Evening star., 1936-09-18
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE.

actively return, possibly as a commen-
tator on the national scene.
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Because, he, too, is writer by profess
sion, Henry Cabot Lodge, jr., will be
cordially welcomed by the Washington
reportorial fraternity to which he be-
longed seven or eight years ago, should
the fates decree his return to the Capt.
tai as the junior Senator from Massa-
chusetts. Already, in that event, young
Lodges friends foreshadow a brilliant
political future for him, ramifying some
day into presidential dimensions, if he
proves worthy successor of his dis
tinguished grandfather in the field of
craftsmanship. Another up-and-coming
young Republican pitchforked into the
national limelight this week is Gov
H. Styles Bridges of New Hampshire, who
won his party's senatorial nomination.
Bridges was conSpicuously in the run
ming at Cleveland for second place on
the Landon ticket, until member of
the kansans brain trust there reputedly,
Roy Roberts OF the Kansas City STAR
decided that any combination which
would enable the Democrats to chuckle
"Landon-Bridges falling down" was out
of the window.
Diplomatic and political quarters in
washington are buzzing with the names
OF three men believed to be under con-
sideration at the White House and the
State Department for the vacant am
bassadorship to the Soviet Union They
are Joseph E. Davies of the District of
COlIlnnhia hor nd -; -
the Federal Trade Commission. Curtis
Box OF Philadelphia, son of the late
Edward Box and grandson Of the late
Cyrus H. K. Curtis, and John v. A. Mac
Murray, Ambassador to Turkey. Young
Mr.. Box comes into the picture mainly
because he was chairman of a committee
which agitated for American recognition
OF the U. s. S. r. before that event took
place in 1888. If it's decided to bestow
the Moscow mission upon a foreign
service career man, Ambassador Mac
Murray is looked upon as the best bet,
because OF his expert acquaintance with
Far Eastern problems and his more re-
cent experience in Eastern Europe as
Minister to Estonia, Latvia and Lith-
uania.
Rear Admiral Arthur p. Fairfield, Just
appointed to command our re-created
European squadron, has a timely claim
to fame, apart from his record in the
Navy. His paternal grandfather was a
Democratic Governor of Maine when 1t
was not as incorrigibly Republican as it
appears to be nowadays. The admiral
himself is native of the Pine Tree State,
having been born at Saco. He is a grad
uate of Bowdoin College and holds an
honorary degree from his alma mater.
A member of the Annapolis class of
1901. Admiral Fairfield saw World War
service as an ofilcer Of Admiral Sims
fleet at Queenstown and distinguished
himself on numerous occasions in super
intending the rescue of victims of marine
disasters. He was on duty at the Navy
Department few years ago as an aide to
Admiral Charles F. Hughes, chief of
operations, and afterward commanded
the division of new 10,0OO-ton cruisers
attached to the United States Fleet on
the West Coast. Admiral Fairfield is
still couple of years on the sunny side
Of 90 and Is famed throughout the Navy
for his imperturbability and sound judg-
ment.
Former Gov. John G. Winant, chair
man of the Social Security Board,
dropped a hint in his National Press
Club luncheon address this week that
the s. S. B., in the sweet bye-and-bye
may pretty well spread over the face
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