Evening star., 1937-04-12
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE,

It's a two-fisted son of the North
American soil-Premier Mitchell Fred
erick Hepburn of Ontario-who has de-
fed the C. I. o. and John L. Lewis to
transplant the sit-down technique" to
Canada. Just past 40 years of age Mr..
Hepburn is still dirt farmer by occu-
patton, owning and operating several
extensive properties of his own in the
Ontario wheat and cattle belt His
official career began in 1926, when he
was elected to the House of Commons
at Ottawa. after active participation in
the affairs of farm organizations. A
Liberal in politics, he also entered the
Ontario legislature, becoming the leader
of his party in 1880. He has been premier
Of the DominionS most populouS prov
ince since July, 1884, and was a factor
in bringing about the Liberal victory
which placed the Mackenzie King gov
ernment in national power in 1885.
Hepburns resolute stand against the i'm
portation of c. I. o. methods comes as
no surprise to his admirers and polit-
ical supporters, among whom he ranks
as one of the most fortnight figures in
Canadian public life. He is famed as
spellbinder and whirlWind campaigner.
Atlantic City in Summer and Florida in
Winter are regular vacation resorts for
the Ontario statesman. Should there be
serious industrial strife across the border
as the result of the General Motors
strike at Oshawa, Washington fears the
possibility of certain unfavorable re-
percussion in Canadian-American rela-
tions.
New Dealers chortle that late events
Danish all doubt as to whether President
Roosevelt still rules the rooSt on Capitol
Hill. Senate defeat of the Brynes
amendment to the Guffey coal bill,
which would have required F. D. r. to
commit himself on the sit-doWn, and
House rejection of the Dies resolution to
investigate G. I. D. strike strategy are
heralded as prima facie evidence that
White House influence in Congress re-
mains invincible 1t is everybody'S secret
that administration heat was turned on
full force to kill both the ByrneS and
Dies propositions Each might otherwise
have easily prevailed. Rooseveltians' con-
f1dence of victory in the Supreme Court
fight mounted perceptibly after they
blocked the anti-sit-doWners. In gloat-
pretend they have any to spare, but as
zero hour approaches, they count in
cocksure terms on enough Senate
strength to win by SO to 43, or there
abouts When they use these figures,
they mean the bill as is, without COM
promise of jot or title. The opposi-
tion has by no means thrown up the
sponge 1t still hints darkly at un-
~ rfI n.
committed senatorial group.
Current reports that President Quezon
and Gen. Macarthur are proposing that
the Philippine commonwealth should be
admitted to the Pan-American Union
arouse little enthusiasm in that quar-
ter. BY no stretch of the political
imagination or rearrangement of the
map of the world, 1t is held, can the
Philippines possibly be considered as
coming within the definition of an
American" government eligible to part
nership with the 81 republics of the
Western Hemisphere. If the proposition
ever assumes formal shape, it would
probably be submitted for the approval
of the Eighth Conference Of American
States in Peru in 1888. The alleged am
bition of the Philippines to join the Pan
American lodge is supposed to spring
from their claims to Spanish origin and
Latin traditions.
X X
Grover A. Whalens expanding New
York Worlds Fair organization is now
manned at two important posts by re-
Gently retired officers, respectively, of the
United States Army and Navy. Maj.
Gen. Dennis E. Nola9s Gen. Pershing's