Evening star., 1935-01-14
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE.

Merely bagatelle Of 500, 900 000, 600
Zone hundred billion dollars) is what
Representative Matthew A. Dunn,
Democrat, of Pennsylvania, thinks
ought to be spent within a period
of ten years Ito furnish employ
ment and end poverty in the
United States" He has just intro
duced bill to that end. 1t provides
generally for carrying out the work.
relief projects proposed by President
Roosevelt and in addition "for medical.
surgical, biological, geological and
astronomical sciences. and every other
science and for every other purpose
which will bring happiness to the
people of our Nation" MIR. Dunn S
omnibus proposal would limit work
under his bill to six hours day and
five days week and fix 81 per hour
as the minimum wage. with union
recognition. The Pittsburgh Repre-
sentative, who is in his second term
in the House, is one of several men
in Congress who are blind. He lost
his left eye through an accident while
earning his living as newsboy and
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later while engaged in a school wrest-
ling match. He was reelected to the
Seventy-fourth Congress on both the
Democratic and Republican tickets.
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Now that he is to join the board of
the New York Life Insurance Co.,
Herbert Hoover's friends expect that
he will turn up more or less regularly
in the East and be available for Re-
publican councils of war. Since his
retirement from the presidency the
Californian has not been nearer the
National Capital than Chicago. His
intimates are certain that Mr.. Hoover
has utterly detached himself from
politics, though he keeps thoroughly
abreast of public affairs and develop
ments in Washington, especially in the
recovery field. Hoover enthusiasts,
believe it or not, hold that the G. o. P.
has by no means eliminated him from
future consideration and that condi-
tions might easily arise whereby their
hero would become logical candidate
for another term in the White House.
Hoover's "Challenge to Liberty" re-
mains among the good sellers.
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Judge John Barton Payne, chairman
of the American Red Cross, who re-
Gently returned from the International
Red Cross Conference in Japan, was
impressed by the popularity which
American Ambassador Joseph c. Grew
enjoys among all classes of the jap
anese people. The expectation in
Washington diplomatic quarters is
that Mr.. Grew will return to the
United States for a visit and official
conference early in 1885. He has not
been back since President Hoover as
signed him to Toxic three years ago.
Miss Mabel T. Boardman of Washing
ton, a member of the Red Cross dele
CATION, broadcast an address over the
japanese national radio system. It
contrasted the Japan she first knew
as a member of the Taft mission in
1905 and the ultra modern Nippon OF
today.
Senator Arthur Capper Of Kansas
has resumed his weekly radio dis
cussions of Current Topics in Con-
gress" over the Columbia network
He presents the Republican point OF
view and on alternate Fridays q
Democratic Senator will broadcast in
his party's language. Discussing the
Supreme Courts hot-oil decision
Senator Capper has just told his ra-
dio audience that the ruling ''has
had a most salutary effect" He said:
1T will result in Congress living UP
to its responsibilities in the future
am glad the court wrote that opin-
ion, and wrote it at the beginning
of this session." The Kansas editor
statesman spplauds the Roosevelt