Evening star., 1934-12-31

Whlle recovery, rellef, budget, bonus.
housing, power and other domestic
issues will be given the right of way
by President Roosevelt and Congress.
international matters will clamor for
consideration as the session proceeds.
Naval policy, in light Of Japan's ac-
ton in scrapping limitation treaties,
will be to the front. The amended
st. Lawrence waterway treaty with
Canada, entry into the World Court.
arms traffic control, reciprocal tariff
treaties, Americas neutrality in war,
war debts, silver stabilization, freedom
of the seas and the open door in China
are among the foreign affairs which
in one form or another will engross
attention. The Presidents message
will probably indicate which of these
international items are to be tackled,
and when. Capitol Hill will not con-
fine its attention to Uncle Sans home
grounds.
F. D. r. resisted to the last the i'm
portunities of the White House press
conference to loosen up on his i'm
pending report on the state of the
Union. Scribes thought the President
could be cajoled at least into lifting
the veil on relief, but, adamant to all
entreaties, smilingly but firmly said
there would be mo news" until his
message is released. The President
evidently is bent upon such political
and psychological advantage as ad-
heres to the element Of surprise. Also,
I,x, 1,o he I'D he
to play, he gives the opposition moth
ing to shoot at in advance. Some
authorities doubt the value of personal
delivery of presidential messages. Mr..
Roosevelt shares Woodrow Wilson's
view that the practice has definite and
decided advantages, especially now
that radio enables Presidents to talk
to the entire country instead of the
mere couple of thousand who wedge
their way into the Capitol on joint
session occasions.
Addressing the American Associa-
ton for the Advancement Of Science
at Pittsburgh during the week end,
Claudius T. Murchison, director OF the
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Com
merce, reeled of figures that tell the
tale of recovery during 1884. Factory
employment for the first 10 months of
the year averaged II per cent above
1893 levels Factory pay rolls were 80
per cent higher. Construction activi-
ties, though still only a third Of the
volume of the 1923-25 average, showed
a gain of so per cent over 1898.
Freight-car loadings, sure-fire trade
barometer, gained 8.6 per cent. De-
partmept store volume is up 13 per
cent. Chain stores improved by
roundly 8 per cent. Holiday business
was better than last years by approx
imately 80 per cent. Foreign trade
shows 36 per cent increase in exports
and 151z per cent increase in imports.
Combined figures of 200 companies
show rise of 112 per cent in net
profits for the first three quarters OF
the year, compared with 1893. Such
statistics, together with bank deposit
increases of roundly $4,000, ,000, 900,
virtual cessation of bank failures, and
about a billion dollars more of farm
income, depict the march Of recovery
in convincing terms.
X 4
Believe 1t or not, there are politi-
clans who suggest that among those
who should not be left out of consid-
Grafton as President Roosevelt's run
ming mate in 1886, If Jack Garner is
to be supplanted, Is none other than
Secretary Of Labor Frances Perkins.
With the prominence of women in the
New Deal and in Democratic political
calculations. it's argued that the party
could do worse than set the precedent
Of coed" presidential ticket, with