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C BRITISH INVASION The British are coming to Washington Wash yash ington at a rate that almost amounts to a second invasion Even Evenin Evenin in 1814 when the Redcoats burned the Capitol their force was scarcely more impressive impre Actually there are representatives represent represent- representatives t- t of the British government in Washington today today members of the embassy staff members of the British purchasing commission and British air commission The figure includes everyone officers everyone officers clerks messengers and chauffeurs The British embassy and chancery chancery chancery chan chan- cery now is the largest diplomatic establishment in Washington but itis it itis itis is not large enough An annex has been added to care for an overflow of coding clerks and officials of the theoffice theoffice theoffice office of economic warfare Meanwhile the two British commissions commissions com corn missions occupy space space in four other buildings They started out in modest modest modest mod mod- est quarters in the Hibbs building expanded to the entire top floor of the Willard hotel added further space in the Adams building and most recently have taken over Andrew Andrew Andrew An An- drew Mellons Mellon's old apartment building building building build build- ing at 1785 Massachusetts avenue to accommodate the air commis commis- sion These are the British in Washington Washing Washing- ton alone In addition the New York office of the purchasing commission numbers 1000 persons plus inspectors inspectors inspectors in in- who travel about the about the country country country coun coun- try testing the wide assortment of articles from ships to airplanes which are being purchased in the I United States U. 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S RUBBER SUPPLIES Should congress ever decide to investigate investigate investigate in in- the National Defense commission commission com corn mission it would unearth some appalling appalling appalling ap ap- ap- ap palling delays in the securing of the nations nation's raw materials par materials par particularly rubber I IReal Real fact is that a fundamental difference exists between the defense defense defense de de- de- de commission and J Jesse esse Jones regarding future rubber supplies The commission believes that the production of synthetic rubber should begin immediately and wants to give a subsidy of to American rubber com corn The subsidy would be necessary necessary necessary I essary to offset the price of natural rubber which sells for 18 cents to 20 cents a pound whereas synthetic rubber would cost about 25 cents Six Synthetic Rubbers To this end the defense commission commission commission commis commis- sion has been negotiating with vanous various various vari van ous rubber companies and the following following following fol fol- fol- fol lowing are ready to operate co if a subsidy is granted DuPont which produces Neo- Neo prene This company is by far the most experienced in the field and its product has the highest tion Standard Oil which produces Butyl and has the license for U. 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S production of the famous German synthetic rubber Buna Goodyear which produces Chem Chem- Goodrich which produces Ameri- Ameri pol United States Rubber which is working on a product so far un- un christened However Jesse Jones doesn't believe believe believe be be- lieve that synthetic rubber needs to tobe tobe tobe be produced on a large scale He favors a small subsidy to one company company com corn pany as an experiment The defense commission counters with a forecast of what might happen happen happen hap hap- pen should all our rubber be cut offin off offin offin in the Dutch East Indies It emphasizes emphasizes em em- that machinery cannot be beset beset beset set up overnight to produce emergency emergency emergency emer emer- gency rubber is really aroused may appeal to the WhiteHouse White WhiteHouse House if he doesn't Jesse HOOVER VISITS CAPITAL Although Herbert Hoover constantly con shuttles back and forth about the country he sedulously avoids Washington The President ex-President has hasa a phobia against Washington under the New Deal Hoovers Hoover's last public visit was last winter when he appeared Unannounced unannounced unannounced un un- announced before a congressional committee in behalf of ofa a loan forthe for forthe forthe the then embattled Finns But he spent the entire day here sub here sub rosa last Sunday Hoover stayed at the swanky home of William Villiam R. R Castle undersecretary undersecretary under under- secretary of state in his regime andone and andone andone one o of at the most active appeasement advocates in the country Hoover spent most of his time conferring conferring con con- ferring with Castle and some old newspaper friends about his plan to force the British to open their blockade block block- ade so that food can be shipped into occupied Nazi Europe CAPITAL CHAFF Lovely Louise Atwill has had two husbands Gen Douglas MacArthur former chief of staff and her present pres ent husband actor-husband Lionel Atwill She says the closest other call she ever had to matrimony was with Herbert Hoover She and were attending a wedding of friends in Paris several years ago when the priest got them mixed up with the bridal couple and was wa about to unite them J. J Edg Edgar r Hoover and ana a group o oJ FBI officials are studying Spanish |