Evening star., 1933-02-03
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE.

Although the guessing odds continue
strongly in favor Of Senator Cordell
Hull'S appointment as Secretary of
State, some close friends Of the Ten
nessean, who communed with him on
the eve of his trip to Warm Springs
this week. are convinced that the wise
acres are all wrong It's their firm be-
lief, based on alleged condolences of the
Senator himself, that at no time has
there been any question OF his entering
the cabinet. He is said to have been
summoned by President-elect Roosevelt
exclusively to discuss tariff and tax
alton matters, which soon will clamor for
attention at Washington. Intimates OF
Hull quote him as feeling, moreover,
that his place is in the Senate, where
he believes he can be of far more serv-
ice. Like all Hull's colleagues In Con-
gress. Gov Roosevelt recognizes in him
its foremost authority on tariffs and
taxation. He was the author Of the
1918 income tax system and Of the re-
vised act of 1916, as well as OF the
Federal estate or inheritance tax law OF
the same year. Although Senator Hull
is no stranger to foreign affairs, they've
never bulked conspicuously in his ofn-
cial career. Studious. modest and soft
spoken, the Southern statesman has
spent some IA years in Congress, IL OF
them in the House. He was a Ten
nessee circuit Judge for four years. He
and Mrs. Hull toured Europe couple
of years ago. They live quietly IN
downtown Washington hotel.
Here's an authenticated tale OF a
green Representative-elect who was
fooled into getting busy at washington
before taking his oath Of office. Locally
known as a bit Of boob, some home
town practical jokers induced MIN,
| evidently after some necessary coliuslon
down here, to make q special trip Tor
the purpose Of securing an r. F. g,
loan for q small college In his district.
At the r. F. c., which doesn't lend to
colleges, the budding statesman was to!o
| to come back in . week, after the neces-
sary investigation Of his application
was concluded. We'll" he was then
informed. I'VE find that your college
has only one semester. Moreover, It's
got a curriculum. And, worst OF all;
we discover that every boy and girl
enrolled there is q matriculant. The
information seemed to knock the Con-
oressman-to-be galley west, Tor, DIS
mayed and discounted, he retired from
the scene, sorrowfully conceding tnat
under all the circumstances he himself
didn't believe the college was ent'tleo
to help!
In the collection of Shakespeare works
formerly possessed by famous personageS
and now housed in the Folger SnaKe-
speare Library at washington Is weA-
Justice oliver Wendell Holmes. He has
inscribed it: This Is the only volume
of Shakespeare I ever remember seeing
In my boyhood home; it belonged to my
father" The volume once the property
of the "Autocrat of the Breakfast
Table" now has a place alongside SINH
lar works at one time in the respective
libraries Of Presidents George Washing
ton, John Adams and Abraham Lin
coin.
| Our public men seem to be running
to musical composition. There was
Gen. Charles G. Dawes and now comes
william H. Woodin of New York, per-
sistently mentioned as Roosevelt cab
ineteer, either for the secretaryship Of
Commerce or the War or Navy port
folio. The Manhattan Symphony Or
chestra Of New York has Just given
the first performance Of Mr.. Woodin's s
suite, entitled Covered Wagon Days
It consists Of three movements. re-
spectively called "On the Prairie,
"Trudging Along" and Journeys End,
and makes liberal use Of Indian motifs
Mr.. Woodin is president OF the Amert-
can Car d Foundry Co. and, like Gov
Roosevelt, keenly interested In the Warm
Springs Foundation for the Treatment
Of Infantile Paralysis.
Three State Governors ore An At
tendance at the First Interstate Legis-
lative Conference, now being held IN
Washington-Clyde L. Herring Of Iowa
John q. Pollard Of Virginia and VIII