Evening star., 1934-01-24
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE.

The two families are old friends Of
Toxic days. The dinner was held on
the same day that Foreign Minister
Hirota before the Diet in Toxic was
discussing japanese relations in
vigorous terms. Dinner diplomacy is
one OF the most potent weapons in the
arsenal OF modern craftsmanship. Mr..
and Mrs. Taketomi are about to leave
Washington for the formers new post
as minister to the Netherlands Mrs
Taketomi. though exceedingly fond of
Washington, looks forward with JOY to
taking up her residence at The Hague,
because her parents live there. Her
father, Mr.. Adachi, one OF Japan's fore
most Jurists, is a judge of the World
Court and its former president.
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School Life, official publication Of the
Federal Office of Education at WASH
lngton, publishes the finding of an ex-
pert who says Americans are no longer
people with the average mental age
OF l2-year-old child Our true mental
age he reports, is nearly 18 years. 1t is
contended that there are today no fewer
than 10000 900 Americans with an aver
age mental age of % and over, while
there are only 100000 with q mental
age Of u. The revealer OF these en-
couraging facts and figures declares
that the famous Army intelligence tests.
upon which the 12-year old mentality
OF the American people was alleged. do
not IN fact warrant any such deduc-
ton.
DR.. Stanley K. Hornbeck. who has
stirred the ire of the japanese foreign
office with speech outlining Americas
policy OF non-recognition of political
situations created through violation of
international law, is the Far Eastern
expert OF the State Department. He
has had wide international experi-
ence, beginning with his education at
oxford University. Twenty years ago
DR.. Hornbeck, who was born in Massa-
chusetts. but took his Phi. D. at the
University OF Wisconsin. was a professor
IN the government colleges of China.
After serving on the American Peace
Commission at Paris. Hornbeck was at
tached to the military mission to Ar
men1a and later became lecturer on
the history of the Far East at Har-
ward. For the past six years he has
been chief of the division of Far East
ern affairs in the State Department.
In his recent and much-discussed ad-
dress before the National Retail Dry
Goods Association in New York Gen.
johnson told story about how some
body" tried to get him aid N. r. A.
Ill wrong with President Roosevelt by
filing "one of those XII confidential
spy reports at the White House" Said
Gen. Johnson Apparently the Presi-
dent-gentleman that he is-ignored
1t johnson said the episode reminded
him OF AN instance during the war.
where one high official put dicta-
graph on the private telephone of an
other and then tried to present the
record to Woodrow Wilson. The
President did what 95 out OF 100 of
you would do. He turned on his heel
ana walked away"
The Susan B. Anthony Foundation
is going to celebrate in a unique way,
the birthday anniversary of America s
great suffrage pioneer on February IA.
II is going to reproduce in faithful de-
tail the famous episode in Miss
Anthony's life when she was put on
trial for attempting to vote-a far cry
from the day when we have woman
in the cabinet, woman diplomat and
seven women in Congress.
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Now that It's been revealed that
President Roosevelt long ago won his
spurs as student Of bird life In Hyde
Park and Duchess County, having to
his credit the discovery Of several
species not common in that locality.
hope Is expressed that F. D. r. may
take hand in solving the startling
problem in Washington.
(Copyright 1934)