Evening star., 1932-03-21

Job Ahead" is the convention keynote
and, from the standpoint both of gov
ernment and of business, it is admit
tedly a titanic. task. At the meeting
of the United States Chamber at
Atlantic City last Spring the speakers
emphasized the theme that business
was facing a challenge from almost
every quarter and must deal con-
structively with the situation. The
current program announcement Is
pitched In the same key. The job
ahead in State control of taxes and
debts, industrial and community plan
ming, insurance, construction, mer-
chandising, copper. silver and gold.
shipping, agriculture, foreign trade,
control of public spending. employ
ment problems, transportation, oil and
lumber are some OF the diverse and
difficult and vital problems to which
the collective mind of the Nations
business proposes to address its at
tention.
Justice Pierce Butler Of the United
States Supreme Court was born on st.
Patrick's day. His birthdate was 1866
and he celebrated his 66th birthday
last week as an honor guest at the
dinner of the Friendly Sons OF st. Pat
rick of Washington. Seated with him
at the dinner was Charles Donnelly of
st. Paul Mimi, president Of the North
ern Pacific Railroad. The two men have
enjoyed 3O-year friendship. Though
today one of the great railroad execu-
tiveS of the country, President Donnelly
is first and foremost lawyer, and rated
one of the best in the Northwest He
started in the legal department of the
Northern Pacific and moved up to the
presidency Of the road. Justice Butler
started in the legal department of the
st. Paul Railroad, resigned to engage
in private law practie, earned fame and
fortune as q corporation lawyer and
landed on the Supreme bench.
The French Ambassador, Paul Clau-
del, in an address in Chicago last week
couched his plea for internationalism
in the following persuasive and pic
turesque words: 'At the worst time Of
the War of Independence" he said
when each of the 13 States tried to
drive apart and to consult its own in
terests, Benjamin Franklin said: II We
do not hang together, we will hang
separately Well, in the present con-
dition of the world, I think that the
symbolical rope Of the genial Philadel-
phian is dangling before the eyes Of
every responsible statesman In every
country Of Europe. There are many
uses of rope; you can use ii in Alpine
climbing to save your fellow ascension
lists; you can use 1t TO pull q boat to
the shore; American genius has even
taught us to use 1t to send written and
spoken words from one extremity of the
world to the other But the worst use
of rope is to beat time in dignified
aloofneSs at the worst end Of it."
The Senate heard from Senator Huey
P. Long of Louisiana, last Friday, in
rare fashion. Standing in the middle
aisle shouting at the top Of his lungs,
geSticulating wildly and tossing his
thick mop of sandy hair like drum
majors shake waving in the wind, the
self-styled ''Kingfsh" denounced a wide
variety Of things to his hearts content
for the better part of half hour. His
random talk mentioned the concen-
trated wealth, monetization of silver.
income taxes, former Secretary Mellon.
the Aluminium Co., the Garner presi-
Dental boom and foreign debts. He
said he was tired of "reactionary in
terests Of the country seeking to throw
a prohibition blanket over every other
issue" Veteran Senators listened in
silence and marveled.
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