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Show THE BULLETIN Bruckart's Washington Digest Modem Pioneers Head for Antarctic, See Less Favorable Reaction to Start New American Colony to Hoping FDR's Remarks Than Formerly . pipage WHO'S NEWS Byrd Expedition Leaves In for Once Labeled Superman, It Is Now Realized President Two-YeStay. Is Unman and Can Make Mistakes; His Will Mid-Octob- er THIS ar No Longer Completely Dominant. By WILLIAM BRUCKART WNU Service, National Press Bldf., Washington, D. C. There has been much conversation around here lately concerning the changed leception given President Roosevelt's acts or statements. It can not be doubted that there has been an absence of that buoyancy which characterized his shots of earlier days in the White House; but lately, if one may Judge from the observations of many persons, he has been missing the tar--, get as often as he has been bitting. The result obviously is that a good many persons have noted less favor-- .. able reaction to Mr. Roosevelt's re- marks than formerly was the case. WASHINGTON. '.. . It , . . : : .. . Is hardly necessary to recall how through some five or six years the President's remarks made his opposition wriggle and squirm. His statements seemed to have that nec-- ., essary punch, which quelled out- bursts from those who disagreed with him. The press corps of Wash- ington, or a large percentage of Its membership, always hankered for a fresh Rooseveltian volley. It was good copy, in a news way. Having noted the changed condition, myself, I sought a canvass of others. Nearly all of them eventually came to the conclusion that the lack of fire now often displayed in Mr. Roosevelt's remarks and their failure to arouse the same fervor among his followers are a natural result of events. He has been found by many people to be just human. Like his predecessor in the White President House, Mr. Hoover, Roosevelt was overbuilt or oversold by his ardent admirers. He was labelled as superman, and that Is one of the worst things that can happen to a politician; It is the worst thing that can happen to a President be-cause no man can be President unless he is a politician. In saying that the Roosevelt circle ballyhooed their man too much, I hope I am not detracting from the good qualities. The point of this story is, after all, that millions of persons were led to believe that President Roosevelt could not make mistakes mistakes were out his ken. But the Job of President of the United States has a way of disclosing the true fiber. Cave Roosevelt False Idea of His Powers Baild-U- p I believe it a fair statement that the success which met Mr. Roosevelt's every turn during the period of his tenure until perhaps 18 months ago was due to this illusion that had been created. To repeat: his publicity backers seized on a colorful figure and built up that man to the point where more was expected of him than should be expected from any human being. It is entirely possible that Mr, Roosevelt suffered personally from the intense fervor of the admiration that was given him. I do not say, of course, that he felt that he was a superman. Yet, the combination of a willing congress and the overwhelming support he had from the country possibly gave him a false idea of the power vested in him. In any event, he used that power up to the hilt Then came signs of trouble. His advisors and possibly the President, as well, felt that congress could be made to do his bidding. Republican opposition and the chiding of members of congress that they were rubber stamps began to have an effect A test was coming and most politicians realized it Through the session of congress last year and that which only recently ended. Mr. Roosevelt followed the same tactics as before but the change had come and the course was blocked. It was no longer a period in which the will of the President was wholly and completely dominant All of which brings to mind the real facts in the case insofar as the causes of the President's current ineffectiveness are concerned. It Is the old story. Any ball team looks good when it is in the lead, when it is winning. Any race horse is a wonder only so long as It continues to win. It can be said, therefore, that having slipped considerably both in political prestige inside his own party and outside of it and having allowed some of the wide public endorsement to get away from him, Mr. Roosevelt is now being regarded as a human being who can make mistakes. Any mistakes that he may have made while he remained the winner were discounted or ignored. It seems likely, however, that all of them will be dug from their graves now and he must answer for them. Makes Bad Break in Digging Up Supreme Court Skeleton Nor is Mr. Roosevelt willing to let some of them die unnoticed. For instance, everyone recalls the heat that was engendered by the President's attempt to get congressional approval of his own pet government reorganization bill His terrific fight for a reorganization of the Supreme court with the new appointments tnat would come to him is easilv recalled. But the President dug up the court skeleton, the other day. It struck me as terribly foolish because the country had forgotten much about that mistake. Mr. Roosevelt recalled it in all of its fury, however, by issuing a statement almost without notice, saying that he had obtained his court fight objectives with enactment finally of a minor bill that sets uy s court In the same statement Mr. Roosevelt made a bad break. He announced that besides the passage of the administrator bill, the last session of congress had created five additional judgeships In district court which he wanted. Well, it happened that the senate passed the judgeship bill, but the house never did, and Mr. Roosevelt was incorrectly informed. The result