Evening star., 1937-05-14
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE.

at Bremen, Germany, while his father
was on duty as American consul there,
is a licensed pilot, and author of a
standard work entitled Military Air
planes"
Politicians attribute significance to this
weeks congressional by-election in the
eighteenth Pennsylvania district. to fill
the seat long occupied by the late Repre-
sentative Ben K. Focht. Although the
district is normally Republican by safe
margin, it was carried on May II by the
party candidate, Richard M. Simpson. by
a substantially increased vote over that
cast Tor Focht last November. The win
ner campaigned vigorously as an oppo-
nent OF the Roosevelt court project.
6. O. P. leaders contend that Simpsons s
victory is symptomatic of what would
happen IN many parts of the country
today II the judiciary issue were before
voters.
Even the cost of money is going up.
A firm OF famous New England paper
manufacturers has just obtained a
Treasury contract for furnishing 1,70O,-
OOO-odd pounds of the distinctive stock
on which Uncle Sans currency is print
ed. The price was al cents a pound,
instead OF 81 cents year ago. Larger
current expenditure on raw material for
paper money is due mainly to increased
demands for currency, especially 81 bills,
occasioned by business improvement.
About half the currency in circulation
consists of dollar bills, amounting to be-
tween $500 900 900 and $500, 900 900. They
have an estimated circulation life OF nine
months.
Administration forces will put up the
stiftest kind of fight for the Roosevelt
plan to make the Civilian Conservation
Corps permanent with a 350,0OO enroll
ment, instead of prolonging it for merely
two years on 100000 basis, as proposed
by the curtailed measure Overwhelmingly
passed by the House May II. The White
House hopes the Senate will save the
Roosevelt-model c. C. C. The corps is
one of the acknowledged and outstand-
ing successes Of the New Deal The
camps are popular not only on account
OF the excellent training in physique and
citizenship which they provide for Amer
1can youth, and the constructive things
accomplished, but because of the sub
stantial economic benefits conferred on
communities in which the boys work.
About the only note of criticism ever
heard is an occasional suggestion that
the institution "breeds militarism." Al
though Army officers are in charge of
camps, the military note is inconspicu-
GUS. AS the name of the organization
implies, its activities 81. eA<aotAUy ci-
villain in character and purpose.
X X
With revived American interest in the
romantic affairs of the Duke of Wind
sor, radio authorities have been explor-
ing the possibility of putting them on the
air, following King Georges coronation.
The Columbia Broadcasting System, to
that end, recently approached the Paris
foreign Office, but was informed that no
telephone facilities or microphones would
be available for broadcasting any of the
Dukes activities. The official explana-
ton implied that France doesn't wish
to do anything that might disturb the
existing good relationship between the
British and French governments.
State Department exhibits at exposi-
tions in Dallas, Cleveland, Paris and
elsewhere this year consist of "dioramas"
setting forth the objective of the Roose-
velt-Hull trade agreements program in
It's relation to world peace.
tcopyr!sht. 1879