Evening star., 1934-01-24

One of the country's leading lecture
managers is in Washington, cunning
! for talent for the season Of l934-35. AS
an expert on what the public wants,
he says the new deal remains the lee
ture topic supreme. In his Judgment
| 1t will continue to be paramount Tor
| the indefinite future. President Roose-
velt'S recent hint to Congress that the
more abundant life" is to be a per
phase induces the belief that there's
going to be enduring hunger for infor-
nation on the subject. Next to Pres
ident Roosevelt, the lecture impresario
considers Senator Borah the man the
average audience is most anxious to
hear, but the silver-tongued Idahoan
cannot be lured onto the rostrum. He
insists that when he has anything
worth saying he'll take the Senate
floor Senator Glass would be a stellar
drawing card, too. but the veteran Vir-
ginian at this witching hour is hardly
available for the public platform. Alice
Roosevelt Longworth is another attrac-
ton for whom the lyceum people angle
in vain One of the surprises of the cur
rent season is the demand in the cap
italistic and conservative East, espe-
cially New England, for lectures by
Senator "Bsb' La Toilette.
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Capitol Hill, especially its disgruntled
Republican minority, has not yet re-
covered from the daze into which 1t
was plunged by the dispatch with which
the Democrats rushed the Roosevelt
gold plan to passage through the House
Representatives Smell. Luce ct al, who
led the futile opposition. say that they
console themselves with the thought
that the day will come when the coun-
try will enshrine in letters OF glory
and gratitude the names Of the gallant
little band that voted nay on the none
tary measure The Democrats snort at
that doleful suggestion. A geographical
check-up on the 360to-40 roll call
shows that only II negative votes came
from west of Pittsburgh. Opposition
was confined practically to the tiny
northeastern corner OF the United
States. Representative Hamilton Fish,
jr, of New York thinks the country
is swallowing the administra ton S
monetary plan hook, line and sinker,
because the people have got 1t into
their heads that it's "a soak-the-rich
proposition"
HedTllSS dIe SCIlcuulCu DcioiS 'iiN
House Judiciary Committee this week
on the bill introduced by Representative
Howard w. Smith, Democrat. OF VIZ
ginia, who represents the historic Alex
andria district just across the river
from Washington. The bill is designed
to fix the boundary line between Vlr-
ginia and the District OF Columbia,
which has long been in dispute. Rep.
resentatiye Smith, as the member OF
Congress from the territory immedi-
ately adjacent to the National Capital,
takes a lively interest in everything
affecting the veal and woe of Wash
ington. He occupies the seat in the
House formerly held by r. Walton
Moore, now an Assistant Secretary OF
State Mr.. Smith was assistant general
counsel of the alien property custodian
during the World War and Is serving
his second term in the House. In
private life he is banker and lawyer.
We may have a German election
campaign in the United States next
wear. when the inhabitants of the Saar
Coal Basin hold a plebiscite under the
Treaty of Versailles to decide whether
they want to remain under the League
of Nations, which now administers their
affairs. again become part of Germany
or join France. Under the treaty Of
Versailles everyone is allowed to vote
who lived in the Saar in June, 1919,
and who is over 20 years of age In
1885. Several thousand persons an
swering this description are now said
to be in the United States. Arrange
ments will be made to permit these for
mer German residents to cast their
Saar votes over here.
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No more significant social function
has taken place in Washington for
many a day than the dinner just given
by the japanese Charge d'Adatres and
Nnr-. Taketomi In honor Of the Soviet