Evening star., 1933-06-19

practice" He did not name the five.
He paid his respects to Secretary
Woodin's predecessor in the following
words: ogden Mills left the Treasury
in the worst shape 1t has ever been
in since the Constitution was adopted
He fancied he would like to be Presi-
dent Of the United States" The pro-
fessor also took issue with Congress
man James A. Becks view that the
new administration is destroying the
! Constitution. 81 object to Congress
man Beck's phrase, the decline of the
Constitution I would rather believe ii
to be the maturity of the Constitution u
Our late depression, in DR.. Berle's opin-
ion, was that things here were about
twice as bad as they were in England
after the war and about 35 per cent
worse than in Germany
Former Senator George H. Moses,
Journalistic observer at the London
Economic Conference, writes: The
election of former Gov. Cox of Ohio as
chairman Of the Monentary Commission
was great triumph for the United
States" and then adds a characteristic
slam. But it is a Pyrrhic victory.
Another like 1t and the Americans are
undone." The conference is giving
temporary employment to considerable
number of statesmen, advisers, experts
and secretaries, to say nothing of the
international journalists who have con-
Verged upon London to report and in
terpret the proceedings It's cost, as
suming speedy termination, is eSti-
mated as about a million pounds
sterling But most of the London dis
patches and most of the press COM
mentS here and abroad intimate that
it Is likely to prove useless or worse
than useless in achieving any solid
basis of international economic CO.
operation. In the hopes of retrieving
the situation and snatching victory from
defeat, 10 members of the Senate and
rs members of the House have Joined
in a round robin petition to the Presi-
dent urging the immediate dispatch to
London in the role of American eco
nomic adviser of the Rev. Charles C.
Coughlin, Detroit's radio priest"
X
James Roosevelt, the Presidents eldest
and politically ambitious son, has been
elected to his first public office, that of
member of the constitutional con-
vention in Massachusetts which will
convene for single days session on
June 26. incidentally, young Mr. Roose-
velt will have to interrupt his Maine
yachting cruise with his father in order
to attend. Massachusetts last week be-
came the eleventh successive State to
join in the revolt against prohibition.
The repealists carried the Common
wealth by margin of approximately
5 to l. Delegates were elected by con-
gressional districts. 3 for each of the
Is districts; total. As Not a single anti
repeal delegate came within even speak
ing distance of election. Mary E.
Woolley, president of Mount Holyoke
College, was a dry delegate defeated.
The dryS failed to carry single elec-
ton precinct in Boston or in the other
principal cities and carried less than
twoscore of the States 316 towns.
About 40 per cent of the States total
registered vote was cast The States
which have preceded the Bay State in
the repeal procession are Wyoming
Illinois, Indiana, New York, New Jersey,
Michigan, Rhode Island, Delaware,
Wisconsin and Nevada. Three more
States will join the parade this week
Connecticut, New Hampshire and Iowa.
(Copyright. 1933)