Evening star., 1933-04-14

Everett Sanders, chairman of the Re-
publican National Committee, is rather
seriously i'll at a Washington hospital,
and some Of his friends are filled with
concern over his recovery. Requiring
at first, two weeks ago, to undergo an
operation for appendicitis, Mr.. Sanders
condition developed unexpected COM
plicatiOnS, and a second operation for
gall bladder became necessary. OF rug
ged physique and constitution, 1t is
hoped that these will stand him in suf-
ficiently good stead to tide him over We
the crisis. Except for q siege OF i'll
ness that overlook him while on duty
with President Coolidge at the Adiron-
dacks Summer White House in 1926,
Mr.. Sanders has always enjoyed ex-
cellent health. The loss Of his wife
a couple of years ago was blow from
which he never fully recovered. Last
Winter the G. o. P. generalissimo took
a brief vacation in the Bermuda, to
recuperate from the risors Of the 1882
campaign. Mr.. Sanders IS 81 years old.
He recently disclosed in magazine
article documentary evidence that Cal
vim Coolidge realized that the former
President was sick man.
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Being Republican United States
Senator these days has one compenSat-
ing advantage-he isn't run ragged py
Federal jobhunters. They're, OF course,
devoting all their attention-and now!
to Democratic members OF the Senate,
and In lesser degree to House members,
as lords OF all patronage creation In
their respective States. Fourteen Sen
ators who are the only Democrats from
their States are in particularly tough
spots. They include Costigan OF Colo
RADIO, LonerRan OF Connecticut, NC
Adoo Of California, Pope Of Idaho. Van
Nuys OF Indiana, Murphy OF Iowa. NC
Gill of Kansas. Tydings OF Maryland,
Clark of Missouri, Brown OF New Hamp-
shire, Bulow of South Dakota. Neely OF
West Virginia Duffy Of Wisconsin and
Kendrick Of Wyoming. Nobody on
Capitol Hill can remember the like OF
the current pressure for places on Uncle
Sans pay roll. Senators from nearby
States. like Maryland and Virginia, are
literally besieged. One of them has
had constituents threaten to commit
suicide in his Office unless he places
them. Former business executives who
once drew five-figure salaries are COM
mon seekers for Govrnment positions
paying anything from $4,000 up.
4
M Edouard Herrict. former premier
Ct France who'll soon be stretching his
Gallo legs under the White House ma
hcgany. speaks little or no English but
President Roosevelt handles french
pretty well, so the conversational engine
will not be stalled when they get to-
gether. Once upon tlms, Whlle
Franklin Roosevelt was Assistant Secre-
tary Of the Navy. he was assigned to
do the honors aboard the Mayfiower
oil n itnr IN
washington. Secretary Of State Bryan
and former Secretary of State Elihu
Root were oficislly on hand to greet the
statesman who'd rolled up from Rio.
Bryan and Root knew nothing but Eng
lish and the Brazilian knew almost
everything but English. 1t fell to Mr..
Roo. evSlt's lot t. put and keep the trio
Cn speaking terms. He lost at least ten
pounds in the process
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Apropos the poll now being taken by
the intercollegiate Disarmament Coun-
Gil to determine how the students in
730 colleges throughout the country
feel about the question of participating
in war, this observer recalls a bit OF
doggerel perpstrated in London during
the World War, 1t was evoked by
Woodrow Wilson's celebrated Too proud
10 1lkflI cDlSONC dilu Wy tilC tliCil Sui
rent American racifst dittv, Il Didn t
Raise My Boy to Be A Soldier" The
London Spectator, famous political
week'y-it was before Uncle Sam en-
tered the war--Sueg sted adding the
following stsnza TO the sonT:
l didn't raiee my son to be soldier.
/ brought him up to know that he is
free
To reftsa to put a muskct on his
shoulder
Or to fight for country, hearth, or
home or me!
II the nations will not arbitrate their
quarrels,
NV duty I shall none the less fulfill;
Burn and ravish, II they will,
Thev'n find me saying still:
Il didn't raise my son to be soldier!''
Tn The r,,rrent American FOrei1n