Evening star., 1933-07-14
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM HILE.

gene Meyer. new president and pub
Usher of the Washington Post, he is
a former Government official. 1t has
Just been announced that OH Angus.
l DR. Meyer JacobStein. former DEM
ocratic member of the House Of Rep
resentatives from Rochester, N Y, will
become publisher of the Rochester
Journal American daily newspaper
Since his retirement from Congress four
years ago Dr. Jacobstein has been pres
ident of the First National Bank &
Trust Company of Rochester.
Reports reach Washington that Mrs
Roosevelt'S heart-to-heart "ad'i-e' co..
umA. soon to make its regular appear
ance In New York woman magazine,
will be syndicated abroad, and that ar
rangements have already been perfect
ed tor its publication in London Sun
day weekly paper with an enormous
circulation among the British prole-
tariat. Presumably our versatile First
Ladys advice" will therefore also be
available to John Bulls sons and
daughters Wonder if she'll advise
them to square their account with
Uncle Sam?
Merry war has been raging around
the Department of Agriculture of late
It's SAID. with former Gov. Bilbo OF
Mississippi as the trouble maker The
newly appointed press-clippings chief
of the department thought he rated
a private parking space for his auto
mobile on departmental premises, never
dreaming that anybody who once was
Governor of great State would be
denied such privilege in Washington
To his CONSERVATION and indignant
available space was pre-empted and
that he must take parking chances
with the humblest employe of Secre-
tary Wallace's big organization.
There are two prominent members
of the administration whose names
sound alike, but are spelled differently
One is Harold NJ Stephens, Assistant
Attorney General, in charge of the
antitrust division; the other is Ray
mond B. Stevens, member of the Fed
eral Trade Commission. Recently
there appeared in Washington paper
photograph of Raymond Stevens
with the name of Assistant Attorney
General Stephens attached The lat
ter, feeling an injustice had been done
his friend. Mr.. Stevens, Immediately
addressed letter to the photographer
who perpetrated the outrage" in which
he delivered himself in part as follows
1T seems pity that the gentleman in
question should have to bear the bur-
den of having my name printed under
his picture. I write to inform you OF
the error, in order that you may take
proper steps to protect yourself against
legal proceedings on his behalf"
Many Washngtonians are in receipt
of a 45-page pamphlet just published
by J. P. Morgan g. Co., containing
reprints of the complete statements
submitted to the Senate Committee or
Banking and Currency at its hearing
in Washington, from May % to June 9
These include j. p. Mocgans opening
statement. George Whitney's statement
about the firms public offerings o.
investment securities since the Worle
with the firms income tax alibi, anc
the observations" of r. c. Lefingwel
about financial and economic matter
In the United States since the war.
One of these days. presumably, Gen
Johnson, himself a member of the trade
will be having representatives of tn
agricultural implement industry befor
him fc- a code hearing. There are sur,
to be many applicants for ringside seat
the day that Alex Legge. head of th'
International Harvester Co. and forme
Farm Boards chairman. faces the in
dustrial recovery boss, for it will be
set-to tesTeen two of the hardest
hitting and hardest-boiled men VIII
ever adorned Amsrican public life.
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