Evening star., 1938-08-31

ION Mondays and Wednesdays
during Frederic William Wile's Ud-
cation. "Washington Observations"
are being Dritten by Henry L.
S,Ueinhdrt. Mr.. Vile Dill continue
to Drite a Friday column during
his pdcation.)
~ RAND NEWEST thing under
* the sun in the shape of a
1910 Democratic presidential
- boom has Just been launched
out In Indiana on behalf of Repre-
sentative Samuel B. Pettengill Of
South Bend. who is retiring from Con-
gress after four years in the House
to resume private law practice. Rep
resentative Pettengill, native Orego-
nian. was one of the earliest and most
consistent foes of New Deal radical
ism on Capitol Hill He was particu-
larly active and potent in organizing
opposition to the Roosevelt Supreme
Court adventure in 1887.
1t is a striking circumstance that
the Pettengill-fo President movement
dianas leading Republican newspaper
the South Bend Tribune. In an edito-
rial entitled presidential Timber"
Editor Fred A Miller says: Although
Congressman Pettengill, distinguished
and battling 52-year-old Representa-
tive from Indiana's important third
congressional district, is not of the
r,.,L
glance, we conceive it not to be pre-
sumptuous or out of the way to sug-
gest to that part OF the Democratic
party which adheres to the principles
which made it great. that II 1t is as
sincere as We believe it to be. it may
well afford to give deep and intelli-
gently thoughtful consideration to a
man who has proven his worth as a
loyal American a good Democrat and
real citizen. Mr.. Pettengills record
at Washington is such as to command
the approval of those entirely loyal
to the Democratic party. He has
supported the President when that
person did not depart from Demo-
cratic ideas and ideals, but has not
been afraid to oppose Mr.. Roosevelt
when the latter's assaults upon the
Constitution demanded constitutional
loyalty above everything else"
Overshadowing every other problem
with which the world is struggling
today, serious as many Of them are,
Is the question Of what Is going to
happen in Czechoslovakia Like a
giant specter this sinister storm cloud
hangs over Europe. with the cham
ceries and peoples OF every nation
fearfully waiting to see If any light
ming flashes from the cloud or wheth-
er it will be dissipated under the influ-
ence Of diplomacy
This question. observers OF interna-
tional affairs believe. may be answered
in the pronouncement of German pol
icy which Hitler is expected to make
at the Nuremburg party conference
next week. Whether the Reichfueh-
rer's declarations on that occasion will
be Of a defiant character or more
reassuring in tone to the future peace
OF Europe. is an eagerly awaited event.
In the meantime every foreign office
will be watching each turn OF affairs
and conferring constantly with other
foreign Offices in an effort to stave
of threatened disaster.
Steady progress Is being made In
the upbuilding of the United States
Navy to strength which will make
it powerful defense for this coun-
try against attack from any outside
| source. With two new battleships now
| on the ways and with plans being pre-
pared for bids on four additional YES
sells Of this class. as we'll as four
| cruisers and a number of destroyers
and subm arines. it is expected that an
additional appropriation. probably ex-
ceeding by as much as 5000 900. .000
that granted for new ship construc.
ton this year. will be requested in
the budget which President Roosevelt
will submit at the opening Of Con-
gress in January for continuing and
supplementing this work during the
fiscal year 1910. Present plans call
for the new battleships to be of $4,000
tons in size, although the President is
authorized to increase the tonnage.
He will be guided in this decision
largely by the naval building pro-
grams Of other governments.
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