Evening star., 1933-08-14
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE,

group that Is spending the Summer In
Washington enacted the role Of Capt.
tol guide the other day as special
compliment to DR.. Frantisek Soukop,
president Of the Senate of Czechoslo-
vakia. 1t was the Senate chamber
which chiefly interested the Prague
statesman. He got lively kick out Of
Senator Kings invitation to take Vice
President Gamers chair on the rostrum
and imagine he was presiding over the
worlds greatest deliberative body.
Col. Edwin A. Halsey. secretary of
the Senate has discovered among the
dust-covered archives Of that body a
letter showing that in 1901 the Su-
preme Court Of the United States was
begging Congress for a single room for
the courts use-a curious reminder Of
other days, now that the bench will
soon be occupying the magnificent new
palace Of justice" on Capitol Hill
The letter. addressed to the President
of the Senate and Speaker Of the
House. reads: Gentlemen: As no house
has been provided for the judiciary of
the United States. we hope the Su-
preme Court may be accommodated
with a room In the Capitol to hold
its session till further provision shall
be made; an arrangement. however,
which we would not presume to make
without the appreciation Of Congress
We. therefore. request that the sense
OF that body may be communicated to
us on the subject"
Did you know there's a new electoral
college in the United States? It was
recently established for its own pur-
poses by the American Foreign Service
Association, which consists of men and
women in the State Department and
in the diplomatic and consular service.
The college met for the first time a
couple OF weeks ago and chose Norman
Armour, careerman American Minister
to Haiti, as president Of the association.
Mr.. Armour won fresh diplomatic
laurels in the successful negotiation Of
the recent Haitian American executive
agreement" whereby the Marines will
leave Haiti ahead OF time next year.
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N. r. A. Snapshots Veterinary
Association OF Southern California
wrote in to ask II its employees could be
classified as nurses in order to be ex-
empt from wage and hour restrictions.
-. MIRA! My Code to Thee!" has
been suggested as the theme song
for recalcitrant industrialists as Gen.
johnson shows them the dotted line
and makes them like It,
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North Carolina, a repealist authority
points out, and not South Carolina, will
have the honor Of driving the last nail
In the coffin Of the eighteenth amend
ment by becoming the thirty sixth
State to effectuate repeal He fixes
December 6, 1888, as the date on which
repeal will be in force, with the Tar
Heel State conventions ratification OF
the repeal election of Nomember I.
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Newton D. Baker heads the Ameri-
can delegation at the latest interna-
tional conference-fifth biennial Of the
Institute Of Pacific Relations, which
opens today at Banff. in the Canadian
Rocky Mountains. It is an unofficial
parley. British, Canadian. Japanese
Chinese, Australians and Filipino
groups will attend. Sir Herbert Sam
uel, M. p, distinguished Liberal leader
will lead the British delegation. Sir
Robert Borden, former premier, and
Vincent Massey. former Minister at
Washington, will represent Canada.
(copyriRht. 1881