Evening star., 1926-03-19

spit In bulldogs eye" Last Fall,
in a public statement. you said OF
Ware. "Of course, I want his sup
port Just recently at q banquet
you referred TO Ware In most COM
plimentary terms. Now you pro-
pose to throw him into the river.
Why this sudden change? Then
you counted on the votes he con-
trolls. Now YOU have lost them.
Is that the reason?
Boris A. Bakhmeten. who was Rus
sian Amba ssador to the United States
under the Kerensky regime until his
retirement in 1922, has been renewing
old ties in Washington. A civil en-
gineer by profession, the former diplo.
mat Ia now q successful business ma n
and manufacturer in New York City.
international politics remains his true
love and Nj. Bakhmeter hopes some
SUMMER Russian day to 20 back TO
1t. That his country is steadily, II
slowly, returning to reason and will
some time be q truly democratic re-
public remains his ineradicable faith.
NJ. Bakhmeteff derives the nrmest
hope in that direction from the in
crea sing political power and develop
ment Of the pea SAINTS. Hitherto the
peasant regions were almost entirely
bolshevist ruled. Today more than IS
per cent Of them have local govern.
ment OF non -bolsheviSt nature. In
dustry and agriculture are rapidly re-
turning to pre-war levels in Russia
and Bakhmeteff is confident that DO.
hticai progress Is irresistibly taking
the "a me course.
An interesting. though not entirely
novel immigration case has just heen
put up to the Department Of Labor.
wholesale grocery concern in the
Middle West would like to import a
European workman skilled in a GER
tain ma nufacturing bra nch outside
the quota assigned to his country,
which is full for the indefinite future.
Though the artisan in question would
displace no American workman, for
his ia an exclusive speciality. he e
barred. When the quota law was un.
der consideration some drafts Of II
carried provision affOrding non
quota status to an alien skilled Ia
borer 'if labor of like kind unem
ployed cannot be found in the United
States" But the provision was
stricken out. Recently there has
been discussion Of it's possible resto
ration, but beyond 4 bill introduced by
Representative Vincent. Republican
Of Michigan in February. comprehend
ing the point TO certain degree. no
definite action has been taken. II
the Western grocery house could
bring In the alien In question. 1t would
found q now industry, employing sew
eral hundred American men and
women.
In the House of Representatives
there's q member with an unmis
taksbly Scotch patronym who refuses
to grow old and continues to look
"fortyish." though we'll advanced to
ward the sixties. A colleague was
asked the secret Of the eternal youth
fulness Of the Caledonisn statesman
That's easy" was the reply. "A
ScOtchman doesn't even give away his
years"
princess Alice" Longworth. con
sort Of the Speaker of the House
doesn't often do the sort of thing sh'
! doesn't like to do. But this week shs
made a notable exception to one of hel
irflexible rules by consenting to bt
the lioness Of reception in honor o
herself and her husband. The hosts
were the Congressional Club. which
consists exclusively of the wives ant
other womanfolk Of members of Con
gress Mrs. LongwOrth habituall!
eschews society" either for the SAX.
of society" or politics. Hers con
tinnes to be probably the most exclu
dve salon In, all Washington. and !,
is' seldom filled with anybody except
esneine friends. s.sa
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