Evening star., 1933-07-31
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE.

Hungary before returning to the United
States in August.
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Joseph p Tumultv thinks the country
owes John j. Raskob, former Demo-
cratic national chairman. q vote Of unl
dying thanks for his pioneer efforts IN
bringing about repeal Of the eighteenth
amendment Raskob, says Tumulty, put
forward the question on the very day
he became head of the National Com
mittee five years ago. bringing only
sneers from leading Democrats and hav-
ing to submit to the taunt that he was
right-hand man brackets Raskob with
Al Smith. John D. Rockefeller, jr.: Mich
olas Murray Butler, Franklin D. Roose-
velt. John N. Garner and Gov Ritchie
as the men mainly responsible for pre-
cipitating the doom Of national pro-
hibition, but Tumulty declares that
Raskobs name should lead the list
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Washingtonians who remember con-
gressional days just before the turn Of
the century note the passing Of Frank
j. Cannon, first United States Senator
from Utah. He came to Congress iE
1896. serving in the Senate for three
years. For nearly half a century Can
non carried on an active campaign for
free silver and the abolition of polyg-
amy from the Mormon Church. Even
tually on the polygamy issue Cannon de-
serted the Latter Day Saints and be-
came a Presbyterian. After quitting
Congress he also left the Republican
party and became a Democrat.
The Republican New York Herald
Ttrtt, tnL oh -
sons blue eagle, the creation of Charles
T. Coiner, Philadelphia artist It says:
1T is the posture Of the blue hawk
which really fascinates. That brashly
cooked left knee (surely the first time
that the American eagle ever confessed
to having points in his legs) Is confus-
ing One scarcely knows whether it
suggests Denishawn dancer about to
take of, Washington crossing the Della
ware or an old-fashioned Southern
Democrat summoned to vote for repeal.
And, finally, the perfect balance (just
you try spreading your wings while the
and the right upon q cogwheeD points
straight to the balanced budget. Well,
he is q pretty good eagle, and one is
bound to confess a liking for him. II
only industrial recovery is as good as
its artists!"
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Senator James Couzens of Michigan,
back from the London Conference. is
In Detroit, In connection with the hear
ings on the motor city's tangled bank
ing situation. Many Detroiters are in
clined to hold Couzens responsible for
their troubles, because he opposed r.
F. c. advances to keep the banks from
folding up. Labor, organ Of the Rail-
road Brotherhoods, hopes there is no
truth In reports that Couzens is slated
to become Secretary of the Treasury,
because he's made too important q
place for himself to be spared from the
Senate just now" Apparently, the
Brotherhoods needn't worry. President
Roosevelt, pestered FOR q statement
about Woodin resignation rumors, sig
nais no change in the Treasury port
While discussing with White House
visitors the special issue of recovery
postage stamps, President Roosevelt
said they are Of special interest to
him as the "philatelist" member of the
administration. In case you've ever
broken your jaw over that tricky word,
you may be interested in knowing that
the President accented it properly on
the Tat" and pronounced it as il
spelled "hllatelist" F. D. R. and G
B. tGeorgius Rex of Great Brittany are
| both ardent stamp collectors.
(Copyright, 1889