was the same: it made the President look rather sour for the moment Along with Mr. Roosevelt's statement about Argentine canned beef being of a better quality than our own beet I think we ought to rank the President's statement about the refusal of congress to pass the s pending-lendinbill and the housing bilL It struck me as being very bad politics for the President to climb 'way out on a limb and say that "the congress gambled with the welfare of 1,500,000,000 people when it failed to enact the administration's neutrality bill; it gambled with the welfare of 20.000,000 when it refused to pass the lending bill and the housing bill." He Implied, of course, that refusal of congress to accept the President's judgment on the neutrality measure would east the world into war, and that the action on the lending and housing bills would mean there could be no economic recovery. g President Sincere About Spending and Housing Bills So, evidently the two or three defeats that were clustered together made the President appear differently than when he had been on the winning side. There were even some of the President's enemies charging him with qualities of a poor loser. I do not believe that is the case. There is evidence that the President sincerely believed his lending measure and the housing program would do the Job of restoring a prosperous condition to the country. He has played the game of politics too long not to know how to lose. On the other hand, there have been many harsh statements concerning the President's accusations that congress was gambling. From among Democrats who voted against him on the major bills, I heard declarations of belief that their judgment was as good as that possessed by the Chief Executive. Those Democrats saw no reason to concede a monopoly of brain power to Mr. Roosevelt When he fired at them he obviously invited "back talk" of the worst order. He has received it too. Take another incident Only week ago, the President sent a letter to the Young Democrats of America, meeting in Pittsburgh, to the effect that unless the Democratic party nominates his kind of a liberal, he will take no active part in electing that nominee. In other words, he said actually that he would bolt the party. Immediately, he got a reaction to that statement that just did him no good at alL Now, it is one thing to lead the party which is united; it is quite another horse to be led when the part is split; and the Democratic party is split The declaration to the Young Democrats, therefore, was received by a good many Democrats as an open Invitation for warfare. Attempted Purge of Senators Complete and Decided Flop One has to consider the statement to the Young Democrats in the light of some earlier mistakes. Everyone recalls how the President attempted to "purge" the Democratic party of Senators George of Georgia, Smith of South Carolina, and Tydings of Maryland, last year. That purge attempt flopped in a way that beggars description. Each of to the those three were senate and when they won their fight they asserted their own Judg ment in preference to Mr. Roose velt's. There Is also the surge that has come, building up "Cactus Jack" Garner for the Democratic nomination, next year. Now, Vice Presi dent Garner is a conservative.' He has had nearly 40 years of public service. Obviously, he has a following and it appears to be getting big. ger. Mr. Roosevelt's declaration that he may bolt the party if some one not his kind of a liberal is nom inated is a statement almost certain to strcngLhen the Garner forces. iReleimrd by Western Krvspnprr Union. I By CLYDE PEARSON WEEK (Rclaaacd by Western Newspaper Union.) ON SOME future day the voyager bound from New York to Australia may spend the night at America s settlement in the antarctic, proceeding across the South pole next day to complete his trip. During his overnight visit he will chat with Amer ican colonists who spend six to seven months a year at the southern tip of the world, bringing precious ores out of austkaua") d the mountains and shipping them back home by plane and boat. If this idea seems far fetched to 129,999,999 AmerANTARCTICA Shaded areas icans, it doesn't to the other show the section claimed by one Rear Admiral Richard and that which Evelyn Byrd. Come October Argentina will By LEMUEL F. PARTON Perhaps it is the reneraL it seems, through out the civilized world these days, or more likely it is one of those waves of human Born in Wealth, aspiration that 1 Ellsworth Picks J NEW Hazardous Life Jafkica p Byrd's party explore during the next two years, possibly staking out land claims for the United States. As shown on the map, V. S. and ' Argentine interests clash in part of this section. Right: Admiral Byrd. two-ye- dog-tea- ar WASHINGTON. over for most of America, but for Washington it's just started. Moon, sun and climate to the contrary, the nation's capital knows only one unfixed period of summertime each year. It starts the instant speakers of both houses of congress bang their adjournment gavels and send the thundering herd of legislators back to camps for at least a year. They will maintain sufficient food supplies for two years, however, because the shifting ice packs may delay the returning expedition. Every modern scientific weapon will be at the party's disposal, thanks to a $340,000 appropriation by congress and assistance of the new United States antarctic service. Contributing to its personnel are the interior, state, war and navy departments, the coast guard and sev eral private scientific organizations. Build Snow Cruiser. The most novel instrument win be snow cruiser being a developed by Dr. Thomas C Poul- ter, second in command of Admiral Byrd's last antarctic expedition and a member of the new party. This giant .craft, which will travel