Evening star., 1932-03-30
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM EILE.

Jack Garner did not revive his de-
fiated presidential boom when he took
the House floor yesterday, but the
cookies of his heart must have been
warmed by the reception accorded the
appeal to his colleagues to balance the
budget and preserve the national credit.
Recent congressional times have known
few more dramatic moments than when
the t1orid-faced Texan bristling with
fervor. resorted to the old revivalist gag
and called upon the assembled brethren
and sisters to stand up and be counted
for the Nations fiscal honor. As an eX-
horter the Speaker has few peers
You'd never have suspected from the
frenzied enthusiasm that welled up to
him, that only a week ago the same
ebullient House was rolling Garner in
the mud. Amid his plaintive pleas for
budget unity, the Speaker thrust at the
recreant Democrats who defied party
| leadership. L am an organization
| man." exclaimed Garner. paSsiOnately.
and say to you that organization is
the only way to perform and operate in
this House"
On critical occasions like the tax
| fight the House always shows it is far
and away the more human branch of
| Congress. The rules permitting ap-
| plause and cheers allow members to
| express themselves and their emotions
to a degree unknown in the Senate,
| which prefers its dull dignity The re-
suit is that the House on big days is
| vibrant with life and color and move
ment, compared to the stolid stodgi-
other side Of the Capitol. Yesterdays
| debate buzZed with buoyancy. Repre-
sentative Florence Kahn, Republican,
! of California burst into a handicap
when Acting Ways and Means Chair
man Crisp announced the 10 per cent
| tax on cosmetics. Unlike Democratic
Leader Rainey who Is seldom without a
cud. Representative Dyer, Republican,
Of Missouri applauded when he heard
that chewfhN gum is to pay per cent.
Representative La Guardia, Republican,
of New York, declaiming that in vot-
ing for the proposed new. taxes he'd
catch 1t coming and going" In his
| district, caused colleague to cut in:
| You deserve it,
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President Hoover had scout on the
| House floor in the person of James
Francis Burke, general counsel of the
Republican National Committee. The
polished Pittsburgher was exercising
| the rights of former member Of the
| House in circulating among the G.. o.
| P. seats and occupying one of them
while the days big doingS were in
progress. Burke'S smile seemed to
radiate the serenity now pervading Re-
publicans of all ranks over recent
events in Congress. Democratic lead
| erS on their part are not d1Smayed by
than. They would rather have not had
things happen just as they did, but in
Sist that the countryS disgust with the
depression administration" Is too deep
to be wiped out by an irrelevant con-
gressional episode.
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| Probably the first American back
| from the Shanghai battle front is Col.
Frederick A. Fenning, former Commits
Sioner of the District Of Columbia. Col.
and Mrs. Fenning landed at the great
Chinese port ON February ID and re-
NAMED there during all of that and the
next day, which happened to witness
the principal japanese offensive. The
| Washingtonians have Just returned
from their Far Eastern expedition,
thrilled with their closeup OF the Yel-
low War.
Senator Hattie Caraway, Democrat,
of Arkansas has won an envlable repu-
tation for constant attendance since
she inherited her late husbands seat In
the ypper EouaA. Bnt ahe- long AGO b.