Evening star., 1925-10-12

Circumstantiai reports are recurring
that Dwight ". Morrow will shortly
be transformed from a Morgan part
ner into a Coolidge cabinet officer. For
some time Mr. Morrow's friends have
been hearing that he has tired OF
banking and bankers for other activi-
ties. The teaching Of law Is field he
would like to plow, SO twas said. But
if his old Amherst classInate now in
the White House should call him No
one doubts that Morrow would heed
the summons, particularly il it meant
a permanent seat in the Official house
hold Of Calvin Coolidge. The most
common suggestion has been that Nor
row might be offered the Secretary
ship of War II and when John w.
Weeks yacates it. A less current, but
even more plausible, horoscope for the
chairman of the aircraft board or In
quiry is that the President Is holding
Morrow in reserve against the day
when Andrew w. Mellon may leave
the Treasury. The New YORK lawyer
fiuancier is a wizard at figures. espe-
ciaIly money figures. At Amherst
Morrow had the reputation OF being
the most brilliant mathenlatician or
his day. Nothing was ever known to
battle him.
Still another confirmation fight awaits
one Of President Coolidge's nomina-
lions to a Federal agency. His recent
recess reappointment Of Charles w.
Hunt Of Iowa to the Federal Trade
Commission upon which the Senate
will have TO pass, is to be bitterly op-
posed by representatives. OF the agrl-
cultural group. Senator george " .
Norris insurSent Republican or Ne
braska, may lead the attack. The trio
of farm papers published by Senator
Arthur Capper, leader of the erstwhile
farm bloc, in Pennsylvania. Ohio and
Michigan have recently assailed
Hunts reappointment. He IS charged
with having failed to use his oppor-
tunity to cast a deciding vote In favor
Of progressive policies in the Federal
Trade Commission, with the result
that "reactionary" interests are now
said to dominate that body. Hunt, who
formerly was secretary Of the Iowa
Farm Bureau Federation, was origi-
nally appointed to the commission on
June 16, 1924, in response to the de-
mand for a farm representative. On
September 26 the President gave him
a recess appointment for a full term.
n i = x
In the crowd watching The Eve
ming Stars electric scoreboar1 during
one Of the world series games this
observer found himself next to q
young colored fan whose fervor for
victory took a deeply religious turn.
1t was the occasion when Washing
ton had three men on bases IN the
ninth inning Of the second Pittsburgh
game and one out. Bucky Harris had
sent in veach as a pinch hitter. The
crowd was electric with excitement
and the youth was stirred to the
depth of his soul He raised his
arms in gesture Of supplication,
while he repeated over and over
again: Father, look upon your son
Veach and make him able"
j. Hampton Moore, former mayor
Of Philadelphia and member Of the
House of Representatives between
1906 and 1919, is the author of some
political memoirs just OF the press,
entitled Roosevelt and the Old
Guard It is In a chapter called
Kicking Teddy Upstairs that
'Hampy" Moore narrates the events
of the Republican national convention
Of 1900 at Philadelphia, when Roose-
welt was nominated as McKinIey's
running mate. There is a graphic
description of the delirium into which
the rough-nding colonel threw the
convention as the biggest policeman
in Philadelphia formed a foot bali
mob. Mr.. Moore gives delicious &C.