Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1933-12-01
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE

Contrary to popular belief, Speaker
Rainey does not think the approaching
session of Congress will be either siren
ucus or uproarious. The President S
recovery program is working" he says
1T will not be seriously opposed on the
Democratic side. 1t will be supported
by nearly all the Democrats in Con-
gress and. l believe. by quite number
OF Republicans. Opponents have abso-
| lutely nothing to offer except a return
to the conditions Of last March, and
this is utterly unthinkable. Every
member of Congress will try to keep his
record clear. in view of the approaching
elections There is only one way to
keep a congressional record clear, and
that Is to support the Presidents pro-
| gram. unless, of course, one can offer
something better. which is not at all
| likely. The recent economic recovery
| OF the tobacco States shows what will
happen when all the codes are operat-
ing. The problem of unemployment is
rapidly being taken care OF. Legislation
| of last Springs emergency session
| covers all contingencies, and it is not at
| all probable that any Of it will be re-
pealed or seriously modified" Speaker
Rainey looks for a short session, to end
some time between May l and Is, be-
cause of members anxiety to return to
home districts as soon as possible and
| mend their 1884 campaign fences. Mr..
Rainey expects an attempt to pass silver
coinage legislation.
Farm leaders don't share the Speak
| er's rosy optimism about a harmonious
session. One Of organized agriculture
foremost Spokesman assures this OBJ
server that, from a farmers viewpoint,
| 1.-The session will be the hottest we've
| had in 10 years" This is how the au-
thority in question dopes 1t out: Par
ity-the promise Of the agricultural az
i,istment acts not quite as near the
| farmer now as it was last March. Some
farm prices are a bit better, but prac-
tically all farm costs are q lot hignsr.
The farmer likes the better prices; shen'
As they are, but diSllkeS 70 see MS III !;
come Slipping from him in increased
Costs Consequently, it is not to be ex-
pected that farmers and fam farm d ssfenps
W. Wit the 1 code method of doing business,
or the complete N. r: A: mecnantSmi
THAT N. r. A. is a penalty to agrlcultuIe
ond that A. A. A. has not yet materially
Increased farm prices Is the glst OF lalhi
thought throughout the Nation.
Another perfectly good Republican
1osenh IT. Choate, jr. OF New YORK,
oble son of a famous father. receives
a roosevelt appointment as chairman
nf the Federal Alcohol Control ADMIN
istration. The new Liquor car Is, IKE
the President, q graduate OF Harva ano
He took his law degree there In !SoZ,
while Mr.. Roosevelt was college
snnhomore Mr.. Choate began life as
a Diplomat, serving as third secretary
of the London embassy during ms
fathers ambassadorship, in the closing
DAYS of the Victorian reign. ne was
on duty in washington In l9l8-ls as
chairman of the chemical sections Oh
the Alien Property Custod1ans Bureau
and hter became one Of the organizers
of the Chemical Foundation, formed to
protect the results obtained by the alien
property wartime administration.
Extraordinary interest attaches to q
book soon to be published by the
Brookings Institution at washington
under the title of Current Monetary
Issues" The authors are the presl-
dent of the institution. DR.. Harold G..
Moulton, and a brilliant member OF his
research staff, Leo Pasvolsky. They
collaborated a year ago IN volume on
war debts. which ranks as the authori-
tative treatise on that subject. Current
Monetary Issues" will deal with gold,
silver and currency questions In their
present. hour international relationship
and on the basis of developments In
America and abroad during the past
two years, including events at the Lon
don Conference, Of which Mr.. Pasvolsky
was an eyewitness. The book will con-
tain an analytical appraisal OF the
whether Il win acclaim or assail 4 has