Evening star., 1932-01-04

| Ambassador Dawes has just crossed
| the Atlantic from England aboard a
German liner. Thereby hanps a tale.
| Before the general was permitted to
ttake passage on the Europa, Secretary
Stimson had to get the OK. Of John
r. McCarl, controller general of the
| United States. When it was repre-
sented to the cZar in charge of Uncle
| Sans expense accounts that in order
to reach Washington in time for Ge-
neva conference discussions with the
President, Mr.. Dawes would have to
break the law and cross on a nom
American ship, McCarl relented and
said he would approve the expense. If
! the controller general had withheld his
onnipotent consent the Ambassador
might have had to foot the bill himself.
Before the House Committee on For
eign Affairs at this moment lies a
| matter resultant from Mr. McCarls
refusal to sanction a passage on a
British ship two years ago this Winter.
| During the London Naval Conference
of 1880 Admiral Hilary P. jones of
the American delegations naval ad-
visory staff was taken seriously i'll. 1t
| was decided that he should be sent back
| to the United States by the first steamer
available 1t happened to be the Cunarder
| Berengaria For more than year and
a half since then the State Department
has been working on Controller General
McCarl to get the cost of Admiral Jones
passage allowed. AS the General Ac-
counting Office has absolutely refused
| to audit 1t, Secretary Stimson finally
decided to ask Congress to pass special
act directing the controller general to
sanction the item. Nothing has ever
been said about it, but the law appears
to give the controller general the last
word on war debts. Independently Of
the executive departments" he is
charged with the settlement and ad-
justment" of all claims and demands
whatever in which the Government Is
concerned, either as debtor or creditor" :"
|
Speaker Jack Garner no longer has
the lamented Nick" Longworth's auto
mobile to ride in, and has escheWed
one of his own, but he does not scOrn
the use of Minority Leader Bert SHELLS
car now and then. Something akin to
the comradeship between Garner and
Longworth has long existed between
the present Speaker and Smell They
are at all events working harmoniously
to get the House legislative engine
started, particularly during the conflict
as to whether the Democrats tariff bill
shall have precedence over the admin
istration's taxation measure. Mr.. Gar
ner and the minority leader were tour
ing about Washington during the week
end in the Smell chariot. The Speak
er's hope is to secure by private nego-
tiation an agreement whereby unani-
nous consent will avert useless debate
and delay in the House, from emer-
gency to emergency.
II
Arthur Sweetser of Boston, assistant
director of information at the League
of Nations was a New Year week end
/ visitor to Washington. He arrived in
the United States in December for a
rapid-fire closeup of matters interna-
tional on which the League is always
anxious to know the American vi~wpoint.
Probably the most gratifying discovery
Mr.. SWeetSer has made is Newton D.
Bakers undying loyalty to the League,
just proclaimed--aS many of the
Ohioan's admirers think-to the un-
doing of his 1882 presidential fortunes.
AS to the World Court, the Geneva
official learned that Senator Borah
has pushed the protocol back into the
Foreign Relations Committee pigeon
hole, where 1t has so long been gather
ing dust, despite the undoubtedly i'm
mense body of American public opinion
that favors our entry into The Hague
tribunal
| X
John N. WILLIS of Ohio American
Ambassador to Poland, who manufsc-
lures automobiles in his non-diplo-
matte incarnation, Is proIonging his
leave of absence in the United States
until next weeks Third Annual Ma
tional Automobile Show in New York.
On the forenoon of January 12-durine
the morning hours when most feminine
ears are listening in-Ambassador WiIlys
will broadcast fiye-minute radio talk
on "Women's Tastes In Autos" A cyn-
ical commentator might venture to sug-
gest that the topic should include some
observations on back-seat driving.
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