Evening star., 1937-12-08

Undoubtedly a new star flashes across
the Republican armament in the person
of Gov. George D. Aiken of Vermont.
His frontal attack on G. o. P. "demoral-
ization" and demand for immediate
purge of the national committee
pitchfork the son of Calvin Coolidge's
native hills into the forefront of 1910
presidential eligibles. The Governor S
friends have long planned to project the
45-year-old plant and flower nursery
man, dirt farmer and former Lieutenant
Governor into the national arena. His
leadership of one of the two States that
escaped the Roosevelt landslide in 1886
gives him an undeniabTe claim on party
consideration. Much more will be heard
of Aiken in this connection, especially
if his call for Republican reiuvenation
Is needed. He resembles ALT Landon in
looks. The Vermonter completes q
quartet of young New England Repub-
licans henceforth to be reckoned with
in 1910 speculation. The others are
former Gov. John G. Winant and Sen
ator H. Styles Bridges of New Hamp-
shire, and Senator Henry Cabot Lodge
of Massachusetts,. Bridges and Lodge
have the advantage of a national forum
in their membership of the Senate.
Winant is handicapped by having been
New Deal observation-disclosures chair
man of the Social Security Board. The
down-Easters, along with Vandenberg
of Michigan. La Toilette of Wisconsin
and La Guardia and Dewey of New
York, are now at the post in the G. o. P.
sweepstakes.
Removal of economic barriers in in
ternational finance and commerce-key-
note of Secretary Hulls trade agreement
policy-constitutes no new-fangled no.
ton in his political philosophy. On
February 81, 1919, Representative Cordell
Hull, Democrat, of Tennessee delivered
speech in the House defining and an
nouncing the IA points about to be
submitted by the U. S. A. at the i'm
pending Paris Peace Conference. Point
No. 3 in President Wilson's program
categorically advocated establishment
of equality of trade conditions among
all nations consenting to the peace and
aSSociating themselves for it's mainte-
nance" Out Of that concept grew the
reciprocal trade plan to which President
Roosevelt's Secretary of State is now so
passionately devoted. When addressing
the House IL years ago, Hull proposed
not only tariff -and-take, but as
vigorously opposed the exploitation of
colonial territory and subject races for
discriminatory, monopolistic purposes.
Roundly score of years ago, he thus
envisioned the conflict between the
have" and have. not nations, which
lies at the root of Italo-G German -Japa-
nese aggression in Africa, Europe and
Asia.
Sir Evelyn Wrench, publisher of the
London Spectator and president of the
English-Speaking Union, who was in
Washington this week, made a snappy
comeback under heckling cross-flre at
the luncheon given in his honor yester-
day by Overseas Writers, the Capitals
organization of newshawks and authors
who have had professional experience
abroad. "Why has the British lion
not roared in the Far East?" Wrench
was asked. Because" Sir Evelyn smil-
ingly rejoined, "he's been waiting for
the American eagle to Shrek"
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Although Washington is the arena of
more Oratory, phrase-mongering and
plain and fancy spellbinding than any
other single spot on the Yankee map,
it's singular that the new edition of
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations." just
published under the editorship of Chris
topher Morley, deems worthy of repro
duction some sayings of only two per-
sons who now adorn the Federal scene.
They are Franklin D. Roosevelt and
Hugh s. johnson. The President makes
the grade with his forgotten man at
the bottom Of the economic pyramid"