Evening star., 1935-11-29

There are indications that Congress
will be the scene Of red-hot discussion of
the administrators war trade policy
with respect to Italy and Ethiopia.
Dyed-in-the-wooli irreconcilables and iso-
lationists, with unquenchable League and
World Court animositieS, are expected
promptly to clear for action against a
program which they will aSSail as align
ing the United States with Geneva eco
nomic sanctions. Father Coughlin's re-
cent assertions on this score suggest that
the Detroit radio priest may give the
administration drive the same lead
erShip he supplied on the occasion of
the anti-World Court fight. President
Roosevelt and Secretary Hull would be
delighted if African hoStilities were to
be terminated before Congress reas-
sembles, but if it's necessary to defend
the measures taken to preserve American
neutrality and restrain war prof1teering
they are prepared to meet the challenge
Whether the President intends to ask
for an extension of the congressional
implements of war" embargo so as to
include oil, copper, cotton and iron has
not yet been disclosed. If such author
ity is sought, Mr.. Roosevelt and his ad-
visers are confident that peace-minded
public opinion will overwhelmingly sup
port them. They are no less certain of
their ability to ward off attacks on the
Canadian tariff treaty.
Heated discussion of international re-
lations and controversy over the bonus
foreshadowS a far livelier session of
House and Senate than was at one time
contemplated. Democratic leaders were
inclined to hope that with the New Deal
seeking no far-reaching additional rev.
enue, recovery or reform legislation Con-
gress would conf1ne itself practically to
routine affairs concerned mainly with
departmental appropriations and CORE
lated matters. The outlook now is for
protracted period of stormy weather,
especially should the administration be
encouraged by favorable Supreme Court
decisions to proceed in the direction OF
further governmental experiments af-
fecting finance, industry and agriculture.
With presidential and congressional pri-
marieS setting in and the national con-
ventionS only few months ahead, men,
bers of Congress, as usual in presidential
year, will be anxious to wind up their
business and get back to their more or
less loving constituents with minimum
of delay. At present mid-May rates as
the earliest likely date for adjourn
ment.
No fewer than seven presidential
aSpirantS, confessed or camouf1aged,
which is more than Is per cent of the
party strength in the chamber, will sit
on the Republican side of the Senate in
January. In alphabetical order they in
clude Borah of Idaho, Dickinson of Iowa,
Johnson of California, McNary of Ore
gon, Nye of North Dakota, Steiwer of
Oregon and vandenberg Of Michigan.
MeSsrs. johnson and Nye are listed as
newcomers in the G. o. P. free-for-all,
not on account of any activities Of their
own, but because their names are being
honorobly mentioned in various quarters
which insist that the only hope for the
elephant next year is an out-and-eut
Western Progressive.
II by any remote chance the Repub-
licans decide after all to pick an East
erner for their presidential nominee,
some observers still assert that Supreme
Court Associate Justices Harlan F. Stone
OF New York and Owen j. Roberts OF
Pennsylvania cannot be left out of ac-
count. There are even wiseacres who