Evening star., 1928-05-16
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC NILLIAM VILE.

No mechanical counting machine has
been invented that could tabulate on
single strip OF paper all the yarns
and rumors which the Mellon musings
over Hoover and Coolidge nave set IN
motion. Every politician you meet IN
Washington has different version OF
what the Secretary OF the Treasury has
at the back OF his canny old head. Mr..
Mellon may have intended To clarity
the situation. He has. In fact, nysti-
fed it. He leaves matters, as lar as
his all-potent position Is concerned,
where the lrishman In the story once
said they were left-~"Just where they
were before. only more so. The very
newest construction put upon the Mel
lon cryptogram Is that the drait-Cool-
idge forces are being held intact ioF
none other than Dwight w. MORROW.
That precious story. which bears the
veracious hallmark Of Wall Street origin,
has 1t that when Hoover has been
stopped at Kansas City. and the con-
yention deadlocked. Mr.. Mellon him.
self having done his best to nominate
the Secretary OF Commerce, viii place
the name of the Ambassador 10 Mexico
before the delegates. That Is TO be
the signal for a stampede In the di-
rection of President Coolidges Amherst
chumi.
A distinguished Washingtonian who
met In Rome year or TWO ago the
governor OF the Eternal City, Prince
Poten2iani now In America, tells good
story about him. Rome. under Mus
solini's aggressive leadership. Is under
going civic reconstruction scheme,
with view 10 restoring some OF It's an
-. Tsa AZ
program mapped out Tor certain
region, we'll known street was sudden-
ly denuded of its trees~-a species oI
spoliation with which Washington itself
Ia unpleasantly familiar. Mtissolinl
happened to be driving through the
treeless highway day or two later. He
noticed its barren state. Whats be-
come OF those trees2" he Numbered to
an aide The aide inquired and later
reported to the Duce. Prince Poten-
ziani ordered them cut down, your ex-
ccliency." the dictator Was informed.
"Teli Prince Poten2lani To replant
theml" was Mussolini's imperioits in-
struction. He did.
Mid-May finds droyes OF touring
patriots mobilized ut the White House
Offices each noon for handshaking bees
with the President. He continues 10
submit TO the ordeals gracefully. But
the other day a horny handed West
erner evidently farmer. gave express
sion to his enthusiasm by grasping Mr.
Coolidges right hand with the sort of
grip the bucolic visitor Is accustomed To
take on the handle OF II pillow, The
President was observed 10 Vince per-
Ceptibly. lie himself has hearty, but
not eifusiVely ironlike, clasp.
%#k
The United States Chamber OF Com
mere hasn't endeared Itself 10 the
corn belt by electing William Butter
worth as It's new president. MIR. But
tcrworth halls from Moline, Ill, which
is the spiritual home OF the McNary-
Haugen cult, because 1t Is the residence
of the high priest Of the equalization fee
brigade. George N. Peek. Lake Butter
worth, Peek Is an agricultural lmple~
ment manufacturer IN private life, They
have been business rivals for many
years, and, since Peek put himself al
the head of the farm relief movement
he and HutterW0rth have been at dag
gers drawn over the MCNafy-lIaugen
business, Tile Chamber Ot Commerce
iayora square deal for the farm, but
wants 1t eHtended on Coolidge li00Vef~
RttHVtit tAAAAAl va Ahbit Nai't tAhS"f
n
Both houses OF Congress have new
ol0akto0m paatime betting on the
date when the session will adjourn
Odds are being offered at either end
Of the Capitol that adjournment under
no circumstances will come before
June |. Even money Is Wagered that
| House and Senate will be held with
| their legislative noses Ia the grindstnne
until The eve OF the Republican national
GOnvention~i e.. Saturday. June D.
Senate fiiibusters are In prospect on al
least two major propositions the Boui-
der Dam bin and the ibreruiser pro-
gram, Money III freely offered on tho
| IiitI ihut President Coolidge win velo
| the Mehafy. iiaugaa bill. but there are
| lew takers,
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