Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-04
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE.

When President Hoover was at the
Capitol late last night signing eleventh.
hour bills observers thought they de-
tected Just the semblance Of q smile
on the face that hasn't often been 90
adorned in recent times. Congress was
of the Chief Engineers hands at last.
It has been on his hands for all but
six weeks of his presidency. Mr.. Hoo
yer has the Senate still to deal with for
a spell in connection with the naval
treaty. But his principal trials and
tribulations on Capitol Hill are over
for the time being. What the remain
ing two and a half years have In store
for the administration Is on the lap OF
the gods. If the Democrats capture
either branch Of Congress in November
or make @. o. P. control Of the House
or Senate more precarious than it now
is, Hoover's troubles will pile up. De-
spite taunts of his lack Of leadership
the President can contemplate with
satisfaction his first siege with Con-
greSs. He was beaten on the national
origins immigration repeal, on the
Parker nomination and on the Spanish
War Veterans bill. But otherwise the
Hoover legislative slate Is clean. In
stead of welding big sticks he issued
statements. In nearly every case they
accomplished the White House purpose
X II \
No stone will be left unturned by the
administration to get prompt AND
affirmative action on the naval treaty at
the special Senate session opening Mon
day. The President regards the London
| pact the brightest feather in his cap
| thus far. He doesn't intend to have
| 1t droop In ignominious defeat II he can
| help it. The first fight of the ratifica-
ton forces will be to keep q quorum in
| the chamber. Senator Watson, Repub-
lican leader, confeSses that's tall order
Midsummer heat comes along next week
administrationists admit it's going to be
a tough Job to hold enough Senators IN
| Washington for business purposes
Transatlantic sailing plans, vacation ar
rangements at home and congressional
campaigns in many States are factors
which have to be combated. Perhaps
| the treaty's deadliest foe Is apathy. Sew
| eral of the men in whose hands the
ratification battle will rest are for the
pact, they say, because it's harmless:
Not Of such lukewarm stuff Is the fight
ing spirit made.
Col Amos w. w. Woodcock, newly
| created prohibition director In the De-
partment of Justice, will spend the mex
two weeks at one of his Iavorite occu'
pations, soldering. He is about to toir
his regiment, the 1st Maryland Ma
tional Guard, for a fortnight's tour o.
duty at Camp Meade. The regiment L
going TO engage in some particularly
fascinating activities. 1t intends u
carry out a plan of campaign not dis
similar from that which the British
Army conducted when 1t sacked Wash,
ington in the War Of 1912. Some o.
Col Woodcock's friends suspect that hi
main interest in the operations is u
find out Just how a British rum feet
acting in cooperation with American
land forces, might maneuver in the
waters adjacent to these arid shores
| Folks who dote on condolences have
just discovered that Bishop Cannon anc
the new prohibition GEAR" were borr
IN the same town, Salisbury, Nd.
/ X X
DR.. Friedrich Wilhelm Won PTittwitZ
German Ambassador to the United
States, will make his radio debut or
Sunday afternoon, when he speaks In
the Columbia Broadcasting SYSTEMS
'Conclave of Nations" series at Wash
tngton. The talk will be in the nature
OF a temporary farewell, for the Am
basSador and his family are sailing fol
Germany next week on an annua
leave of absence. DR.. Won PrittwitE
has seen German American relations
substantially solidified during his two
and half years in this country. Rep
arations and war claims have been def
nitely adjusted. Investment of Amer
lean capital in German industrial
enterprises has taken place on an ex-
tensive scale. We have had visits from
the Graf Zeppelin, German transatlantic
= flyers and Prof. Max Schmeling. TIT
Bremen and the Europa have captureC
the blue ribbon Of the ocean and thu