atop the ice, is 55 feet long. It is decrev signed to cross asses, the greatest peril of antarctic wheels land travel. It haa equipped with treads on the caterpillar tractor principle and la driven by a brace of dlesel engines. The boat carries three or four men with ample supplies for several months. On its roof will be strapped a small airplane. Many scientists are now considering the possibility of a permanent settlement Whether or not such colonization is made depends upon the expedition's findings regarding the Antarctic's value aa a future source of minerals, as a fishery source and as an observation post for meteorological predictions. Con gress will then decide from year to year whether the colony should be 45,000-poun- d snow-covere- d oat-Scie- nf n, visitors. But modern Washington summers touch that have lost the once made the city a haven for those who sought escape from the madding crowd. Since 1932 a huge crop of new administrative offices has grown up, keeping much of the city's ht g3JJ3Emo GOSE HOME Metropolitan Police Officer Edward Brown pushes his six feet, nine and one half inches against the famous bronze doors of the senate, closing up for a few months now the Potomac's stillness this sum- that congress has left town. mer. As In all summers preceding al museum, the capital building election years, the current between-sessio- (whose chambers still echo the past spell finds investigating com- winter's angry debates) and the mittees hard at work. One reason White House. is that their members can draw big These Draw 'Em, Too! headlines without competition durFollowing close in popularity dog days of late come Mount Vernon, the tomb of the ing the news-les- s summer. Unknown Soldier, the bureau of This summer's committees will printing and engraving, the Washbe headed by Texas' Rep. Martin ington cathedral. Supreme court, liDies, who reopens his investigation brary of congress, federal bureau of of subversive activities. The new investigation, union house committee to investigate the and the Lincoln memorial national labor relations board will Most popular method of inspecting provide a bit more entertainment. the city is via the sightseeing bus. Such affairs will not interest the Thus tourists visit the White House tourists, however. Preparing for a and other historical spots at the rate boom season, the board of trade has of 8.000 a day, listening to guides made plans once more to cash in on reel off an unintelligible spiel and a $60,000,000 annual business. crack stock Jokes, many of which Washington tourist business comes deservedly draw no laughs. from all over the world. It is estiThough August is the peak month, mated that only 5 per cent of for- tourists will continue to pour In eign visitors to the United States fail through September end October. By to see the city. Hence the profesNovember 1 the species becomes alsional guides who speak French, most extinct, remaining thus for the German, Italian and Spanish. The next six months until May again tourists' favorite meccas are the beckons the patriotic American to n Pan-Americ- Smithsonian institution and Nation- - Proposes Observatory. J. B. S. HALDANEv Admiral Byrd is convinced the PROFESSOR British biochemist, settlement would be practical. Early who just now offers to sit Inside an in June he pointed out that antarctic air-rai- d shelter while it is bombed weather stations should be constant ttam I1 . isf Balks side, is ly occupied with staffs, changed from season to season. At Nothing; as only living test- tube still tin-"The south polar region is weather breeder for the whole world Yet Unscarred Kimdm south of the equator and indirectly Last month he sealed himself affects us In the north," he said. in an air-tigchamber for 14 to"Data collected there, studied hoars to learn how the victims gether with that from other parts of of the Thetis submarine disaster the world, will be of much practical felt in their last hours. He once It should enable our importance. ate aa ounce of ammonium scientists to make long-rang- e weath. chloride a day, survived It and er forecasts with an accuracy great learned a lot about tetanus and er than anything we know now." saving children's lives. Studying At antarctic coal mines, and in fatigue, he abut himself for long the vicinity of gold, silver and other periods la a tight chamber, the deposits expected to be found there. air charged with carbon dioxide. he expects permanent settlements Tracing effects of acid oa the will spring up within the next 50 body, he ate daily three ounces years. of bicarbonate of soda, following Predicts Aviation Bases. It with a chaser of hydrochlorio Admiral Byrd thinks antarctic avi acid, diluted with water. Twice ation possibilities are enormous. gaased In the World war, he seemed to enjoy himself a lot, ' Just as Russia and several other nations have considered a Europe-Nort- h writing down his sensations with Gusto and later qualifying as aa America airline via the North expert oa mnjttard and other pole, Mr. Byrd thinks the time is not gases. far distant when planes will cross the South pole regularly flying beWith all that, he hasn't a scratch tween South or even North America on him and doesn't suffer even from and Australia. indigestion. Husky and vigorous, he And so tor the text two years we'll doubles as guinea pig and a writer, hear lots about the antarctic as the the latter pursuit greatly enhancing expedition's ships come and go, and his fame, notably with his book aa the magic of wireless brings your Daedalus, which was quite a sensanewspapers constant reports of this tion in this country in 1924. He exg Junket into the periments on his mind Just as he unique wilderness. does on his body. He is moved mainThere's only one catch to it An ly by the idea that we know