Evening star., 1937-06-18

As well as individual members. Despite
the slump in Mr.. Roosevelts popularity,
the President Is still in position to COM
mand respect from Democratic politi-
clans. In the first place, he retains a
powerful whip hand in the distribution
OF relief. Federal projects and patronage
Nor is 1t already certain that members
up for reelection can afford to risk an
anti-Roosevelt attitude. Some of them,
like leaders OF the court opposition have
burned their bridges, but Roosevelt coat
tails still strike plenty of congressional
malcontents as worth clinging to-
If Representative Mary T. Norton,
Democrat. Of New Jersey takes command
OF the House Labor Committee as sue
cessor of Representative Connery, two
women-the other being Secretary. Per-
kins-will be in Key Federal positions
In connection with the veal and woe of
American workers. In light of the mil
lions OF the so-called weaker sex now
adays employed in gainful occupations,
It's altogether appropriate that women
should have potent voice in national
ana1rs Affecting wage earnerS. Pre-
sumably Mrs. Norton would succeed the
late Labor Committee chairman as CO.
sponsor OF the Black-Connery wages
and hours bill. That would blaze a note
worthy trail for the distaffside in Ameri-
can public life. Mrs Norton already
has an impressive number of "firsts"
to her credit. She received the first
LII. D. degree ever conferred by St.
Elizabeth's College, Oldest women's edu-
cational institution in New Jersey; is the
first woman Democrat to be elected to
Congress; first of her sex to be appointed
chairman of a congressional commit
tee; first woman chairman of a State
political committee and introducer of
the first resolution in Congress to repeal
the eighteenth amendment.
DR.. Winfield w. Riefler, known in
the glamorous days of the New Deal as
President Roosevelt's interpreting eco
nomist," has now returned to Govern
ment service as an aide in managing the
Treasury's $2,0OO,0OO,0OO stabilization
fund. For two years DR.. Riefler has
been associated with the Institute for
Advance Study at Princeton under
reputed 10-year contract worth $4,000
per annum. The institute agreed to
lend him to Secretary Morgenthau, but,
In accordance with its custom, will con-
tinue to pay his salary. He will draw
no Federal wages. Prof. Riefler, native
of Buffalo and just turned 40, was once
in the foreign strade service Of the De-
partment of Commerce in Argentina.
He was later in the research and statis-
tics division of the Federal Reserve
Board until he became chairman Of the
Central Statistical Board In 1888. The
young economist is an Amherst man
and author Of Money Rates and Money
Markets in the United States" pub
lished in 1890.
Secretary Hull Is about to accumulate
some important allies in his crusade for
foreign trade expansion through recipro-
cal tariff agreements. National export
ing and importing interests announce
organized plans for an aggressive cam
the country that foreign commerce not
only improves domestic business, but
acts as insurance against war. The
drive will be devoted, among other
things, to demonstrating that workers
in industries apparently remote from
international trade derive direct bene-
fits from it.
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Washington politicians note with
lively interest the sale Of the Literary
Digest to DR.. Albert Shaw. veteran edi-
tor Of the Review Of Reviews. The
transaction recalls the slump In the