Evening star., 1935-07-12

It was three years ago this month,
Immediately after his nomination Tor
the presidency, that Franklin D. RooSe-
velt gave spectacular and convincing
demonstration of his physical prowess
by flying to Chicago to accept in person
the honor the convention had just be-
slowed upon him. Nothing could have
more conclusively proved to skeptics that
the Democratic standard bearer was in
sturdy health and fully equal to the
rigors of national contest. His strenu-
Gus coast-to-coast travels during the
campaign removed any lingering ques-
ton of his capacity and stamina. Then,
after his election, there were doubts
here and there about his ability to
withstand the wear and tear OF the
White House. Now. after he has sur
vived nearly two and a half years of it,
thousands of his fellow citizens will have
opportunity for another closeup of F.
D. r., when he crosses the country after
the adjournment of Congress. They
will have the persuasive testimony of
their own eyes and ears to prove that
he is bearing up ruggedly under the
stress and strain Of New Deal RESPONSE
bilities. At the moment he reveals no
evidence that he finds them irksome.
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Although no respite is in sight for
Congress, it is everybody's secret that
members Of both Houses, with few excep-
tions, would welcome an early recess
with inexpresSible relief. There's wide
agreement with the qualms registered
by Senator Copeland, when he recalls
that he has "seen many operations fail
because the doctors were tired" Men,
bers of House and Senate have now
been on the job uninterruptedly for
more than six hectic months. Entirely
apart from the heat and its frazzling
effects, nearly everybody at the Capitol
is fatigued and suffering from the cumu-
lative results of overwork, with many
nerves correspondingly on edge. Fears
are current that in its anxiety to end
the agony as soon as possible Congress
will rush much legislation to passage
without that mature deliberation and
scrutiny which it deserves, especially re-
garding constitutional questions.
Cornelius Van Hemert Engert, who has
just been designated as American charge
d'affaires in Abyssinia, is one of our
foreign service experts In Oriental poll
tics and languages. Born in Vienna OF
Dutch parents, he became a naturalized
citizen early in life and was educated
in the University of California Law
School and at Harvard. He entered the
diplomatic career as an interpreter at
the Constantinople consulate general in
1914 and was on duty in Turkey, Syria
and Palestine during most Of the World
War Later he was stationed In Holland
and Persia. After filling several Latin
American posts, Mr.. Engert served in
China. and two years ago was assigned
to the legation In Egypt From the
vantage point of Cairo he has familiar
lied himself with the African situation
from which the Italo-E Ethiopian conflict
emerged, and is regarded as ideally
equipped for the Adds Ababa mission
at this troublous hour.
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Those who knew Harry L. Hopkins
in student days at Grinneu College in
Iowa say the country need have no
anxiety about his moving rapidly on
the $4,000, ,000,0 900 work-relief job. It has
leaked out that the Works Progress chief
was q crack basket ball player, and