Evening star., 1936-07-31
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE.

sections of Manitoba, too yields Of grain,
due to scorched crops, will be among the
most disappointing on record. DevaSta-
ton has occurred not only in the great
wheat and coarse grain areas of the
west, but also in the grazing country.
where a serious shortage of cattle feed
now has to be faced. In Alberta alone
it is estimated that between 100000
and 100000 head of live stock will have
to be moved from drought areas or die
from lack of nourishment. Recent heavy
rainfalls came just in time to check
drought damage in Western Ontario
and Eastern Quebec.
Donald R Richberg'S preface to the
ironical political booklet, just off the
press, entitled Guilty! The Con-
fession Of Franklin D. Roosevelt, Written
by a Friend" contains this passage:
There can be no doubt that right now
in the heat of the presidential campaign
l ought to write a book full of back
stairs gossip and backstage pictures and
backhand slaps that would entertain
or annoy host of people and pay me
perhaps 10000 pieces of silver =
Nevertheless, until recently I had de-
cided not to add to the list of best
selloutS." Mr.. Richberg continues to
rank among the Presidents closest ad-
visers on industrial and economic policy.
He is in private law practice at Wash
ington.
Another of Uncle Sans trained Off
cials is about to leave the Federal serv
ice for career in business life. He is
Clayton E. Turney, one of the assistants
general counsel of the Treasury De-
partment, who has Just been appointed
tax counsel of the Texas Corp. Mr.
Turney, native of Iowa and graduate
Of the University of Wisconsin and its
Law School, began Government service
with the legislative counsel Of the Senate
and after duty there between 1927 and
1929 entered the legal division Of the
Treasury under the secretaryship of
Andrew w. Mellon. He is considered
technical expert on tax matters and
spent considerable time before commit
tees of Congress during the discussion
of the 1886 revenue act. Mr.. Turney
plans to quit the Treasury Department
about August Is.
WiSconsin's Lake Superior Chippewa
Indians have just held little constitu-
tional election of their own. The Lac
du Flambeau band Of the tribe, by a
78 per cent vote of its members, ap-
proved the constitution and bylaws
formulated by their representatives and
approved by Secretary of the Interior
IckeS in the name Of the Great White
Father at Washington. Ratification OF
the constitution makes available to prac-
tically 500 Indians certain benefits OF
the Indian reorganization act of 1884.
It provides for establishment of their
tribal organization, for conservation and
development of their common resources,
and permits the Indians to take the next
step necessary to obtain loans from a
revolving fund created for their eco
nomic welfare.
Just about the time the presidential
contest is swinging into high, on Sep
tember /, william Allen White, the sage
of Emporia, will publish a book dealing
with the issues of the 1896 campaign,
under the informative title of What
It's All About" White still rates as
the potential Col House Of Landon
presidency, or, at least, as prospective
Ambassador.
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