The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-07-08

Washington, July s.-It looks as if the prolonged term of Gen. eral Douglas Macarthur as chief of staff is about to end.
 August is the date set in army circles for his assum ption of new command. A special new assignment is in prospect-per- haps the job of amalgamating the air services of the Army and Navy. This is a job which needs doing and which would keep oc- cupied the restless, nervous en-, ergy of General MacArthur.
 The General, when he goes, will be remembered in the State, War and Navy Building as one who probably got more from Congress and the White House for the army than any other re. cent chief of staff. His men are for him, because they think he is for them.
 He will also be remembered for his long ivory cigarette hold CTS, his Japanese fan, which flut- tered in his hand as he paced up and down the room, and finally for his sensitiveness.
 How a man so brave in battle could be so thin-skinned in peace, is a paradox which often puzzles his best friends.
 New Chief of Staff
 MacArthur's successor will be selected from one of three men. They are:
 Major General George S. Si-
 monds, now deputy chief of
 staff, and perhaps the most
 likely bet to fill MacArthur's
 shoes.
 Major General Malin Craig,
 now commander of the Army
 War College, and one of the
 outstanding generals in the
 army.
 Major General Stuart Heint-
 Zelman, also an able officer,
 and considered by some a
 good bet because, like ROose-
 welt, he studied at GrOtOn. He
 is reported to be renting a
 house in the Capital In Au-
 gust.
 General Simons is one of the few army or navy officers who has served at disarmament con- ferences and sincerely worked for disarmament. Most others did it with tongue in cheek. He knows Europe intimately and for that reason is said to meet with favor at the White House, where the European situation is viewed as genuinely serious.
 Etiquette
 Mrs. William D. Connor, wife of the superintendent of the United States Military Academy, was giving an official dinner at West Point. Among the guests was the Japanese military att tache.
 And in honor of the occasion, Mrs. ,Connor had brought forth a special set of dishes on which were the likenesses of famous royal personages.
 As a special gesture, her Japa- nese guest was given a plate on which was the likeness of Her Imperial Majesty, the Empress of Japan.
 The Japanese military. attache took a forkful of salad, then nearly went into convulsions. Others at the table wondered if AL~ Y.Ak.,n~ u,n~a nnisnnaa nr fR he didn't like onions.
 But he had seen the likeness of the empress. And in Japan 1t is lese majeste to look upon Her Majesty's face. Only once or twice a year does she show herself. and then yelled.
 Another guest, who had been in Japan, whispered to Mrs. Conn0r, and the plate was taken away.
 From it's substitute peered up the stern but safe visage of the King of Sweden.
 Doctor Glass
 Irascibis Senator Carter Glass of Virginia waves his hand ang- rlIy in front Of his face when photographer try 10 shoot" him.
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 When hs returned so wnsh-