The Washington times., 1938-03-31
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Says BOGke Carter

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MRS. ROOSEVELT writes
AVA little piece in the current
Readers Digest concerning the
Washington cherry trees. 1t is
a gem. After telling the origin
of the cherry blossoms around
the Tidal Basin at Washington,
she asks: why don't we plant
more Of these cherry trees in
other temperate parts of the
country? They don't require
much care and they live long.
"A year ago there was a ru-
NOR the floods had brought too
much water to the roots of the
cherry trees and that we might
lose them. Then last autumn
they were threatened again by
someone who wished to cut
them down! I hope that neither
ak nor water will ever harm
them and that when in time
they cease to blossom, we shall
replace them with young trees"
One fears for the reputation
Of our First Lady. She might
find herself accused Of being a
Russian or a Japanese, Com
munist and Fascist, for writing
such things.
Crowley Taken to Task
COME time ago this column
~ took to task Post Office Solicit
tor Karl Crowley for absent
ing himself from his desk to pro-
mote his aspirations for the
governorship Of Texas while the
air lines patiently sought action
on air-mail schedules to prevent
themselves from running fur
Their into the red.
Whereupon, the honorable
gentleman Numbered dire and
Sundry threats at so base a
suggestion and in letters to
the editors" huffed and puffed
that he wasn't interested in
politics, but only his job in the
service Of the "peep-ul."
The following note from the
issue Of March %, Capitol
Daily, is therefore, of interest
and speaks for itself.
Politics, Back Shaping
Karl A. Crowley, solicitor Of
the Post Office Department,
left by plane yesterday for
Austin, Tex, where he will con-
fer today with political friends
on the Texas governorship race.
He has intimated he may make
the race for the office.
Crowley said he had received
only indirect replies to his tele-
grams last Monday to State At
torney General william Nc
Craw and Railroad Commits
Sioner 4. o. Thompson, calling
on them to. tell the people
where they stand on political
issues He asked them either
to resign their offices or else
withdraw from the governor
ship race :"
Who IL Opposing Hitler?
HERE'S a riddle:
IL BERLIN.-The government
announced tonight that Chan
cellor Hitler would make IA
speeches during the coming
campaign to elect a new Reich
stag and approve the incorpora-
ton Of Austria in the German
Reich.-A dispatch.
Who are the housepainter's
political opponents?
Notable omissions:
The interesting articles in the
New York Times dealing with
the expulsion Of G. E. r. Gedye,
New York Times correspondent,
from Vienna by the Nad author
tiles. Nowhere, however, do we
find any mention of the fact
that the New York Times
Vienna correspondent is a Brit
iSh Subject-not an American
citizen.
The interesting stories a short
while ago in the same august
journal, dealing with the expul-
sion of its correspondent from
JugoSlavia, in which it was re-
ported that the American lega-
ton promptly jumped into the
fray and made strong, but unof-
fetal representations. Reading
the stories, one was impressed
that the correspondent was re-
ceiving strong support from
the American authorities. The
only hitch was that, actually,
the luckleSs scribe was also a
British subject. although a New
York Times correspondent.
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