| Show m Washington In 0 n Observations Frederic William Wile Written for The Telegram IS- IS wASHINGTON ASHINGTON March ons are utterly lacking that Coolidge Is on the anxious t as a result o ot of tho the senates senate's deJon deJon de- de Jon to investigate his alleged sting with the tariff commis- commis n The president preserves an ernal emal calm of ot even more than nary composure even In the tho thee thoe e ot of the threat that the inquiry Deliberately deliberately aimed at getting n lib Coolidge foes toes within and the Republican party dere de- de re that Senator Norris Norris' charges connection with tariff commis- commis are full Cull of ot dynamite they can be established men of ot I parties concede that t serious mage to the presidents president's political edge sUge would ensue But Du t no one leveR eves that Mr Ir Coolidge is goIto goto go- go Ito to take things lying down On contrary nearly everybody exta ex- ex ta that that the White House will willet eti et t th the senate Inquisition ag- ag Ively Iy won every point With I titular regard to the allegation t tf William S S. Culbertson the themer themer mer low tariff Republican mem- mem I i ot of the commission was eased la diplomatic post more or less I Involuntarily some high explosive rebuttal is promised Young Bob Loo Looms s sAs As Battering Ram It looks as It f t it ft might be left leCt to Young Bob La Follette to be bethe bethe bethe the Coolidge anti atthe of at the senate committee of ot inquiry While Senator Norris chief proponent proponent proponent pro pro- of ot the Investigation ex expresses expresses expresses ex- ex presses satisfaction with Its Us personnel personnel per per- lonnel he undoubtedly would rove hove preferred hard hitters ot of a the Jim Reed or Thad Caraway type of at Democrats to the more suave Joe Robinson or William Cabell Bruce brand Vice President Dawes named the committee of ot five without without without with with- out consultation with party leaders As a member of at the administration he would naturally be constrained to appoint the most Judicially minded opposition representatives available The difference between the kind of selected and the kind that might have been chosen chosen chosen-as as far tar as Democratic senators senators senators sen sen- are re concerned Is is about the difference between ounce five and arid ounce eight-ounce gloves 10 v-e v s. s But men have been knocked out with ounce eight-ounce mitts too Insurance Carriers Relatively Few Every once In a while Washington Washing Washing- ton hears a speech that Is not only but immensely more stimulating than the average av poli poll politicians politician's politicians politician's Such an address address address ad ad- dress has Just been delivered before before be be- fore District of Columbia life lite insurance InsuranCe in insurance In- In men by Dr S S. S S S. S Huebner professor of Insurance In the Wharton Whar- Whar ton school of at finance at the Uni Uni- of ot Pennsylvania Dr Huebner produced some astonishing astonish astonish- ing figures as to the relatively small amount of life Ufe insurance carried carried car car- ried red by the American people While the nations nation's aggregate wealth Is la es estimated estimated estimated es- es at he said sard that there is only about of ot life lite Insurance in force Dr Huebner reckons that that I is onI only some 5 per cent of at the capital value of at human life liCe in this country country coun coun- try wherefrom he deduces that Uncle Sams Sam's sons rons and daughters place an amazingly low lov assessment assessment assessment assess assess- ment on their own worth Legal Titans Lock Horns in High Court Two of at the country's legal Titans James M. M Beck former solicitor general of tl the e United States and Newton D D. Baker Bakel former secretary of ot war war have have Just locked horns before before be be- be- be fore tore the supreme court They confront confront confront con con- front each other in the long standIng standIng stand- stand Ing lag controversy between states bordering bordering bordering bor bor- I dering on the great lakes lakes Ohio Ohio Michigan Pennsylvania and Minnesota Minnesota Minne Minne- sota on the one hand and Illinois and the Mississippi river states stales on the other Beck Deck represents the tate state of at Illinois and tl the e sanitary district of at Chicago Baker is counsel counsel coun coun- sel Rei for the lake commonwealths which seek to restrain diversion atthe of at the waters of ot Michigan an Superior Erie Ontario and Huron to the Mississippi