Evening star., 1938-09-26
Washington Observations
Only in Half Dozen States Are Falls Senatorial
Contests Worthy of Name.

eyes are dim, my hands trembling
with grief and shame. am deeply
grateful to you"
President Harold Brayman of the
National Press Club will set . new
high in the clubs weekly luncheon
program Of noted speakers when he
rises to present Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt
as guest Of honor on Wednesday. The
Presidents wife will talk OF the record
on the subject OF resettlement. The
N. P. G. will not break its rule of male
guests only" even for the First Lady,
Perhaps It's reprisal for the fact
that Mrs. Roosevelt doesn't admit
newspapermen to her White House
press conferences. The White House
Press Correspondents Association, on
the other hand. admits newspaper
women to F. d. RS semi-weekly pow
vows with the heckling fraternity.
Merton A. English. jr., popular men,
Der Of the younger Washington social
set and OF the Capital Stock Exchange,
has just had 4 political coming -out
party at his country place Just across
the District line. in Norbeck, Md. He
Is making his debut as . Republican
candidate for the House Of Delegates
Of what Miss Bertha Joseph. Senator
RadclifIe's gifted young politico- -secre-
tary, calls the "Free-for-All State"
Mr.. English, native Washingtonian
and q. w. U. Law School man, Is the
son Of DR.. Merton A. English, one Of
the country's leading osteopaths. Gov
Nice and other Maryland @. O. p.
moguls opened the Montgomery County
campaign ut the English place on Sat-
urday.
Two Of Europe's favorite watering
places, Carlsbad and Marienbad, are
situated in the Sudeten portion Of
Czechoslovakia. For years their pros
perity has depended largely on Amer
ican. British and Russian patronage.
With the Nazi swastka floating above
the famous spas henceforth, the reve-
nue. upon which they have always
depended Is likely to be conspicuous by
its absence. The late King Edward
VII did much to give Marienbad its
vogue. 4 = ~
On the eve Of the late Democratic
gubernatorial primaries in Pennsyl-
vania. President Roosevelt was asked
by newspapermen whether he was for
Gov. Earle's Senate candidacy or for
Joe Guney's entry, Mayor Wilson of
Philadelphia. r. d. r. suggested that
his interrogators consult "Dante's In
ferno." In this connection, George
Henry Payne Of the Federal Commune
cations Commission spins an anecdote.
In 1910 the young Senator from Dutch
ess County, Franklin D. Roosevelt, was
the leader Of the Democrats opposed
to the election of Bill Sheehan, Tam
many Boss Murphy's candidate for the
United States Senate. Young Franklin
led the independent Democrats op-
posed to Sheehan because he not
only was the Tigers man. but also
represented the so-called Wall Street
combine which controlled Democratic
~ well - Republican votes. Payne
was New York Evening Post CORE
spondent at Albany. The newspaper
men saw +. d. r. every day for late
news Of the contest. One afternoon
ne begged to be excused, saying: "I've
got to attend my Dante Society meet
ing" The reporters were curious to
know what Dante had to do with
Charlie Murphy and Tammany Hall.
WELL" explained Roosevelt. "for the
sake Of little recreation. half dosen
OF Us meet once . month to read
Dante" Payne recalls the astonish-
ment OF the press OUTFIT that q risinx
young statesman. in the midst Of 4
crucial battle against . powerful Tam
many organization, took time out to
study Dante In the original Italian,
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