Evening star., 1937-12-31
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE.

! back home, as members of Congress al
ways are. it remains to be seen whether
they will point with pride to, or view
with alarm, the anti-business campaign
about to be launched. Neither house
during the carnival Of futility known as
the special session revealed any enthusi-
asm for following blindly wherever the
White House leads. 1t is, therefore, at
least problematical if new measures to
harass timid capital and ailing industry
will appeal to vote-needing ladies and
gentlemen on the Hill. They know at
first hand the meaning of rising unem-
ployment and languishing trade in vir-
tually every congressional district of the
land. II the Capitol is still inspired by
the fighting spirit which repelled the
assault on the Supreme Court, the ad-
ministration may discover it started
something it can't finish, with its drive
on business.
There must have been q time, some
twenty-five years ago, when Trust
buster Bob Jackson, now principal mata-
dor in the business bull-ring, thought
differently about the minions and evils
OF capitalism. In those days. he not
only hobnobbed with "aristocratic anar-
chists,' but was one of them. Soon after
entering law practice at jamestown, N.
Y. In 1913, Jackson became vice presi-
dent and general counsel of the local
street railway company and of the
Jamestown, Westf1eld l. Northwestern
Railroad. He was also a director and
general counsel Of the Bank Of James,
town and the jamestown Telephone
Corp.
Federal Trade Commissioner Garland
8. Ferguson will tomorrow establish a
second new record. Now in his eleventh
year on that quasi judicial body, he al
ready has the distinction of having serv-
ed longer on it than any other commits
sioner On January l, by rule of rota-
ton. Mr.. Ferguson will become chairman
for the third time. distinction no other
F. T. c. member has ever enjoyed,
though a couple have served two chair
manship terms. The North Carolinian
is Democrat appointed in 1927 by
President Coolidge and reappointed in
1884 by President Roosevelt. Not more
than three of the five commissioners
may be Of the same political party. Mr.
Ferguson was an Annapolis midshipman
for two years, preceding his graduation
from the law school of the University OF
North Carolina in 1900.
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Apropos the flooding of the country
with leaflets of the National Council
for the Prevention Of War, urging pres
sure on members of Congress to support
the Ludlow war referendum, Washing
ton recalls some statistical disclosures
OF that restlessly active paciflst group
at the end Of its first decade, in 1881.
Executive Secretary Libby. reporting to
the councils annual meeting. declared:
"The council is far stronger than it was
even year ago, for in the past twelve
months It has remedied some of its chief
weaknesses. 1t Is now incorporated, for
one thing, and can receive bequests. The
privilege Of exemption from taxation.
extended to contributors for the amount
Of their donations, has been renewed,
following our incorporation. In 1929 and
In 1890 We distributed from national
headquarters 100000 pieces Of litera-
ture. This year the figure Is nearly
2,250 100. We have sent out 12.595 pack
ages, or more than 1000 q month"
Senator Carter Glass, who will be 80
years young OH JauudIy =, 10 tH0 AdIueI
Of the Senate in point Of age, but is out
stripped in length Of service by several
colleagues who are his juniors in vintage.
The Virginia veteran did not come to
the Senate until 1920. Borah Of Idaho
CID came in 1907. Smith Of South
Carolina (73) in 1908. Ashurst of Arizona
(63) and Pittman of Nevada (65) in
1912, and Norris OF Nebraska (70 In
1913.
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