Evening star., 1938-05-13

Anglo-1talian bargain was issued after
full consultation with the Secretary of
State by long distance telephone to his
Carollnlan golflng retreat, and that he
had declared himself heartily in agree
ment with the Presidents outgiving on
the subject. Mr. Hull confirms the COM
plete accuracy Of this version of the
incident. All is now serene except that
there remains unexplained why the
President felt impelled to butt into the
situation at all His between the lines
conformation of the crushing of Ethiopias
independence and Mussolinis war on
Spain is utterly at odds with the Chicago
speech and with Hulls March II speech,
asserting that answering loyalty to
principles" is "the most effective con-
tribution which this Nation can make,
in the tragic conditions confronting
mankind
Seeing as how one of the die-hard foes
Of Franklin D. Roosevelt before and at
Chicago. in June-July, 1882 was Boss
Hague, the unwillingness of the admin
istration and the New Deal high COM
mand to curb the totalitarian tendencies
Of New Jerseys Duce is all the more
inexplicable. The Big Three who sought
to stop Roosevelt" were Al Smith. Hague
and Boss John F. Curry of Tammany
Hall. Urged to discuss\ "Fascism" at
Jersey City and what it proposes to do
about it, the White House says Cd that
it's matter of local police jurisdiction
and CD as far as Hague's Democratic
National Committee vice Craftsmanship
is concerned, a subject that should be
taken up with Chairman Farley.
Secretary of Commerce Roper has
taken a leaf, verbatim ct literatim, out
Of the supposedly discredited book of
famous predecessor, no other than
Herbert Hoover. Based on a late busi-
ness survey, Uncle Dan states that 'the
depression has hit bottom" In the
summer Of 1880, about eight months
after the crash of October, 1929, this
observer SVaS member of a group in
which Mr.. Hoover was the central figure
and the existing depression the theme of
discussion. The then President of the
United States affirmed in accents of
quiet conviction, founded, he said, on
reliable reports, that 1.-The depression
has hit bottom" The rest is history.
\ X
James L. Fieser, vice chairman in
charge of domestic operations of the
American Red Cross, is celebrating his
silver jubilee. OF Hoosier origin, his
maiden experience was in the great Ohio
River Hood of 1918. The intervening
quarter of a century has seen the Red
Cross disaster service struggle up from
the stage of unpreparedness and i'm
provisation to the prompt and efficient
operations of today. When the Ohio
got out of bounds. devastating vast
valley regions, Fieser was just out of
college and working as general secretary
of the local associated charities at Col
umbus. Among the major disasters
meantime alleviated by the Red Cross
under Fieser's direction were the Lorain,
Ohio, tornado of 1924, the great Midwest
tornado of '35 that nearly wiped out
Murphysboro, ILL.,, and other towns, the
Florida hurricane of '26, the historic
Mississippi flood of ~, the West Indies
Florida hurricane of %. the drought of
'30-'31. the Eastern flood of SO, and the
Ohio Mississippi Valley flood Of 1887
greatest disaster of all, for which a
$25, 600 900 fund was raised.
fCopyright, 1881