Evening Star Newspaper, November 28, 1926, Page 18

" 18 PRESIDENT EAGER 10 KEEP HARMONY s nesry it ot s Executive Halls Fess Talk, Seeking to Hold Favor of Party Leaders. BY DAVID LAWRENCE. President Coolidge s just now more anxious than ever to preserve har- monious relations with the leaders of the Republican party in Congress. That's why he nipped in the bud something that nocently calcu- lated to become the subject of much gossip on Capitol Hill and possibly to cause fll-feeling. The President let it be known that he had not changed his spokesmen in Congress and that these were the leaders in both the Senate and House It had been suggested in a newspaper article that Senator Fess oi Ohio, would become a special representativi: of the President now that Senator Butler of Massachusetts, leaves the Senate. The White House was car ful® to point out that while every r spect was entertained for the judg- ment and abilities of the Ohio Senator, nevertheless it as unfair to him as to the Chief Executive to cast him in a roie that he was not to play. Mr. Coolidge used the same occa- sion to make it clear that he had never regarded Senator Butler of Massachusetts as his spokesman in Congress. To have employed the Massachusetts Senator in that capac- ity would have been to concede a Jack of confidence in Senator Curtis of Kansas, majority leader of the Senate, and Speaker Longworth and Representative Tilson, majority lead- er of the House. Seeks Stronger Hold. The President knows that the Re- ublican majority is not a comforta- le one and that it is hard enough coax @ few insurgents into line 'y now and then, let alone the rs who ought to be consistent supporters of the administration. Mr. Coolidge is endeavoring to strengthen his hoid on Congress, and it may be sid that few Presidents in the last generation have been as deferential 10 the wishes Congress. The change came immediately after the Wilson adminisiration, when a mem- ber of the Se became President of the United And Mr. Cool- idgg ice President in the Senate chamber, became thorough- iy tamiliar with the viewpoint of Senators on their perogatives. Mr. Coolidge has been careful to invile the chairmen of Important committees to the White House for breakiast or luncheon and for con- stant conference whenever mattel directly in thew charge were up consideration. The sugsestion, there- fore, that he was about to discard that v Able member of the old guard, Senator Curtis, would have caused much damage politically had the report been permitted to go un- challenged. May Need Other Aid. Once in a while the administrats nt will have to look to some other man besides the chairman of a committee to fight its battles. When Mr. Norris of Nebraska was chairman of the agricultural committee he could hardly -be expected to champion the administration’s farm policy. So Senator Fess of Ohio took up the gels for the President. So also with the World Court fight, which tor Borah, as chairman of the relations committee, would ve led, but since he op- an entry, the adminis- ration turned to Senator Lenroot of in. ss' prominence in the agri- cultural fight and his active support of the administration led to the report that he would become the Coolidge representative in the upper house of but while he will be an supporter of the administration s he will not supplant Senator 0 the nial and comment Mr. Curtis a clear-cut not enjoved since Mr. mpaign manager and onal friend. William M. Butler, en- tered the te and retained hi chairmanship of the Republican na- 1 mmittee. (Lonyrignt "hite House de- culated to give prestige t Cool- per- 1926, TWO MADE SPEECHLESS BY BOLT OF LIGHTNING ‘Woman and Son Stricken in Nor- folk Storm Recover Later. Watchman Killed. By the Ass November 27.— oud and her son, de speechless here v a lightning bolt during Teddy, last n the windstor of twe lives in McCloud recovered a few hours later, but his mother was unable to speak until today. 7. ihgate of the Southgate For- warding Co. announced that the wrecked warehouses would be re- built at once. He estimated the ware- houses at $250.04 A, Eva a watchman, was Kkilled instantly in the collapse of the warehouses. 