Evening star., 1927-08-26
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE

Some of the Presidents friends
have heard that after March 4, 1929,
Mr.. and Mrs. Coolidge will act on
| the advice given to prospective Ma
rines and 'see the world" In other
words, they're credited with a desire
to travel abroad under circumstances
more favorable than hitherto at their
| disposal. Neither the President nor
| the First Lady has ever set foot on
foreign soil except upon the Canadian
territory Immediately adjacent to
their native Vermont. Both are fond
Of travel, have long wished to go over
seas, and sare said to look forward
to transoceanic expedition with the
keenest anticipation. Two predecessors
in the presidency toured abroad at
the end OF their White |. use terms
Ulysses s. Grant and The jdore Roose-
velt Whether Calvin Coolidge, who is
modest man, would submit himself
to the triumphal experiences which
befell Grant and Roosevelt in foreign
parts Is questionable.
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Former Representative w. d.
lawyer and publicist at Washington,
has raised a suggestive issue in con-
| nection with radio. In the Window
| Seat. a sprightly news sheet published
weekly by Jameson, he foreshadoWs
that Congress some day is going to
| pass laws prohibiting the broadcast
of prize fights. He points out that
the Federal statutes prevent the ship
ment Of prize fight motion pictures
across State lines, and asks, why
should the radio be permitted to carry
prize fights everywhere" Jameson
| observes: II don't think there should
be a censorship for radio, for censor
ship Is a mighty dangerous thing. But
one thing Is certain-the broadcasting
Of pugilistic combats in detail will not
be permitted great while. Probably
the more generally the Tunney- -Demp-
sey mill Is sent out over the air in
| September, the quicker a stop will be
put to the whole business. 1t will kill
itself" 1t is expected that more than
100 stations will be hooked up for the
! Chicago championship contest - by
far the most extensive ON record.
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Political animosities don't last very
| long in rock-ribbed Republican Penn
| was private secretary to former SEN
ator George Wharton Pepper, has
| now entered the service of Senator.
elect William S. Ware in the same ca
pacity. A little more than q year ago
Douglas, as good and faithful Pep
perite, was doing his level best to
assist his chief in Throwing Bill
Ware into the Delaware River" -
riparian ambition in which the distin-
guished Philadelphia lawyer was
| thwarted. Douglas is something more
than senatorial secretary. He is, in
fact, an astute politician. For many
years he was a factor in the organ MIA
ton of the late w. Harry Baker, long.
| time and powerful chairman of the
Republican State committee of Penn.
sylvania.
Japan is much interested in the
recent election to the nayoralty
| Of the little city of Edmonton,
Md, near Washington. of Kinjiro
Matsudaira, an American.born Japa-
| nese. He received every vote cast,
having no opponent. Mayor Matsu-
daira is scion of noble Nipponese
family. His father, Tadaatsu Matsu-
daira, was the brother of the late Wis
count Churei Matsudaira. The Ed
| monton executive learned of his aris-
tocratic origin two years ago through
correspondence with the American EN-.
bassy at Toxic, which investigated it
at his request. Matsudaira 8 mother
was an American woman whom Ia
daatsu Matsudaira married in the late
seventies. Tadaatsu and his brother
contemplated return to Japan after
studying engineering here for seven
years, but when the steamer which
was to take them home was about to
sail, Tadaatsu-the younger brother
failed to turn up. He had fallen in
love with an American girl and eloped
with her. The slate Viscount Matsu-
daira returned to Japan alone. and for
the next 40 years no tidings of his
missing brother came to him. Ia
daatsu died in MARYLAND in 1892. leav-