairs committee by dlnt OF
seniority.
Six or seven important Senate com
mittee chairmanships will fall 10 rank'
ing Republicans in the seventeen
Congress because of the disappearance
of present chairmen. me patents
committee loses both it's chairman and
ranking member Butler and Ernst,
resnectiyely). Norris will become It's
head after March A. 1927. Senator
Means of Colorado will give way to
senator Capper Of Kansas as chair
man of the claims committee. Senator
Harreld of Oklahoma will surrender
the Craftsmanship of Indian affairs to
senator Curtis of Kansas. himself OF
Indian ancestry. Leadership of the
important committee on privileges and
elections, now in the hands of Senator
Ernst of Kentucky, will fall to Sena'
tor Watson of Indiana. The Ware
Smith unseating controversy will keep
the Watson committee in the spotlight
for many a hectic day. Senator Smoot
of Utah will supplant Senator Stan
field of Oregon as chairman of public
lands, and Senator Warren of Wyo-
ming will inherit from the late Senator