Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-07

One of the unrecorded episodes OF
the recent Senate filibuster is likely
to prove embarrassing for Senator
sure to be in the limelight IL and
when the Reed slush-funders go gun
ming again. During the all-night SEES
sion of March ga a certain Southern
Democratic member pre-empted q
| couch in the famous president
ROOM just off the private lobby, for
a rest and 40 winks. The room was
dark, the hour late and the presence
of any one unsupported. About
am. two Republican Senators came
off the floor and tarried to talk on
| the threshold of the president $
room" sThey were discussing the flu
| ture plans of the Reed committee and
| wondering which particular States the
Missourian and his colleagues have
| their eyes on. 81 hope to - they
don't poke their noses into -----.
calculated a Senator from a trans Mis-
sissippi commonwealth. in reference
| to his own State. eff they do, they'll
raise hell out therev The doing So
| lon in the presidents room" hap
pened to be awake. He Immediately
recognized the voice Of his brother
Senator, and it wasn't very much
later before the tragi-comic incident
cratic cloakroom.
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One of Vice President Dawes repa.
rations plan friends was an eyewit-
ness of the filibuster fracaS in the
Senate on March 4. He is Sir Robert
KindersIey, a director of the Bank of
England, who is now visiting in this
country. Sir Robert. who is chair.
| man of the great Lazard banking
house in London, was member of
the experts committee which func.
toned at the elbow of the Dawes
plan miracleworkers at Berlin three
years ago. He is a giant Briton, and
one of the powers in Threadneedle
street. During the World War Kin
dersley served as chairman of the
British national savings committee
and was knighted for his effective
work. Sir Robert comes to this side
periodically in his capacity as gov
ernor Of the Hudsop's Bay Co, which
since time immemorial has had vast
interests throughout the Dominion or
Canada and all points north.
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The Democrats are said seriously
to be considering taking their next
national confusion to Detroit. A second
choice is understood to be Cleveland
| not only for 1928, but for the future
in general. ZAP Smith himself is
quoted as having expressed the desire
that Manhattan Island be eliminated
| from the national committees con-
vention plans, lest his enemies might
think it too obvious an attempt TO
put him over. The Democrats had
gorgeous time in San Francisco seven
years ago, and the Golden Gate Is
once again a contender for their con-
clave. But there's the McAdoo angle
| to the California suggestion that
| probably kills it. Atlantic City Will
shortly be in possession of the most
gigantic convention hall on earth
| vast Boardwalk temple capable OF
seating 5000. 1t hopes some day to
| be regular quadrennial headquarters
| for both parties.
| Guy II. Oyster, known throughout
| the world of organized labor in the
| United States. South America and Eu-
| rope as longtime private secretary
on duty on Capitol Hill for the next
six years. He has been engaged by
Senator-elect Willard e. Tydings,
Democrat. of Maryland, to be his
| right-han man. For the past two or
| three years Oyster has been secretary
| to Il. Brooke Lee, Speaker of the
| House in the Maryland Legislature.
Gomper's lieutenant accompanied the
veteran president OF the American
| Federation of Labor to the peace
| conference at Paris, and, through
| that service, Oyster enjoys contacts
with the labor movement all around
| the globe. His new chief, Senator
| Tydings, VIII be one of the babies of
| the next Senate, with only 81 years
| to his credit when he takes Office.
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THE tumult and the shouting dies. :
but not all Of the s'captains and the