The Washington
Merry-Go-Round
WASHINGTON, May 21.—
Professor O. G. Saxon, head of
the republican brain trust, is
in the market for a distinguished authority on foreign
affairs.
He has plenty of economists and
financial experts on his staff, but in,
the realm of the international there
is a complete void and he wants to
fill it.
So far Saxon has encountered
some difficulty in this.
It was suggested to him by a
well-meaning friend that Henry -L.
Stimson, secretary of state ir> the
Hoover cabinet, would make an excellent foreign affairs adviser. National committee moguls, however,!
vetoed the idea on the spot.
Stimson has indicated approval of,
the Roosevelt-Hull reciprocal trade
policy—which runs directly counter
to the high tariff theories of republican big-wigs.
Saxon then offered the job to a
faculty colleague, Professor Edwin M.
Borchard of the Yale law school.
Borchard is an ardent isolationist, believes in the "freedom of the
seas" and the old-fashioned maintenance of "neutral rights" in the
event of a foreign war. In pacifist
circles Professor Borchard is regarded disapprovingly as a "jingo."
The Yale academician, however,
turned down Saxon's offer. He was
willing to work on a part-time basis,
but Saxon said he wanted an expert who could devote full time
from July 1 to about September 15.
DIRECT MAIL.
Buchanon of Texas rose on the
floor of the house in support of a
bill providing an additional $4000
"for folding speeches and pamphlets
for the senate." It is election year.
The bill passed. ... To avoid the
chore of recording by hand 180,000
yeas and nays for the voting record
of the house of representatives, tally
Clerk Hans Jurgensen has invented
a tabulating machine now being especially built for the purpose. (Copy-