Evening star., 1932-07-27
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE.

BY general consent it'll be somebody
else than Senator Borah who'll head
the Senate Committee on Foreign Re-
lationS by the time Congress-if at
all-gets around to ratifying a new
war debts arrangement. That is to
say, hardly anybody expects the
Republicans to control the Senate
after March 4, 1888, which will mean
Borah's exit from the Craftsmanship of
foreign relations, the post he's held since
he succeeded the late Senator Henry
Cabot Lodge in 1924. The next chair
man will be Senator Claude A. Swan
son, Democrat, of Virginia, now rank
ing minority member of the committee.
Senator Swanson is also ranking mem
Der Of the Naval Affairs Committee,
but his friends know that he will
choose to head foreign relations If and
when the Democrats take the helm in
the Upper House. Mr.. Swanson has
had unique opportunity-unlike that
any member of the Senate ever had
before-to acquaInt himself first hand
with international conditions, because
OF his six months at the Geneva Dis
armament Conference. There, since
last February the senior solon from
the Old Dominion has been brushing
shoulders with the high and mighty Of
Europe. He should return to Wash
ington with load of the low-down on
what our World War debtors mean TO
do, or not to do, when pay day rolls
around on December Is next.
Col. Edward M. House has entered
the Franklin D. Roosevelt picture, but,
for some mysterious reason, he's been
painted out of the World War pano-
rama, the Pantheon de Ia Guerre, now
on exhibition in Washington. When the
mammoth canvas was originally dis
played In Paris Col. House appeared in
the American group alongside President
Wilson The Texan was shown reclin-
ing against the central pedestal, as If
in an attitude of patient and tolerant
listening, while the President reads a
proclamation to the American people.
Believe it or not, the French never
seemed quite to understand who and
what Col House was, or why. The
Partisan authorities, at any rate, de-
cided that before the panorama left
France for the United States House
should be deleted and the late Anbas-
sador Myron T. Herrick put in his
place. The beloved American envoy did
not acquiesce willingly in posing for his
portrait in substitution for Col. House,
and only agreed to do so when the
French represented that President Will
sons confidential adviser was "out," in
any event.
Occasionally this radio scribe presents
Washington dignitaries on the radio who
succumb to microphone stage fright. He
has coined a word to describe their
emotionS-micropho Not long ago a
lg.%;r
1t in the midst of a talk, with the result
that he got the parable about Daniel in
the lions den badly twisted. A listener
wrote in and said: First the lions had
Daniel licked; then, the next moment,
Daniel had the lions on the run, and
finally radio fans were left as high in
the air wondering who really came out
on top as they were after the recent
Sharkey- -Schmeling scrap. Not until neXt
morning was l put straight by consult
ing the Bible-'The Book Of Daniel,
chapter 6, verse 22-which informed me
that My God hath sent His angel, and
hath shut the lions mouths that they
have not hurt me- Then knew that
old Dan got the decision"
4 4 \ X
Many people are wondering what Old
Man Depression Is doing to the George
throughout the country. Associate Di-
rector Sol Bloom deposes and says:
while depression has tended to cur
tail some activities, only rarely has this
seriously affected the work of local
committees. Our general plan called
only for modest and inexpensive forms
Of observance. 1t provided for the CO.
operation Of schools and higher tnstitu-
tions Of learning, churches, clubs,
patriotic organizations and similar
bodies and suggested programs that
Gould be carried out In the regular
course OF their meetings. These pro-