Evening star., 1933-10-13
enduring threat to Japanese -Americ
friendship


friendship.
High Government financial author
tiles say the country is due for a great
thrill of economic confidence and en-
thusiasm when bids are opened for the
half-blllion dollar recovery bond issue
in connection with Liberty bond con-
version Othcials believe the issue will
he OVerSubScribed at least four times
Such a result would accomplish one of
the main purposes Of the plan, which IS
definitely to prove the confidence which
people OF means have in the United
States Government. If the anticipated
0verSubscription enSueS. it will present
one of the most amazing contrasts i'll
American monetary history. for it was
only seven months ago that all the
banks in the country, including even
Federal Reserve banks, were closed.
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Raymond Leslie Buell. of the Foreign
Policy Association at New York. de-
scribeS as "a questionable development"
the Navy'S assignment Of Maj. Watson
Of the Marine Corps to assist President
Trujillo OF the Dominican Republic in
training his army. On numerous oc-
casionS." Mr. Buell. says, the Trujillo
administration has been charged with
the same atrocities as the ill-fated
Machado regime in Cuba. Whether or
not these charges are true. there IS
little doubt that President Tru1illO Is
dictator, who Is planning to be re-
elected in 1884 The assignment OF
Maj. Watson, who has already served
as American naval attache' in the
Dominican Republic. to help train the
"a
but actually it will serve to strengthen
the position of Trujillo against local
opposition. Secretary Swanson IS un-
consciously inauglrating policy OF
underwriting dictatorship in the DOM
inican Republic. II it is true that the
State Department was not consulted
concerning the appointment, the ques-
ton should be reopened, and Maj. Wat
son kept at home"
Here's the story Of Congressman
with respect for taxpayers money.
Representative Dennis Chavez, Demo-
crat, Of New Mexico might have been
named by Gov. HOckenhull this week
to succeed former Senator Samuel G.
Bratton, resigned. except for the Rep
resentative's unwillingness to put New
Mexico to the expense of special elec-
ton necessary to choose his successor
in the Lower House. Gov. Hockenhull
had Mr.. Chavez prominently under con-
sideration. but the Albuquerque man
asked that he be given no further
thought. Representative Chavez was
elected to the Seventy-third Congress
last November by majority of 1853,
the largest ever received by a candi-
date in New Mexico. He was clerk
of the United States Senate in 1918
and 1919.
On October % a subcommittee Of the
Ways and Means Committee of the
House of Representatives will tackle the
| Job of writing new revenue bill-one
| of the most important pieces of legis-
lation to come before Congress this
Winter. The subcommittee. consist
ing of seven members, will convene
under the craftsmanship Of Repre-.
sentative Samuel B. Hill, Democrat, OF
Washington State. He and his col
leagues hope to have pretty complete
bill In shape for submission later in
the year to the entire Ways and Means
| Committee, so that by the time Con-
gress reassembles things will be fairly
well advanced. There Is little pros
pect of any extensive tampering with
| the tariff. But income and liquor tax
matters will be conspicuously in the
picture.
II the Republicans lose out in their
| fight to sustain former Federal Trade
| Commissioner Hump Icy in his consti-