Evening Star Newspaper, September 30, 1937, Page 32

ROOSEVELT “TOPS," BRITON'TO EXPLAIN A Sad Critic Comes 4,000 Miles to Make the Presi- dent Happy With Praise. B5 the Associated Press. NEW YORK, September 30.—A man in a long black cloak and a dark crush hat has come 4,000 miles to mount the steps of the White House and tell President Roosevelt | what he thinks England thinks of | him. R “His hat is the style of '69, His nose is long and thin, But his strongest hold Is a sad, sad smile That whispers of grief within.” Hannen Swaffer is sad. That isn't why he wears a long black cloak and a dark crush hat—a funebrious figure as well known in England as the late huge-girthed G. K. Chester- ton or George Bernard Shaw. He's sad about the President. wants to tell Mr. Whatever darkling thoughts some American critics may have about | him, Englishmen — “at least, my | | cmv\d " he interploated—think F. D, | He Roosevelt that suggested a reporter. !” said Hannen Swaffer, One of Three Greatest. The 57-year-old London political pundit and dean of British dramatic critics, who likes to think of him- self a little wistfully as “the last Englishman left in the world,” laid a contemplative finger against his long, lean nose and brooded. “I want to tell the President what we think of him in England—that you Americans” (he pronounced it “Ameddicans”’ in the best Mayfair tradition) “have only had three great Presidents, Washington, Lincoln and Franklin Delano Roosevelt. All equally great. “Why Roosevelt?” said Hannen Swaffer, who is going home to write ebout F. D. R. for 10,000,000 British readers. “I shall tell you. Because in four years he has had to imple- ment 40 years of British social legis- lation. So great was the need and 0 terrible the crisis that he has made | mistakes, but his mistakes have been much better than any of the previ- ous Republican triumphs. A man with a load of curiosity is Hannen Swaffer. Besides the Presi- dent, he wants to see—and tell his 10,000,000 British readers, he said: John L. Lewis Rated Next. 1. What's wrong with United States prisons, “because we can't understand all these riots. Our penal institutions are apparently 50 years in advance ©of most American prisons.” 2. John L. Lewis, “because next to Mr. Roosevelt we regard him as America’s most dynamic figure * * * and because, you see, I as a Socialist understand all these labor troubles. We have been through outs. It is a| question of millions of people suddenly realizing they have been getting a raw deal. So you have to go through @ strike period.” 3. What has become of New York's famous “400"? That worries him. “We never,” said Swaffer, “hear about them any more. Has it really been discovered as the hooey it always | was?” 4. A typical Midwest town, “be- cause I don’t believe such a thing exists.” A Dead Constitution. 5. Mayor Fiorello H. La Guardia of New York, “because he is rebuilding & great city not in terms of sky- scrapers but in terms of human life and living. If I were an American I would be speaking six times a night to re-elect La Guardia.” “And last but not least,” he said, “I want to see the ‘nine old men’ in ‘Washington. “As an Englishman I feel you peo- ple worship your Constitution much | more than we worship God. You| don’t understand that at the time it was written it was the most ideal- istic document ever penned by the | hand of man. But that was a long‘ time ago. | “Today the United States has de- veloped its manhood but is still wear- ing the swaddling clothes of a Con- stitution meant for intellectual chil- | dren. You go on worshiping this| dead thing.” Swaffer, incidentally, is “Hannen | Bwaffer, Ltd.” in London—the first | man in England, he thinks, to be | incorporated. PLEADS NOT GUILTY TO ASSAULT CHARGE Chinese Restaurant Proprietor Is Accused of Shooting Colored Man in Dispute. Charlie Lee, a Chinese who op- erates a restaurant at 1827 Seventh street, pleaded not guilty to a charge | of assault with a dangerous weapon when arraigned yesterday before Po- lice Court Judge Hobart Newman. The case was postponed indefinitely pending the outcome of an injury suffered by Talmadge Smith, 26, col- ored, whom Lee allegedly wounded with a .38-caliber pistol early yester- day during an argument over the food prices in Lee's restaurant. Smith, who lives at 437 H street, is in Providence Hospital. His condi- tion was reported not serious. Police #aid he was wounded in the shoulder. Lee posted $500 bond before appear- ng in Police Court. Eclipse Due in 1940. Bouth Africa will see the next eclipse in October, 1940, and is pre- paring to entertain astronomers from all parts of the world. It will be a total eclipse of the sun and will be visible in Cape Province. Sir Frank Dawson, formerly . astronomer royal at Greenwich, said in a speech in Capetown that the eclipse will be visible in an area about 150 miles wide, ST S Air services are to cover South Afri- ean coasts by next year. tashes, itching and burning of eczema and other skin irritations of external origin respond to Cuticura's amazingl Descendant Fills Lord Mayor’s Post After 549 Years By the Associated Press. LONDON, September 30.—Sir Harry Twyford, a descendant of Sir Nicholas Twyford, who was lord mayor of London 549 years ago, was elected to that ancient office yesterday. Sir Harry succeeds Sir George Broadbridge. He will take office November 9, when the lord may- or’s show. a colorful annual pageant through London’s down- town streets, and the traditional guildhall banquet will be held. [VANDALS RAID CASTLE, DAMAGING RARE RELICS Former Mansion of the' Late Mar- tin Anderson in Scotland Is Entered. Castle Cynicus, overlooking St. An- drews Bay near St. Andrews and once a leading show place of Scotland, was entered by vandals and many val- uable relics damaged beyond repair. The red stone mansion was last oc- cupied by the late Martin Anderson, brilliant Scottish cartoonist, whose pen name was “Cynicus,” made a fortune from his cartoons. The vandals smashed plate glass windows, slashed paintings by Ande | son, ripped paneling from the walls and raided the museum. A purple 'HE XVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, HE HECHT CO. riding coat worn by Bonnie Prince Charlie, the mummified remains of an Inca princess, a valuable harp and stuffed animals and birds collected by the artist in his world travels were among the articles flung about and damaged. Bullfighter Made Heir. Rupert Bellville, an amateur bull- fighter and for some time with Gen. Franco's army in the Spanish war, is to share with his brother the great- er part of his father's $1,950,000 estate. 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