Evening star., 1935-01-21
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE.

Commonwealth & Southern Corp,
as well as director Of the Alabama
Power Co. and the Tennessee Elec-
trio Power Co. The debate will be
held before the Economic Club In
cooperation with the Harvard Busi-
ness School Club of New York. Wall
Street hopes that Mr.. Lilienthal will
throw some light on the Govern
ment's next moves in the power game.
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American policy in the Philip
pines, in light of their forthcoming
independence. will shortly be the sub
ject of thorough discussion with
President Roosevelt, Secretary of War
Dern and the Insular Affairs Com
mittees of Congress, when Gov. Gen.
Frank Murphy reaches Washington
on an official leave Of absence. He
has not been back in the United
States since he was sent to Manila
in May. 1888. His Homecoming will
synchronize with the return of Sena-
tors TydingS of Maryland, McAdoo
of California and McKellar of Ten
nessee, who have been in the Philip
pines during the Winter studying
conditions associated with the future
status of the islands.
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Lumber and forestry authorities
are little surprised by the White
House announcement that there is a
shortage Of graduate foresters in the
country. Several of the leading uni
versities, like Yale, Cornell, Syracuse
and State universities in the South
and West, which have forestry
schools-some Is or 80 altogether
have been turning out their usual
quotas of trained men, and 1t was
not supposed that the demand for
such talent outran the supply. The
only explanation is that P. w. A.,
C. w. A. and F. E. r. A. activities
during the past year opened up so
many new forestation and correlated
projects that there Is sudden dearth
of expert personnel. Until forestry
schools and colleges graduate suf-
f1cient number of professionals Presi-
dent Roosevelt plans to recruit for
esters from the Civilian Conserva-
tion Corps, which is soon to increase
its enrolment Of $4,000 to 100000
young men.
Our Ambassadors abroad have Ger
tainly to watch their oratorical step
If they want to escape cenSure among
the folks back home. Recently some
American religious organizations were
angrily demanding the recall of
JoSephus Daniels from Mexico because
of a speech he made there last Sum-
mer. Now there have been referred
to the Senate Committee on Foreign
Relations some resolutions from New
York State branches of the Amer
ican Association for the Recognition
of the Irish Republic, protesting
against hands -the-sea utter
ances by Ambassador Bingham in
Great Britain.
President Roosevelt is still faithful
to the foot ball metaphor, which he
sprang upon his press conference
early in his administration, to in
dicate his readiness as quarterback Of
Uncle Sans recovery team to change
the signals and call for new plays
as conditions might demand. Secre-
tary of Commerce Roper seems to
prefer the sea to the gridiron to illus
trate how the New Deal operates. He
his Just pictured the situation in
these terms: when a captain at
sea is beset by storm he does not
chart definite course. His thought
is to bring his ship through the
storm and then reach the best port
that is feasible. It Is too early yet
to crystalline on a definite, rigid
program. Plans must be left pliable.
The big thing Is for the country to
have confidence In It's leadership"
(copSFight. 1936l