Evening star., 1935-11-04
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE.

the incumbent Republican, Lawrence
Hamilton. The Democratic national
chairman is said to have been making
especially strenuous efforts to displace
Mr. Hamilton with q perfectly good
Democrat Another Assembly contest
watched with lively interest is the can
didacy of Miss Katherine Slabey, "a years
old, in the fourteenth district of Man
haitian She studied politics at Barnard
College under Prof. Raymond Moley, for
mer No. 1 New Deal brain truster. but
when she became a voter she enrolled
as a Republican.
With President Roosevelt and Secre-
tary Hull both away this week, it is In
dicated that Washington looks for no
early developments of consequence in
the Italo- Ethiopian situation and CO.
related events at Geneva. All Federal
departments concerned are now keeping
close tab on exports OF American COM
modities to the belligerent countries,
although only Italy comes practically
into consideration. There is an unoffi-
cial suggestion that If our exporters
continue to sell Mussolini sinews of war;
regardless Of the moral influence which
bear against such transactions, the next
step may be the publication of list of
war profiteers" Should hostilities in
Africa still be going on when Congress
reassembles. there is growing consensus
that the White House will ask for an
extension of the embargo on arms so
as to include copper, cotton, oil, scrap
iron. motor trucks. foodstuffs and other
of xx,hfN fNh hou
siderable shipments to Italy during the
past four weeks.
Work Relief Administrator Hopkins
attack on Gov. ALT Landon of Kansas
for letting Uncle Sam bear the burden
of relief in the Sunfiower State strikes
politicians as indicating healthy respect
for the Westerners strength as possible
Republican presidential nominee next
year. Hitherto, when they enviSioned a
Landon candidacy, Democratic leaders
have rather thought that the Governor S
most vulnerable point Is his devotion to
prohibition. Kansas is one of the seven
States of the Union still welded to the
dry cause. RooSeveltians feels that espe-
cially in the East. where they are weak
est, Landon would be easy meat because
of his liquor views Another fragile Joint
in the Jayhawkers political armor. from
the Democrats standpoint, is his lack of
oratorical ability. But they forget that
Calvin Coolidge and Herbert Hoover,
neither Of whom rated as a Demos
themes, triumphed over Democratic
rivals who were spellbinding stars, re-
spectively, John w. Davis and Al Smith.
In tune with the prevailing anti
war-mindednesS of the American people,
the country's toy makers are now going
in for educational playthings," instead
of tin soldiers. model battleships, war
planes and other military and naval
trinkets which have so long been popular
adornments of the Christmas trees Of
American boys. A preview of this sea-
sons toys now on exhibition in New York
diScloses as the sole militant note in
playthings the F. B. I. war on crime,
though cowboys and Indians have not
disappeared. Even AlSC blocks show
q pacifist trend, for the pictures on the
letter s no longer portray soldiers, but
Boy Scouts. The new style in toys is
described by the trade as a certain indi-
cation Of the peace-loving spirit Of the
Nation at this time.
Copyright. 1889