Evening star., 1936-11-13

Prophecy can safely be risked that
when President Roosevelt wields his
buuged- balancing blue pencil the round
81 ,000, 900 900 nowadays allocated to the
Army and Navy will be among the items
likely to be spared. r. D. r. is con-
flrmed advocate of international dis
armament, but pending that millennial
achievement he favors keeping Uncle
Sans sword sharp and powder dry, at
whatever cost. Steady expansion OF the
military. naval and air establishments
during the New Deal. especially legisla-
tion to complete the treaty fleet by 1912,
had the Presidents consistent support.
While losing no opportunity TO avow
Americas devotion to peace. he always
stresses the disturbed conditions in the
world dictat0rial and otherwise, which
require even pacific minded nations to
remain on an adequate preparedness
basis against emergencies which cannot
be foreseen. Mr.. Roosevelt thinks GER
tain administrative economies may per-
NIT military and naval expense to be
cut here and there, but there's no ex-
pectation that the budget will be cur
tailed to any appreciable extent at this
incalculable period of world affairs.
Justice Brandeis' 8Oth birthday ami.
versary evokes tribute to him through
out America and Europe as the worlds
greatest living Jew, as well as one Of its
foremost liberals. Jews rejoice in the
veteran jurist's enthusiastic devotion to
Zionism. He is credited with having
already given close to million dollars
for settlement of the Jewish National
Home by oppressed co-religionists. Some
admirers are convinced Brandeis in
tends to beStow his entire fortune upon
that object. Among the projects i'll
this country to mark his birthday ami
yersary is the raising of special Zionist
funds to be spent at his direction. He
has described his gifts to Palestinian
enterprises as his best investment"
Though the justice has refused the presi-
dency of the World Zionist Organiza-
ton. he maintains intimate contact with
Developments in Palestine, amid abiding
faith in the enduring success of the ex-
pertinent, despite vissicitudes like Arab
Jewish friction.
Mrs. William D. Wrightson of WASH
ington is on her way home from Holly
wood, where she went to confer with the
motion picture company which Is pro-
ducing q film tentatively titled "TThe
Panama Canal and which will have
as its central figure her late father.
Mai. Gen. William c. GOrgaS, cOnquerer
of yellow fever and engineer in chief
of the great isthmian waterway. The
picture will lay equal stress upon Gorgss
achievements as q sanitarian, along the
lines of the movie epic of Louis Pasteur,
and upon his work in experimenting the
construction of Uncle Sans big ditch
between the Atlantic and the Pacific.
President Rooseyelt's press conference
suggestion that he's in no hurry about
appointing another Ambassador to Mos
COW carries to diplomats the hint that
this may be the United States way OF
expressing displeasure with the Soviets
failure to live up to certain agreements
entered into when it received American
recognition three years ago this month.
Little or no progress has ever been made
respecting the. two supposedly basic con-
ditions-liquidation of the Russian debt
and extensive purchase Of American
goods. 1t may be that the New Deal
also is still a little miffed over the Soviet
gold maneuver on the heels Of the recent
7AnRlo-American stabilization agree
nfent Delay In; appointing . ranking
envoy to foreign government is an