Evening star., 1935-12-25

torney General Harlan F. Stone. Prior
to his Department of Justice activities
he was chairman OF the Missouri Public
Service Commission. Judge Otis was the
Republican nominee for the House Of
Representatives from the st. Joseph
district in 1911. He is president of the
Kansas City School of Law and professor
of constitutional law on its faculty. One
of the younger members Of the Federal
judiciary, Judge Otis is 81 years old.
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President Nicholas Murray Butler Of
Columbia University chooses the inter
national situation as a timely theme for
holiday greetings. His salutations, bear
ing the title: ITO Keep Out of War, Pre-
vent War;" read as follows: mo people
is so insecure as one which is heavily
armed. At any moment tens OF thou
sands of its youth may be hurled to a
cruel death. True security is collective
security built upon a foundation of in
ternational cooperation and supported
by an international police. The alter
native is international chaos, mounting
ornaments, worldwide economic de-
preston. paralysis of trade and persistent
lack of confidence. The only certain way
to keep out of war is to join in prevent
ing war"
Although the late chief of the Biolog-
ical Survey, Jay N. Darling Ding, re-
ceives popular credit for having inspired
President Roosevelt to call the forthcom-
ing national conference on wild life, the
celebrated cartoonist has not deSiSted
from lambasting the New Deal. His first
drawing after announcement of the con-
ference was devastating thrust at the
silver-purchaSe policy of Secretary Nor
genthau, the boondoggling generosity OF
Work Relief Administrator Hopkins and
the lavish crop-curtailment handouts OF
Secretary Wallace. Ding" winds up his
pictorial slam with the suggestion that
demands for the bonus and the Townsend
plan are the logical consequences OF
Uncle Sans Santa Claus prodigality.
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attaches to his forthcoming financial pro-
posals and their political rami1cations,
it's possible that President Roosevelt may
decide to deliver the budget message to
Congress in person instead Of appearing
aJ LIlc SdplIOL W pLCoCilb AAAo AC6uAoA A.
port on the state Of the Union, which
ordinarily precedes the budget. Mr..
Roosevelt continues to the last to brand
as utterly without foundation all guesses
about the budget. He's determined 1t
shall not be robbed of the surprise ele-
ment. Size of new relief appropriations
and the 1867 deficit are the main OBJ
jects of speculation.
There has seldom been so remarkable
n coincidence in politics as the demise,
within a few months, of the administra-
tion's two fiercest congressional antag-
onists-Senators Long Of Louisiana and
Schall of Minnesota. Plenty Of New Deal
critics are left on Capitol Hill. but nobody
is In sight who ranks in sledge-hammer
aggressiveness with the lately departed
solons. Because of the sympathy aroused
by Schall's death, and local conditions in
Minnesota. politicians think Governor
Olson may not have the anticipated easy
time winning the senatorship on the
Farmer-Labor ticket in 1896. A Repub-
lican candidate like former Governor
Christianson or a strong Democratic
nominee, 1t is now felt, has q good chance
of capturing the seat.
(Copyright, 1889