Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1934-05-14

Discussion about the necessity for
young blood in the reconstructed Re-
publican party has brought a brand
new name into the distance
gossip over G. o. P. presidential pos
sibilities for 1896. 1t is none other
than that of Representative Hamilton
Fish, jr, of New York. Mr.. Fish will
still be a couple of years on the
sunny side of so by the time the next
national campaign rolls around. AS
the result of series of recent po-
litical talks by him over a Nation
wide radio network a host of un-
known admirers has indicated that
the statuesque upstate New Workers.
stuff sounded to them as If he were
presidential timber. The sentiments
that aroused these fattering tributes
were sledge-hammer attacks on the
new deal, of which President Roose-
velt's Hudson River neighbor is an
outspoken critic. Fish, himself a
World War veteran, has a strong fol-
lowing in the American Legion.
Many of his comrades are OF opinion
that the time has come when a
Legionnaire should be considered for
the presidency, and they think no
ex-service man outstrips the archfoe
of Communism from the standpoint
of eligibility. In addition to hailing
from the same ancestral heath as
Mr.. Roosevelt, Representative Fish,
like the President, is a distinguished
Harvard man, holding the record OF
ora duatioo in three wears with a cum
laude degree.
This weeks presentation Of 81
American women and girls at Buck
ingham Palace in London reminds
Washington of the fierce pressure ex-
ercised since time immemorial by
people craving to have their women
folk granted the honor of curtseying
before European crowned heads. Pres
entations at the Court of st. James
have always been the most coveted
distinction. Years ago the White
House and State Department, in order
to escape pestiferous political wire
pulling, decided to leave it entirely to
the Ambassadors accredited to various
courts to decide who should make
the grade. In the old days, as much
pull was used to get mothers or
daughters presented" as Is customar-
ily exerted in Washington by office
seekers.
Ezra Herman, College of the City
OF New York sophomore, has just re-
ceived a prize of SIS for the best %
words an "Why I Joined the r. o.
T. c." The winning contribution,
which ought to be pasted in the hat
of every pacifist and opponent of pre-
paredness, reads as follows: Absolute,
worldwide and complete disarmament
insures a warless future. Modern ma
tons not being ripe for this, America
needs adequate national defense.
Therefore take r. o. T. c."
Uncle Sans Navy loses one Of its
ablest officers through the decision OF
Admiral Luke McNamee to leave the
service on July l to succeed Clarence
H. Mackay as president of the Postal
Telegraph Gable Co. and Mackay
Radio. Admiral McNamee will have
completed exactly 40 years In the
Navy, having been commissioned an
ensign on July /, 1894, following his
graduation at Annapolis two years
previous. A native of Wisconsin, he
took part in both the Spanish-Amer-
lean and World Wars, and was a
member Of the American naval ad-
visory staff at the Paris Peace Con-
ference. Few American sailor men
know international conditions, both
political and naval, as thoroughly as
Admiral McNamee. He is the second
high officer Of one Of the United