Evening star., 1933-10-25
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE.

absent himself from Washington. Ap-
parent1y. the administration intends to
f't Of time 11 to demonstrase @ an that % he Pepre %
sents q more or less united Cuba.
American recognition will be withheld
until Washington Is fully assured on
that score. Perhaps 1t will come just
before Judge Hull starts south.
It's little hard for the State De-
partment to understand why Toxic
should fire" Ambassador Debuchi for
not being sufficiently aggressive" on
his country's behalf in Washington
Throughout the two years since Japan's
adventure in Manchuria set In Mr.. De-
buchi has had q hard row to hoe in
this country In the face of undis-
guised American opposition to Japan's
policies, Mr.. Debuchi represented his
government here with force and dig
nifty, even though 1t was often suspected
ne personally did not sympathize with
everything the war lords were doing in
China and expected him to do In WASH
ington. Mr.. Matsuoka, who led Nip
pon's bolting delegation out of the
League Of Nations last Spring at
Geneva. may succeed Mr.. Debuchi in
Washington. Matsuoka received his
early education in Oregon. He is q
loyal supporter of the militarist policies
which now prevail in japan.
The new Board of Veterans Appeals
Is shortly to be announced by President
Roosevelt. 1t will be composed OF is
members, including a chairman and
vice chairman. Many Of them will be
cneSen from among persons not now in
the Governme - service. with promi-
nent lawye~ predominating. The
others will be men within the present
Veterans Administration with expert
ence in field work. There's been diff
Guilty In inducing a man of outstanding
reputation to take the Craftsmanship.
Former Solicitor General Thomas D.
Thacher Of New York is said to have
been sought in vain.
~
How is Government control of oil,
effective December 1, going to affect
the average car owner? Members of
the Petroleum Administrative Board,
asked by this observer for light and
leading on that all-absorbing score,
says: To the average motorist, except
In the Middle West. there will be no
appreciable change in the price he pays
for gasoline, in all probability. In the
Middle West he NAV nav cent or two
more gallon-certainly not more than
cents, and probably less Prices are
expected to rise generally until the min
imum fixed in the order is reached,
some time prior to December /, SO that
the order will 60 into effect with no
shock to the retail consumer. Retail
prices are already stiffening. Also, be-
Ind DC hi ,1xv
competitive, fixing a minimum price
virtually fixes a maximum price at the
same time"
Lively guessing Is in progress as to
the man President Roosevelt will select
as our first Ambassador to Soviet
Russia. Among those most conspicu-
ously mentioned are John v. A. Mac
Murray, recently appointed Minister to
Latvia, Estonia and Lithuania; William
C. Bullitt, special assistant to Secretary
Hull. and Henry Morgenthau, jr, head
Because of the essentially business char
acter Of our forthcoming relations with
Moscow, Mr.. Roosevelt'S choice for an
envoy to Moscow may fall upon some
one prominent in the commercial or
financial world, Col. Hugh L, Cooper
who has carried on important engineer
ing projects for the Soviet, is men
toned as ambassadorial possibility.
He is president of the Russian -Ameri-
can Chamber of Commerce In New
York.
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Will there be an epidemic of gold
mining stock dotations IS q result of
the new monetary DOlicy9 A 1oOd manv
applications for Incorporation under the