Show r. r THE nn DAlLY DAILY WASHINGTON Merry Go Round Trade Mark MarkBy MarkBy MarkBy By DREW PEARSON and ROBERT ROBER ALLEN WASHINGTON The The United States has been consolidating its position in the Aleutian islands which jut out in the Bering sea from Alaska peninsula peninsula peninsula pe pe- pe- pe like stepping stones to Si Si- Si beria These islands are of tremendous strategic strategic strategic stra stra- importance in case of war in the Pacific Through a confidential agreement between the army and navy the eastern boundary of these islands has been moved one degree toward Japanese Japanese Japanese Jap Jap- anese waters This permits the inclusion of 8 a small and unnamed island in American territory terri tern tory The navy has completed a survey of the Aleutians for the purpose of establishing air airbases airbases airbases bases and has plans for fortifications if and when the Washington treaties lapse This This is th the main air route between Asia and the United United Unit Unit- ed s States tes Air Sick The general staff recently sat upon Colonel W. W P. P Wooten for writing an article on Air Power i i Defense of Our Sea Frontier because it gave too much credit to the air corps corps' They would not ot permit its publication There is nothing which burns up old line generals more than the sight of the air corps getting large ap appropriations appropriations appropriations ap- ap from congress One fact contributing to the difficulties of the air ail corps in carrying the mails is the fact that 50 per cent of its planes are obsolete Strange as it may seem this is unavoidable Air development is so rapid that the average plane is obsolete from the army viewpoint eighteen months after its completion These planes are kept for instruction and training S 'S S S Genial Harry Healy dean of the Georgetown I school for training career diplomats rivals Assistant Assistant Assistant As As- Secretary of State Sayre as the most decorated man in Washington Healy ealy got his eighth foreign decoration this week the French Legion of Honor S S S Despite Honest Harold Ickes' Ickes war against le le- le lobbyists gal he and Bob Jackson secretary ex-secretary of the Democratic national committee are good friends S S S Cherubic Ross Collins the Mississippi congressman congressman congressman con con- gressman who strikes fear into the hearts of generals is working on a new plan for deflating deflating deflating ing the arm army He proposes removing all overage overage overage over over- age officers with which the army is littered Due to the promotion jam some lieutenants will require eighteen years to obtain the rank of captain Tariff Battle The president will have to put some sting in inthe inthe inthe the party lash to keep Democrats behind his revolutionary tariff program Some of the most vociferous of Republican high- high tariff iniquity are grumbling most One is Utah's wordy Senator William Villiam H. H King always in the forefront of an attack upon Republican tariffs but who never has opposed a sugar tariff in his life S S S Administration leaders are confident that the tariff bill will pass but admit privately it will be a battle royal with every Democratic vote needed S S S Senator Bob Wagners Wagner's momentous bill creating creating creating creat creat- ing ingan an independent national labor labo r board boa with extensive powers gives promise of being another federal reserve act as far as authorship is concerned No less than a score of Wagner's Wagners Wagners Wagner's Wag Wag- ners ner's friends already are claiming they wrote it Actually over 50 authorities were consulted consulted con con- suited in the bills bill's preparation S S S The Home Owners' Owners Loan corporation has ad advanced advanced advanced ad- ad in loans on homes About 95 per cent of these advances were made in bonds Donds bearing 4 per cent interestS interest S S S Colonel Edwin A. A Halsey secretary of the senate has published an interesting little pamphlet that ought to b be in the hands of every student of public affairs Titled Enactment Enact ment meat of a Law it tells tens the legislative process of enacting a statute S S 5 Modest 1 California's Representative ve John H. H Hoeppel known in In the house as Corporal Hoop ala is at it again again- He has mailed every member of of congress a letter announcing himself the country's country's country's coun coun- try's greatest authority on veterans' veterans legislation The manifesto caused no stir in hi either wing of the capitol S S S Senator Borah has finally bought a new naw horse He has n never ver seen the animal knows nothing about it except that it is a thorough thorough- bred w A friend obtained it in Virginia Borah says he doesn't know what he will call the animal but is considering New Deal His last horse hOlse was named Governor in honor honorof of A Al AJ Smi Smith tho Copyright 1 1934 b by United Feature Peature uro Syndicate Inc |