Evening star., 1937-02-10
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE.

mon custom. Some members look upon
executive procedure Of that kind as
carrying too much of a "Sign-on-the-
dotted-line" suggestion to be palatable.
A commonly encountered view at the
Capitol is, to quote recent words of
Senator Ashurst, chairman of the Senate
Judiciary Committee, that Congress,
when all the shooting IS over. will pro-
ceed to have the courage of the Presi-
dents convictions" Those who expect
that's going to happen say it should be
so-that the country gave Mr.. Roosevelt
an overwhelming, unmistakable man
date in November, and that House and
Senate will be well within both their
prerogative and their duty in approving
measures which the President, in ac-
cord with vox populi, deems 1t right
and proper to sponsor.
Elihu Roots monument in Washington
Is the Army War College. In the en-
trance hall of the building picturesquely
planted on an inlet Of the Potorlac near
Haines Point, there is commemorative
bronze tablet inscribed: Because of the
special interest anG effort of Elihu Root.
Secretary 81 War. creator of the general
staff of the Army, this building for the
Army War College was authorized by
acts of Congress. approved June 80. 1902,
and April 23. 1904. Architects. McKim.
Mead and White. Constructing en-
gineer. John Stevens Sewell, captain.
Corps of Engineers, United States Army.
Corner stone laid February %, 1908.
Building occupied June 80, 1907"
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Gov. Alfred M. Landon and Senator H.
Styles Bridges of New Hampshire will
be the principal speakers at Fridays
Lincoln day dinner of the National Re-
publican Club in New York City. Cur
rent events in Washington foreshadow
that both the late G. o. p. candidate
for President and Senator Bridges may
devote themselves somewhat emphatic
ally to the Supreme Court issue now
absorbing the Nations attention. with
the strong possibility that Landon may
indulge in some "I-told-you-so" stuff,
based on his campaign attempts to draw
Mr. Roosevelt out on constitutional ques-
tionS.
Perhaps the President got his idea for
proctor" to help bring order out Of
chaos in the Federal Courts, from the
fact that such an official, said to be
the only salaried proctor of the bar" in
the United States, was created and took
Office last year in New York State. He
is Karl A. Mccormick of Buffalo. who,
under mandate of the State Legislature.
serves in the Western New York judicial
district as supervisor of qualifications
for admission to legal practice and in
vestigator of irregularities at the bar.
Proctor Mccormick receives q 5000
salary and $4,000 as an expense allow
ance and pay for an assistant.
j. F. T. O'Connor, controller of the
currency, makes the proud announce
ment that there was not single failure
of a national bank in the United States
during the fiscal year ended October
81, 1886. It is the first untarnished an
nual record of the kind in SIS years. The
last national bank to close its doors was
the Commercial National of Bradford,
Pa, which folded up on September 80,
1885. New Dealers acclaim Mr.. O'Con-
nor's revelation as prima facie evidence
that Old Man Depression has definitely
been knocked out. In 1891. 357 national
banks failed. whils SO passed out IN