Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-09

Members Of Congress, Representatives
and Senators alike, were immensely in
terested in observing Ramsay Mac
donalds parliamentary manner, espe-
cially his oratorical style. His speeches
in the House and Senate were Of kind
that easily lends itself to spread-eagle
flamboyancy But that sort Of thing Is
conspicuous by its absence in the Brit
ish House of Commons, with the best
traditions of which Mr.. Macdonald is
always in tune. There is hardly ever
any of the thunderous spellbinding Ee-
meath Big Ben in London, like that
which frequently rocks the dome OF the
Capitol at Washington. Neither peers
nor commonerS are accustomed 10
shake their fists or their names, or
grow red in the face, or wrap them
selves in the Union Jack, in order 10
rouse the galleries and subject them
selves to apoplexy. The British prime
minister relies upon his Transparent
Lord Arnold, Mr.. Macdonald'S closest
political comrade now with him In
Washington, declares that the premier's
speech, on landing in New York last
week, was the finest he ever heard the
Labor statesman deliver in his long
public career.
Within few hours of the prime min
ister'S arrival in the United States, a
member of his official party received q
cablegram from a great British coal
operator. The message recorded that
the broadcasting of Macdonald's well
come, especially his own remarks, had
come over the Atlantic with such clear.
me-; that tears came into the eyes OF
the business man In question. When the
cable was called to the prime ministers
attention, he smiled quizzically, and then
remarked, "I didn't know South
Wales coal operator was capable OF ex-
pressing emotion"
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Frank J. Hogan of the washington
bar, who is the leader of the brilliant
legal array now conducting the defense
of Albert B. Fall in the District of Co
lumbia Supreme Court, enjoys one I'M
fair advantage over the court, the pros
ecution, the jury, his own colleagues
and everybody else. He has a fabulous
memory. From the day the late Sena-
tor La Toilette of Wisconsin first limited
at naval oil reserve scandals, some
seven years ago, to this hour Hogan
has had at his tongues tip every soil
tary name and date which figure in the
endless and tortuous affair. He can tell
YOU the day each of the various Senate
Inquiries began, when it ended, who
was who, what was what. when ana
where the various Federal court pro-
ceedings took place, exactly how they
turned out, the names OF the judges
in short, every pertinent land imperti-
nent) fact connected with the whole
seven-year-old petroliferous business.
X X X
One of the reasons Andrew w. Mellon
Is anxious to remain Secretary of the
Treasury until the end of the present
administration is his passionate inter-
est in the Government building program
now under way at Washington. His
friends say that Mellon longs to have
the washington Beautiful regarded as
his monument in the District of Co
lumbia. It is his favorite topic of con-
versation, and he doesn't mind letting
people know that it's become a hobby
with him. Now and then in. those Sc
lect circles where inside gossip reigns
supreme you'll hear that Mr.. Mellon
plans to "do something handsome for
Washington" as the souvenir Of his I'M
precedentedly long stay at the Treas
llry. Whether this means his affection
ate supervision of the 100000 900 build
ing project or something that Is off,
cially to bear the Mellon name nobody
SCENE to know.
Seldom has a senatorial committee Of
inquiry contained bigger battery of
high caliber guns than the trio which
! will boom in the lobby investigation.
Chairman Norris, himself no SLOUGH Of
an inquisitor, is fianked by Borah Of