Evening star., 1935-01-25

II co-optimism is cooperation,
business and the New Deal have
teamed up. At any rate, that's indi-
Gated by the sunny forecast Of pros
poets for 1885 just made by Henry I.
Hartman, president Of the Chamber
of Commerce of the United States, in
an address at Pittsburgh. Either
because of or in spite of what the ad-
ministration at Washington has
done" he said, I'VE are just now en-
tering upon the era of better times"
The Is per cent rise in retail sales
last year, a ,500,000,000 boost in
farm income and the increase in divi-
dend payments are cited as unmiS-
taxable signs of the economic up
swing. Mr.. Hartman told the Pitts
burghers that Americans are still
rugged individualists, but also have
their fill of ruthless individualism.
Some measure of social control" he
proceeded to explain, lis imperative
to maintain and insure orderly de-
velopment, and it follows that this
control can best be exercised by the
Government" Mr. Hartman states
there are about 100000 unemployed
at present, 100000 fewer than in
January, 1934-figures which fall
considerably short of American Fed
Grafton of Labor estimates.
Senator Ebert D. Thomas, Demo-
crat, of Utah made one Of the most
thoughtful contributions to the Sem
ate debate on the World Court. He
told of an amusing experience at the
League of Nations Assembly in 1926,
about the time the Senate was dis
cussing court reservations. Euro
pean statesmen were unable to un-
derstand our processes here Senator
Thomas said. They could not see
why all the poetry about the sun,
moon and stars should find place in
our discussion about the World Court.
or why statistics about our national
parks, and so on, should be dragged
in. I replied that if they understood
what a congressional filibuster was
everything would be clear. That led
to more confusion than ever. What
was a filibuster?' I tried to explain
by suggesting that a hlibuster is
something that is full of bluster"
Senator Thomas ranks as the Foreign
Relations Committees outstanding
authority on Far Eastern questions.
He was a Mormon missionary in
Japan for five years.
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President Roosevelt has seldom been
more iron -jawed than when he voiced,
at his press conference this week, his
uncompromising opposition to the Nor
ris reservation which would require
two-thirds Senate vote for submission
of American questions to the World
Court. F. D. R. minced no words in
branding the proposal as an intoler-
able infringement of the executive
prerogative. Unless a treaty is in
yolved or the disbursement of funds
like the S50,000-odd Uncle Sam is
about to pay Canada for sinking the
rum runner I'm Alone-Mr. Roosevelt
wants all concerned distinctly to un-
derstand that the conduct of our for
eign relations is exclusively the busi-
ness of the President of the United
States.
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During her two-year term of office,
Mrs. Russell William Magma, who re-
tires in April as president general of
the Daughters of the American Revo-
luton, is proud of having flown across
every State in the Union on D. A. r.
business. For the past nine years Mrs.
Magma has been chairman Of the
Daughters Finance Committee. Dur
ing that period all but S250,000 of the
81, ,000, 900 Constitution Hall building
fy,,d has heen raised