Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-02

Col Lindbergh took time off from
Father in-law Morrow's senatorial cam
paign to fly to Washington the other
day for scientific conference. It's pur-
pose was not disclosed, but it apparently
had to do with exploration affairs. judg-
ing by the men with whom "Lindy"
communed. They were DR.. John G.
Merriam, president of the Carnegie In
Stitution of Washington, and DR.
Charles @. Abbot. secretary of the
Smithsonian Institution. The other
member of the comforting foursome was
Col Henry Breckenridge of New York,
Lindbergh's personal attorney and ad-
wiser, who few to Washington with him.
The Carnegie Institution is engaged in
extensive archaeological operations in
Mexico. The Smithsonian, which is the
resting place of the Spirit Of St.
Louis, engages periodically-when its
meazer funds pern1it-in scientific re-
search all over the world Perhaps
there's scheme to draft the intrepid
knight of the air for exploring services
in domains inaccessible to mere footed
beings.
John w. Garrett, American Ambas-
sador to Italy is home on leave at
psychological moment-when Mussolini
has the whole world guessing when,
where and why Italy is going to war
1t isn't difficult for Mr.. Garrett to
and Secretary Stimson, for his home
is on the outskirts of Baltimore, no;
more than an hours drive from Wash
ington. Ambassador Garrett has been
at his Roman post less than a year,
but, being an old-hand diplomat, it
didn't take him long to learn the ropes
in Italy. He probably is loaded with
all the 'low down" about Mussolini.
What the United States Government
and people are anxious to know is
whether ii Duce's recent martial out
bursts are just talk or indications tina;
FaScism has its war paint on and means
business some bloody day.
X X
William E. Humphrey of Washington
State, chairman of the Federal Trade
crophone stage fright. When he went
on the air the. hrst time the other
night, to deliver an address on COM
mission affairs, he confesseS the life
was almost terrified out of him. I'm
more than 40 years Of public speaking, ="
says Humphrey, II never experienced
such qualms. I've heard of others who
were frightened on the occasion of ra-
dio debuts, but they tell me they re-
covered their equilibrium as they went
on talking. But I stayed scared all Of
my IS minutes"
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Word reaches Washington that M
Paul Claudel. accomplished French
Ambassador to the United States, is
in hot water at Paris for bringing two
American automobiles back to France
with him. He not only did that, but
in Partisan newspaper interviews, rhap-
sodized over the excellence of Ameri-
can cars. AS France imposes pretty
stiff tariff rates on Yankee autos and
has very extensive and aggressive
motor industry of it's own, Frenchmen
don't quite understand how Claudel
gets that way" A good deal of AM
bassador Edges first year in Paris has
been spent IN trying to make the
French government treat American au-
tomObile imports more generously.
X
Mrb Ellis A. Yost. Republican ma
tionZl committeeWoman from West Vir-
GINA and Washington representative of
the Womans Christian Temperance
Union, has been looking over the po-
litical situation in the Capital. Mrs.
YoSt enjoys the distinction OF being
conSpicuously mentioned for both the
congressional nomination from her
home district Of Huntington and the
West Virginia senatorial nomination.
In all of the possibilities" eligible to
succeed Senator Golf. who is retiring.
Mrs Yost has figured along with sew
eral males, distinction in itself, She
is miles removed from the traditional
type OF either temperance worker or
woman politician, being slight of figure.
soft of voice, witty, vivacious, and UNI
usually easy to look at. Mrs. Yost
knows politics from A to z. and G. o. P.
politics and politicians in particular If
the Republicans of West Virginia de-
eide to pit her against former Senator
Nicely, prospective Democratic nominee,
even that good vote-getter will know
he has a race on his hands.
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Ambassador Dawes Is bringing home
with him this month q distinguished
British exposition expert, Sir Henry w.