Evening star., 1935-09-27

President Roosevelt starts on his
Western expedition in gay spirits and
the pink of health. Some White House
callers this week thought that F. D. RS
face is bit fuller than before he went
to Hyde Park and that he has taken on
a little poundage during the Summer.
The survey of business just submitted
by the Advisory Council of the Federal
Reserve Board-"the most optimistic
summary of conditions since the depres-
sion began"-cheered the President no
end as he cleared his desk. assembled
his fishing tackle and otherwise made
ready for his jaunt across the country.
1t will doubtless supply the text for
many an utterance in the open spaces.
The improved economic situation meas
ures up to what the President expected
early Autumn conditions to be, and he
reflects confidence that improvement will
progress throughout the Fall and VIM
ter, especially if w. P. A. gets going
without too many bitches.
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Conflicting expressions in response to
the Presidents request for advice from
the Nations clergy in handling the
social and economic program find their
public mind, as revealed by survey just
concluded by Fortune Magazine. Fortune
sought an authoritative answer (among
other questions) to the one President
Roosevelt propounded to his radio audi
ence-"Do you feel more secure or less
secure than you did year ago?" 1t is
the prosperous 10 per cent at the top of
the economic heap that gave the highest
percentage of "yes" replies. OF the
wealthy, AZ per cent felt more secure, 81
per cent felt no change, and only % per
cent felt less secure than in 1884. The
poorer classes voted only 25 per cent
more secure. 80 per cent unchanged and
AZ per cent less secure. The middle
classes, upper and lower. comprising
70 per cent of those embraced in the
survey, averaged about Al per cent more
secure and Is per cent less secure. The
national average was 81 per cent more
secure, 80 per cent unchanged and 80
per cent less secure. The editors gen.
eral conclusion is that despite the New
Deal, or because of it, the rich feel more
secure today than year ago. whereas
the poor, on the average, feels less Sc
cure. In other words, the Forgotten
Man still feels forgotten"
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Joseph Coy Green. executive secretary
of the newly established National Num-
tions Control Board knows all about
Shells guns and other man-killing APP
paratus from his active World War
service. After spending two years with
the Hoover Belgian Relief Commission.
Green became a major in the Army and
was assigned to the Belgian and French
fronts Part of the time he was at
tached to the operations section OF the
1st American Army, and subsequently
to various French staffs. Native OF Gin
cinnati, Mr.. Green took his masters de-
gree at Princeton in 1909, afterward be-
coming q history instructor at Borden.
town Military Institute and in Columbia
University. From 1920 to 1890 he was
a professor of history and politics at
Princeton. He entered the State De-
partment five years ago and has repre-
sented the United States on special mis-
sions in Italy and Switzerland.
Signor Augusta Rosso. Italian Ambas-
sador in Washington. follows tortuous
Italo- Ethiopian events at Geneva with
special interest because Of his former
association with the League Of Nations.
He used to be chief Of the League Sec
ton Of the Italian foreign office and
served rs secretary general Of Musso-
lini's delegation at the Geneva dis