Evening star., 1932-07-25

In British politics it's a generation
old aphorism that what Manchester
thinks today London says tomorrow.
During the past three Republican ad-
ministrations at Washington it's
transpired more than once that what
Senator Borah says today the White
House does tomorrow. All over Wash
ington the query Is reverberating'
whether the Senate foreign relations
chairman's radio blast Saturday night
in favor of world conference to con-
slider revision or cancellation OF war
debts reflects Hoover sentiments and
foreshadows Hoover action. 1t was a
Borah pronunciamento that was fol-
lowed by President Harding's convoca-
ton of the Washington arms confer
ence of 1921. 1t was on the 1dahoan
initiative that President Hoover con-
vened Congress in special session in
1929 for enactment of new farm relief
legislation Senator Borah was at
pains to specify that he was speaking
only for himself in advocating broad
gauge treatment of the debts issue.
Nevertheless it is known to most in
siders that his views run parallel. at
least in their broad purpose, with those
of Mr.. Hoover. Borah stresses Americas S
own interest in economic rehabiltta-
ton as the thing that must solely
actuate reconsideration of the debts.
That has always been the Presidents
reasoning on the subject, too.
If the Borah plan becomes the Hoover
plan the Democrats have evidence In
hand to prove that as long as Febru-
ary last their nominee for President
came forward with practically the same
date R00Ce-
velt. in the course of expounding some
of his international views, declared in
favor of convening debts conference
in Washington. Just about the time
Senator Borah was making ready to
broadcast his statement Gov. Roosevelt
was in conference with Owen D. Young
at Hyde Park, N. Y, on the irterna-
tional phase of the Democratic cam
paign. One of the major speeches the
Governor Is planning for the Summer
and Fall will deal with world affairs.
1t was acknowledged at Hyde Park that
the Lausanne agreement and the gen
tlemen's agreement" on Europe's debts
to America were main topics OF dis
cussion. Also it was indicated that the
author of the now abandoned Young
plan would be frequently at Gov. Roose-
velt's elbow as the 1882 fight proceeds.
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There turned up in Washington dur
ing the past fortnight tail, sturdy
Westerner, who Is approaching 10, but
doesn't look it and who claimed he had
walked all the way from the Rocky
Mountains in quest of job. He 1den-
titled himself on Capitol Hill as the
son Of a famous Union civil war gen.
eral whose statue stands in the center
lre G1lir rRrrtf irFsla a
him. The workless wayfarer said he is
an accountant by occupation. and
hadn't been employed for more than a
year. In desperation, he sailed forth
across country to call on one Of his
Senators in Washington. The best that
could be done for him at the moment
was to get him temporary occupation,
addressing envelopes.
From the region Of the Beeches at
Northampton, Mass, there wells up a
silence now merely ominous, but which
may become oppressive If 1t persists
Which is to say that the high command
of the G. o. p is beginning to edge
| toward the anxious seat with respect to
| the role which Calvin Coolidge may
| choose to play in the 1882 presidential
campaign. To date the Vermonters S
Endorsement OF his successor has been
| confined to some general statements in
a Saturday Evening Post article writ
ten last year. Since Mr.. Hoover's re-
nomination the sphinx has maintained
what might almost be called deafen-
| ing reticence. When Everett Sanders
was named Republican national chair
man at Chicago in June, the big idea
| in most politicians minds was that at
| least one underlying reason for the In l.
dianian's selection was his supposed
ability to bring Mr.. Coolidge into the
Hoover camp in a big way. Cal has