Evening star., 1937-06-21

"The Mystery Of Jack Garner-Fish-
erman or Rebel is the title of the best
seller now circulating on Capitol Hill No
thriller of that name has actually been
published, but the mythical title portrays
the unquenchable speculation aroused
everywhere in Washington by the Vice
Presidents departure at this critical
Juncture. President Roosevelt under
stands that Mr.. Garner will be back in
four or five weeks. presumably just about
the time the Supreme Court debate will
be winding up and his tie-breaking SEN
ate vote may become useful Despite
assurances by both the first gentleman of
Uvalde and White House spokesmer that
there's no semblance of rift In the
Roosevelt Garner lutte. the impression
will not down that the " P. is at logger
heads with the boss on various issues
now agitatng the political waters.
Belgian Premier Van iceland. this
weeks honored White House guest. was
among the first group of "a Belgians to
receive felloWships of the Commission
for Relief in Belgium Educational Foun-
datlon. The grants were founded after
the war, to promote exchange of intel
lectual ideas and closer relations with
Belgium and to commemorate American
war relief work there. They were en-
dowed with funds remaining after COM
pletlon OF relief and were part of
program drafted by Herbert Hoover. DR..
Van iceland came to Princeton in 1920
10 take graduate work. principally under
Professor Edwin w. Kemmerer, famed
monetary expert. He received the Mas
ter OF Arts degree in economics in 1921,
after majoring in international finance
and currency systems. Fellow Prince
tonians remember the young Belgian as
a man OF great energy and rapid. ami
mated speech. He had talent for
cutting through to the heart of a SUBJ
Ject. forming his own opinion and stand
ing his ground stubbornly. His favorite
recreation was walking.
Like every other governmental activity
IN Washington during the New Deal
boom era, the Capitol telephone ex-
change has grown oy leaps and bounds.
National 3l20 is nowadays one OF the
hardest worked numbers In all the world,
although. thanks to Mrs. Harriott G.
Daley, veteran superintendent of the
exchange, and her indefatigable SWITCH
board nymphs. nobody ever gets the
busy signal. Mrs. Daley supervises a
corps of 81 operators and Opposition
switchboard fully occupied during rush
hours. The total number of Capitol
stations" is 1888 including 1915 main
connections and 1924 extensions. The
average number of calls per day is 81 ,092,
which must rival the hello traf1ic of
fairly good-sized little city. The home
of National 1920 is in the House Office
Building. Once upon time, some 40
years ago, Mrs. Daley was sole telephone
operator on Capitol Hill She has had
opportunity to listen in on more mo-
mentous affairs of state than any woman
in American history.
Representative Frank L. Kloeb, Demo-
crat of Ohio, just appointed United
States Judge for the northern district Of
Ohio. has been an outspoken opponent
of the Roosevelt Supreme Court scheme.
Two days after the plan was sprung,
Kloeb described it as inviting the charge
Of an attempt to pack the court" and
announced he was inclined to oppose
that part of the Presidents suggestion"
The Ohioan's appointment is interpreted
in some quarters as an indirect White
House concession to opponents of the
bill.
(Copyrisht. 1879