1. H. Butler, watchman, died at 8:30 last night in a New Dutch Colonial Loeated Between Chevy Chase and Columbia Golf ner-Builder. Main 904, Phone Ow for Inspection. Plumbing Heating Sheet Metal Work lnstaifment 'W. L. Gary Co. |- 3111 14th St. N.W. Col. 832 THE 'EUROPE'S PURCHASES ADVANCE ' OVER 1913 MARK, DECLARES KLEIN can Exports and Sends More Goods Over Here. Hoover’s Lieutenant Issues Warning to Keep Posted on Markets Abroad. BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE. Europe does not love us, but she is continuing to buy our goods. That is| the sum and substance of a careful, recent and first-hand survey of trans- atlantic conditions made by an expert authority—Dr. Julius Klein, director of Secretary Hoover's Bureau of For- eign and Domestic Commerce. Dr. | Klein returned early in November from personal conferences with 25 of the Department of Commerce's busi- ness attaches in most of the important | countries of Europe. His net conclu sion is that “anti-American feeling in Europe” is seriously exaggerated. Europe’s real attitude toward the United States, Dr. Klein found, is not represented by “the politic s, poets and press,” that in latter-day times have presumed to reflect Old World antagonisms to this country. Su- rope is still, by all odds,” Hoover’s in- vestigator asserts, ‘“our best cus- tomer.” Over Pre-War Mark. Figures talk. During the fiscal year 25-6 Europe bought more than $2 334,000,000 worth of American good: ‘That accounts for 49 per cent—round- ly half—of our whole foreign sales. In the last pre-war fiscal year (1912-3) exports to Europe were $1,479,000,000. Measured in terms of present-day price leve! the pre-war peak sales ! would correspond to a volume of $2,- 064,000,000 at thi In other words, exports Jurope are now at a substantially higher point th the eve of the World War, ds theory that the Old World's p ing power was shot to pieces by that tragedy and is yet far from recover; Dr. Klein could not learn that, cept in a few isolated instances, has the “Shylock” talk across the pond re- sulted in American trade losses. O the contrary, he re-discovered that the average European buyer, all the way | from the housewives to magnates, are, as of yore, mainly in- terested in two things. Those things are price and quality. When the American article has both of them in its favor, whether it's the lowly prune from California or a harvesting ma- chine from Illinols, that article gets the business. “Nationalistic pa- trioteering has become very much of a seconda influence,” says Klein. He found nobody going into the mar- ket “over there’ with his own natfonal anthem on his lips and insistng that nothing be shown him except wares tamped “made in” this, that or the other country—depending on the one to which he owes allegiance. Purchases Reach $21,000,000. Four countries have been variously mentioned in recent times as succumb- ing, in different degrees of intensi to Americanophobia. They are Bel- gium, France, Italy and Spain. The first three-named owe us many tens of millions of dollar: “If we analy countries,” Dr. Klei take a dozen modities i automobiles, canned fruits, tires, radio apparatus, typewriters and the like), we find that those sales this to October 1, amounted to ju: dollars under $21,000,000, whereas during the corresponding period 5 they totaled something over This small, but isfac- t nce in export of these Amer- ican specialties certainly does not sub- stantiate any theory of commercial antagonism toward the United States. “What is Europe’s thought with re- gard to the tariff barriers America sets up against her sales in our mar- ket?” Dr. Klein was asked. “Well, the fact happens to be,” he replied, “that we are today taking a larger proportion of the exports of our European friends than we did industrial | 5.6 per cent of her gross world busi- . Today the Briti e selling us about per cent of their world ex- ports. France is selling us more. Spain is selling us substantially more. Italy is exporting to the United States, notwithstanding a good deal of clamor about the loss of the Italian wine market in this country, just about what she sold us 12 or 13 years ago.” Foreigners Increase Exports. The American who roams Europe rowadays in quest of data that she pulling herself together after the rack and ruin of a devastating war finds plenty of corroborative evidence on that score. ormaley” is coming back fast. In 1921, three years after the armistice, Europe was selling abroad less than half of what she sold 1913, representing a volume of ,000.000,000. Now KEuropean sales abroad are more than $14,500,000,000, or an increase of 58 per cent. Ameri- can export sales in the same period, despite our vaunted superior pros- perity, rose by only 10 per cent. Italy, Germany, France and Great Britain have forged ahead by giant strides in in Exhibit Home, 2526 Tunlaw Rd. N.W. One Block West From Interscction of 37th St. and Wisconsin Ave. Open and Lighted Until-9 P.M. B. H. GRUVER Owner and Builder 927 15th St. N.W. Or Your Broker before the war. For instance, in 1913 | Great Britain’s sales to us were only Washington Homes Heating SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. the realm of foreign trade. . E: of the smaller nations, such as Jugo- slavia and Hungary, are bounding for- ward as internaticnal traders. It is in the facts and figures just ve disclosed that the greatest menace, as well as the greatest stimulus, exists for American busi- ness men seeking trade abroad. They | indicate that a battle for world busi- ness i1s on and on a globe-girdling scale. Dr. Klein sounds a note of ad- monition. 