Evening star., 1934-06-13

II the IugWell 1nQulSlLlOn Is the
worst the Senate can do to the brain
trust. that aggregation of gray matter
is destined to rule the regimenting
roost for many a semester. The
shafts hurled at the scholarly and
debonnair young Assistant Secretary
of Agriculture turned out to be about
as effective as if they had been fired
at the Washington Monument. Far
one-half hours on the committee grill
seemed to afford him the time of his
life. His ruddy face was wreathed
in smiles and he was always far more
calm, cool and collected than his SEN
atorial interrogators. especially when
they were making speeches or row.
ing among themselves. Prof. Tug
well had two powerful friends at the
quiz. Senator Wheeler, Democrat. of
Montana. functioned as defending
counsel, frequently intervening on the
witness behalf, while Senator Nor
ris, Republican Progressive, OF Ne
braska. from the outset kidded the
proceedings as irrelevant and futile.
Tugwell stole the show from begin
ming to end and emerges the most
celebrated little cabinet" member in
Washington's history. Half the enor-
nous attendance consisted Of women,
who riveted languishing gazes upon
the Adonis of the brain trust, and
sighed admiringly whenever he shot
back replies that seemed to put Sen
ators in their places.
President Roosevelt isn't adverse to
boosting his fellow literary cusses. He
has just permitted the publishers of
Jefferson and Hamilton" written by
Claude G. Bowers, American Ambas-
sador to Spain, to distribute the fol-
lowing bouquet: "It should be a su-
preme contribution to current thought
If the simple historic facts of this
book could be learned in the news
paper editorial rooms as well as in the
homes and school of America"
Now that the State Department,
under the new law. has initiated ne
gotiations for tariff treaties with half
a dozen nations, industries all over
the country are anxiously waiting to
see which of them are going to be
picked out as victims of the horse
trading whereby America hopes to
drive bargains. The act gives the
President authority to remove tariff
protection from any industry he
pleases by slashing existing rates as
much as SO per cent. Many busi-
ness which waxed prosperous under
the sheltering wing of a high tariff
is in fear and trembling that it may
become a sacrificial lamb In the
process of extorting reciprocal favors
for American goods.
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Word recently reached Washington
that DR.. F. w. Won Prittwitz, former
German Ambassador to the United
States, has hung out his shingle as an
attorney in Berlin, and will hencefor-
ward devote himself to the law instead
of diplomacy. DR.. Won Prittwitz has
many contacts over here in the busi-
ness and financial world, and the ex-
pectation among his Washington
friends is that important American
clients will eventually come his way.
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Silver having resumed its place in
the American monetary sun, men,
bers of the Bryan Old Guard, like
Representative Edgar Howard, Demo-
crat, of Nebraska, longtime asso-
ciate of the apostle of 16 to l, are in
jubilant mood. They feel that the
principle which gave Bryan his chief
fame has been triumphantly. If by no
means fully, vindicated Silver now
takes its place alongside the income
tax, popular election of United States
Senators, women's suffrage and pro-