Evening star., 1939-07-03

JIle JHTedJS Ol WAL WIllCH now Qdng
low on the horizon. They are not
losing any opportunity which pre-
sents itself to be helpful in this way.
In the meantime, the State Depart
ment is keeping itself fully informed
through its numerous representa-
tives abroad and through confer
ences with officials of the various
governments concerned, as to politi-
cal conditions in those countries in
order that it may be in a position
at any time to act promptly in its
proper international function.
Not Retaliation.
What appeared to be an act of
retaliation on the part of the United
States against foreign country,
although it was not intended as
such, was the action of the Senate
during its discussion of the none
tary bill in amending it to prohibit
the further purchase by this Gov
ernment of foreign silver. Added
impetus was given to this view by
the agreement of the Senate and
House conferees to this deletion.
According to reports received here,
the Mexican government and people
were inclined to believe that it was
intended as a direct slap at them
because Of their appropriation of
American Oil properties in Mexico
and the failure so far to reach a
settlement of this question While
it is we'll understood here that the
elimination of foreign silver pur-
chases was only incidental to the
discussion Of the general silver pur-
chase problem, and that it was not
aimed particularly at Mexico or any
other country from which the
United States has been buying that
product in considerable quantities
during the past few years, the Mexi-
cans, to whom it bulked large in
their national economy, looked on
the action otherwise 1t merely
happened to be an unfortunate CO.
incidence that the action came at
the moment when the oil problem
was under discussion between the
Mexican government and the oil
companies involved. The State De-
partment, which has been urging
agreement on the oil problem, had
no part in the prohibition of further
foreign silver purchases, which was
entirely legislative in its origin.
Chilean Students in L. S.
One Of group of Is graduate stu
dents of Chilean engineering schools
who have come to the United States
to spend some months in important
industrial plants here is Alberto
Cabero, jr. son of the recently ap-
pointed Chilean Ambassador to the
United States. They are interested
in various lines of industry and will
be located at plants where they can
obtain practical experience in the
particular technical branch to which
they are devoted. Young Cabero,
who is civil engineer. but who is
interested in oil development and
refining, plans to work for a while
with the Standard Oil Co. of New
Jersey in their Bayonne plant, then
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they build refineries and manufac-
ture oil machinery of various kinds.
The Ambassador entertained the en-
tire group at luncheon when they
were in Washington last Saturday.
Clocks Closely Watched.
Never before perhaps has the exact
minute at which fiscal year was to
come to an end been so closely
watched as the one which expired
at midnight of Friday, June 80, 1899
Senator Vandenberg, during the
course of his speech attacking the
monetary conference report, started
the clock watching" process when
he proclaimed that in hours and 40
minutes the Presidents devaluation
powers would cease. As it lacked
only 2 hours and 40 minutes of
midnight, he was promptly corrected
and the galleries laughed. From
then on, the Senate clocks were GEN.
tiers of attention, Senator Tydings
of Maryland, who was speaking as
July l dawned, making the final
comment when he announced that
cit is now minute after IL o'clock" :"