precious eagle-eye- d reporter recently discov little about life and death and the ered that congress appropriated human body and mind, and that in funds to send an expedition to the the short time allotted to us we tnturciic, without saying anything ought to try anything once, which he specifically about getting it back. consistently does. He is a spirited Speaking privately, several mem writer, giver to epigrams, and is bers of the party thought this would known as the G. B. Shaw of Science. be a good Idea in case war envelops The aoa of a distinguished the civilized world during the next Scottish sclrnlM, he wss edutwo years. at Oxford and gained incated But Admiral Byrd says no one creasing rrpntatlon before he need worry the expedition is com waa 30. He la 47. ing back if it has to walk over the (CoiutolidaUd Fiuturi WNU Service.) ice like Eliza. the ff population busy without letup. Once, in the dear dead days, all governmental offices automatically adopted a shorter work day immediately after congress adjourned. Even today, despite the growth of new bureaus, longer lunch hours and briefer days are the rule. Investigators Stay On. Still another harsh note breaks Love of adventures manifested when yet In his teens sent forth ta explore anknawn regions la different parte of the world. Scion of wealthy parent, born la Chicago la 1880, he could have ordered his career, had ha wished, along many lines less strenuous sad of fewer hazards than the one he chose sad la which he haa become so distinguished. He came east to a crack seat of secondary learning, the Hill school, Potts town. Fa., and npon graduation entered Columbia where he won scholastic bolters la the department of civil engineering. Bat, becoming restive aader the sedentary routine of student life, he did not wait to be graduated. Faring forth into the wild, he became an axman on the first Grand Trunk Pacific railway survey of the transcontinental soute across Canada. For five years he saw the virgin land of the Northwest, lived among Indians, shared the hardships of pioneers. In 1807 he became resident engineer of the Grand Trunk at Prince Rupert, B. C But his work, filled though it was with hardship and adventure, was not enough. Restlessness was in his soul and the unknown beckoned. So 1909 found him in the Peace river district in northern Canada, prospecting for gold. Then the World war came and, seeking action, he went to France where he became an aviator long before the United States entered the strife. The real turning point in his career came with his meeting with Raonl Amundsen la Paris la 1924. With the great Norwegian explorer he participated In various expeditions culminating la 1926 with the famous flight la a dirigible ever the North pole. Since then subsequent trips of exploration won him enhanced fame and added thrilling chapters to a gallant life of action. maintained. their home stamping grounds. But by the same token summer-co-me when it may brings a new Influx to Washington. It is then that tourist business reaches its peak, drawing thousands of summer-vacatioChristmas-bills-flnally-paid-o- s. Ella-wor- th 10-fo- ot Summer Reaches Washington When Congress Leaves Town J. some of the primal secrets hidden in the interior of the continent at the bottom of the world, Lincoln Ellsworth shares ambition with Admiral Byrd, as with British, Norwegian, French and Argentlnan Difference is that, whereas Mr. Ellsworth's motives are purely scientific, in other cases international politics in their relation to geographical claims are the incentives. flyer-explorer- Ad-mir- al ships, two of them owned by the government and the third the veteran "Bear of Oakland" leased on a "dollar a year" basis, the party will establish three bases. One will be at Little America, Byrd's old camp In Marie Byrd Land. Another will be at Palmer Land, which is the hook extending out of Antarctica toward South America, Just west of the Weddell sea. The third will be midway between the two in what is unexplored territory. Caa Stay Two Years. In early spring, when the long antarctic night has passed, the three parties will set out In sleds and to explore the frozen lands of the interior. Unknown territory will be mapped and data will be sought concerning important mineral resources. It has been established definitely that these wastelands contain coal, and probably other minerals of more immediate value to the United States. new the About 180 men will make the trip, Briefly, Byrd expedition has a Job. Leaving in three 80 of them remaining at the three J anJ rate in announcing intention to return to Antarctica to seek to learn snow-covere- and he II bead out of Boston on his third trip to the South pole, the first such expedition to be financed by the government since the intrepid Captain Wilkes was given a vague commission by congress In 1838 to explore new lands." It will be the first attempt by any nation to establish a polar land claim on the basis of permanent settlement. And it may run Into a pack of trouble. Conflict With Argentina. Commander Byrd hopes to claim for the United States all of Marie Byrd Land and the adjoining James Ellsworth Land, which together in clude some 900,000 miles. He also hopes to explore (and possibly claim) part of the Weddell sea quadrant, and it is here that he will run gainst Argentina's claims. As shown on the map, that nation maintains her right to a sector extending toward the pole from the Faulk-lan- d islands. The territory is also claimed by Great Britain. Inasmuch as Argentina's friendship is highly valued, the state department will make every effort to respect her wishes, at the same time maintaining her new policy of refusing to recognize any polar claim that has not been permanently settled. YORK. hallowed ground. land-stakin- |