Evening star., 1938-06-06
Farley Foe Of Reprisals
He Is Represented as Regarding Such Tactics a. Bad
Judgment and Foolish Politics.

be usefully strengthened by opposition
to the purge policy.
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President Roosevelt onits few op-
portunities to crack down on those
sections OF the press which he con-
siders anti-New Deal. Editorial
writer's and colunnists seem to be his
pet ayersions. He singled them out
again for critical mention at his latest
press conference, when he explained
he's dispatching . mission to study
the British trade union act. particu-
larly for the education" OF the scribes
in question. II the missions re-
searches are thorough. one OF the
hrst facts 1t will discover 10 that no
British c. I. o. under the law can got
away with such thing as . f100, 900
mortgage on one Of the kingdoms
great political parties, or that con-
ditions would ever be tolerated where
by national labor organization,
through Its leader, could publicly de-
mand that the head Of the govern
nent, in the midst OF an industrial
crisis. should come across and repay
the obligation incurred when his party
accepted huge cash contribution for
campaign purposes.
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Ambrose O'conneli, executive as
sistant to the Postmaster General,
has Just been honored by his fellow
alumni Of the University OF Notre
Dame by election to the presidency OF
their national association. He won
out during the current annual COM
mencement festivities on the Irish
campus over q rival candidate who
had just delivered the annual COM
mencement oration-a Californian.
Mr.. O'Connell, who took his Ph. B. ut
Notre Dame In 1907 and his law degree
at Columbia in 1910. halls from Iowa.
A member Of the New York and Fed.
eral bar, he entered Democratic ma
tional politics as assistant and Secre-
tary to the late Senator Thomas j.
Walsh of Montana, chairman of the
1882 convention in Chicago. Banking
and newspaper experience, in addition
to legal and private secretarial serv.
ice to New York State Supreme Court
justices, preceded Mr.. O'Connell's con-
nection with the Democratic National
Committee and his subsequent entry
into the Post Once Department as
Mr.. Farley's right-hand man.
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Although Mr.. Roosevelt's little
heart-to-heart talk to Annapolis
graduates last week was bulletined
in advance as unimportant either
nationally or internationally, the
Presidents mere presence at the
Naval Academy at this time assumes
undeniable significance. The new
crop OF ensignS and Marine ofheers
ID the second largest In recent years
because OF the rapidly expanding
needs Of the United States Fleet. The
circumstance that the Nays COM
mandsr In chief graced the 1898
graduation ceremonies with his at
tendance Ia = fresh reminder to
trouble makers and trouble seekers
beyond our shores that Uncle Sans
sailor President lays paramount stress
on American aeapower at this juncture
in world affairs.
In becoming arbiter In the Beagle
Channel controversy between Arsen-
tina and Chile, Attorney General
Cummings enters = select company Of
predecessors In the realm of Latin
American territorial adjudication. In
1875 President Hayes was named arbi-
ter in boundary controversy between
Argentina and Paraguay. In 1885
President Grover Cleveland was asked
to settle frontier dispute between
Costa Rica and Nicaragua, and in
1895 served in 4 similar capacity in
. Brazil-Areentina quarrel. President
Woodrow Wilson arbitrated . dispute
between Honduras and Guatemala in