'We cannot afford to assume,” he says, ‘‘nothing but amiable and agree- iable prospects in international com- merce, There is, on the .contrary, every reason for continued alert { watchfulness on the part of American | manufacturers and merchants. If there's one weakness in our position, |it lies in the failure of our higher business executives to follow the for- !eign situation with care and concen- | tration. Our great business rivals in | Europe, in South America and in Asia |are not committing that oversight. | Our people cannot afford to commit (it. The race in world trade, today more than ever, is to the quick, the | wide-awake, the well informed, and ! no amount of mere go-getting, hus- tling methods here at home will keep us in the front rank of the race.” Copyright, 1626, GLEE CLUBS’ MUSICAL. Western High to Present’ “Miss Cherryblossom” This Week. | “Miss Cherryblossom” will be pre- sented by the Western High School; Glee Clubs, assisted by the orchestra, Friday and Saturday nights at 8 o'clock in the school auditorium at Thirty-fifth and R streets. The pro- duction is a musical comedy of Japan by Mr. and Mrs. John W. Dodge. It is under the direction of the music department. ‘The leading parts are: Miss Cherry- blossom, Elizabeth Seeds; Togo, George ‘Watson; Kokemq, Perfecto Porcella; Jack, William Stanley; Jessica, Bev- erly Rittenhouse; Harry, Geoffrey Creyke; Worthington, Everard Meade; Young, Fletcher Henderson; first and second American girls, Catherine ‘Wernecke and Mackall Thompson; Cupld, Betty Jane Stout. ‘Those on the student committee in- clude; Costumes—Helen Mead, Cathe- rine Wernecke. Lights—Eric Durand. Publicity, publications staff, tickets— Leland Sprinkle, Willlam Park, Caro- line Sanderson. Ushers—Sam Sugar. The accompanist will be Margaret Becker. P Uruguay plans an extensive high- way development program. A Community of Beautifully Designed English Type Homes Large front and rear porches, garage, paved street and alley. They contain fireplace, pan- eled walls, oak floors through- out, cork tile kitchen floor, white enameled range and sink, refrigerator, kitchen cab- inet, builtin Pembroke tub with shower, pedestal lavatory, built-in fixtures, Pittsburg in- stantaneous water heater. Convenient to Car and Bus Lines, Stores, Schools, Churches $9,750 Moderate Terms Main 2670 C., NOVEMBER .28, 1926—PART 1 [War Department's Fingerprint Files, Largest in World, Prove Invaluable ‘The fingerprint system, which has been in use in the War Department for more than 20 years, has thor- oughly demonstrated its value as a positive and infallible means of iden- tification, says Adjt. Gen. Davis in his annual report. There are 5,023, 881 such prints on file in the office, constituting the largest collection of the kind in the world. During the past fiscal year, 3,406 cases of fraudulent enlistments of de- serters, general prisoners and other undesirables were discovered by means oOf these fingerprints; 1,936 identifications were made in the cases of applicants for certificates in lieu of _destroy discharge certificates; 1,372 identifications were made for other Government agencies and 26 607 applicants for adjusted compensa- tion were identified. In the adminis- tration of the adjusted compensation act, the adjutant general s the fingerprints _proved invaluable, as they enabled prompt and positive identification of more than 2,800,000 veteran applicants. In addition to its value to the Gov- ernment, the system has been of much assistance to civil authorities in identifying bodies, in establishing the identity of individuals accused of crimes and in other ways. The ad- jutant general cites one instance of the efficacy of the department’s sys- tem. Seven vears after his disap- pearance in 1917, a man was legally declared dead, and his family claimed his life insurance. Later a deserted from the Army, who surrendered to military control in June, 1926, was identified by fingerprints as the man in question, thus upsetting the action of the court in declaring him dead and saving the insurance company thé payment of an invalid claim. R More than a million pounds of tea is reported to be required to supply the people of Great Britein with each s beverage. 2 Calvert St.” Bet. 18th and 19th N.W. (Just Half Block West New Ambassador Theater) E wish to express our appreciation for the largest response in our his- tory on Thanksgiving Day, and we desire to state especially to the large number unable to get seats on Thanksgiv- ing Day that we are again serving an Old- fashioned Turkey Dinner today from 1 p.m *1.00 Service and Food Unsurpassed—Parking on Three Streets COLUMBIA 5042 to 7 p.m.— PLUMBER PAINTS PICTURE. 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