Evening star., 1932-01-29

, Senator Jim" Davis of Pennsylvania
| back this week from a trip Slrough
| his State. appeared quite unruffied by
| all the commotiOn over his position on
the prohibition issue and SpecterS Of
| opposition in the Republican senatorial
| primary. He seemed to have no wor-
| rieS on that score. He was still chuc-
king over incidents of the recent inya-
| sion Of Washington by an unemployed
army from Pittsburgh and how he paid
| for 10000 gallons of gasoline to help
move the army back to PENNSYLVANIA
while Uncle Andy" Mellon paid for a
| special train for the same worthy
| cause. The Davis gasoline was bought
from Mellon Gulf Oil station, tco,
| Friends of Senator Davis insist that
| there is no ambiguity or uncertainty
| about his stand with respect to prohi-
! bition and never has been. AS a men,
| Der Of the Harding Coolidge Hoover
cabinet he had no option In the matter.
He stood upon the Republican platform
and on the Hoover declaration of the
! noble experiment" though by nature
a liberal. Davis declared, too, in his
campaign two years ago that he would
stand squarely behind the Wickersham
| Commission investigation and report.
| Seven OF the eleven members Of the
| commission declared without reserva-
, tionS against national prohibition. Mr.
Hoover in effect rejected this adverse
verdict, but Davis, according to his
! friends, is prepared to accept that YER
| dict OF the majority of the Wicker
| Shamers. A statement from the Sen
| ator setting at rest all present uncer-
! taintieS on this score Is expected soon
1t is wont to be said in jest that
| of -,
die and never resign. Be that as it
may, into the discussion of the success
sor to Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes
has crept considerable speculation re-
garding other future vacancies in the
court. The possibility of the retire
ment Of Justice George Sutherland has
been mentioned on account of his
| health. There is no present basis for
any such report, according to his
| friends. The justice will pass his
SEVENTEEN birthday on March rs, but it
will be october before he has completed
10 years service on the court. The
privilege Of retirement on full pay
accrues after reaching age 10 and after
10 years service. but both factors must
be present. Justice BrandeiS has been
eligible for retirement for the past S
years and Justice Van Devanter for
the past 2 years. Justice McReynolds.
who has been in the court for nearly
Is years, will reach age 10, within a
few days.
Senator Claude A. Swanson, only
congressional member of the American
delegation to the Geneva Disarmament
Conference. will be on the air at 6 pm,
Eastern standard time. next Wednesday,
February 3, speaking from Geneva and
| his address broadcast throughout the
| United States over the Columbia net
work. The Virginia Democrat will give
| a personal picture Of the opening OF the
| conference Senator Swanson is the
| ranking Democratic member Of both
| the Foreign Relations and the Naval
Affairs Committee of the Senate and
will be chairman of the Foreign Rela-
tions Committee, succeeding Senator
William E. Borah, If. as nov appears
probable, the Democrats organize the
| next Senate.
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The feminine invasion Of the State
Department Foreign Service has failed
to measure up to expectations. When
| Miss Lucille AtcheSon won an appoint
| ment In the Foreign Service in 1924
| the first member of her sex to be SO
| honored, the feminiSts enyiSioned the
| dawn of the day when women and men
would carry on diplomacy hand in hand
In equal rank and in equal numbers.
| In the six years that have since elapsed
there has been grand total OF six
young women to gain entrance to the
Foreign Service. The maximum in the
service at any one time has been four,
and of the six there are now only two
survivors. They are Miss Frances E.
willis, appointed in 1927, and now the
third secretary in the American lega-
ton at Stockholm, Sweden, and Miss
| Constance r. Harvey, now vice consul
at Milan, Italy. who was appointed in
| 1880.
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Sir Wilnott Lewis, Washington cor
respondent of the London Times and
beloved and honored member of the
Capitals journalistic corps, who was
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