Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-05

Senator Borah on the stump in Bos-
ton, in the closing days of the 1928
campaign, said: What we want, my
friends, in the next four years is a pol
icy which will undoubtedly and effec-
lively protect American labor and Amer
lean industry against the inroadS which
may come from Europe, both in manu-
featured goods and in labor" A dele
CATION of New Englanders in Washing
ton, in final drive for tariff protection
for boots, shoes and leather, called on
Senator Borah this week, told him that
imports of womenS footgear from
Czechoslovakia we're now pouring In at
the rate of million pairs month, and
that Massachusetts, shoe factories were
Frustrated in consequence. They read
to the Idaho Senator the above quota
ton, and asked him to reconcile his
present tariff position with his Boston
campaign pledge. Borah refused to
cohcede that he had shifted his position
on tariff, or that there was any incon-
sistency between the tariff doctrine
which he had enunciated in Boston and
his votes in the Senate. Had the SEN
ator been disposed to be captious he
might veil have suggested to his visitors
that Massachusetts, by voting for Al
Smith, had rejected the tariff pledges
which Botah had offered In Mr.. Hoovers
behalf and was estopped from now de-
manding its fulhllment.
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Massachusetts has an added interest
in CzechoSlovakia by reason of the fact
that 1t has supplied the new American
/ Minister to that country, in the person
of Abraham c. Ratshesky, Boston
banker and philanthropist. The new
diplomat was in Washington this week
to be sworn in and to get posted on
the technique of diplomacy. While his
post is not the most important one in
Europe, no American envoy has such
grand and gorgeous mansion as
awaits the new Minister on the banks
of the sDanube in Prague. 1t Is a
one-time royal palace of 154 rooms,
with gardens which are famous
throughout Europe, acquired by Uncle
Sam for the American legation. Fortu-
nately Minister Ratshesky's purse Is
as ample as his palace, so the upkeep
will not stagger him.
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The Senate paIfsed in its tariff de-
bate the other day to pay tribute to
its veteran reporter of debates, Theo-
dore r. Shuey, IS years old, and put
into the Record their tributes to this
faithful public servant. He has not
missed. a day since he began his work
years ago. He is a walking encyclo-
pedia of information regarding the
Senate and its members. Even in his
advanced age he can hold his own with
any Of the younger men of the corps,
and his accuracy Is never questioned.
Present Senate membership OF So is
nearly twice the number there were
when Mr.. Shuey started In soon after
the Civil War. He opines that present.
day Senators are more garrulous than
a half-century ago. "The day OF ora
tory in the Senate, as compared with
the olden times, is gone" he says; the
speeches are less studied and lack the
polish that men like Sherman, Hoar,
Sumner and .COnkling gave to their
! addresses. This is a swift-moving age
and the Senate reflects the times"
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Some one has suggested that the
| troubles to which the Senate recently
has fallen heir are due to an absence
of prayer. The Senate hasn't been
| prayed for since January 6, two
month stretch-this in spite of the
fact that custom and tradition require
daily prayer from the rostrum. The
gre test deliberative body in the world
has chaplain for this particular task,
but inasinuch as the Senate Is stAl
January g. recessing overnight in pref
erence to adjourning, the chaplain's
daily prayer is not In order.
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The report of DR.. Jameson, chief Of
the division of manuscripts OF the
Library of CONGRESS, discloses for the
first time that Calvin Coolidge caused
to be deposited with the Library his
entire White House filee of rresideutial