Evening star., 1937-10-01

acre tract in the select Tiergarten Park
section and were ready at no cost to
TINS country, to build on it any kind
OF an embassy we desired. The only
condition was that an American slIper-
visins architect should be sent over to
superlntend the job. For some undis-
closed reason the proposition was never
accepted.
j. Warren Madden, youthful chair
man OF the National Labor Relations
Board. who made one of his rare public
appearances in Washington this week
With all f-the-record address before
the National Press Club, struck MANY in
his audience as bearing a strong facial
resemblance to Herbert Hoover. The
University of Pittsburgh law professor
has two traits in which the former Presi-
dent was notably lacking-the knack of
giving serious subjects dryly humorous
twist and hair-trigger skill in repartee
and in handling leading questions.
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One Of the War Departments out
standing authorities on European affairs
was asked if it isn't true that the ques-
tion of Russia's becoming an ally of
China against Japan really depends on
what Germany would do if the Soviet
Union were embroiled in Asia THE
key to that situation" said the brass
hat, probably does lie in Berlin, but
it's situation that won't be as easily
unlocked as people think. Germany and
Russia have no common frontier. To
get at the U. S. S. r., especially the
Ukraine, which the Nazis covet, they'd
have to march across one or all of four
other countries-Poland, Czechoslovakia.
Rumania and Lithuania. Is it probable
that any one of these would permit itself
to be made a second Belgium? Is it
likely that Germany yearns to create
another Alsace Lorraine or whole
bunch of them in Eastern Europe?"
Labor, organ of the railroad brother
hoods, explains why the A. F. of L. failed
to invite Secretary Perkins to next
weeks convention at Denver. Officials
of the Green organization, who never
threw up their hats over the idea of a
woman Secretary of Labor, feel that
instead of maintaining neutral posi-
ton, she has shown extreme partiality
toward the c. I. O." Miss Perkins is
also charged with having fought bit
terly President Roose~elts nomination
OF Ed McGrady, one-time A. F. of L..
legislative representative, as Assistant
Secretary, solely on the grounds that he
was "a federation man." Another lin
gering grievance against Miss Perkins
was her refusal to appoint a practical
labor man to the chairmanship of the
Labor Advisory Board of N. R. A. Her
choice was Leo Wolman, a college pro-
fessor and Harvard lecturer, without
experience with workers problems.
Uncle Sans diplomats include a con-
stantly growing crop of what John Hay
called Literary cusses." Latest to join
the fraternity is Lincoln MacVeagh,
Minister to Greece and publisher in pri-
vate life, who recently reached the
United States on furlough. bringing with
him the manuscript of Greek Journey"
which will leave the press this month.
Especially designed for young people,
the book is the joint work of Mr.. and
Mrs. MacVeagh.
X
Because of the jam of accumulated
work, the Railroad Retirement Board is
about to go onto 24-hour day sched-
ule, divided into eight-hour shifts. The
crush is due to the fact that only since
June "a has the board, by court order,
been able to examine carriers records
for retirement pension purposes. Two
weeks ago it had II ,160 applications on
file, of which $4,000 were still to be
proved UP.
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