Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1933-11-22

Various agencies in Washington dur
ing the recent week end were plunged
into a state Of high agitation by an
S o S message originating somewhere
i, in the ether, alleging that the Lind
bergh plane was adrift on the high sea
of the Azores and that the colonel and
his wife were in gravest peril. At the
time as a matter Of fact, they were
disporting themselves comfortably and
safely on terra firma near Lisbon, not
yet having hoped of for their home
ward fight. Immediately every avail
able facility in Washington was In
tensively set in motion to ascertain the
origin and cause Of the Q S.. BY sun
down the mystery was solved. 1t de-
veloped that the message was hoax,
broadcast by an American amateur OPP
orator who has access to hlgh-fre-
ouency wave and who not long ago was
released from an institution Ior tne
feeble-minded. The Lindberg scare was
apparently his idea Of joke.
From an unofficial pro-SoWet quar-
ter in washington there comes an
amusing suggestion with regard to prop
aganda under the Russian
new deal. All the agreements entered
into between President Roosevelt and
Mr.. Litvinoff are reciprocal. Russia
pledges itself to suppress any and All
organizations plotting or propagandlz-
ing against the United States. the
United States agrees on its part to st1f1e
all forms Of propaganda against RUS
STA. It's wondered whether the time
may not some day come when AM
bassador Troyanovsky will feel it neces-
sary to put a courteous flea In the
State Departments ear and request II
to curb the anti-Soviet enthusiasms OF
such organizations, say, as the Amer1-
can Federation of Labor, the American
Legion and the coalition OF patriotic,
civic and fraternal societies. provided,
of course these organizations continue
to combat Soviet Russia. Wouldn
that be something? In the pro-Soviet
view the suppression Of such activities
would be no whit more than Uncle Sam
expects the Russian government to do
with respect to the American propa-
ganda branch of the Third Interna-
tional at Moscow.
Senator Robert F. Wagner Of New
York, chairman of the National Labor
Board, which has settled strikes in
volving 100000 workers, has just re-
ceived a medal from his alma mater,
the College of the City Of New York,
for distinguished postgraduate accom-
plishments. Thirty-four other alumni
were similarly honored. The citation
for Senator Wagner. class Of '98, reads
as follows: IF the college had been
permitted to choose the kind OF states: !.
men it would desire to produce, 1t
would have chosen you. Unacademic
In the best sense you have none the
less shown high regard for good tradi-
ton in the fact, pre-eminent IN your
career. that all your works have been
dictated by heart as well as mind.
You are tribune of the people In the
fullest sense of that ancient and hon
orable title, and Of no other statesman
could a college like ours be so pecu-
liarly proud. In you alma mater hnos
particular reason to rejoice.
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Reports are current that three
cornered commercial treaty between the
United States, Argentina and another
country not yet determined Is the goaI
toward which the State Department u
headed. 1t would be q complete nov
city In the realm of international trade.
and is designed to solve the particular
problem which confronts the United
States and Argentina, because their re-
spective products, mainly agricultural,
are so highly competitive with one an
other. Inasmuch as so many Argentine
products are for that reason barred by
our tariffs, scheme is being considered
for securing q treaty with some Euro
pean country, like Norway, Sweden.
Portugal or Spain, whereby We would
admit some of their products at attrac.-
tive tariff rates, provided they agreed
to favor certain Argentine goods. BY
way Of reciprocity the South American
Republic would grant the United States
trade concessions. II no European