Evening star., 1935-05-05
By ROBERT CRAWFORD.

BY ROBERT CRAWFORD.
President Roosevelts chin, barom-
eter the press takes notice Of, must
have assumed an angle Of As degrees
the other day when he politely but
firmly informed Representative John
J. McSwain of upstate" South Caro-
lima that, as Commander in Chief OF
the Army and Navy, he might find it
necessary to censor testimony given
by officers of the service before a
congressional committee. This was
apropos of information which should
not have been made public. Repre-
sentative McSwain, however. with true
Southern gallantry, made the amende
honorable by sending the President a
letter of apology.
"Grass Roots" the young blood of
the ProgreSsiyes, have sent out word
that they do not expect any old, sea-
soned politicians or professors at their
get-together meeting in Springfield,
Ill, the second week in June. Pre-
paredness of every kind is in the air
and, Notwithstanding the country is
rife with criticism of the New Deal
Canada and Mr.. Lloyd George of the
British Isles, and now the young. pro-
gresSive King of Belgium. are all fig
uring on new deal of their own, pat
termed over the Rooseveltian order.
King Leopold III goes step farther
on free circulation of merchandise,
tariff policy-and might even agree
with Secretary Hull on the latter two.
The sixty-flrst running of the great
Kentucky Derby is thing of yester-
day-May 4-and the first triumvirate
of the New Deal for the spending of
$4,000 10000 is off. with Secretary
of Interior Ickes, Relief Administrator
Harry Hopkins and Mr.. Frank c.
Walker-who comes and goes-aS the
walking delegates who are to sponsor
the spending and put to work mil
lions of unemployed.
Like that other first triumvirate of
Rome. they will have some job on
their hands. and it does not seem to
be settled which will be Pompey. Julius
Caesar or CassiuS. OF course. the
Secretary of the Interior might be
either Julius Caesar or Pompey-
Pompey had good deal of trouble
with the Senate in his day, it will be
recalled, and while both he and Caesar
spent great amount of money, Cae-
sar, unlike Secretary Ickes, would go
In debt. Wars, domestic troubles and
his lady friends caused him much an
noyance. and then that bridge that
he built was a project that every stu
dent of the Latin language still de-
plores after 1000 years. The great
Emperor had to be in many countries
at the same time and could not ex-
anime every bid for money with a
rnagnifying glass as the Secretary is
accused of doing. Eth, Senator Long?
This triumvirate the President has
created is gradually being sorted out.
Mr.. Hopkins might be Crassus, as the
latter believed in the lucrative arts
and not only in putting his thousands
of slaves to work in them, but helped
the white-collar man, too. He be-
lieved in cultivating farms for reve-
nue. and built many houses-he and
Mr.. Hopkins differed about housing,
however, as the administrator Is
working for lower rents and Crassus
sent rents skyrocketing.
Now there Is the other triumvirate,
Mr.. Frank c. Walker. He might be
any one of the three, and especially
Julius Caesar, as he is to assist in
passing on the great public work
plans, receive applications and give
information about the four billions.
The young and elegant Undersec-
retary of Agriculture, Mr.. Tugwell, is
not classed with the triumvirate in
this particular organization, although
he Is kind of ex-officio member of
it. He will be called "Resettlement
Administration" and will have charge
of rural rehabilitation and reclaim
alton activities. He will remove John
Farmer from his arid acres to those
that will blossom as the rose. Mr..
Tugwell may be either Cincinnatus
or Marcus Aurelius - white collar
farmer.
The Robert Woods Bliss gardens
were simply lovely on Wednesday last
when they were opened to the public
for the benefit of that most appealing
Charity or institution, the Home for
the Incurables, which has been for
many years the pet charity of Mrs.
Archibald Hopkins, the grand old
woman Of Dupont Circle. She has
most of her life interested herself in
the forgotten man of the District of
Columbia.
The under dog has always appealed
to her. The alley inhabitants and
housing problems have received her
best efforts. When there was a dras-
tic movement to regulate the street
flower carts-the beauty spots Of many
a sordid business thoroughfare in the
Capital-and they were about to lose
their right to sidewalk stands, particu-
larly around Dupont Circle, Mrs. Hop
kins came gallantly to their rescue
and invited them to come in and rest
their carts on her lawn, which is
part of the quaint house wedged in