Evening star., 1931-04-10
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE.

Republican President of the United
States to rejoice over the election Of
democratic mayor of Chicago. Herbert
hoover can be excused from smiling in
wardly over Big Bill" Thompson's de-
scent into the political ash-can this
week. thompson substituted Hoover for
King George as the main target of lis
abuse in the recent Chicago Campaign.
He didn't go the length of saying that
the President would be busted on the
snoot" If he ever showed up In the
Windy City, but in nearly all Of his
speeches the discredited "Bill" sought
to capitalize the business crouch by
laying at Hoover's feet all the crimes
In the economic code. The White House
sees no national political significance in
Cermak's mayoralty victory In Chicago,
although between the November Sena-
torial election and the Republican
debacle involved in Thompson's defeat
G. Q. p. stock in Illinois is about as
low as 1t can go.
John Hays Hammond of washington
and Gloucester, Mass, is sure enough O
6eao game sport. His study in the mag
ntf1cent Hammond mansion on Kalo-
rama road, Washington, is famed for
its collection Of autographed portraits
Of the worlds great. personally pre-.
sented to the celebrated mining ensd-
neer during his Kaleidoscope life all
ever the globe. Recently the collection
waS enriched by a signed picture of the
late 'Oom Paul" Kruger, President of
the Transvaal Republic, which mutual
friend presented to Hammond. In 1896,
on the eve of the Boer war in South
Africa, President Kruger sent Ham,
mond to Jail for participation in the
Jameson raid. First the American
was sentenced to death, afterward
his penalty was cominuted to IS years
Imprisonment, and then Hammond was
Fs5ea'ed Now o on Psymsnt Of slas 600 Co, ne
nance figures among Hammond's other
pictorial souvenirs.
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Charles s. Hamlin of Massachusetts,,
veteran member of the Federal Reserve
Board at Washington, Is the possessor
OF one of the worlds biggest collections
Of scrapbookS and diaries-the records
OF 40 years In public life. The scrap
books number 212 and the diaries, so.
Ono of these days Mr.. Hamlin says he
may be tempted to delve into them for
the purpose of writing his memoirs.
They're kept UP to date. Hamlin came
to washington in 1893 as an Assistant
Secretary Of the Treasury In the second
Cleveland administration.
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Three distinguished Canadian bar.
rlsterS-CharleS A. Magrath, Sir Will
liam H. Hearst and George w. Kyle
have arrived in washington in their
capacities as Dominion members of the
International Joint Commission. Under
the treaty whereby this truly interna-
tional court has its existence, the COM
mission has two sessions, which are
compulsory. One is in Washington on
the first Tuesday in April and the other
at Ottawa on the first Tuesday in Oc-
tcber of each year. IN TACT, during the
past year or two, the commission has
had several meetings at the scenes OF
International questions either in the
United States or Canada. The American
members are John H. Bartlett, former
Governor of New Hampshire and As
sistant Postmaster General, who is
Chairman, and former Senator'S p. ].
McCumber of North Dakota and A. O.
Stanley of Kentucky. Mr.. Magrath a
chairman Of the Canadian commission.
erS. The body Is said to be the only
judicial tribunal in the world between
two adjoining countries.
(copyrisht. 1ssi.)