Evening star., 1938-02-07
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
~ FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE.

just after the Senate abandoned the
anti-lynching bill filibuster. to clear the
calendar for the housing bill the other
day. Vice President Garner, seeking to
unsoramble . sudden procedure snarl,
smllingly reminded the chamber that
we're now back to normalcy." What he
meant was that with the lynching meas
ure temporarily laid aside the Senate
could at last return to the regular order
of business. Before the chair knew 1t,
Senators were back to normalcy in an
entirely different respect. Isolation, 1919
model, suddenly reared its head again,
with those invincible irreconcilables OF
yeSteryear in familiar war paint, and
fitting with ancient passion against the
perils Of cntansling alliances. Borah of
Idaho and johnson OF California feld
marshals OF the battalion of death in the
crusade against the treaty Of Versailles,
though neither Of them is A. younr
&s he used to be. Assailed with undimin-
iShed viGor what they regard the mys-
tories and dangers Of Roosevelt foreign
policy. The battle. Scared destroyers OF
Wilsonian idealism 10 years ago do not
stand alone In their opposition to
=. D. Rs somewhat obscure interna-
tional program, but the Idahoan and
the Californian on the present occasion
command no such following ~ they led
in the battle for isolation after the
World War.
It's an lronical circumstance that
"Dick" Elliott, acting controller general
OF the United States, should have his
headQuarters-at the General Account
ing Ofncs-in Waahingtons ancient and
dilapidated palace of bricks, the old
Pension Once. ut Fifth and r streets
NV. Mr.. Elliott, long time member Of
the House Of Representatives from the
limestone belt Of Indiana. 10 as responsi-
bic a. any other one man for the present.
day marble and granite magni1,cence Of
the National Capital. The 500, ZOO, 900
construction scheme wNs undertaken
while the Hooaier Congressman was
chairman Of the House Committee OH
Public Buildings and Grounds. Mr.. FL
liott takes greatest pride in his aasocia-
ton with the Federal commission en-
trusted with the design and erection Of
the new Supreme Court. Dick" IL fond
Of spinning . Charles Evans Hughes
yarn in that connection. He'd said to
the Chief Justice that 1t was his (Mr.
Elliott'O hope to build supreme
Courthouse" that would last 500 years.
I'm glad you're such an optimist. Mr..
Congressman" rejoined Mr.. Hughes.
That was several years before President
Roosevelt made court history In 1897.
tAA
One Of the most important applications
to come before the Federal Communica-
tions Commission in some time is that
of the Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter
Day Saints for permission to establish q
50,O0O-watt ahort-wave international
broadcasting station at Salt Lake City.
Hearings on the application were held
some weeks ago before Judge Melvin H.
Dalberg one Of the commissions exam
liners. whose recommendation Is due
shortly. The primary purpose Of the
proposed station Is cultural and educA-
tional, rather than religious. The Latter
Day Saints annually send abroad hun
dreds OF young men to study the Ian
guases and customs Of foreign coun-
tries. II and when the new station is
established, these missionaries" will be
charged with the special duty Of instruct
ing the peoples among whom they live
In the use of short-wave receiving sets
and also with the task OF disseminating
through local radio facilities the pro-
grams to be broadcast throughout the
world from the land Of Brigham Young
and Reed smoot. The principal witness
before the =. c. c. on behalf of the ap-
plication was Sylvester Quayle Cannon,
preddint bishop Of the Mormon Church.
1s testified that II has Sl.Soo. 900 avail.
aAle 5o9 building aad op8aH1e tho IN.