Evening star., 1927-05-06
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE.

ration of America, painted before the
Pan-American Commercial Conference
a thrilling picture of the imminent
possibilities of transoceanic RADIO
photography. He told of a recent
personal experience in London, when
he broadcast" his check for 500
across the Atlantic, a New York City
bank honoring the radio picture with
out question. Not long ago the Bank
ers Trust Co. of New York carried
out a $1,0000 transaction with an
English client by the same method.
Gen. Harbord disclosed that the four
great radio power" America, Eng
land, France and Germany-have
pooled their interests in South Amer
lea and are now operating under
consortium known as the "A. E. F. G.
Henry G.. Chiffon, acting British Am
bassador at Washington during the
absence in California of Sir Esme
Howard, happens to be on the verge
of a visit to Princeton University.
His pals in the diplomatic set are
twitting him merrily with the sug-
gestion that he timed his sojourn at
Old Nassau for this week, in order
to settle the Anglo.American debt con-
troversy with President Hibben AS
q matter of fact, Chilton-who re-
Gently became a full-fiedged minister
in the British diplomatic service
planned to go to New Jersey months
ago. He and Mrs. Chiffon will tarry
there on historic soil-the estate Of
Mrs. NJ. Taylor Pyne, which includes
Princeton battlefield Within a pic
turesque knoll on the estate lies the
common grave Of British and Amer
lean soldiers who fell there. Alfred
Noyes, English poet, composed the
impressive tribute to their memory in
scribed upon the simple monument
which marks the spot so Immortality
associated with the War of Inde-
pendence.
Leading farm organizations Of the
country are going to spend the Sum-
mer trying to work out a farm-relief
program that will command their
united support in Congress next Win
ter. The National Grange, the Farm
ers' Union and the American Farm
Bureau Federation are the interests
seeking common ground. Hitherto,
throughout the fight for McNary-
Haugenism, they have worked more
or less at cross purposes. They've al
ready had one peace conference" and
another will be held between now and
December. The first meeting was
called by Louis j. Taber of Ohio,
master of the National Grange. Pres
ident Barrett Of the Farmers Union
and President Thompson of the Farm
Bureau Federation We're spokesmen
of their organizations at the pow-wow.
The objective of the Big Three Is not
to reconcile all their differences, but
to fix upon those basic problems re-
garding which farmers are in sub
stantial agreement.
X X " X
J. Fred Essary, Washington polit-
ical writer, Is home from a years spe-
cial assignment in Europe He was
doing some Spring spadework in his
garden at Cleveland Park the other
day, appropriately garbed for the oc-
casion, when a woman neighbor who'd
moved into the region during the Es-
sarys' absence spied the scribe in the
flower patch. Addressing him across
the fence, she said: do you work
out?" Essary rejoined: "Well, that
depends" Then the lady asked:
"Whatll you charge me by tho hour?"
Quoth the neWspaperman: IF / like
my neighbors I work for nothing"
The fair newcomer, after recovering
consciousness, profusely apologized
and expressed the hope that events
would shape themselves so that Es-
sary could be taken at his word.
(Copyrght. 1927