Evening star., 1932-03-11

With the Roosevelt supporters elated
by their victory in the New Hampshire
primary and the tide of battle at the
moment running strongly in their d.
rection, plans for a Jefferson day
Democratic rally in Washington on
April 13. which will bring Gov. Roose-
velt and ex-Gov. Smith to the same
banquet board and to the same speak
ing platform for the first time in many
moons, were announced here this week.
If the event lives up to its advance no
tices it may eclipse in Democratic
splendor the Jackson day affair here
in January, when Messrs. Smith. Davis
and Cox shared the spotlight, with Gov.
Roosevelt conspicuously absent. The
Jefferson day dinner next month is for
the announced purpose Of honoring the
memory of Thomas Jefferson and
Woodrow Wilson, of demonstrating
the partys unity Of purpose and quality
Of leadership" to survey the political
situation, to report the progress of the
fund-raising campaign with goal OF
81 100000. Besides Roosevelt and
Smith, the speakers will include Cows.
Ritchie of Maryland, Byrd OF Virginia,
White of Ohio, Senators Joseph T.
Robinson of Arkansas, James Hamilton
Lewis Of Illinois and ex-senator James
A. Reed of Missouri, ex-GoV James M.
Cox of Ohio, Newton D. Baker and
John w. Davis. Previous engagements
are said to prevent the attendance of
Alfalfa Bill" Murray of Oklahoma and
Melvin Traylor, the Chicago banker.
This completes the roster Of Democratic
presidential aSpirants, with the notable
and possibly significant exception of
Speaker of the House Garner, who Is
not down on the advance program.
Gov. Case of Rhode Island has signed
the enactment Of his State Legislature
decreeing, so far as 1t is within the
States power to do SO, that hereafter 3
per cent beer shall be legal beverage
within the borders Of our country's
smallest State. In consequence, Rhode
Island speakeasies no longer curtain
their windows nor latch their doors.
The foaming beer, the brass rail and
the pail are now in full view. Business
is brisk Col Amos w. Woodcock, Fed
eral director in chief of prohibition in
Washington, in dealing With the Rhode
Island situation is proceeding upon the
theory that discretion is the better part
Of valor. Pressed for statement this
week as to what the Federal Govern
ment was going to do about it, he con-
tented himself with the observation that
local enforcement was primarily a
State problem, that Federal efforts were
to be directed to suppression of large
scale commercial traffic rather than
petty violations" and that no special
Federal activity in Rhode Island was
contemplated.
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Blue ribbon contributors on the
honor roll of the Republican National
Committee. as revealed in the commit
tees latest financial statement, cover
ing the months of January and Febru-
ary, include; Andrew W. Mellon, Am
bassador to Great Britain, $4,000: John
w. Garrett. Ambassador to Italy, 81. 500:
John N. WHY'S, Ambassador to Poland.
81 900; Walter E. Edge, Ambassador
to France, 81 900. Walter P. Chrysler
the auto magnate and E. F. Hutton.
the stock broker, both Of New York,
Clipped in $4,000 apiece. Two interest,"
ing Californians on the list were C. c.
81, 900. Two prominent Philadelphia
contributors were e. T. Stotesbury of
J. P. Morgan Co., $1,000 and w. w.
Atterbury Of the Pennsylvania Railroad,
$500. All told the contributions for the
60-day period totaled a little above
$50, 900 and expenses amounted to about
S35. 900.
The anti-injunction bill, fathered by
Norris in the Senate and by La Guardia
in the House and backed by organized
labor. passed the House Tuesday by
roll-call vote of 1863 to 13. The cor
porals guard mustered against it in
the House compares with five solitary
votes recorded in the negative on the
Senate roll call the previous week. The
debate in the House produced the ex-
traordinary spectacle of the Hon. James
M. Beck Of Philadelphia, most scholarly
and polished orator ana internationally
known lawyer and Republican, and the