Evening star., 1933-01-18

Twenty out of As Senate Republicans
present and voting deserted President
Hoover on the Philippine independence
bill and, allied with As Democrats and
Senator Shipstead, Farmer-Labor, over
rode the executive veto, as the House
did on January IA Till the last, the
White House thought the President
would just nose through to sustain
ing vote Mr.. Hoover's fate on the
Philippine bill Is what is frequently
meted out to an administration about
to become an extinct volcano. Sen
ators who ordinarily have patronage
necessities in mind and comport them
selves accordingly where presidential
programs are concerned feel no urge
to vote anything but their convictions
when their lines of communication
with the Federal pie counter are cut
off. Three Republican lame ducks
Bingham Of Connecticut, Shortridge OF
California and Oddie of Nevada-voted
against the President. But even II
they'd been in favor of sustaining the
veto the result-63 to 30, instead OF
66 to 26-would have been the same.
1t would have been exactly enough-a
two-thirds majority-to override. @. o.
P. regulars who joined the Republican
progressives in the anti-Hoover vote
were McNary of oregon, Metcalf OF
Rhode Island. Hatfield of West Vlr-
ginia and Steiwer of Oregon.
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Senor Manuel Roxas, Speaker OF the
Philippine House of Representatives,
who led the fight for the independence
bill in Washington this Winter, de-
clares that the measure is frankly a
compromise. It's not entirely salts
factory to any one, he explains. either
in the United States or the Philippines
Congress" declares the young Manila
statesman, considers the bill, never
theless, the only honorable and feasl-
BILE solution House and Senate real
lied the justice of giving to the FIJI
pinos the option of deciding whether
they should accept or reject this meas
ure, dealing as it does with their free
dom and happiness. What decision tne
FilipinoS will reach is not to be antlcl-
pated. Theirs will be a tremendous
responsibility and their will should be
expressed only on full information and
after careful weighing of the actualltles
and possibilities of the situation. That
l know they will do in deep gratitude
to America, and with q solemn resolve
to take the course which shall appear
most conducive to their permanent
welfare and their enduring national
liberty. The way is now opened for
the completion of Americas altruistic
mission in the Philippines with glory to
herself and benefit to the Filipino ma
ton"
A Senate press gallery wag OBJ
served, after the die was cast on Philip
pine independence, that the bill, which
for the first time lops off slice OF
territory once part of Uncle Sans
domain, has an appropriate title-the
Cutting -Hawes- Hare bill. If only Bar
bour of New Jersey had voted for inde-
pendence the tonsorial combination
would have been complete.
Officially, the present tempestuous
siege on Capitol Hill is known as the
short session OF Congress. Current
events, as far as the Senate is con-
cerned. entitle it to be known as the
Long session.
On temporary duty in the State De-
partment, because OF his superior
acquaintance with japanese conditions,
is Eugene Hoffman Dooman, first secre-
tary of the American embassy at Lon
DON Born in Osaka, Japan, the son of
naturalized American who was a
Christian missionary in the Far East,
Mr.. Dooman entered the American for
eign service 81 years ago. after leaving
Columbia University Becoming stu
dent interpreter in Japan and later
appointed to our consular and diplo-
matte service in that country. he made
himself so proficient In the Nipponese
language that for years he has been
famed throughout the island empire as
the man who knows Japanese better
than any foreigner in the world. Mr..
Doomans knowledge of it is nothing
short of perfect-the Oxford English
brand" as a friend pictures 1t,