Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-07

Farm relief now in the congress
sional. limelight at Washington, long
has seriously engaged the attention of
DR.. Timothy A. Smiddy, accomplished
Minister of the Irish Free State to the
United States. DIR. Smiddy has dis
covered that Ireland's agricultural
problems resemble those of this coun'
try in many essential respects. SO
he's concerned himself intensively
with plans for meeting the emergen-
cies once again under endless discus-
sion on Capitol Hill. On January Is
DR.. Smiddy will set out on tour oil
Midwestern cities. including Indian
anoIis and st. Louis, where he has
been invited to address meetings on
the subject of Irish agriculture. Dr.
Smiddy. a County Cork man, is pro-
fessor of economics in private me.
lust before entering Erins dlplo-
matte service he was dean OF com
merce at University College, Cork.
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Charles C. Eberhardt. American
Minister to Nicaragua, in whose hands
particularly vital interests now repose,
was the first member OF the oniteo
States consular service to be trans
ferred to ministerial rank under the
Rogers foreign SCI WIG OSSt 1850
the preceding Congress. Eberhafot
was sent to Managua in March, 1879.
and has made "A creditable record
there under difficult conditions. IN
Latin American matters Eberhafdt
knows his onions as thoroughly as any
man at Secretary kelloggs command
A kansan by birth, Eberhardt has
heen in the foreign service contlnu-
ously since 1903, beginning with
clerkship at Mexico City. Since then
he has functioned in various capac'
tiles in Mexico and Brazil. He speaks
Spanish like a grandee. Prior 10 ms
elevation TO the rank of a chief OF
dinlomatic mission, Eberhardt was
chairman of the executive committee
of the foreign service personnel poard
at the State Department.
~
Partisan politics. cuts little figure
in the young life of Nicholas Long
worth, Speaker of the House. ROCK
ribbed Republican that he is, Nick g
bosom companion, in and out of the
| House is Representative Jack" Car
ner of Texas, ranking Democratic
member of the ways and means com
mittee. They are the Damon ano
Pythias of the lower branch or Con-
| gress. The Speaker hardly ever
| Without Garner, and vice versa
| Cvnics suggest that Princess Alice's'
consort plays shrewd politics when ne
chums around with the Lone Star ex-
merit on taxation. But there is an I'M
! deniablv strong affection between
them. Another of the Speakers Dem
| ocratic playmates is Representative
Finis Garrett of Tennessee, the mi
noritv leader In the House.
| X X X
Calvin Coolidge may haXe torn q
| leaf out of the presidential booklets
| of Grover Cleveland and Theodore
| Roosevelt in locking horns with Con-
| gress on the naval issue. The present
squire of the White House knows
| that those two celebrated predecessors
materially enhanced their fame and
] prestige by telling Congress on occa
! sion to go hang. The President is not
, unaware that his popularity with the
| country at large Is greater than thai
! of either House or Senate. 1t is par
ticularIy greater than the esteem the
| Senate enjoys back home" Poll
| ticians are now recalling that MI
| Coolidge risked, at Il perilous moment
a conflict with Congress on the sol
diers' bonus. The presidential election
of 1924 came along, and 1t did not
| develop that MS break with tne 11ouSt
and Senate on that issue did him any
| harm. Indeed, many authorities felt
it did him a world of good. The Pres
ident evidently considers that stern
and stubborn attitude against nava
| expansion at this time will strength
en-. not undermine, him in public
| favor.
| X y
| There's an impression abroad that
| the Middle West is Indifferent ITO
preparedness. and especially to naval
| preparedness, on account of it's re-
| moteness from salt water. Repre-
sentative Henry r. Rathbone. Re-