Evening star., 1937-03-01
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE.

From Mr.. Stokes pen this month will
come the first and only biography of the
present leader of the French Popular
Front government The volume is en-
titled Leon Blum: From Poet to
Premier" Mr.. Stokes is former music
and dramatic critic of the Post-Dispatch.
later was member of the editorial
staff of the New York Evening World
and has spent the past six years in
European travel. His previous literary
works include operate librettos and
Paul Bunyan,' folk comedy.
Washington contains at least one un-
commonly enterprising tailor. The other
day he telephoned customer, who hap
pens to be a member of the press gal
leries of Congress- to ask if he could
supply an advance tip on President
Roosevelt's likely appointments of new
Supreme Court justices. When the cor
respondent wanted to know how come,
the tailor replied that he would like to be
in on the ground floor on orders for
togas for the juristS who are to re-
juvenate the high tribunal.
To what extent current political con-
troverSy is agitating the populace is
graphically indicated by the action of the
Independent Citizens Committee of Rye,
N. Y, which was the hometown of John
Jay. first Chief Justice of the United
States. The committee has sent to the
White House and to members of Con-
gress from the Rye area resolution
protesting the proposal to reorganize the
Supreme Court and emphasizing that
the remonstrance comes from the final
resting place of John JAY"
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Leo R. Sack, recently retired American
Minister to Costa Rica. has been ap-
pointed vice president Of the Schenley
Products organization, to be in special
charge of public relations. Before enter
ing the diplomatic service in 1888 Mr..
Sack was an active Washington news
paper man. He is the second member
of the local corps Of correspondents to
become identified in a public relations
capacity with the liquor industry since
repeal. The other is Robert Barry, who
for several years has been associated
with the National DiStillers Products
Corp. Both MeSSrs. Sack and Barry
have numerous contacts among men
prominent in national affairs.
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Unsuccessful efforts were recently
made by the rental agents of a promi-
nent midtown office building to interest
the Republican National Committee in
moving into commodious premises there
and abandoning the shrunken space the
G. 0. P. high command has occupied on
jackson place since the gloom of last
November It's understood that Chair
man John Hamilton indicated that
modest as the elephants present quar-
ters are, he personally is compensated
by the fact that out of his window he
can not only survey old Andy jackson
astride his prancing steed, but keep an
eye on President Roosevelt and the
White House across the way, from the
same point of observation. Hamilton
apparently considers these are advan-
tages which should not lightly be given
up.
Manuel L. Quezon, first President Of
the Philippine Commonwealth will
make his maiden public appearance at
washington in that capacity when he
addresses the National Press Clubs
weekly luncheon forum on March 4.
A fluent master Of English, President
Quezon is thoroughly at home on the
Capital oratorical firing line. In pre-
independence days he frequently ap-
peared before committees of Congress
as an advocate of Philippine interests.
At Democratic and Republican national