Evening star., 1933-11-24
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE.

Washington newspaper men for q
valid reason resent the bottling up Of
Treasury Department sources Of tnfor-
nation at this witching hour. Not
since the war has there been a time
when the country demanded more from
Washington in the form Of interpreta-
ton and analysis than now, especially
In the fields of national finance and
economics. That is why Capital scribes
require unrestricted access to Treasury
officials in position to supply the
authoritative sidelights and background
necessary to make hscal news under
standable by the average reader and
the general public. In seeking access
to the right people in Mr.. MQrgenthau's S
bailiwick, the correspondents feel they
are in no respect burrowing In I'M
proper fields.
A former Democratic cabinet ofdcer,
the late Secretary Of the Interior
Franklin K Lane, once said that II ne
ever wanted to keep a piece OF govern
fnent information a state secret, he
would send for the Washington CORE
spondents and tell them all about 1t.
His idea was that they could safely be
trusted to keep out Of print anything
which the Government held to be
preiudicial to the national interest.
Generally speaking, that is the basis on
which. since time immemorial. WASH
ington public men, both in Congress
and in the executive departments, have
dealt with the newspaper fraternity.
Hardly day passes that men in hign
position do not disclose to newsmen, In
confidence. some story OF impoItani
so impaired is strictly "off the record"
The rule is never broken. washington
officials as a class have learned by ex-
nerience that they can talk with ac-
credited newspaper men fully and freely
without running the slightest risk OF
| having anything creep into print OF
harm or hurt to Uncle Sam.
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President Roosevelt has been pretty
much out of luck, as far as rest ano
relaxation concerned. on pracucaily
! every vacation he has tried to take
since he~ entered the White House
Executive trials and tribulations pur-
she him relentlessly. In the midst OF
HIS first leave OF absence last Summer,
while cruising in the North Atlantic
the London conference twisted ltseli
| into a deadlock, requiring him to divert
his attention in that direction. Later
in the Summer, after settling down at
HYDE Park, Cuba blew up, and his re.
pose was again disturbed. Now. ut
Warm Springs, F. D. r. has the Treas
ury controversy on his hands and mind.
Tho President is blessed with an almost
impenetrable worry-proof temperament
THOSE around him say he never lets
| anything unduly get" him.
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Amid more stirring developments on
| the academic front, not much attention
! has been aroused by President Roose-
velt's appointment Of yet another pro-
fessor, J. Rslston Hayden Of the Uni
versity Of Michigan, to be vice COVER
nor Of the Philippines. DR.. Hayden has
. thorough acquaintance with the =
| lands and has written some notable
| treatises on them. He was q member
OF the Carml Thompson Commission ol
Inquiry in 1925. In 1880 DR.. HAYDEN
was an exchange proies;cT .e .11r.9i41 M.nil,
Of public instruction, in charge no,
public health. Few Americans know
the Filipinos better or from longer as'
ISOLATION, and his arrival at Manila in
high ofnciai capacity y expected TO oe
helpful In every direction. The pro
| fessors, By the way, have to theil
credit the only New Deal ''revolts" te
date. The first has - its hero DR.
| william =. Ogburn Of the University Of
| Chicago, who rebelled against N. r. A
\ in connection With consumer protec-
ton policy, and now comes Dr.. Oliver
w. N. sprague Of Harvard. insurrec-
| tionist on the monetary issue.
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Swimming In his private pool at Ash.
field. Mass. in the heart Of the Berk'
shires, Is the outdoor hobby Of william
Q. sBullitt, Ambassador designate x
Russia. His constant companion Is hi
charming nine-year-old daughter Ann