Evening star., 1932-05-16

Very newest under the political sun
Is that Congress may adjourn for the
Democratic but not for the Republican
Convention at Chicago. Only by q
miracle, even with night sessions, car
the mountain Of business requiring &C.
ton be transacted between now and
June IA, when the @. o. P. conclave
sets in. Including today, there are be-
tween then and now only rs Legislative
| House and Senate might as well sit
through the Republican Convention Is
based on the theory that there will be
| no contests there-nothing absolutely
| requiring the presence Of party leaders
| If 1t carries on at Washington while
Hoover and Curtis are being Ienomi-
mated in Chicago, Congress would gain
| full fortnight by remaining in session
| until June 27, when the Democratic
fracas begins. With good will on all
sides, Capitol Hill authorities believe
they can clear the decks by that time
and avert the necessity OF reconvenine
in September.
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Expectation Is pretty general that the
beer-for revenue bill Is scheduled for
defeat, though perhaps by a slender
majority when 1t comes up in the
House OF Representatives on May %.
What Is positively certain Is that the
record vote is going to cause serious
embarrassment for plenty OF statesmen,
who would prefer not to have to stand
up and be counted in this year Of un-
certain grace. Throughout the country
the fate of many members up for re-
election will be decided by the booze
issue. In the past a lot Of them have
managed to be sufficiently non-commit-
tai to get by unscathed. The beer-for-
revenue roll call Is decidedly a horse
of another color. It looms up as a
nightmare for congressional gentlemen
land q woman or two) who have hith-
erto straddled, and won.
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Speaker Jack Garner was chatting
the other day with H. v. Kaltenborn of
New York, who "edits the air" for the
Columbia Broadcasting system. The
pioneer radioscribe was complimenting
the Texan on his recent victory In the
California Democratic presidential pri-
maries. Garner took a fresh tug at his
cigar, scored a bull's-eye on cuspidor
six feet away, and chuckled that a
friend came in to congratulate him on
the California results the next day.
Jack" the friend said. according to
the Speaker, you run like hell where
they don't know you, don't you?"
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T. v. O'Connor, whom President
Hoover has just reappointed chairman
Of the United States Shipping Board,
Is apparently out to beat Uncle Andy
Melons record as q perennial Federal
official. ''T. "" Is In his eleventh sue
cessive year on the Shipping Board.
President Harding made him vice chair
man and now two Presidents In sue
cession-Coolidge and Hoover-have
named him chairman. His new COM
mission runs to 1888. Mr.. O'Connor Is
the only member of the board who has
served on 1t practically throughout the
postwar era. Before Jim Davis
bounded into the picture in 1921, the
one-time Buffalo stevedore was in the
running for the secretaryship Of Labor.
st. "" has been a power in the labor
world for more than 80 years. Begin
ming life as a tugboat fireman, he be-
came q marine engineer and later a
master, and wound up as president Of
the International Longshoremen's As
sociation He arrived in Buffalo In 1872
as baby In his Irish mothers arms.
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Under Secretary Ted Joslin's windows
outside the White House executive Offices
one day last week an Interior Depart
ment truck Of ancient vintage and
] bearing al the eeyInArAs Of hard serv-
ice, stood at the curb. The dilapidated
vehicle was the subject of comment
euaouR waiting calleF6 Wiaeu SecretoxJ