Show Washington as in on I Observations By FREDERIC WILLIAIM WILE WIl-E. WASHINGTON May 14 No Noman Noman Noman NoI I man in the United States is taking a deeper Interest in the woes of the striking British coal miners thin than Everett erett Sanders assistant to the president Mr chief chief lieutenant lieutenant lieu lieu- tenant comes from miner stock Ills father tather dug duff coal In the tho bituminous fields of 01 southern Indiana and three of or Sanders' Sanders brothers make their living living liv liv- ing as miners today The secretarial chief at nt the White hite House was him him- for the pit and actually actually actual- actual ly 1 had hM his cap and suit Bult ready to goto go goto goto to work But father Cather Sanders de dec de- de c ded that Everett had then the making of a lawyer In him arid and sent him to tobe tobe tobe be educated at the University of ot Indiana I American Embassy I Buildings Improve With now to be de devoted devoted devoted de- de voted to embassy legation and consulate consulato con con- buildings abroad America will some day be on a a. level with other first-class first powers In that important Important Important Im Im- respect In the past not even even eme of too tha smallest nations in the world have been content with second rate and third rate premises Jike Ilke Uncle Sam occupies In foreign parts Hero Here In Washington a a. dozen n nations long tong have maintained of 1 cial establishments establishments- that put American Amer Amer- ican kan buildings of ot the sort in their capitals to shame Countries like e Poland Cuba the Netherlands Mexico 1 and Slam Siam have diplomatic headquarters l here far tar more elaborate elaborate elaborate rate than an anything the United States has ever been a accustomed to keep up Hitherto wherever the stars and stripes flew above a really first-class first American embassy o or legation it meant that the ambassador ambassador ador dor or minister was a man with a afat afat afat fat checkbook Green Will Make Speaking Tour William Green president of the too American Federation of or Labor will wll leave Washington later in the month for for tor a a. series of ot meetings and speeches In the Ule northwest Dates have already been arran arranged ed a at Duluth St St. Paul and Minneapolis If It the British general strike is still raging rasing the federation chief t may be expected to discuss it In tongs and-tongs fashion Gr Green en Is Js a miner by trade He believes believed that tl-t t his com cont- contrades comrades comrades rades in British pits coal-pits are disgracefully dis gracefully underpaid ld judged by American standards and he deplores deplores deplores de de- the g general peral strike among other reasons because Its original l the cause just ot of the British mining folk may folk may be ob i I scuffed As to the of o employing eni- eni the general strike to redress labor grievances on the broad Green holds definite definite- views He I la Q against It Dignitaries Invited To Sh Ship p Launching Secretaries Hoover and Wilbur and other Washington dignitaries have been Invited to go to Philadelphia Philadel phia on June 26 for tor the launching of ot the biggest merchant ship ever built bunt in the United States s. s She Is Isa Isa isa a ton steel oil driven passenger passenger pass pMS enger r liner which the Cramps are turning out for tor the Pacific Atlantic Panama Canal trade Event Eventually ally the ship may be put in the regular regula traffic traffic- between San Francisco am and Honolulu She will wUl be beable bl to cu cut down the time between those ports port by nearly twenty four hours In Ir size the n new w Yankee boat will equa equal the De Grasse pride of the French merchant marine Hard to Escape Boston Jury Service Servi e It seems that you cant can't escape jury service jury service In Boston even iVen though you are the best friend of ot the first firs Massachusetts man to be became me president presIdent president pres pres- ident In a 8 hundred years Frank Waterman Stearns who is again a boarder and lodger at his favorIte favorit Washington hotel has Just been drawn for tor service in in the third the civil session of the Suffolk lt superior court Lesser esser mortals than Mr Coolidge's comforter chief sometimes sometimes some some sometimes times to from irom manage be excused jury drudgery Now that Mr Stearns Is 1 again on duty In Wash Wash- as holder of ot o occasional watching briefs in the presidential galleries of ot the house and senate sena he may be able to to- prolong his present present pres resent res- res ent sojourn at the White House Hous without Interruption Pacifists Pleased sed Defense Day Held Up than meets th y Ip lit t the e sudden announcement by ih e the war department of oC the Indefinite postponement postponement- of Defense day tests At any rate elements that train w th t the o professional proCessional pacifists pacifist 1 are shouting Hallelujah h and acclaimIng acclaiming acclaiming acclaim acclaim- ing the abandonment the as a glorious triumph over the forces Corces or ism Some of the friends o of the test idea which wb cl originated with General Pershing think f exigency killed It An election is insight Insight In in- sight ht and Its It's the season when parties and partisans never ruffle anybody's feelings unnecessarily Brigadier General S S. S D. D Rockenbach governor of or the military district oi of the capital area area was prominent Inthe inthe In Inthe the organization of the 1924 and 1925 Defense days In Washington While he be shares the views of his war department superiors that the the- tests are not vitally necessary he holds on the basis of his experience in France that things are re un undoubted undoubtedly undoubtedly un- un doubted y us useful Cul Rockenbach told old this observer that toot thousands of casualties in In Inthe the A A. A E E. F Ft F. might have been averted by men with Just Justa justI I a smack of ot elementary military training Radio Plays Big Role in C Campaign Radio is playing a big role In the I fast and furious Pennsylvania senatorial sen sen- sen senatorial campaign Pepper PInchot I and Vare either personally or by proxy have all aU taken the air and j will continue to occupy wavelengths wave- wave lengths until the primary the the- primary die is cast caston on May 18 Bill Roper hla city councilman n by ion don on and Princeton football coach on the he side op opened ned the air campaign last ast week on behalf of behalf of the Pepper- Pepper Mellon forces When the congressional congressional congressional battle Is in full tull swing in September and October the air will willbe wille be e heavily charged with politics Rent of oC radio space is destined In future to be a conspicuous Item on all official returns of campaign ex expenditures expenditures expenditures ex- ex along with cigars perfume perfume perfume per per- fume silk stockings automobile rides rent hall advertisements and other legalized disbursements |