Evening star., 1933-07-07

Meet Mira and Ara. Washington's
heavenly twins, who now bestride the
Federal scene like the Colossus Of
Rhodes in person. If, despite that
fact, you do not recognize them by
name, let 1t be known that Mira and
her sister Ara are, in real life, re-
spectively, the national industrial re-
covery act and the agricultural re-
lief act Mira and Ara have been
adopted, for breath-saving purposes.
as the semi official designations Of the
two vast agencies created by Uncle
Sam to restore prosperity in town and
country. The authorizations owe their
origin to a British cousin, Dora, by
which cognomen John Bulls famous
wartime defense of the realm act
was and is still known. Many in
Washington are wondering whether
Mira and Ara are destined to survive
as long as Dora. Although Dora came
into the world 19 years ago, many OF
the restrictions she imposed on the
liberties which the barons wrested from
King John at Runnymede persist to
this day.
Brookings Institution. Washingtons
economic nerve center, Just across from
the White House, on Jackson place,
will coon issue its own little weekly
news sheet, each number dealing In
informative fashion with some specidc
phase of the new economic dSpensat1on
in vogue in the United States and the
world. Behind the scenes since March
4, the Brookings Institution, of which
DR.. Harold G. Moulton is the head. has
played a role in Washington OF which
the general public IS little aware. The
national industrial recovery act to a
considerable extent was incubated
there. Occupying new and stately
building Of its own. the endowment OF
Robert S. Brookings, st. Louis multi
millionaire philanthropist, the instltu.
ton was the scene of the earliest ana
confidential discussions in March and
April, out of which the recovery law
eventually grew DR.. Moulton heaos
staff of men and women now recognized
as perhaps the foremost group OF re-
search specialists in the country in the
realms both of economics and foreign
affairs. Their volume on the war debts.
issued at the end of 1882 under the joint
authorship Of DR.. Moulton and his col
league, Leo Pasvolsky, Is looked upon
as the standard treatise on that subject.
President Roosevelt SAYS he's returned
to work pounds overweight, but ne
carries the surplus Of avoirdupois with
out the slightest visible trace that 1t is
in any way a discomfort. He plans to
get back to 1T pounds OF normalcy Dy
Systematically starving the inner man.
When the President held his FIRST post
vacation press conference on Wednes-
day he was the same sparkling. smllIng
and laughing F. D. r. as Of yore. Tne
fact that the London Conference was
about to tail-spin to a crash perturoed
the Commander in Chief of the New
Deal no whit. 1t becomes increasingly
evident that Franklin Roosevelt is thor
oughly saturated with a Woriy-proo1
temperament and will fight 1t out along
that line all of this strenuous Summer,
and as much longer as may be neces-
sary.
A charming young Southern matron,
Mrs. Herbert Chandler Of Richmond,
va. is the proud possessor Of an auto
praphed portrait of Marshal Henri
Philippe Petain of France, just sent
her through M. Jules Henry OF the
French embassy in Washington. Mrs
Chandler, wife of an Annapolis man
and the daughter-in-law OF President
Chandler of william and Mary Col
lege, was new OIlednS peAe VI rieAehi
ancestry. When Marshal Petaln was
in Virginia for the Yorktown celenra-
tion in 1881 Mrs. Chandler acted as
his interpreter, speaking a fluent
French, and the hero of Verdun has
now remembered her with a splendid
Photographic likeness Of himself. gra-
ciously inscribed to the blond Amer
ican Of Hugenot pedigree.
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A story Is kicking around town to
the effect that Gov. Clifford Pin
chot of Pennsylvania the other day
discovered that gaining the presence
of Washington cabinet officer
these days is no child's play. Re-
Gently the former chief forester OF
the United States wanted to see his
| llow-progressive, Secretary Of Agri-
culture Wallace. The bu1er secretary