Evening star., 1934-11-18
BY ROBERT CRAWFORD.

Both of the great political parties
are still talking about those lordly
pines and the haunted forests OF
Maine-apologies to the poet Long
fellow-juSt a little background for
the slogan, las Maine goes, etc. etc"
They felled those lordly pines and
great was the fall thereof, for it set
everybody to thinking, and the result
was Senator Borah and others OF his
confreres seemed to lay it all to the
same cause-no definite program was
put forward by the G. o. P.
The Senator from Idaho says moth
ing was offered in place of the New
Deal except the Constitution-"but
people can't eat the Constitution, he
adds. Now, just what was the matter
with the brilliant, brainy Mr.. Borah,
shaping a line of action?
One can't go into that now, how
ever, and to return to the State of
lordly pines, the people up there are
planning a boom year Mills are
looking forward to big twelve-month;
shoe manufacturing, pulp mills, textile
mills and whatever else is manufac-
tured there is taking an upward turn.
Massachusetts is doing a little brag-
ging and booming too, and the Middle
West is celebrating bargain days to
increase trade.
Folks out in Michigan evidently
thought that Senator Arthur Van
denberg might lead his party back to
power, and gave him a comfortable
margin. At the beginning of his cam
paign he frankly announced that he
was for some of the New Deal all
the time, but not all of the New Deal
at any time. He told his constituents
that he considered the present prob
lem to be to separate the good from
the bad in President Roosevelt's pro-
gram-then to save and expand the
good and condemn the bad 1t will
be recalled that when Senator VAN
denberg first came to the Senate he
allied himself with the Young Turks
"a middle ground between the con-
servative leaders of his party, who at
that time had much to say about the
Sons of Wild Jackasses," and the
ultra progresSiveS. The Senator wrote
something once about Psychological
SaleSmanship" must have prac-
ticed what he preached during his
campaign.
Perhaps that stalwart advocate Of a
big Navy, Mr.. Fred Britten of Illinois,
is now Illuminating bit on Davy Jones
locker. Senator j. Ham Lewis pink
whiskerS were too much for him.
Mrs. Roosevelt was in her element
last week when she opened the
International Exhibition of Children's
Paintings in the mezzanine gallery in
the Rockefeller Center. 1t was a
private view and she was most en-
thuslaStlc, not only about the unique
compositions, but because she is inter-
eSted in the Little Red School House
at SO Greenwich avenue, New York,
Whlch is one of those fashioned
progressive Schools-some of them
teach by absorption. When the ex-
hlbltion is opened to the public there
will be small charge for admission.
which will go to the upkeep of the
Little Red School House.
This exhibition of children's art Is
the first comprehensive show ever as
sembled of childrens paintings. The
ages OF the little artists range from
b to II years and 40 nations are
represented. In fact, they circle the
earth and come back zig gag from Lii
IBERIA and Bali-it may be in Africa
to Soviet Russia and Canada. Mrs
Sam lewiston of New York is head
of the committee which gathered
these spontaneous examples of child
1sh conceptions of their life and sur
roundings
Different people made the collection
and 1t is most delightful the way the
thing was done. For instance Jane
Biddle - Philadelphia - took cray
ons and drawing paper into the in
terror of Bali, where no white woman
had ever been before. When she
opened up her color box the crayons
certainly looked good to the little ma
tives, for they proceeded to eat them.
The paintings all show what a
strong influence daily surroundings
have upon the childish mind. Those
Of the Russian children showed a
peaceful, socialistic state or embodied
social propaganda; the Spanish drew
pictures of their countrys tempestuous
elections; the Canadian painted a
Winter landscape; China, a l0-year-
old boy depicted the japanese inva-
sion; Colombia, church with wea-
ther cock silhouetted against the sky
with the full moon looking down, and
France the most charmingly unique
Interpretation by a 9-year-old girl
showing how French boys and girls
would entertain President Roosevelt
If he should visit them; he is Shcwn
surrounded by laughing groups wav-
ing flags and banners, playing drums
and clapping hands. The exhibition
will tour the country and will doubt
less be seen in the Capital this Win
ter.