Evening star., 1938-04-18

club OF newspaper men Of international
experience, Is host at luncheon today
to two OF its own members, Franklin
Waltman (35) and Charles Nicholson
t69). who will presently be hurting high
explosive at each other as publicity direc-
tors. respectively, of the Republican and
Democratic National Committees Both
men degenerated from reporters into po-
litical press agents. Waltman has just
left the Washington Post and Nicholson.
longtime washington correspondent of
the old New York World. resigned that
post, couple Of years before its collapse
to collaborate with John j. Raskob and
Jouett Shouse in "smearing' the Hoover
administration and eventually bringing
1t down in ruins. Waltman's job. pre-
sumably, is to do likewise to the Roose-
velt regime. In the G. o. p service,
he becomes colleague of another WE'LL
known Washington ex-newspaper man.
William Hard. Until recently, executive
assistant to Chairman John Hamilton,
Bill is now attached to DR.. Glenn
Frank, chairman of the Republican
Policy Committee, at Chicago.
Apropos the recent retirement of
Ambassador Hoffman Philip from the
foreign service, grand story is told of
some red-blooded action by him during
the World War, while he was counselor
OF the American Embassy at Constan-
tinople. He was also in charge of allied
interests at the Sublime Porte About
the time the British army and navy
were making their ill-starred attack on
the Dardanelles and facing stubborn
Turkish resistance organized by the IA
nous German general, Liman Won San
ders, Constantinople figured that the
British operations at Gallipoli might
be checked or even abandoned if several
thousand Tommies in Turkish captivity
were interned at the Straits, where they
would come under fire of their own
guns When Hoffman Philip heard Of
this fiendish plot, he quietly informed
the Turks that if any British prisoners
were sent to the Dardanelles, he'd 70
Mr.. Philip. native Washingtonian, was
Minister to Persia and Norway.
From one of the leading matadors Of
the House of Representatives who played
prominent role in smashing the re-
organization BILL comes this revealing
observation: 'All did was to try to be
useful, as Congress moves into normal
constitutional responsibility in preserv-
ing proper cooperative relations with
the President. That is some job"
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Next Wednesday afternoon, April 20,
has been set aside for Senate memorial
services for the late Joe T. Robinson of
Arkansas, majority leader, who passed
away last July. Speeches will be made
by Senators Caraway and Miller of
Arkansas, Barkley Of Kentucky, McNary
OF Oregon, Borah OF Idaho, Bailey Of
North Carolina, Byrd of Virginia, Byrnes
OF South Carolina, Connally of Texas,
Guffey Of Pennsylvania, Harrison of
mississippi, Hatch of New Mexico, La
Toilette of Wisconsin, McKellar of Ten
nessee, Plttman of Nevada and Vanden-
berg of Michigan. Legislative business
will be suspended while the memorials
on the "ife, character and public serv-
ice" Of the much-beloved Joe" are being
delivered.
Herbert Putnam librarian Of Congress,
has informed Mrs. Virginia White Speel,
veteran Republican national committee
woman for the District of Columbia,
that the Library will welcome for tempo
rary exhibit the original of the letter.
in her possession, addressed by President
Ulysses S. Grant to Gen. White, Mrs
Spells father, with reference to third
term in the White House for the Union
generaiisSimo. Extracts from the letter,
never before made public, were repro
duced in this column last winter. The
Library Of Congress. in making an ex-
ception for the document, evidently feels
it deals with a matter of widespread
current public interest-the wisdom Of
q third presidential term.
Copyright, 1887