Evening star., 1931-06-26
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE.

Beyond the shadow or any reasonable
| doubt, Secretary Stimson's departure
for Europe tomorrow means that alIs
well on the Potomac, SO far as the
Hoover war debt holiday is concerned.
Earlier in the week, and Immediately
following the disclosure of the Presi-
| dents plan, Col. StimSon intimated
that his voyage might have to be in
definitely postponed, If not wholly
abandoned. But the diplomatic ma
chtnery, mainly because of the pressure
applied from the White House, was set
to whirring at such an effective pace
that it no longer was necessary for the
Secretary Of State to hold up his
travelling arrangements. The history
of this rapid-flre international trans
action viii reveal that Uncle Sam stood
pat on the original proposition so
| immovably that the schemes success
President Hoover nor Secretary StimSon
laid, or lays, any particular stress on
form or details of the affair. What
concerns them Is that there shall be
no departure" from the broad and
simple outlines" of the Hoover pro-
posal. Before the moratorium takes
final shape therell be giving and taking
of various kinds, but the fundamental.
general character of the project will
remain unchanged.
It's o fairly open secret that the
Democrats, though almost universally
supporting Mr.. Hoover's debt-Suspen-
sion policy, are far from overtoyed by
the political prestige which, they ad:
NIT, will accrue to the President. II
Europe and America-especially this
country-are rescued from the slough
of despond, Democratic politicians con-
cede that Hoover'S stock will experience
the greatest boost it's ever had. Oppo-
sition leaders will throw no logs in the
Presidents path on that account, either
now or when the debt business Is be-
fore Congress. They simply and dole
fully acknowledge that If depression
diminisheS as q consequence of Hoover's
initiative the Democratic party Will
have to think up something entirely
new and different with which to COM
bat him in 1892. Perhaps 1t will be
decided that the deadliest line of attack
will be to indict the President for po-
litical grand larceny-to contend that
he has taken bodily possession Of VII
sonian foreign policies, and that the
country feels grateful for their adop-
ton, it should bestow the credit where
the credit belongs, viz, upon the Demo-
cratic party.
Mrs. Barnett z. Marks Of Phoenix,
Republican national committeewoman
for Arizona, has been in Washington
for the past week on one Of the most
momentous political missions ever in
trusted to a woman. She came here to
convince the Hoover administration
and the Republican National Commit
tee of the importance of taking copper
from the free list, and imposing upon
skO - 4lNok M al a
tective tariff duty of cents a pound.
Arizona, the Baby State" Mrs. Marks
afirmS, like Germany, Is also on the
verge Of calamity, because depression
| in the American copper mining and
smelling industry is bringing ruin to
the State. She declares that the peo-
| pie Of Arizona, irrespective OF politics,
"are practically unanimous in asking
that the good old Republican remedy Of
the protective tariff be applied to cure
our economic Illness" According to the
Bureau of Mines, Arizona's copper OUT
put decreased from $50, $685. All pounds
| In 1929 to 564, 500, 900 pounds In 1880,
while the value fell from $146, 190, 300
to about $70,000,000 Mrs. Marks, while
voicing whole-hearted approval for
President Hoover's plan to help Europe,
| thinks the time is no less ripe for lend
! ing an assisting hand to Arizona.
X 4 4 +
Arthur M. Hyde, Secretary Of Agri-
| culture, Is the fourth member Of the
cabinet Mellon, Wilbur and Stimson
being the others--to desert Washington
| for the Summer. Hyde has just headed
| for the West, leaving no word behind
at the department, except that he's
gone fishing-his special weakness.
| He'll tarry In his home town Of Tren-
| ton, Mo-, for q spell and then, ac-
| companied by his rod and tackle, viii
move into and across various Western
| fishing grounds till he reaches the
coast. San Francisco Is the Secre-
tary's destination and he viii time his
piscatoriai pastlmes 90 e 10 enable