Evening star., 1932-05-04

Every second man you meet in WASH
ington nowadays has a cure for the
Nations woes, both economic and politi-
cal. It is a sign OF the times that
dictatorship to bet set up by unanimous
consent and with a definite time limit,
Is frequently suggested. Proposals that
a third party Is the way out are COM
monty heard. Current chaos, with its
travesty on leadership and party gov
ernment gives rise to many schemes
for avoiding the kind Of mess into
which Congress has snarled itself. One
projected remedy is that members ought
to be robbed, by constitutional amend
ment, of the temptation to play politics
with the peoples business by making
them ineligible to reelection after
four or six year term. An immediate
panacea is that which, 1t Is declared,
by its proponents, is in the hands of
President Hoover. They submit that II
House physician, to give him shot Of
the serum known to political doctors
as T. r., the reflex action on Capitol
Hill would be magical. T. r. is an an
titoxin which manifests itself in the
inoculated subject by filling him with
a passion to grab a big stick and
WELD it.
Representative John @. Tilson, Re-
publican, of Connecticut turns up in
the House these days in trousers that
convey the impression they haven't had
recent contact with the pressing iron.
That isn't the reason, the former Re-
publican House leaders friends say.
Their explanation is that Col. Tilson
gets down on his knees couple of
times a day this Spring and thanks a
mericful Providence that he failed to
realize his ambition to become either
Speaker OF the House or leader OF the
Republican minority. There are unof-
f1cial reports that Representative Bert
Smell of New York isn't the happiest
man on earth, either. Six weeks ago,
when the House ran away from the
Garner -Rainey-Crisp leadership, Re-
publicans chuckled over anticipated
political advantages from Democratic
Legislative incapacity." The G. o. P,
having come to inhabit glass house
Of its own, isn't harping on that tune
quite so vociferously just now.
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Owen D. Young of New York. who
once more ranks as a Democratic dark
horse, is going to have a psychological
opportunity to get the country's ear
right on the eve cf the Chicago national
conventions. He has accepted an invi-
tation to deliver the annual commence
ment address at Notre Dame on Sun
day, June 5. Mr.. Young to date remains
adamant to all suggestions that he toss
his hat into the ring. Meantime rumors
persist that Al Smith and Tammany
regard him as their favorite son. Rev.
Dr. Charles L. ODcnnell, president of
the fighting Irish" university. is a
visitor to Washington this week. He
has cone to invite distinguished Off
cial to deliver the dedicatory address
at the Hurley School OF Commerce,
which Edward N. Hurley of Chicago has
endowed at Notre Dame.
There's nothing new under the sun.
A current George Washington bicen-
tenary moving picture, depicting the
trials and tribulations which beset the
founding fathers after the Revolution,
contains this caption, Unpaid Soldiers
Threaten Congress"
If Senator Huey Long, Democrat
of Louisiana, doesn't get to serve on
Senate committees, he'll have a hard
time keeping busy in Washington. The
work of Congress is done almost en-
tirely in committees. Speeches are
made on the floors of House and Sen
ate, but in nearly all cases, decisions
are made In committees. A man or
woman with committee influence Is a
far more potent person than a mere
spellbinder who paws the air and clut-
ters up the Congressional Record.
Huey Longs present performances In
the Senate are beginning to reconcile
the Chamber for the loss Of Tom Hefiin.