Evening star., 1937-03-10

party alignments Is the outcome OF the
court crisis. II farmer-labor phalanx
Is the eventual result, La Toilette Is
geographically and politically In stra-
tegic position to become its leader.
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Mrs. Roosevelt's disclosure that she
carries pistol on her automobile trips
recalls that the late Representative
James P. Buchanan Of Texas. chairman
OF the House Appropriations Committee,
generally went about with . revolver on
his h1p-an old Spanish custom not un-
known IN the Lone Star State. Bu-
chanan's friends say gun accompanied
him much as other men affect q walking
stick and in no respect denoted that he
was q bellicose person. He was once a
district attorney in . rather lawless re-
gion and acquired the pistol habit from
his strenuous experiences at that time
During the World War Senator Tom
Connally Of Texas, then q member OF
the House. was the victim Of q one man
British disarmament conference. On his
arrival in England his majestys customs
offcials despoiled Tom Of his revolver
a precaution they evidently thought
warranted by the Texans good Gaelic
name, Ireland being in eruption at the
time. Later the weapon was handed
over to the American Consul General
in London and returned to Connally
through q friend in the WASHINGTON
press gallery.
Former Representative Fred A. Britten
Of Illinois tells a good story on himself
in connection with some shirts he got
from China not long ago. Mrs. Britten
and Mrs. Sze, wife Of the Chinese AM
bassador, are old friends. When the
latter went home on q visit last Sum-
mer Mrs. Britten saw fine opportunity
to surprise her husband with 4 birthday
anniversary present OF eight silk shirts
to be made in China. For the purpose
she gave Mrs. Sze one of Mr.. Britten's
old shirts for . pattern. When the new
garments were presented to the H.
linoisan on his recent birthday ami
versary in Washington. they turned out,
to his astonishment, to be shaped like
= cutaway coat-short in front and long
in back. It appeared that the sample
Mrs. Britten supplied was minus . con-
siderable sector Of its front, cut OF to
make extra cuffs for those which had
been worn or laundered out. The Chinese
shirt tailor followed the pattern faith
fully, In accordance with Mrs. Sees in
structions. When Mr. Britten told Ambas-
sador Sze about it the envoy shrieked
with laughter and confessed that the
joke WAS on him, too, for his wife had
also brought back some shirts for him,
made from the Britten pattern.
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To show that = Philadelphia lawyer,
aged 70, Is . prophet not without honor
in his home community, former United
States Senator George Wharton Pepper,
who enters the septuagenarian class on
March 10. will be rendered . public
testimonial birthday anniversary dinner.
The feast will also mark the nftieth an
niversary Of Peppers graduation from
the University Of Pennsylvania. Varsity
President Gates will preside and the
only speaker viii be Mr.. Pepper, who
Is expected to devote himself to . dis
cussion OF the MISREPRESENTATION
crisis. He Is, 1t goes without saying, .
distinguished member Of the opposition
to the Roosevelt plan.
"Big steel" which has just made peace
with labor, seems to have gone about
the business Of sealing An entente cor
dale with the press, too. The United
States Steel Corp. has just set up special
quarters tor Newspaper writer's 1t it,