The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-12-07
Washington
Merry-Go-
Round
BY DREW PEARSON and
ROBERT s. ALLEN.


NTASHINGToN, Dec. 7.-Diplo-
w matte dispatches from Europe
indicate concern over the possibility
that Germany, Japan and Italy
all three at odds with the League
may get together. MusSolini,
who once Stormed against the jap
anese for driving Italian textiles
out of Ethiopia. now says he was
misquoted. He has given an ex-
tremely friendly interview to the
japanese press. Undersecretary
of State Phillips. who will juggle
naval tonnages at the London con-
ference this month, also is an adept
croquet player. He and his chief,
Cordell Hull, frequently pit their
strength against ex-Secretary Of
State Stimson on the latter's cro-
quet courts. Another eX-Secre-
tary of State, Frank B. Kellogg. has
rented a spacious house in the Cap
ital and come back here to live.
CENATOR William E. Borah has
~ told friends who are urging his
candidacy that he will give them
his answer by the first of the year.
Cause of Borah'S hesitancy, accord
ing to these friends. is not doubt of
his ability to win the nomination.
but doubt whether it would be worth
risking his Senate seat Borah's
term expires next year, and if he
should run for the presidency and
be defeated he would have to retire
to private life-an alternative which
holds no appeal whatever. ~. Ore
CONS able Charles McNary, Repub-
lican floor leader of the Senate, is
one of portfolio for whom the presi-
dency holds no lure. A few days after
his recent return to the Capital, a
group of G. o. P. leaders proposed
that McNary permit his name to be
entered in the nomination scramble.
Absolutely nothing doing" said Nc
Nary. Il am candidate for only
one thing-re- election as Senator
from Oregon" Col. Frank Knox
is bombarding farm leaders and
friends in Congress for suggestions
for an agricultural program. So far.
he has received little help. In Re-
publican National Committee circles
it is whispered that potent party
chiefs in Illinois are far from cordial
to Knox's candidacy. Among them
are Ex-Governor Len Small and ex-
Senators Glenn Otis and Charles
Densen. Herbert Hoover plans to
make two major speeches before the
nominating convention.
TOWNSEND plan. leaders are re-
l. ported to be dickering with
bonus hackers on a log-rolling deal.
Townsendites would help the vet
! Grams override a presidential veto
while veterans would support the old
age pension project. -. Life at the
Securities Exchange Commission
last week was just one process server
after another. Suits of holding
companies refusing to register piled
up at such rate that Judge Robert
E. Healy, SEC member in charge CT
utility enforcement, was served
court orders three times in one
morning. The acceptance of process
es finally became such routine that
Healy's secretary, recognizing the
deputy marshal, would usher him
into her boss Office with the words:
That man is here again" Healy
would take the summons without
interrupting his work or conversa-
ton. E. . The New Deal is soon TO
lose another of its professors. Frank
Peck, executive of the Farm Credit
Administration since early in 1888,
is leaving after the first of the
year to return to his job of teach
ing agriculture in the University of
Minnesota. Several western rail-
roads, which have been experiment.
ing the last two years with reduced
passenger and Pullman rates, have
notified the Interstate Commerce
Commission that the results have
been so satisfactory they are max
ing the schedules permanent. AS
result the. ICC is considering re-
duced rates throughout the country.
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EARLY this week breeding
Il Henry Wallace talked crops
with group of farmers in Ottawa,
Ill. Today Saturday he talks
before council of churches IN
New Haven, Conn, on Interpreting
Jesus in an Age Of Change"
United States postal inspectors do
not go out of their way to bar birth
control literature from the mails.
Though classed as obscene mat
ter" it is relatively safe from their
sleuthing because the public takes
no offense. +. A former WASH
ington taxicab driver has risen to
be member of the investigation di-
vision of Tugwell's Resettlement ADJ
miniStration.
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