watershed Missouri Tennessee Kentucky and Louisiana obtained permission to intervene as defendants In order to support 1111 Illi nois Thus nine of at our sovereign states are Involved Mr Beck a couple of ot years ago when acting as attorney general gave an opinion ion fon lonto to the se secretary of ot war au au- the water ter diversion it i inow Is Isnow isnow now sought to restrain So today as a private counsel he Is pleading pleading pleading plead plead- ing in support of action originally taken at his official instigation The Th dispute is also of ot International Im- Im Canada long has claimed that Illinois' Illinois diversion operations operation affect capacity of ot valuable water wate waterpower waterpower power plants on the St St. Lawrence and Niagara rivers Payment Urged of Spoliation Debt Garrard B. B Winston undersecretary underscore tary of at the treasury who has ha charge of ot the plan for restoration of ot alien property and payment o of oC claimants against former forme enemy countries thinks the history history his his- tory too of at the French rench spoliation claims ought to hasten action on the present occasion Although th the treasury has the money to pay these ancient claims which date dat back to the time of oC the Jefferson and Adams administrations they remain President Coolidge In messages to congress has repeatedly urged legislation t tenable to enable their settlement but Ilk like Muscle Shoals they drag for tor- ever The claims have been examined examined ex ex- by the court of or claims and their validity and amount deter deter- mined Uncle Sam Is pressing hi his European debtors to settle up but bu congress has never heeded Mr admonition that the United States ought to pa pay It Its debts one debts one of ot his numerous ob ob- in reference to the thespo claims Coolidge Indorses Book About Self It isn't everybody e who c cats 1 ge get the president of ot the United States State I Ito to boost a new book But Dut that I Is what happened to a volume re recently recently recently re- re published which deals wIth wit some of the Coolidge mental processes processes pro pro- ceases and in tabulated form with with wit the presidents president's principal political utterances since 1923 recently recently re recently re- re enlightening the newspaper correspondents on events of or th the hour the White bIte House spokesman recommended that their employers employer ought to buy to-buy buy the Coolidge book fo for tor them as a well Indexed and handwork handy hand work of ot reference A scribe piped up and asked If It the president would woul autograph ever every volume so sup sup- Whereupon hereupon the 1 House spokesman with a wonderfully wonder wonder- full Cull fully lifelike imitation of the Coolidge CoolIdge CoolIdge Cool Cool- Idge smile drawled Yes Ill I'll d do that Pedometer folSen for fol Sen Caraway His friends are ot presenting pre pre- Senator Caraway Dem o 0 Arkansas with a pedometer for tor us use I on the floor and in the cloakroom of the senate Caraway spends fa famore tar far more of his time walking about th the senate than occupying his seat 1 In it With hands plunged deep I In trouser pockets nead head bowed on breast and a half halt cynical smile usually chasing cha across his face Cace the meanest and keenest man in congress strides about the chamber chamber cham cham- ber or in and out of ot it almost almos incessantly He seems to be able abl to follow tollow a debate better while h his he heIs hes is s In motion than when he is s static Frequently he breaks in with a atypically atypically atypically typically cutting sally In the midst of his bis promenade Th The Arkansan like Herbert Hoover I har hardly lly ever wears anything except a II double breasted blue serge suit Future Bright for Young Oregonian Representative Maurice E E. Crumpacker Crumpacker Crumpacker Crum- Crum packer of Oregon who has just Jus been cruising on the Mayflower with the president Is one of the UP ut and coming young Republicans o othe of the country He has the making of a successful politician in him him him- ht's a native of ot Indiana and his father tather was vas a a. congressman before him Crumpacker took his A. A B B. B a at Michigan and l law w degree at Har Har- vard ard H He came out of ot the World Work orld war a capt captain ln and has been at the bar in Portland nd since 1912 ServIng Serving Serving ing his first term in the thi house house and built like an Oregon big tree Crumpacker Crumpacker Crumpacker Crum Crum- packer has not yet reached 40 0 He sings bass like Copyright 1 1986 1926 |
