Evening star., 1933-09-06
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE.

1t is impossible to exaggerate the
chagrin and disappointment caused in
all Roosevelt administration quarters
by the sudden recrudescSnce of political
turmoil in Cuba. Feelings are the more
agitated because the upset at Havana
took everybody in Washington COM
pletely by surprise. Apart from the
possibility of intervention, which must
now be envisioned. the psril to the
whole Roosevelt good neighbor" policy
in Latin America is the thing that
arouses the most poignant concern.
| This program was all set and ready to
be launched next week, with the return
of Ambassador Welles to his old job
of Assistant Secretary of State for
Latin American affairs. Not only is
| it now likely that Mr.. Welles cannot be
spared from Havana for some time to
| come, and that our Latin American
plans will be held up indefinitely. but
if Uncle Sam is compelled for any pro-
tracted period to take hand in Cuban
affairs the psychological effect on our
efforts to cement relations with the
Latin countries is bound to be harmful
Diversion of public attention from
NJ R. A. would be still another de-
plorable aspect of our involvement in
Cuba at this time.
| Gen. johnson came near to estab-
fishing a radio record when he held
the air for nearly solid hour with his
Labor day broadcast from Chicago. 1t
was JohnSons best oratorical perform
ance to date, crammed with facts and
punch Some listeners thought they
| heard airplaneS Zooming over the meet
| ing but the racket was nothing but the
impact of Johnsons fists on the read
| ing table as he now and then used
them to ram home a point. AS a
broadcaster, Gen. johnson more and
more reminds the radio audience of AL
Smith He has the former Governors
capacity for transmitting his pugna-
cious personality vividly over the wave
| lengths. Now and then Johnson recalls
Gen. Dawes explosive eloquence. He
| coined a new name for Roosevelt at
Chicago Apostle of Action"
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Senator Borah, looking better than
he has in long time after a Midsum-
is leaving for Idaho today to spend the
early Fall in Boise City, meeting the
home folks and getting further period
of rest before the next session of Con-
| greSS. He plans to remain in his State
until the end of October.
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To cope with the flood of individual
codes that pile up at N. R. A.. constant
| efforts are in progress to effect
| mergers" whereby numbers of codes
| dealing with more or less correlated
| crafts will be comprised within a single
| code. A typical achievement in this
field Is the toys and playthings" code,
which brings under one umbrella what
were originally 81 separate and differ
| ent codes.
Figures originating in the industry
that supplies "crowns" (of either tin
or cork for bottled beverages indicate
that despite legalized beer, there has
been a substantial resumption of the
| home-brew industry. The cause is the
high taxing of 80 beer in the various
| States. The estimate is ventured that
approximately the same amount of
home-brew beer was made during July,
1888, as there was in July, 1882. Under
prohibition the crown industry mar
keted the tidy annual total of 10000, 900
gross of tops for stuff manufactured at
home. Experts believe that home brew.
until something far more potent than
"anemic" 3.2 beer is legalized.
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One of Minister Designate Leo r.
Sacks press gallery colleagues told him
the other day couple of things that
happened when President Hoover in
1929 visited Costa Rica. where Mr..
Sack is about to- take up his diplo-
matte duty. The President of the Gen.
trail American Republic boasted to Mr..
Hoover that Costa Rica always has
more school teachers than soldiers.
What would you do if you were in
vaded?" asked the United State Presi-
dent-elect Quoth the Costa Rican
| Chief Executive: WED mobilize the
teachers and send them out to scold
the enemy" Costa Rica was the only
country on the Hoover itinerary where
! strong liquor wasn't served at cere-
monies in his honor. The government
made discreet soundings at the Amert-
can legation and was informed that