The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-08-30
CABINET BUSY
WHILE SOLONS
ENJOY RECESS
Survey of Activities is In
pressive Hughes Consid-
ers Conference = Hoover
Emphasizes Russian Relief.
DAUGHERTY To SPEAK
ny MARK sULLIysN

WASHINGTON. Aug. 30.-Washing-
ton hardly misses congress. For the
month of the recess. congress is bet
ed All the members were tired. Most
of them were irritable and an apprec-
liable number of them were i'll.
In the senate, 81 members were abb
sentees because of illness or other un-
avoidable causes. and these absentees
included some of the chairmen OF the
most important committees.
At the moment of its adjournment,
congress was close to a hopeless snarl,
due, as many legislative snarls are, as
much to fatigue and the weather as
TO anything else.
With the beginning of the first week
of the recess. a glance at the more i'm
portant and interesting activities
which proceed in the absence of the
legislative branch of the government
is impressive.
Secretary Hughes turns from the
completion of the German treaty to
arranging the details of the confer
ence for limitation of armaments. In
the preparation, the chief thing now
is the making up of the "Agenda,"
European diplomatic term with which
Americans have become familiar.
List of Subjects.
II means the list of subjects to be
taken up, in the present case, it
means, with equal emphasis consid-
Grafton of the topics to be avoided.
What is going on now and what
will continue for several weeks Is cor
respondence between our state depart
ment and the other powers covering
suggestions. The pressure to extend
to list of questions is great and comes
not merely from the five powers con-
cerned but from other nations and
other interests. Sometime before the
conference opens. Secretary Hughes
will make up a formal agenda.
Secretary Hoover. among the multi
tude of activities, is putting the chief
emphasis this week on Russian relief,
this is huge task The extension of
the relief is by no means all of it. For
that Mr.. Hoover already has an organ
ization. which merely needs to be en-
larged in its personnel.
Harder to Get Money.
The collecting of more money from
the public will probably be a little
more difficult than collecting the mon
ey for central European relief a year
ago Bad times have taken some OF
the elasticity out of the purses.
The aspect of Russian relief which
will tax Mr.. Hoover most is the diplo-
matte problems involved. Some of
our European neighbors would like
this relief to be administered jointly
and the degree of cooperation that il
may be desirable for us to enter upon
is not easy 10 determine.
It involves considerations of how fan
the American people would like to sec
the mana cement of our charity in the
hands of Americans only. On the
other hand, from the European point
of view, it involves problems which
will demand from Mr.. Hoover higf
qualities of wisdom and tact.
Daugherty to Speak.
Attorney General Daugherty, at Gin
cinnati, on Wednesday. will delivel
his first important public speech since
he took office Mr.. Daugherty is NO
long" on speechmaking as some o
his fellow cabinet members, and in thu
atmosphere of Washington an expecta
ton has arisen of something import
ant for him. The speech is expecte,
TO be a keynote of the policy of hi
own department. and also of SOM
aspect of administration policy.
Nf. Daugnerty mas dcnleNeu d hlS'
place in Washington opinion. At th
time of his appointment. considered
the most political choice in th'
cabinet, he has turned out to be tina
member who turns the coolest eye OF
representatives, senators and othe
politicians trying to get politica
friends into judgships and other higl
offices in Mr. Daugherty's department
Resistance Painful.
Mr. Daugherty's resistance 10 tn
politicians is no less painful throuSI
being done with a manner of humol
Gus rainery. In the selection of fed
eral judges Mr.. Daugherty's recon
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