Evening star., 1930-06-04

II IL weren't for such diversions as
| base ball and the circus, the nerves OF
Congress would be frazzled almost be-
yond endurance by the long-drawn-out
tail-end chickering's OF the waning ses-
sion. BY and large, and including the
many. weeks of committee work which
preceded the special session OF 1929,
| House and Senate have been on the
| Job for the better part OF o year ana
| half Statesmen Of high and low
degree are straining at the leash. wait
ing for adjournment. They are not
| to their more or less faithful con-
stituents on account of the impending
congressional elections. The return Of
hot weather whetS the anxiety Of the
men and women on Capitol Hill to quit
Washington and leave legislative
troubles behind them. House members
will make for the open spaces the
moment Speaker Longworth rings the
bell, on or about June 81. When the
Senate will be able to get away depends
| on how long Senators johnson, Hale
ct al are able to maintain the fight on
the naval treaty. They'll be more un-
popular than they are already If they
drag out the special session very far
into July.
| Representative L. j. Dickinson, win
| IiCI Va IIlC
| In Iowa, seems to have established that
the Hawley-Smoot tariff bill isn't the
"monstrosity" its enemies say 1t Is, at
least in the opinion of the Corn Belt.
Gov. Hammill, who succumbed to Dick
inson, made his campaign on plat
form assailing the bills injustice to
agriculture, while the Representative
strongly supported the measure. Straws
| like these incline Washington politicians
/ to think that President Hoover will find
| in them encouragement and juStiflca-
ton for giving his approval to the act
| which Congress Is about to put up to
him. Mr. Dickinson is expected by
most authorities to have smooth sailing
against Senator Steck, who will be his
Democratic opponent in November.
Senator Brookhart, who records in the
Congressional Directory that the Senate
"disregarded the Iowa election laws"
when it seated Steck and not himself,
in 1926, may be depended upon to throw
his full and powerful support to Dtckin-
son.
Nelson T. johnson, American Minis
ter to China, has just made a big hit
with the people to whom he is ac-
credited by announcing that he intends
to ride in rikishas as long as he is
stationed in Peiping which is the new
says he finds 1t lot more comfortable
to travel in these ancient man-drawn
carts than in a modern motor moved
by gas, although he's an expert driver.
Mr.. Johnson's fellow ENJOYS roll along
to swagger Peiping diplomatic parties
In glittering limouSines, but ne jogS up
democratically in his rikisha. The
Minister likes the conveyance all the
better because he enjoys talking Chinese
to the native who pulls him along at
gay trot. Another innovation Tor
which the American diplomat Is re-
sponsible at Peiping is BLACK tie" kit
for evening dress instead Of the swal-
lowtail coat outfit. To cap the climax,
johnson smokes nothing but "hatamen"
cigarettes, a cheap brand sold only in
China and designed for the humble
purse of the coolie.
X X X
Mark Sullivan, historian and Hoover
comrade, is going TO put in the Summer
finishing the third volume of Our
Times" his monumental tale OF Amerl-
can life during the present generation.
Volume III will be called "Pre-War
America" and deal with the country
history up to 1919. First editions of
the previous two volumeS-"The Turn
of the Century, and America Finding
Herself" - already command fancy
prices, Sullivans publishers inform him.
Long before Mr. Hoover became Presi-
dent, this observer was discussing "Our
! Times" with him. The Secretary of
Commences comment was, Mark sure
hit on a million-dollar idea"
X 4
Prince Iyesato Tokugawa, who was
last in America as chief Japanese dele
gate to the Washington Naval Con-
!. ference In 192l-22, is about to cross
! the Pacific again en- route to the United
. States. The purpose Of his trip is tc
evidence paternal pride In the career