Evening star., 1931-11-25
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE.

envisages the end of England Is q
world power; suggests that Mussolini's
ambitions can be realized only by war;
reveals how France caused the down.
fall of the Macdonald Labor govern
mert and the collapse Of the pound;
explains why the Polish corridor brinis
with dynamite. and otherwise de-bunks
American popular conceptions Of Europe
as o continent flowing with the milk
and honey Of brotherly love.
Edward Corsi, new commissioner Of
immigration in charge of Ellis Island,
New York, Is himself q citizen of rel
atively recent immigrant origin. He
came to the United States as q lad, 80
years ago with his parents, from Italy.
Mr.. Corsi's lively ambition is to "hu-
mamie" the gateway through which
hundreds Of thousands of foreign-born
have passed into the melting pot to
take their places in the world as full
fledged American citizens. With
vivid recollection of Ellis Island at its
worst, the commissioner believes he
knows what's needed to reform it.
Among his projected reforms is a plan
to make every immigration official an
individual committee of welcome, whose
duty is to make the newcomer under
Corsi thinks he can win out, unless red
tape beats him.
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Though she renounced what she
characteriStically terms the widows
might" by declining to run for her
late husbands congressional seat in
Cincinnati, Alice Roosevelt Longworth
will continue to cast the sunshine Of
her electrical presence upon political
Washington. Her home, on Massachu-
sets avenue, is certain, as Of yore, to
remain one of the most coveted salons
In the Capital. The passport to it is
not the Nact that o man or q woman is
prominent. The essential is that the
person be interesting. Princess Alices
recipe for her eternal youthfulness is
that she refuses to be bored, though
ner frequent appearance in the gal
leries of Congress somewhat bellies that
theory.
Washington society will dance Thanks.
giving night for the benefit of the
Navy Relief Society. People shouldn't
confuse the Navy Relief Society with
the Navy League, which now and then
they 90. The relief organization cor.
responds to similar philanthropic
society In the Army. It depends en-
Iltely on voluntary support and the
Thanksgiving ball is its principal source
OF revenue. Admiral Dewey was one
o!Athe founders of the Navy Relief So
clety ~ years ago. Its first funds
were part OF the proceeds of an Army
Navy loot ball game In Philadelphia in
ISO4: WIDOWS and children Of men
VINO served in the Navy and Marine
Corps are the ones after whom the
society looks. 1t has long and honor.
anie record OF humanitarian service in
its chosen field.
II the newspaper men of Washington
were pole2 they'd overWhelminalv
vote that ehe most useful public OF.
ncial in these ATTITUDES is James D.
Preston. who is resigning as SUPER
intendent Of the Senate press gallery.
to become Senate librarian. Jim"
comes nearer to being that practically
non-exlstent person, the indispensable
man, than any one who ever flashed
across the Federal horizon. A genera
ton OF Washington correspondents has
been the beneficiary of his kindly ef-
fciency. He has a genius for taking
trouble and pains. His memory is as
long as Pennsylvania avenue, and his
patlence Is without an exhaust. Jim
would gladly miss a meal or a train
II dong % you'd render O newspaper
man iavof. Preston has had only
one passion outside the shepherding of
Lne JOURNALISTIC fiock-golf. The
united states Golf Association and
otner bodies long have utilized his
organizing skill M tournaments.
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