Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-25

Dr. William NJ. Jardine, Secretary
of Agriculture, will shortly beard the
McNary-Haugen lions in their den.
on January 81 he will address the
annual meeting Of the Illinois Agri-
cultural Association at Champaign,
III. 1t is the head of that militant
farm organization, sam" II. Thomp-
son. who was recently elected presi-
dent of the American Farm Bureau
Federation at Chicago. Thompson
was elevated to office few hours
after President Coolidge addressed the
embittered and embattled federation
lists on December 7. His election was
an expression Of the radical sentiment
among Western farmers and of their
determination to secure legislation
along McNary- Haugen export corpo-
ration lines. Secretary Jardine is an
uncompromising opponent of price
fixing panaceas for the farmer. But.
as his latest utterance on the subject
indicates, he is conscious of the neces-
sity of doing something to appease
agricultural sentiment in that direc-
ton. Jardine has been through
hundred farm fights" in his day. He
is expected to calm some Of the
troubled agricultural waters when he
wades into President Thompson's
bailiwick next month.
Lonsworth and McNary-House
and Senate-East and West-all
aboard for the presidential campaign
of 1928! Those are the colors Just
nailed to the C. Q. P. mast by Senator
Robert y. Stanfield of Oregon. He
nut them I'D in New York the other
day on the way West, and made Man.
haitian Island believe there's CON
certed movement" afoot in Washing
ton to put Speaker Nick" in the
White House and Senator McNary in
Dawes shoes after March 4, 1929.
Stanfield deposes and says that among
the many prominent members or
Congress" who are already aboard the
McNary- for Vice-P bandwagon
are Senators Watson, Gooding and
Shortridge. Senator Stanfield, who
has been called 1.-The greatest shepherd
since Abraham" Is up for reelection
in Oregon next year. II Coolidge sup
port is worth anything In the Co
lumbia River country-and this OBJ
server found it standing at high-water
mark last Summer-Senator Stanfield
would better watch his step. There
have been suggestions that 'Cal
himself may be a candidate for re-
election in 1928. Now would seem to
be the time for all good men to come
to the aid of the Coolidge party.
New York City during the last fort
, night of January will be the scene of
a drive" on behalf of Washington
Cathedral. 1t will be eloquently con-
Quoted, for Bishop Freeman will be on
the pulpiteering firing line in behalf
of his pet project. The campaign will
be waged under the Craftsmanship Of
former Ambassador Henry White, a
member of the Cathedral Chapter.
| The drive will in no way seek to
| cross the path of Bishop Manning's
| campaign for New York's Cathedral Of
| st. John the Divine. The glories Of
] the Washington enterprise will be
| sounded in sermons at several leading
| Episcopal churches of the metropolis
| and at a limited number of small So
| cial gatherings. Bishop Freeman will
be aided by Canon Arson Phelps
| Stokes, Bishop Rhinelander and Maj.
Gen. Grote Hutcheson.
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| One of the things which Calvin
| Coolidge is fond of pushing lies en-
| tirely outside the domain Of politics
| He's become a convert to the idea of
better pay for Washington writer's.
| Whenever he has the opportunity Of
| expounding his views to editors and
publishers, the President loses no op-
lportunity Of saying that the fourth