Evening star., 1937-01-04
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE.

having replied: ITO be familiar with
the preparation of wrongs and injustice
and not to protest publicly against them,
one must be a coward, and that have
never BEEN" The abdicated monarch is
reported to have selected as title for
his forthcoming volume Il Serve" his
toric slogan of his royal coat of arms.
If Chairman Lands carries out his
reputed plan to leave the Securities and
Exchange Commission, to resume law
teaching at Harvard, it will be the latest
of long series of important designations
from S. E. C. during its relatively brief
existence. First came the retirement
of the original chairman, Joseph P.
Kennedy, more or less cOincldent with
the departure Of Commissioner Ferdl-
nand Pecora. and only day or two ago
the commissions general counsel, John
J. Burns, surrendered his post in order
to 60 back to law practice. Altogether
some ten or q dozen S. E. c. officials Of
rank have given up their jobs during
the past year, including the admins
traitors of the New York and Chicago
regional offices. None of them quite
equaled the record of Joe Kennedy, who,
soon after quitting his $4,000 S. E. c.
berth, was hired by the Radio Corp. OF
America to do a sl5O,0O0 reorganization
ch0re.
Despite the slings and arrows which
the G. O. P. for four long years has
been hurting at brain truSters and other
men of scientific and academic lore
drafted into the New Deal. New York
State Republicans have just decided to
try brains for reconstruction OF their
shattered party fortunes. They have
elected William S. Murray, chemical
engineer and research man, as State
chairman, with a mandate to X-ray and
revitalize the organization. lock, stock
and barrel. 1t is Mr.. Murray's maiden
venture in high politics, for he has spent
most of his time at work III his laboratory
at Utica. Speaking in research terms,
he says he'll turn his energies forthwith
to the task of seeking success formula
for his party. There will be an early
test of his tactics and capacity for lead
ership during this years legislative
session at Albany Under their new chair
mans direction, Empire State Republic
ans are expected to pursue more liberal
policies, especially toward social legisla-
tion, in which field they Stubbornly
bucked Gov Lehman last year.
Suggestions are heard that c. c. c..
program for young women may be one
of the brand-new proposals sooner or
later to be trotted out in Congress. It's
supposed that the idea would enlist the
enthusiasm of Mrs. Roosevelt. A semi
c. G. c. camp for girls. near Bear Noun
tain, New York, in which she was much
interested, produced satisfactory results,
and gave rise to the thought that the
scheme could be usefully duplicated on
a Nation wide scale.
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New honors from his home State folks
have just been paid to Senator Carter
Glass, who, hale and hearty is 79 years
old today. The Kiwanis Clubs of Vir-
ginia planted young white oak tree,
symbolical of endurance and strength,
in Riverside Park, Lynchburg, and dedi-
Gated 1t to the veteran statesman.
Beside the tree Is a bronze tablet in
scribed: United States Senator Carter
Glass, sturdy Virginian, statesman, pa
triot, on the occasion Of his 18th birth
day, January 4, 1897" The Senator sat
blushingly through unveiling ceremonies
with his son, Carter Glass, jr, and his
gSandson, Carter Glass, Sd. while hear
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