Evening star., 1933-11-27
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE.

the Senate with whom he served on the
other soide Of the Capitol, including
Vice President Garner. Senators Thomas
of Oklahoma. Connally of Texas. Hay
den Of Arizona. White Of Maine. Byrnes
Of South Carolina. Barkley of Kentucky
and Dickinson Of Iowa
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Mrs. Roosevelt is about to enter the
ranks Of newspaper syndicate writer's.
She will this week begin producing a
500-word Sunday article on timely
social and national themes" The First
Lady will carry on this work in addition
to her monthly page in woman'S
magazine.
DR.. Edwin w. Kemmerer. research
professor of international finance at
Princeton, who has just been elected
honorary chairman of the Economists
National Committee on Monetary Poll
cy," to oppose imitation and urge early
return to the gold standard. has served
as financial ccnsultant for many coun-
tries throughout the world, including
Mexico. Guatemala. South Africa, Ecua-
dor, Egypt, Bolivia, Colombia, Chile,
Poland, Peru and China. In 1925 he
was the expert on currency and bank
ing Of the Dawes Reparations Commit
tee. One of Prof. Kemmerer's books, of
special pertinence to current conditions
in the United States is entitled Money
and Credit Instruments in Their Rela-
ton to General Prices"
While Mayor-elect Fiorello H. La
Guardia was In Washington recently
an amusing yarn was spun about the
hoI1irnca axyy%criorNo hA he ~ hic
ing place in New York City on election
day three weeks ago. The major at
tempted In vain TO persuade two police
men to eject a Tammany henchman
from the polling place. Late that night,
when the La Guardias were holding
little home celebration over fusion's
victory and the mayor-elect had just
finished cooking one of his famous little
italian suppers-en art in which he ex-
cels-Mrs. La Guardia, who once upon
a time was his secretary in the House
Office Building at Washington, said to
her husband, 1--WE a little surprise for
you" whereupon she produced a slip
of paper on which she had scribbled
the numbers of the cops who had re-
fused to obey the majors command at
the polls that morning. La Guardia
was tickled and chuckled Believe me,
those gentlemen will be among the first
to whom I'll devote my attention at
City Hall after January l."
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Gov. Smith had sample of Mr.. Lit
vinoff's ready wit in New York last
week. Shortly before sailing. the Rus
sian statesman visited the eighty sixth
floor observation tower of the Empire
State Building. The president Of EN-
pire State. Inc, accompanied him.
"Well, what you think of the Wew?"
asked Gov. Smith. Its one OF the
advantages of recognition" the man
from Moscow replied, adding it was a
double pleasure to see the idol OF Man.
haitian and the city at the same time.
Impending withdrawal of Ambassa-
dor Sumner Welles from Cuba places
fresh laurels on the brow Of Senator
King, Democrat. of Utah. President
Roosevelt's decision to bring Mr.. Welles
back to the State Department ensued
only a few DAYS after Mr.. King called
at the White House to recommend such
action. Washington's most ardent de-
sire is that the Cuban people will hurry
up and bury their factional differences
this week so that the United States
can recognize a government at Havana
before the Pan-American Conference
opens at Montevideo on December 3.
(Copyright, 1880