THE PERFORMERS GATHER

The last session of the 68th Congress, just opening, promises to be short but stormy. Unusual interest centers in the Foreign Relations Committee of the Senate, in which Sonator Borah succeeds to the late Senator Lodge's leadership.

The invariable Senate rule to rush through matters which require mature deliberation, such as the Japanese exclusion measure, and to delay and wrangle over those which call for prompt action, will not be departed from. Under Senator Borah's marshalship those cold storage eggs the World Court and Russian recognition will be taken out for an airing, if nothing more.

The Zinovieff Note affair in England strengthens the position of Secretary Hughes, who opposes recognition of Soviet Russia. But perhaps Senator Borah's ardor can bring some new pressure to bear upon the State Department. On the World Court issue, Senator Borah's stand is less sure. At any rate he is not the irreconcilable and stand-patter that was Senator Lodge. By strenuous effort, making due allowance for Senatorial procedure, it is quite possible the United States may endorse the World Court by, say 1950, though that may, be premature.