Evening star., 1938-05-02

MRS. Grace Brown Stiles, one of his as
slStants. Miss Helen R. Carloss, a special
assistant to Attorney General Cummings.
maze a triumphant appearance as
counsel In pivotal tax case before the
supreme Court. 1t was the first time a
woman had represented the Department
OF justice there since Mrs Willebrandt's
Time. MISS CarloSs, As, Mississippian.
mas spent practically lifetime wrestling
with tax problems. Her work in the
Bureau OF Internal Revenue. which she
entered in 1918. attracted the A. G.s
attention when she assisted in preparing
the brief in United States VS.. Butler, in
volvlng the constitutionality of the
"A. A. A. Graduate of Mississippi State
College for Women, Miss Carloss got her
IL B. by the nocturnal route at George
washington University while a DAYTIME
government clerk. On April 27 she
argued before the highest tribunal in
Lang vs.. the Commissioner of internal
Revenue. Plaintiffs counsel had made
an uncommonly convincing plea. pre-
ceding questions by the court seemed
10 indicate the Government didn't
have chance. Involving the noint
whether life insurance may under
gross estate for tax purposes, the case
presented unusual complications. II
was the consensus of all who heard the
lady from Yazoo that she had made
one OF the most effective presentations
OF tax issue ever submitted to the
highest tribunal
IhoSe Manhattan D. A. Rs. who object
to President Roosevelt'S statement before
the recent national congress of the
daughters that "our ancestors were all
immigrants and revolutionists" may care
to be reminded of something Calvin
Coolidge ONCE said about descent and
descendants. Speaking at Omaha on
october 6, 1925. the Vermonter. himself
OF Pilgrim stock, observed: whether
our ancestors came over on the May
mower three centuries ago or in the
steerage three years ago, we are all in
the same boat now"
Washington's absorbing political pas
thne at the moment is guessing what's
gong to come out of the La Toilette
Naelonal Progressives of America" Is
II whale that will swallow the New
deal Jonah or will it be the other way
ABOUT? Is the movement launched at
Madison subtle and sinister smoke
screen with a motive not yet disclosed?
DoeS 1t mean that if conservative Demo-
Gratis control the party in 1910 and reject
either third-term bid by Roosevelt or
the nomination of a White House.
dictated candidate, the President will
don La Toilette livery and tempt fate
as National Progressive? Also, does
1t mean that Senator Bob and Gov. Phil
Will put up candidate for the Senate
IN Wisconsin this year and thwart the
reelection ambitions of F. Ryan Duffy,
Democrat? Still another of the mys-
teries in the situation is the presence
OF Assistant Secretary of State Berle,
aboriginal Roosevelt BRAIN -truster, at
Madison. Mr.. Berle carried the creden-
tials of Mayor La Guardia, though he is
the newest member of the Roosevelt
little cabinet.
On May 7 the American Peace Society
of Washington, which claims to be the
Oldest anti-war organization in the
world, will celebrate the Tooth anniver-
sary of Ralph Waldo Emerson's "Ad-
dress on War;" delivered before the So
ciety at Boston in 1888. Former Inter-
state Commerce Chairman and Wiscon-
sin Representative John j. Esch,
co-author of the Esch- -Cummins Trans
portation Act, is president of the So
ciety, whose executive spearhead is
Arthur Deerin Call. The commemora-
ton will take the form of dinner at the
Cosmos Club.
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