Evening star., 1936-04-13

tries to join in defense of the Monroe
Doctrine makes certain that that delicate
subject will figure conspicuously at
Buenos Aires. 1t has long been a bone
OF Pan-American contention. Pro and
con sentiment is about evenly divided.
The United States has never been called
upon to take an official stand on the
question. 1t is certain that the American
delegation will approach consideration of
Guatemala's proposition in that good
neighbor spirit 'of mutual understand
ing. of common helpfulness and of de-
votion to the ideals of self government"
emphasized by President Roosevelt when
discussing the relations of the 81 Amer
icas in his January message to Congress.
If Norman Thomas carries out his in
tention of running for New York City
seat in the House of Representatives
next November it will be his first at
tempt to break into Congress. Hitherto
the Socialist national leaders public
Office aspirations have been confined to
his candidates. for the governorship of
New York and the mayoralty of New
York City and his two presidential races
in 1928 and 1882. Mr.. Thomas said
in Washington the other day that this
time he may decide to seek a place on
Capitol Hill rather than in the White
House. Instead of putting a 1886 presi-
dental candidate in the field, he hinted
that the Socialists, at their party con-
vention in Cleveland next month. may
decide to throw their support to the
Farmer-Labor third party movement.
Coincident with the Republican Ma
tional Committees establishment of
campaign brain trust, it appears that
none other than Gov. Landon has such
an institution at his disposal, too. That
fact is disclosed in "This Man Landon,"
the 6ficial biography of the Topeka
executive Just written by Col. Frederick
Palmer. The brain trust, "KanSaS style"
as Palmer describes 1t, consists OF DR..
Frederick II. Guild, professor OF eco
nomics at the University Of Kansas, and
an assistant director, Camden S. Strain.
They comprise an auxiliary branch OF
the Legislative Council set up by law
to guide the Kansas Senate and House
and also serve the Governor in re-
search capacity. In a subtle aside that
has earmarks of being aimed at the New
Deal, Palmer says that the Landon brain
trust has been confined to the field
for which its experts were trained"
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One Of the biggest salary incomes in
the country recently revealed at Wash
ington is that of Thomas j. Watson,
president of the International Business
Machines Corp. Mr.. Watson has just
told his stockholders that while his COM
pensation has averaged $184,154 year.
he must now pay the Government in
taxes "a little over go per cent" OF his
annual income.
Reports from all parts Of the country
indicate growing enthusiasm for the pro-
poSal of the American Tree Association
to plant trees in connection with the
1897 sesquicentennial of the framing OF
the Constitution. Millions OF trees were
planted In 1882, to mark the George
washington bi-centennial, and President
Charles Lathrop Pack Of the Tree Asso-
ciation thinks there could be no more
fitting way of paying tribute to WASH
ington's crowning achievement than by
planting more trees in commemoration
Of the Constitution. Federations of wom-
ems clubs In many States are pushing
the scheme.
(cocsf.ght, io36.l