Evening star., 1933-06-07
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS

The extra session Of the Seventy
stormy close. Congressional insurrec-
tion against the administrations cuts
in veterans pensions and compensa-
tions is attaining the proportions OF a
full-fedged revolution. The whole
economy scheme and the balanced
budget" are in jeopardy. The Prest-
dent says to Congress in substance:
If you give the war veterans more
money, you must give the country more
taxes. II you want to do both. go
ahead and let the consequences be on
your own heads. The banking bill is
pocketed in conference committee.
Congress insists on provision for the
immediate guaranty OF bank deposits.
The White House and the Treasury
strongly object The result may be
no bank bill at this session. A tariff
resolution and ratification Of the st.
Lawrence treaty remain in the offing.
The national industrial recovery act,
industry control-public works taxes,
looks to be en- route to speedy passage
by the Senate but it packs many ex-
plosive possibilities, and the old adage,
Many a slip betwixt the cup and the
lip" is highly pertinent. There Is to
be last-minute attempt to substitute
manufacturers sales tax, but with
faint hope of success The only GER
tainty OF the moment Is that when
| Congress does adjourn 1t will not re-
convene until after New Year, 1884.
Col. Louis Nc Henry Howe IS worry
ing about kittens rather than about
kits. The kittens are of Persian ex-
traction and California vintage and one
Of them is scheduled to bear the mon
iker Col. Howe" provided its sex per-
mits. The chief of the White House
secretariat made public his worries
about the kittens in his initial radio
bow last Sunday night. He told also
all about the American delegates to the
London Economic Conference. how
, busy they were with pad and pencil
trying to figure out how to keep within
| the dollar -per-d diem limitation in
their expense account. The colonel
INDUCED in other gentle spoofing COM
pounding a fifteen minute radio cock
tail, which had a flavor family rem
iniscent of blend of Will Rogers, Ed
Wynn. Uncle Josh Billings and Mr..
Dooley. Prof. Moleys initial literary
piece. which was widely published on
the same day, was pitched in different
key-a more serious tone. Prof. Moley
adverted TO the rapid gait at which
affairs are moving and bespoke the
difficulty the administration officials
were encountering in finding time to
think
The removal of Mr. Hoover's name
from the great dam on the Colorado
River at Boulder Canyon has aroused
the ire Of Thomas E. Campbell, former
Governor Of Arizona, to the extent OF
two solid columns in letter TO the
New York Herald Tribune. and pub
lished in that stalwart Republican jour
nal. 1t is an act of petty political
spite" according to Mr.. Campbell and
more than an ordinary exhibit of po-
litical malice" The writer points out
that We already have a Roosevelt Dam,
Coolidge Dam and a Wilson Dam,
named for these past Presidents, merely
because they happened to sign the act
of Congress which authorized their con-
struction. But in the case Of Boulder
Dam, as Mr. Campbell sees it, to Her
bert Hoover goes the lions share OF the
credit for converting dream into a
reality-lO years of prodigious effort to
| remove the obstacles in the path OF the
| project.
CnarleS Gurus, lately VICE EIeSloeiit
Of the United States and whose sister
is the well-remembered Dolly Gam, is
going in for gold bullion in large way.
| He Is going into the hills for it. Mr..
Curtis has accepted the presidency Of
reorganized New Mexico gold mining
company. and this company under his
leadership proposes to do its bit toward
getting the nations of the earth back
on the gold standard A vast treasure
house Of gold. the hidden riches Of the
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